News about SMITH-TRG 'Defying The Downturn' On October 20, 2009 SMITH-TRG CEO Richard D. Smith published The U. S. Jobs Creation Plan presentation on LinkedIn SlideShare and subsequently onweSRCH.com.Plan can be viewed -http://electronics.wesrch.com/pdfEL1GP9A5CAIWY or by visiting http://www.smith-trg.com/createjobs.html or http://www.linkedin.com/in/richarddsmith Click on 'View Full Profile' and scroll down to presentations. On August 20, 2009 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & president, published What We Learned Doing 'U.S. Road to Recovery' Project. In collaboration with LinkenIn and SlideShare, Richard's Power Point presentation can be viewed by clicking on this link http://tinyurl.com/nckozz or visit the Web sites Presentation Page of Media Library section.
On July 29, 2009 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & President, publishes an innovative plan to 'Fill 2.6 Million Vacant U.S. Jobs'.
On July 14, 2009 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & President, introduces Phase One of U.S. Jobs Plan - 2 Mil Jobs in 12 Months. This Phase One Jobs Plan takes a innovative 'Virtual Hiring' business model approach to filling 2.6 Million currently open U.S. Jobs. "The driver behind this plan is the nations need to put 16 Million currently unemployed U.S. citizens back to work as soon as possible so they can begin to create sustainable personal wealth", said Richard D. Smith. "America's focus needs to be on agressively filling jobs now", Mr. Smith added.
On November 7, 2008 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's President, completes 'Time to Re-Invent America & Create Jobs' interview on The Sunny Idiot Show. This 'U.S. Job Creation' focused interview was the last in a series of 5. Transcripts of each interview can be found on Interview pages of this web site.
September 28, 2008 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's President, appears on The Sunny Idiot Showand discusses the need to create 2 million net new jobs in the U.S. for American citizens. The Sunny Idiot Show is a new media talk-show outlet that takes a contemporary look at business and economic problems America faces. Sometimes upbeat, sometimes hostile -- always thought provoking.
On January 15, 2008 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's President, introduced and launched 'Hidden-Asset Value Solutions' a new commercial real-estate sector advisory service designed to help holders/owners identify and exploit the business value potential of underperforming portfolio assets. HAVS helps property owners: identify non or underperforming real-estate related assets; convert candidate assets into recurring revenue; reclassify and/or monetize those assets; and create a new source of continuous business value.
On December 5, 2007 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & president, disclosed to a select group of commercial real-estate investors/owners a new and proprietary value growth solution. SMITH-TRG's 'Proprietary Services Solution' takes previously non-performing or under-performing commercial real-estate related assets and creates a monetization eligible class that delivers additional continuous value.
On October 15, 2007 SMITH-TRG completed a commercial real-estate "Search For Hidden Business Value" survey. Of the 1,000 qualified Baltimore Washington market commercial real-estate properties surveyed - office complexes, retail malls/strip centers, hotels/resorts, others - 99.8% were found to be missing out on hidden value asset monetization opportunities.Commercial real-estate monetization takes non or marginal-revenue producing real-estate associated assets and converts them into a new sustainable revenue source - unleashing hidden business value to investors, owners and operators.
On September 13, 2007 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & president, joined other invited business community guests for the official dedication of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center - $10 million - Military Advanced Training Center a.k.a. the new amputee treatment facility.
On September 5, 2007 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's president, hosted a BusinessRoundtable breakfast. Richard delivered The Patriots Project story - designed to answer the question...Why today's wounded warriors need help? - to a group of interested Maryland business executives.
On Ferbruary 1, 2007 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & president, started The Patriots Project initiative - a pro bono effort to raise business community awareness and facilitate direct assistance for the 'transition to civilian life' needs of today's wounded service men and women recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
On October 1, 2006 Richard D. Smith, SMITH-TRG's founder & president, authored the book AD-MIRED, Media's Power to Create Business Value. An insightful and direct experience based look at the interactive attention economy a.k.a. media's next frontier. Contents included business value creation opportunities made possible by digital-media and private digital-media display networks (out-of-home, place-based, in-store, etc...), 'Advertainment' content, 'Audience Interactive Media', monetization of commercial real-estate related assets, and more.