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Bootcamp: A/E/C Principals

Learn the best practices of the design firm Principals that are helping their firms succeed in this post-recession ecomony.
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October 28-29, 2010 - Chicago, IL
November 4-5, 2010 - Seattle, WA
November 18-19, 2010 - Las Vegas, NV
December 9-10, 2010 - Washington, D.C.
January 6-7, 2011 - Vancouver, BC
January 13-14, 2011 - Atlanta, GA
January 20-21, 2011 - San Francisco, CA

Webinar: 2010 Industry Trends

Check out PSMJ’s 2010 A/E/C Industry Trends to find out what the future of the industry is and how knowing this will put you ahead of the competition!
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CD Purchase - Industry Trends Webinar on 7/21/10

Webinar: A/E/C Industry Trends: How are the trends impacting your firm?

Know where the trends in your markets are heading and get there first.
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Webinar: Becoming an Owner in Your Firm

As a rising A/E professional, do you have what it takes to become an owner in your firm?

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Webinar: How the New Healthcare Law Will Affect Your A/E/C Firm

What A/E/C firms don’t know, but NEED to understand, about the new healthcare law...what you learn might surprise you!
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CD available for purchase

Webinar: Joining the Circle of Excellence: How to Become A Leading A/E Firm

Even in a recession, the best firms are growing and retaining their staff. How can you join their ranks?

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Webinar: Making Sustainability Profitable

Simply, sustainable design respects nature and community. It meets present-day needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It's the wave of a verdant future, bringing with it opportunity and innovation. As society addresses pressing economic and environmental issues, the design firm that stands ready to serve as sustainability consultants, guiding their clients towards a business model that advances sustainability, will gain competitive advantage.

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Webinar: Pricing, Negotiating, and Contracting

Make sure your pricing, negotiating, and contracting skills are in top form
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Webinar: Understanding the Basics of LEED

Learn the "ins and outs" of LEED and how to become a LEED accredited professional.

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2009 A/E/C Firm US Market Sector Forecast

The industry's leading outlook for all the major sectors and subsectors served by A/E/C firms, and offers concrete strategies for capitalizing on their opportunities.
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2010 A/E Business Development Report

Get the data you need to identify key business development benchmarks and determine where you need to optimize your efforts to get the most benefit from your plan. 

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2010 A/E Cash Flow Management Report

Streamline your cash collection processes with this report.
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2010 A/E Fees, Pricing, and Business Development Benchmark Report

Strengthen your proposals and win more projects with solid, well-researched pricing data.
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2010 A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Report

Achieve a proven balance between management salaries and firm profitability, using the most current and comprehensive data in the A/E industry.
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2010 A/E Overhead & Expense Control Report

Make sure you can justify each as you would any investment—one that will develop future profits greater than the current investment.
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2010 A/E Profitability Improvement Report

Get the data you need to benchmark your profits against the most relevant industry targets.
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2010 A/E Revenue Generation Report

Revenues are the key “top line” indicator that spotlight how well your firm is winning new business and getting higher prices for your design efforts.
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2010 Compensation Profile Series

Benchmark your firm management's salary, bonuses, incentives, fringe benefits.
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2010 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2010 PSMJ A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Tool

With PSMJ's A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Tool, all of the work is done for you! This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your compensation performance....already installed in the tool!
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2010 PSMJ Fees, Pricing, and Business Development Benchmark Tool

A one-of-a-kind product providing MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your pricing performance.
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2010 Staffing Efficiency Report

Learn how states vary in areas such as revenues, direct labor, overhead and much more. In addition, get the latest data on varying expenses per total staff.

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AEC Issue Brief: Resolving the Building Information Modeling Dilemma

BIM is revolutionizing the industry, and will continue to do so, at least until something even more revolutionary comes along. And someday soon, every AEC firm will need to have at least a reasonable understanding of BIM, if not a proven ability to work within the BIM process.
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All Four 2010 PSMJ A/E Surveys on One CD

Get all four PSMJ A/E Surveys on one CD for one low price
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Best A/E/C Employer Award: Tying Employee Engagement to Financial Performance

PSMJ Resources, Inc. is partnering with The Employee Engagement Group to find those firms who are truly the Best A/E/C Employers
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Fast-Track Your A/E Firm’s Economic Recovery

Your step-by-step guide to capitalizing on economic recovery in 2010!


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How to Use Your Bank to Help You Through the Current Economy Webinar

Master the simple steps required to prove to the bank your commitment to your firm, demonstrate your ability to pay them back, and make your deal the first time, every time.
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Impact 2020

Journey with PSMJ Founder and CEO, Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, as he gazes into the future with the insight that examining today’s world gives us.
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Key HR Metrics Benchmark Report

Benchmarking intelligence from over 200 A/E firms - packaged specifically for HR Directors.
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M&A Strategy in Lean Times: How to buy or sell an A/E firm when you don’t have any money

It is very likely that within the next two years, you will be faced with the decision of participating as a “consolidator” or as the “consolidated”. Either decision could lead to the unhappy demise of your firm or it could position you to thrive when the economy recovers.  So how do you recognize that moment of truth and how will you decide what to do?  Let PSMJ give you the insight you need to confidently control your own destiny.

