The Construction Marketing Association announces a survey of construction marketers that will identify marketing budget outlook, top marketing priorities, and tactical marketing plans for the upcoming 2012 fiscal year. 2) What is your most important marketing priority for 2012? 3) Which marketing tactics will increase or decrease in 2012? The site links to the award-winning Construction Marketing Blog with marketing news, resources and related content, and the association’s Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and LinkedIn pages. To take the survey , Click Here. Brown. MORE >>

Social media satire 38: The 2012 good news! The very, very good news is that it’s NOT too late to vote for the Social Media Satire Smashable Awards! There’s lots of good news this week! If you’re looking for more good news… A lot of people are feeling better now as far as Klout’s concerned, many social media mavens have either deleted their Klout accounts, given up worrying because there’s little or no point, or moved on and embraced Empire Avenue, Kred (Hello again PeopleBrowser team) PeerIndex or PROskore instead. Buffer. MORE >>

The new park will reopen exactly one year after London 2012 opening ceremony, becoming an exciting new visitor destination and community park unlike any other in the UK, the LLDC said.   The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has unveiled plans for the regeneration of the future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which will generate millions of pounds in the British economy and boost the building construction industry. The creation of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be one of the biggest construction projects in Europe. MORE >>

McBains Cooper state that London 2012 is an excellent example of how a major project should be built and UK firms should use their management expertise to export their skills and knowledge to make major projects worldwide equally as impressive. The building of venues for the Olympics in London 2012 will give UK firms the unique opportunity to showcase their expertise and professionalism to potentially participate in big projects around the world. Mr Thirkettle thinks that every business in the UK has the unique opportunity to promote itself and bring more investment from abroad. MORE >>

If you're like me, you've been looking at your calendar and planning all your trips, conferences, and "life in general" for 2012. Here I've compiled some of the top welding conferences, expositions, and trade shows for 2012. Weld Expo Canada 2012 To be held at the Toronto Congress Centre in October, the event is organized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Welding News & NoteworthyDon't overlook the opportunities for education, collaboration, and networking. When you register don't forget to mention any associations you're a member of. MORE >>