Blah… blah… blah…Interview selection teams often hear a lot of blah on their way to choosing the right design or construction partner for their project. When it’s your turn, you don’t want your audience fading away on you while you present your approach. Just like a highlighter covering the important words on a page, you want to stand out from the rest of the boring text to make your message and your team pop off the page.   

You probably didn’t practice presentations in school (the dreaded speech class maybe) and didn’t realize how valuable of a skill it would be to present to a group of potential clients. Project interviews are tough – much tougher than you may expect. Ensuring a good interview actually takes some time, skill and preparation, but that’s where the magic can happen. That’s where you can help stand out from the rest to WIN the project – even if you’re not the predicted front runner. 

You may already have many of the skills and resources you need, you may just need help finding them, or highlighting them. Lindsay will put you to work and guide you in practicing proven skills that you can implement in your own way with the resources you may already have. These skills are not personality dependent. You will leave this session with a new awareness of your current skills as well as some newfound approaches to stand out from the rest to land the big project. You will also have FUN!  

Attendees will walk away with:

1.    Setting your firm apart from the competition.
2.    How to engage and connect with the audience during a project interview.
3.    Diminishing the fear of public speaking.
4.    Effective use of visualizations and handouts

Speaker

Lindsay L. Young, MBA, FSMPS, is the Chief Difference Maker of nu marketing. Lindsay consults with small to medium sized design, development and construction firms with their marketing and business development plans. Through effective strategies, she helps businesses increase their profits and build their businesses. With over twenty years of experience, she helps companies with marketing strategies, brand perception surveys, trade show implementation, customer and employee events, presentations, social media presence, employee training, and project management of branding and website redevelopment. 

Lindsay has been an active member of SMPS Wichita and served as President twice and currently serves as SMPS Wichita treasurer. She’s also an advisor to SMPS Ozarks and is the sponsorship chair for the upcoming Missouri Valley Regional Conference in Bentonville, Arkansas in April 2026. As a Pittsburg State University (Kansas) Gorilla, undergraduate and graduate, Lindsay is the Chair of the Wichita Construction Alumni Association Golf Tournament where they raise money for construction scholarships. She was also named Pittsburg State University Distinguished Service Award Recipient in 2023, because of her countless volunteer hours. Lindsay was named Wichita Business Journal 40 Under 40 in 2011 and Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 40 Under 40 in 2022. She is also a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors Northwest Arkansas Council and an active member of National Association of Women in Construction Northwest Arkansas Chapter. 

Program Timeline

Noon–12:30 PM | Registration + Networking + Lunch

12:30–1:30 PM | Presentation + Q&A

CEU Credit

1 Credit Hour
Domain 3: Client and Business Development

Program Sponsor

We are seeking Program Sponsors for this event! Please contact Valerie Rolfes ([email protected]) for more information.

Tickets

$45.00 SMPS Member
$35.00 Earlybird rate before March 17

$60.00 Non-Member
$50.00 Earlybird rate before March 17