http://www.thinkla.org thinkLA Directories RSS feed. . Copyright 2010 thinkLA Tendenci Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@thinkla.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:28:49 GMT Directories http://www.thinkla.org/en/dir/20/ We’ve come a long way since the late 1880s, when sales and marketing was not popularly considered to be an attractive career or a profession. But many in the business, seeing the need for professional recognition based on sound standards and ethical practices, created Sales Managers’ Clubs. First started in the 1880s in North America, they gradually spread throughout Europe, Australian, South American and the Pacific Rim. From them emerged SMEI. In 1935, IBM Founder Thomas Watson Sr.; Raymond Bill, founder of Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, and other visionaries invited the presidents of many Sales Managers’ Clubs to New York City to discuss forming a network of sales and marketing executives. The result was the National Federation of Sales Executives, the first of several names for SMEI. The federation grew quickly, especially after World War II when member CEOs dedicated them to helping Europe and other war-battered areas rebuild their economies. By the late 1940s,... http://www.thinkla.org/en/dir/20/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:30:00 GMT