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THE TRIANNUAL MAGAZINE OF PI SIGMA EPSILON NATIONAL SALES, MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT FRATERNITY MAKING THE BEST BETTER Fall 2016 EXCLUSIVE CONGRATS RECAP UPDATE Your first look Two PSE Leaders The 10th Annual Meet the newest at the 2017 Win Big at Presidents Corporate National PFA National Retreat Partners Convention Convention TABLE OF SKILL CONTENTS n an effort to continually be improving ourselves, or want to see something different in our publication, Ithis edition of Dotted Lines has been created with email [email protected]. We hope to catch up our new look! We hope that you enjoy the articles and with more alumni so we can share stories and tips that the pictures showcase what Pi Sigma Epsilon is that will assist our members in becoming successful all about. Moving forward, we are always looking for during and after their time in Pi Sigma Epsilon. more areas to spotlight, so if you have an article idea National Convention Preview ................... 4 2016 REGIONAL CONFERENCES Awards Program and Scholarships .......... 8 Record Numbers: October 21-22 Presidents Retreat Recap ............ 10 WEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE 66 Total Attendees, 32 Pro-Am Participants November 4-5 Corporate Partners .............. 12 NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE 299 Total Attendees, 63 Pro-Am Participants The Pro-Am Sell-a-Thon® ........ 14 November 11-12 SOUTH/ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE 141 Total Attendees, 49 Pro-Am Participants Speakers Competition and Tips .. 15 November 18-19 MIDWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE 213 Total Attendees, 68 Pro-Am Participants Headquarters Update .......... 16 An Official Publication of Pi Sigma Epsilon National Professional Fraternity In Marketing, Sales and Management Copyright© 2016 Pi Sigma Epsilon, Inc. ® All Rights Reserved PRO-AM SELL-A-THON PSE HEADQUARTERS STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION CERTIFIED CHAPTER OFFICER TRAINING 5217 S. 51st St. • Greenfield, WI 53220 • Phone 414-328-1952 • Fax 414-235-3425 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Joan Rogala, CEO, [email protected] • Glenn Altstadt, Development Manager MARKETING CASE STUDY COMPETITION FIND THE FULL 2016 REGIONAL & Chapter Consultant, [email protected] • Therese Hrabak, Business Office CAREER FAIR Manager, [email protected] • Kristin Pearson, Communications Manager CONFERENCE RECAP AND RESULTS & Chapter Consultant, [email protected] • Marcie Liebert, Membership NATIONAL SPEAKERS COMPETITION IN THE WINTER 2017 ISSUE OF Manager & Chapter Consultant, [email protected] • Gabrielle Williams, SIX MEALS INCLUDED DOTTED LINES OR GO TO PSE.ORG Mu Kappa Tau Manager & Member Services, [email protected] • Zenita 3 Hill, Events Coordinator & Administrative Assistant, [email protected] COMPETITION SINCERITY 2017 NATIONAL CONVENTION he Pi Sigma Epsilon National Convention is unlike any event hosted by similar organizations. TThis week is jam-packed with speakers, workshops, social events, competitions and more. Members who attend a National Convention will return to their schools motivated and more excited for the future of their chapter. This event is held at a different location each year and the 61st National Convention makes it’s way to St. Louis, MO from April 18 to April 22, 2016. SKILL COMPETITION The combined scores from the two rounds are then PSE National Awards Program tabulated and the winners are announced during the he National Awards Program is an opportunity to Saturday Night Awards Banquet! The 2017 Call For showcase your chapter’s achievements throughout Tuesday, April 18 Friday, April 21 T Entries, which is the handbook for the entire program the year in a professional business setting. Offering and contains all of the information your chapter will Competition Practice Scholarship Interviews the largest awards competition in the country among need in order to prepare your entries and compete, similar student organizations, Pi Sigma Epsilon’s Host Chapter Meeting Mu Kappa Tau Meeting is available on PSE.org. Please take the time to read program has something for every chapter, ranging through the full Call, as there are valuable tips and First Timers Meeting CCO Training from individual awards like Top Project Manager instructions that will help your entries be as strong and Top PSE Salesperson, to project awards for the President’s Feedback Session as they can be! For more information, please visit Top Marketing/Sales or Market Research Projects, PSE.org. If you have any questions, e-mail the to chapter-wide awards like our three Top Chapter Corporate Partner Workshops co-chairs Robb Carlson and Joe Ashbee at competitions and Most Improved Chapter. For most [email protected]. Best of luck in the National Awards