Rules and Policies
 

Award Scope

The SMPS Business Developer of the Year Award recognizes SMPS members who have demonstrated significant and measurable accomplishments in their role as business developer at their firm at various levels of experience. Nominees must demonstrate significant and measurable accomplishments in both procuring and retaining clients in their role as business developer at their firm. This recognition will showcase the vital role of business developers within the A/E/C industries.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a current SMPS member for a minimum of three years
• Must be employed full-time as a business developer at a firm or agency that’s  A/E/C focused.
• Must demonstrate measurable results from their business development activity and accomplishments outside their normal scope of work (professional development and volunteer contributions) that’s worthy of distinction
• Must be nominated by a current SMPS member; self-nominations are accepted

Application Fee

A non-refundable fee of $75 must be submitted with the application.  All payments must be online via credit card, (American Express, MasterCard, Visa). Checks are not accepted as payment.

Deadline and Notification

All Applications and payments must be submitted online by 11:59 pm EST, May 1, 2024.
SMPS HQ is not responsible for correcting or alerting applicants of an issue with their application after the deadline.

All nominees will be notified of the status of their application by June 3, 2024.

The recipient(s) of the SMPS Business Developer of the Year Award will be announced on stage during the Amplify A|E|C conference in Salt Lake City, July 24-26, 2024.

Inquiries regarding the final results should be directed to awards@smps.org. Results and decisions by the jury are final in all matters regarding the SMPS Business Developer of the Year Award.

No refunds will be issued for any reason.

Rights and Permissions

All applicants entering the SMPS Business Developer of the Year Award competition, agree to allow SMPS to use your company and nomination information and images for promotional and educational purposes. 

For SMPS to post the award recipient information, all applicants must warrant that they own the rights to the content and images that SMPS will post on the website and any corresponding media outlets and grant SMPS the authority to post the content and images. 

Code of Ethics

All nominations must adhere to the SMPS Code of Ethics