Events

Morning - Session 1: InDesign Essentials for AEC Marketers Let's be honest — your InDesign files look great as PDFs, but they're a hot mess under the proverbial layout hood. You'll figure out the right way later, right? Well, later is today. This hands-on morning session is your no-judgment, finally-get-it introduction to InDesign, built specifically […]

Styles are often treated as basic text formatting—fonts, sizes, spacing, alignment—but they can do far more. Built into styles are powerful design features like borders, shading, rules, and corner effects that let you create callouts, highlights, dividers, and branded design elements directly inside your layouts. This session shows how to design with styles to create […]

InDesign is more than a layout tool—it’s a powerful problem-solving engine hiding in plain sight. This session explores unexpected ways to use InDesign’s native features, turning familiar tools into clever workflow solutions. From repurposing the Table of Contents for nontraditional lists to using Data Merge to build dynamic storyboards, you’ll see how to push InDesign […]

Join us for a special Adobe training with Julie Schaffer! Tickets are available for full-day or partial-day training. Seating is limited, and lunch is provided for morning and full-day tickets. Attendees should plan to bring their laptops and have the current version of InDesign, Adobe Bridge, and Word and Excel installed. This is a very interactive […]

The roster has expanded. Whether you’re stepping onto the pitch for the first time or returning to sharpen skills you already have, this full-day workshop brings a brand-new lineup built for where AEC marketing is headed. The morning half focuses on InDesign fundamentals and AI basics, the core skills every AEC marketer needs, plus hands-on […]

Join SMPS Nebraska for a hands-on Adobe InDesign workshop built specifically for AEC marketers looking to improve proposal efficiency, streamline workflows, and create more polished deliverables. Led by Julie Shaffer, FSMPS, CPSM, attendees can register for either the morning or afternoon sessions individually, or attend both sessions for a discounted full-day experience – members save […]

Most InDesign users think of styles as simple text formatting tools—but they can do so much more. This session reveals the powerful design features built into Paragraph, Character, Object, and Table Styles that can elevate your layouts from basic to visually striking. Learn how to use borders, shading, rules, and corner effects to create callouts, […]