FIND OUT IF SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Social media--Facebook, LinkedIn, You Tube, Twitter and similar services--are becoming an important part of business culture.  And, more and more companies in our industry are using social media services to market their business and communicate with their customers and employees. If you want to know how to get on board with this new wave of communication and stay competitive in your market or are interested in learning more about how to make better use of social media, then drop by social media expert Dave Nelsen's session--Social Media for Business-How to Use It; Why You Can't Ignore It--at MCAA 2014 (March 9-13, Scottsdale, AZ).  The session will provide insights, ideas and understanding of transformative social media that will help you increase marketing effectiveness, strengthen your company's competitive advantage, increase customer satisfaction, and improve employee communications.  Find out more about this and other sessions at MCAA 2014 by viewing the program at www.mcaa.org/mcaa2014 and then register online. 

MCAA's very popular Pre-Fabrication Conference is completely filled. However, a waitlist is being maintained. To secure a waitlist space, please complete and return the registration form. You will be contacted in April if space becomes available. Contact Taj Homayouni (thomayouni@mcaa.org) for details. Our thanks to W E Bowers (Beltsville, MD) and Kirlin Mid-Atlantic LLC (Rockville, MD) for hosting the facility tours.

The judging is over and the votes are counted, setting the finalists for MCAA's 2013-2014 Student Chapter Competition.  The four teams that scored best and will advance to the final round are: MCA of Metro Washington Student Chapter at University of Maryland - College Park; MCAA Student Chapter at Milwaukee School of Engineering; Student Chapter of Specialty Contracting (Mechanical/Electrical) at Southern Polytechnic State University; and Sacramento State Chapter of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America. The judging took place on January 9 at MCAA's office in Rockville, MD.  The judges, all of whom are members of the Career Development Committee, were Kenneth Durr of Durr Mechanical Construction (New York, NY), Roeland Hoeke of H.T. Lyons (Allentown, PA), John Powell of Lawson Mechanical Contractors (San Leandro, CA) and J.L. Williams of Ryan & Associates (Davenport, IA).  The finalists will present their proposals at MCAA 2014 on March 11 in Scottsdale, AZ, and the results will be announced during the Annual Awards Ceremony on March 12.  Congratulations to the Final Four! 

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