PSE to PSE Sessions of our awards, participating chapters are first judged Program! Career Fair on the basis of a written award entry. PSE alumni and Wednesday, April 19 Corporate Partners evaluate these entries and the top National Awards Competition Case Study Competition scores will advance to the final round at the National Thursday, April 20 General Sessions Convention. The finalists will give a presentation of NCSM Pre-Conference Session their work and participate in a Q&A session with Opening Ceremony and Doctoral Lunch Roundtable Discussions another panel of PSE alumni and Corporate Partners. Scholarship Interviews Scholarship Interviews Keynote Speaker Pro-Am Sell-a-Thon® General Sessions Annual Meeting Roundtable Discussions General Session NCSM Reception Saturday, April 22 Keynote Speakers Student and Alumni Social Free day in St. Louis Corporate Partner Career Panel National Council Meeting National Speaker’s Competition National Educational Taste of St. Louis and Crossover Foundation Board Meeting National Scholarship Program PSE Future Leaders Team Ceremony Presidents Reception ast year, through the generous support of our re you a freshman or sophomore level collegiate Lalumni and corporate partners, over $55,000 in Amember looking to attend the 2017 PSE Annual Banquet and National scholarships were awarded during the PSE National National Convention in St. Louis, MO? If chosen, the Awards Presentation Convention. Scholarship recipients have told us it’s PSE National Education Foundation will pay for your an amazing moment to be awarded one of these National Convention package so you can attend! scholarships at the national convention and we want This program recognizes young members of Pi you to have that opportunity as well! Application Sigma Epsilon who display the potential to become information is available on the PSE website at great Future Leaders of their chapters. Each chapter www.pse.org, mouse over Foundation and click on may nominate two freshmen or sophomores for Scholarship Program. this recognition. A PSE member must be in good standing to be eligible. Contact Us! Application information is available on the PSE website at www.pse. org. First, click Foundation and then Scholarship Program. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Scholarship co- chairs: Maggie Byrne, [email protected] and Phil Musson, [email protected]. HONOR CHARACTER National Scholarship Program cholarship finalists are chosen based on their one to GIVING Stwo page essay. Every spring, the Scholarship Chairs WINNING VOLUNTEERS call on the help of alumni to give the best consensus on who should make it to the on-site interviews at the 2016 PFA WINNERS National Convention. Judges will be given a range of applicants that they will score based on the pre-set criteria. arlier this fall, two of Pi Sigma Epsilon’s Dr. Tracy Meyer, winner of the 2016 PSE Top BACK Interested in making a difference in a member’s life from Eoutstanding volunteers, Delta Tau faculty Faculty Advisor, won the PFA Faculty Advisor the comfort of your own home? Email scholarship@pse. advisor, Dr. Tracy Meyer, and Past President Award of Excellence. Tracy has been a driving org for more information! and Co-Awards Chair, Robb Carlson, won two force of many implemented programs and is a Professional Fraternity Association awards. They huge advocate of acknowledging all of Delta National Awards Program were both presented with their awards at PFA’s Tau’s accomplishments. She gives constant TO lumni can give back to Pi Sigma Epsilon by serving National Convention in Baton Rouge this past support and actively participates in everything the Aas a judge for the National Awards Program. Each September. chapter does, but is never overbearing or takes award category that has a written entry relies on remote away experiential learning from the chapter. In a judges to choose the finalists via our online platform. chapter feedback survey, when asked, “Who is PSE At the National Convention, judges are needed onsite the heart and soul of Delta Tau” it was no surprise for the presentations that ultimately crown the winners. that the majority of the answers were Dr. Tracy If you’ve never judged before, this is a fantastic and Meyer. fun way to give back to the organization and to be on the other side of the table. If you are interested Robb Carlson won the 2016 PFA Outstanding IS in helping out the National Awards Program, email Volunteer of the Year Award. Not only is Robb the [email protected] to receive more details. co-chair of the National Awards Program, but he sits on the National Council as Past President, is National Scholarship Program the alumni advisor for the Gamma Epsilon chapter EASY he AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of at DePaul University, helps judge the National Tthe purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile