美國市場營銷協會

作為面向營銷人的領先機構，美國市場營銷協會被視為市場營銷從業者和學術研究人員的可信賴的主要資源平台。提供最值得信賴的市場營銷資源，幫助會員瞭解市場營銷領域的相關知識、培訓以及各種實用工具，獲得裨益終身的經驗、有價值的市場信息和業務聯繫。

美國市場營銷協會始終堅持着創新和發展，緊跟不斷變化的全球市場來調整發展方向，從而使協會會員能在其職業生涯中更加出類拔萃。 ^[2] 

美國市場營銷協會是一家為在全球市場營銷領域引領實踐、教學和開發工作的個人和機構提供服務的專業協會。

連接：分享知識，建立聯繫

溝通：提供資源、教育、以及職業發展機會

促進：支持和推動市場營銷實踐、思想領導力發展和職業成功。

美國市場營銷協會致力於成為全球領先的市場營銷資源網絡和交流平台，匯聚最好的營銷精英，在全世界範圍內推動市場營銷這一職能不斷髮展。 ^[2] 

美國市場營銷協會中國辦公室於2013年成立，這是其第一家海外辦事處。通過網站、電子通訊、雜誌期刊、培訓活動等渠道，為中國的市場營銷從業者帶來全球範圍內的最新營銷資訊、大師級的專家視角、專業機構的市場研究報告等高質量內容，幫助他們提升職業技能；立足中國，匯聚來自企業和商學院的各路營銷精英、學者教授，共同搭建一個屬於中國營銷人的生態圈。 ^[3] 

Marketing News ^[4] 

每月一期。這本雜誌不但關注推動市場營銷發展的各種驅動因素，同時也涵蓋了行業的基礎內容、以及成功項目所基於的核心模式。

季刊。關注市場研究方法論和議題、管理熱點。

季刊。專注於醫療保健領域。

Journal of Marketing ^[5] 

有着七十多年的歷史，作為美國市場營銷協會的代表刊物，在市場營銷領域裏一直是個讓理念和思想領導力彼此交融的活躍平台，它彌合了理論與實踐應用間的隔閡。

從哲學和理論到方法和技術，深入探究了市場營銷研究的最新思想。

內容包含最新的營銷理論分析、深度評論、新方法論報道，還包括了國際營銷市場方面的學術、及管理類相關文章，以及高管們對新趨勢和新戰略的深入解讀。

旨在解決市場營銷與公眾利益間的動態關係，是瞭解時下最重要問題的寶貴資源。

美國市場營銷協會中國顧問委員會（China Advisory Council, CAC）是美國市場營銷協會為在中國地區的發展提供戰略諮詢和決策支持的志願者團隊。

成員中既有來自500強企業的CMO，也有頂尖商學院的知名教授。通過他們在各自領域中的豐富經驗、戰略視角、以及敏鋭的營銷觸覺，能為協會在中國地區的發展提供更好的戰略諮詢和指導。 ^[6] 

蔣炯文 中歐國際工商學院市場營銷繫系主任、市場營銷學教授

唐鋭濤 智威湯遜亞太區首席執行官

傅慧芬 對外經濟貿易大學市場營銷學教授、全球營銷研究中心主任

蔣青雲 復旦大學管理學院市場營銷繫系主任、市場營銷學教授

李普慶 前人人公司全國營銷策劃中心總經理

Shakir Moin 可口可樂中國 副總裁、首席市場官

UmangPabaru 雅詩蘭黛亞太區營銷副總裁

彭泗清 北京大學光華管理學院市場營銷繫系主任、市場營銷學教授

AshokSethi捷孚凱亞太區區域發展總裁

韓梅蕊 星巴克（中國）產品及市場推广部副總裁

魏江雷 聯想集團副總裁、中國區首席市場官

須聰 麥當勞（中國）副總裁、首席市場官

周憶 IBM大中華區 副總裁、市場、品牌 公關與公眾關係總經理 ^[7] 

1915 - National Association of Teachers of Advertising (NATA) founded from the annual convention of the Association of Advertising Clubs of the World in Chicago (June)

1931 - American Marketing Society (AMS), comprised of marketing and marketing research practitioners, forms in New York

1933 - NATA becomes the National Association of Marketing Teachers (NAMT)

1936 - NAMT and the AMS work together to publish the first issue of Journal of Marketing

1937 - American Marketing Association (AMA) created from the merger of NAMT and AMS

1938 - Census Bureau asks AMA to participate in unifying the marketing definitions used in all government agencies

1940 - AMA has 817 members and 11 chapters

1942 - First AMA national member roster published

1945 - AMA membership grows to 1,557 members

1946 - Four-page Monthly News Bulletin published, predecessor of Marketing News

1947 - AMA welcomes Toronto as the 21st chapter; AMA's First Lady, Marguerite (Julian) Kent, is hired as first staff member; membership is 2,760