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Managing Overhead for Long-Term Growth

Most principals in A/E firms focus on labor utilization (aka chargeability) more than any other metric in managing their firms.  During tough times, when overhead cutting becomes a necessity, this focus becomes an obsession. But does higher labor utilization really lead to improved profitability?
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PSMJ’s 2010 AEC Firm U.S. Market Sector Forecast

The industry's most comprehensive overview of each market sector and its outlook for 2010 (and beyond).
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PSMJ’s AEC Issue Brief: How the Health Care Law Impacts the AEC Industry

PSMJ’s AEC Issue Brief: How the Health Care Law Impacts the AEC Industry distills the very complex health care reform bill into an easy-to-understand report and clearly explains what the new law will mean for your architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, or construction firm.


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PSMJ's 2010 Circle of Excellence Conference

What drives the top performing design firms to ultimate success in the industry? Find out in San Diego! 
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September 23-24, 2010 – San Diego, CA

PSMJ's AEC Issue Brief: The Promise of High-Speed Rail

Is the creation and improvement of a vast network of high-speed rail tracks and its associated infrastructure a potentially lucrative emerging market for engineering, architecture, environmental and construction companies?
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Senior Executive Leadership Forum

Speak directly with other owners and firm leaders to get new ideas and solutions to the challenges you've been struggling with.

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September 13-16, 2010 – Newport, Rhode Island
February 14-17, 2011 - Maui, Hawaii

Strategic Planning - Preparing Your Firm for Success in the Future

Plan for economic recovery now with this step-by-step guide.
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Succeeding in the Current Economy

PSMJ's Director of Consulting and Training, Dave Burstein, present Thriving in the Current Economy Webinar Series. The series consist of three different webinars that highlight Developing Your Recession Contingency Plan, Managing Overhead for Long-Term Growth, and Managing Your People During Recessionary Times.

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The Challenges of Ownership Transition in Today's Economy

Your definitive, up-to-date resource for making the right OT decsion in  today's challenging economic times.  
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The Obama Infrastructure Plan: A Supplement to PSMJ’s 2009 A/E/C Firm U.S. Market Sector Forecast

PSMJ's overview of the anticipated infrastructure spending plan from the A/E/C industry’s perspective.
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Webinar: 2010 A/E/C Industry Forecast

How are current trends impacting our industry?
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Webinar: Joining the Circle of Excellence

Do you want to become one of the BEST in the industry? Learn what the best A/E/C firms already know about how to get out in front of the pack.
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Webinar: Opening and Managing Branch Offices

In the current economy, you might be skeptical on a variety of levels concerning managing or opening a new branch office.

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Webinar: Use Your Successes to Gain New Business

Do you want to learn how to be more successful at turning referrals into projects?
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Winning with Millennials

When you successfully embrace millennials, you gain competitive advantage over the firms that fail in this arena.
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2009 PSMJ A/E Fees & Pricing Survey

Strengthen your proposals and win more projects with solid, well-researched pricing data.
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All Four 2009 PSMJ A/E Surveys on one CD

Get all four 2009 PSMJ A/E Surveys on CD for one low price.
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How to Cut Your A/E Firm’s Receivables by 25%

Authoritative guidance on how to master the relationship between controlling overhead costs and maintaining quick turnaround on receivables and good cash flow.
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Strategic Planning Digital ToolBox CD

Step-by-step guide to increase your revenues, improve your client relationships, and excel at your craft.
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Webinar: How to Develop Fiercely Loyal Clients

Learn what the 2009 winners of The Premier Award for Client Satisfaction do differently to set them apart from their competators in their clients eyes!
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2009 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Survey

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.

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2009 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2009 PSMJ A/E Bonus & Benefits Survey

Compare your incentive compensation data to your competitors’ and use your findings to ensure that your are motivating employees and increasing productivity.
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2009 PSMJ A/E CEO Benchmarks Survey

Cut overhead, increase cash flow, and improve your performance today.

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2009 PSMJ A/E Fees & Pricing Benchmark Tool

A one-of-a-kind product providing MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your pricing performance.
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2009 PSMJ A/E Management Salary Survey

Achieve a proven balance between management salaries and firm profitability, using the most current and comprehensive data in the A/E industry. 

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PSMJ's Guide to Being an Effective A/E Firm Leader

This indispensible Guide is designed for A/E firm principals looking to mentor PMs into leadership positions through a step-by-step process of learning what it really takes to run an A/E firm.

