Together, we are building a new community

It’s been an amazing year since we launched the Minnesota Chapter of the Business Marketing Association last October! My hat goes off to our Board and committee volunteers who have put so much energy and effort into making our chapter a success.

I also want to thank our inaugural members, who joined our fledgling chapter because they believed that we would succeed in bringing together a new community of B2B marketers. They were right – we are now over 110 active members strong!

Speaking of members, I have to admit that I’m blown away by the caliber of members we’ve attracted – from leading B2B companies like Toro, 3M, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Tennant, Jostens, Compellent, Ergotron, Minnesota Life, The Wall Street Journal, Delta Airlines, and Thomson Reuters, to name a few.

And yes, I’m also impressed by the quality of thought-leaders we’ve presented to our local B2B marketing community, including experts from Google, Ceridian, Carlson Marketing, Eloqua, and next month, Toro’s VP of Commercial Marketing.

But what really amazes me is the passion and purpose that our members have. How they want to actively help bring this new organization to life; to make connections, to create its culture and help shape its future.

We all have our own motivations for why we want to be part of a group like BMA Minnesota. Yet we all have one thing in common. We aren’t just marketers – We’re B2B marketers. Together, we can help our companies and ourselves by helping each other build a B2B marketing community.

Please join me. Please join us.

Chris Schermer
President – BMA Minnesota
President – Schermer Kuehl