1948 - University of Illinois becomes first collegiate chapter; within months, 22 collegiate chapters are established

1949 - AMA leases its first office space and hires more staff 1950 - Membership tops 3,800

1953 - First AMA executive director hired; membership reaches 4,700

1956 - First president-elect; beginning of the elect-status system; AMA membership records are put on punch cards

1958 - AMA division councils formed 1959 - Membership surpasses 7,000

1964 - First issue of Journal of Marketing Research

1966 - First conference on Attitude Research; first AMA Doctoral Consortium; membership is at 12,250

1967 - First issue of Marketing News published which replaces Monthly News Bulletin

1970 - First Agribusiness Marketing Research Conference; first leadership conference; there are

18,380 members - 63 professional chapters and 190 collegiate chapters

1972 - New AMA flame of marketing knowledge logo adopted

1975 - First international study tour

1976 - Library/information center formalized including a budget

1977 - AMA Office of the President (now Office of the Chairman of the Board) formed

1979 - First Collegiate Marketing Conference; first in-house computer system; membership grows to 21,181

1981 - AMA launches Alpha Mu Alpha, a student honorary marketing society; first faculty consortium held; membership almost doubles to 43,000; there are 82 professional chapters and 368 collegiate chapters

1984 - Services Marketing Division formed

1985 - Global Marketing Division formed

1986 - Marketing in the Year 2000 study undertaken; AMA purchases Journal of Health Care Marketing

1989 - AMA launches its first magazine, Marketing Research

1990 - AMA purchases Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

1991 - Central and Eastern European Business Library Project initiated, providing up-to-date books to business libraries in countries with a shortage of material explaining free-market business theories and practices

1992 - AMA Foundation organized; AMA launches Marketing Management magazine

1994 - AMA goes online with its own Web site, ama .org

1995 - Marketing Management Division created, consolidating the following divisions: Services Marketing, Consumer Marketing, Global Marketing and Business Marketing

1996 - AMA hosts first global marketing leadership conference, with 19 countries represented, at which the World Marketing Association (WMA) is officially formed

1997 - Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Foundation endows AMA Doctoral Consortium with a donation of $600,000 to the AMA Foundation to support the advancement of the marketing discipline; renamed AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium; AMA acquires Journal of International Marketing; AMA assists in the formation of the Latin American Marketing Federation; contested elections are part of a more strategically focused Board of Directors

1998 - AMA participates in the development of the WMA. AMA launches a Global Electronic Membership which allows members all over the world to access online benefits from the association

1999 - AMA Web site is redesigned and the members-only section is launched. The online JobBank becomes a growing career resource for marketers nationwide. Marketing News is redesigned with content focused on technology and global issues. A redesign of Marketing Management is also successfully completed

2000 - Adoption of new AMA mission and vision statements; several new professional development events are launched, including Marketing Bootcamp; online Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for practitioners are launched and enhanced; Marketing Research magazine is redesigned; AMA Foundation assets exceed $1 million

2001 - AMA launches several significant new initiatives: MarketingPower .com, marketing portal that replaces AMA Web site and provides AMA members and marketing community with comprehensive information and resources; Professional Certified Marketer (PCM), a professional certification program for marketers; corporate sponsorship program; Constitution and Bylaws are updated and approved; AMA Foundation assets exceed $1.5 million. Marketing News receives two journalistic excellence awards

2002 - Launch of new brand positioning and marcom materials including first brand brochure; AMA

introduces several new professional development events including first-ever non-profit conference; Marketing Health Services redesign is completed

2004 - AMA announces the new Definition of Marketing reflecting a focus on delivering value to customers and customer relationships; re-launched a code of ethics; Outstanding Chapter Volunteer Leader of the Year Award is developed to recognize someone who has been a member for a minimum of 5 years and has contributed to the local chapter and the AMA overall; All 4 AMA journals went online, providing free online versions with print from year 2000 onward

2005 - After 2 years of research and development, Board-in-a-Box? kit launched for AMA chapters, giving each the tools needed to create and manage a successful executive board; Inaugural year for the Marketing and Sales Effectiveness Conference, held annually at Rollins College

2006 - The first Mplanet? Event is held in Orlando, Florida. The one-of-a-kind marketing conference was the largest AMA event ever planned and was THE place to explore, engage, discover and energize

2007 Milestones

Marketing News undergoes a redesign - receiving a modern look and feel as well as a new content structure

AMA announces Journal of Marketing and Journal of Marketing Research will increase from 4 to 6 issues in 2008

AMA announces Mplanet? event to be held January 26-29, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida

2008 Milestones

AMA and AMA Foundation launch the Nonprofit Marketer of the Year award

AMA relaunches marketingpower .com, creating a more robust content and resource tool for marketers