 

For PMs and others in A/E firms who aspire to leadership positions, this Guide is your Bible for mastering the critical business and leadership skills essential to leading your firm.


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2008 PSMJ A/E CEO Benchmarks Survey

Cut overhead, increase cash flow, and improve your performance today.
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2008 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2008 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Survey

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.
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2008 PSMJ A/E Management Salary Benchmark Tool

With PSMJ's A/E Management Salary Benchmark Tool, all of the work is done for you! This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your compensation performance....already installed in the tool!
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2010 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Report

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.
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Better Business Management: Areas to Look At, Metrics to Track and Processes to Improve

Straightforward guidance on leveraging core business functions into successful strategic growth.
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Change Management for A/E/C Firms

Learn to manage the changes that are critical to successful transition from the experiences of others who have gone before you.
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Developing an Effective Organizational Structure for Your A/E/C Firm

A coherent firm framework strengthens your company's success. Many firms cite the lack of a solid organizational structure as preventing them from growing their businesses.

Developing an Effective Organizational Structure for Your A/E/C Firm will help you build a productive company from the ground up!


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How to Grow Your A/E Firm in Any Economic Climate

PSMJ's comprehensive overview of what you need to do to create a sustainable A/E business model in a down economy.
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Out on Your Own: The Guide to Building a Successful A/E/C Firm

Gain a comprehensive overview of an introduction to all aspects of planning and running a successful A/E/C start-up.

 


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Passing the Torch: A Toolkit for Leadership Development and Transition

Develop a strategy for leadership development and transition that will keep your firm thriving well into the future!
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Principals Digital ToolBox CD

Principals Digital ToolBox CD is packed with more than 50 spreadsheets, checklists, templates and other tools to help you implement successful firm management strategies.
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Professional Services Management Journal

A fast-paced management newsletter for today's smart A/E/C leader. 
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PSMJ Newsletter/PSMJ Tips, E-Cast Special Offer

A fast-paced management newsletter for today's smart A/E/C leader. 
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PSMJ’s Guide to Building an A/E Firm That Lasts

PSMJ’s Guide to Building an A/E Firm That Lasts helps you improve your current and long-term business performance.  This brand new resource delivers authoritative guidance on key issues such as leadership, planning, financial management, and improving relationships with clients.

 


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PSMJ's Guide to Successful Alliances for A/E/C Firms

Demystifies the process of implementing successful alliances and gives you the tools you need to leverage this critical strategy.
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Starting a New Design Firm, or Risking It All

This straightforward book by Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, encompasses 20 years of information gathered from worldwide assessments of design practices. It explains how to focus on the types of design problems you want to solve, the client base you desire, and how to build your profit and payment strategy.
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Staying Small Successfully

Learn how to meet profit goals and manage growth while staying small.
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The Complete Guide to Ownership Transition

Get step-by-step guidance for planning, managing, and executing a successful ownership transition in The Complete Guide to Ownership Transition.


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2008 PSMJ A/E Fees & Pricing Benchmark Tool

A one-of-a-kind product providing MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your pricing performance.
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Have You Heard the BUZZ?

Have you heard the BUZZ? Come hear the great American hero, Buzz Aldrin, at PSMJ's upcoming Circle of Excellence Conference, September 23-24, 2010!
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See Buzz at PSMJ's Circle of Excellence Conference - September 23-24, 2010

How 25 of the Best-Run A/E Firms Are Succeeding Now

Find out from firm leaders themselves what they do to stay strong and profitable. 

You will be blown away by the innovative strategies and revolutionary ideas these firms are implementing – you have to find out what these firms are doing.

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How to Use Your Bank to Help You Through the Current Economy Webinar on CD

Master the simple steps required to prove to the bank your commitment to your firm, demonstrate your ability to pay them back, and make your deal the first time, every time.  
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PM Tactics

PSMJ's highly focused monthly newsletter delivering methods and strategies to deliver projects profitably.
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PSMJ: Small Firm Advisor

The PSMJ: Small Firm Advisor newsletter reveals the secrets to running a small design firm profitably. Every month, you'll get actionable intelligence and definitive solutions on the critical business issues that affect your firm the most - Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Business Development, Project Management, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Ownership/Leadership Transition.
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PSMJ’s Analysis of Economic Indicators For Markets Served by A/E Firms: 1st Quarter 2009

Up-to-the-minute quantitative data on major market sectors AND the submarkets and regions that the North American A/E industry serves.
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PSMJ's Circle of Excellence: How the Best-Run A/E Firms Manage Clients, Staff, and Projects

This groundbreaking report reveals the business management secrets of North America's most successful A/E firms.

 


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PSMJ's Premier Award for Client Satisfaction

Sign up now to find out what your clients REALLY think of you!
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