Tagged 'Inside PPAI'
PPAI Announces Its 2013 PPAI Distinguished Service Award Winners
Sherri C. Lennarson, MAS, with Bankers Advertising (UPIC: BACADV), and Michael M. Woody, CAS, president of International Marketing Advantages (UPIC: CONSULT), have been named the 2013 recipients of the PPAI Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented annually to PPAI members who consistently contribute their skills and expertise toward the betterment of the Association. Through volunteer service or by offering their leadership to PPAI, these are members who generously give the benefit of their energy, time and enthusiasm to PPAI. Read More »
The PPAI Expo 2013 Delivers IndustryLeading Education And Business Opportunities
The PPAI Expo, the industry’s largest and longest-running annual tradeshow, is bringing distributors and exhibitors from across the country to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 14-18, 2013. Promotional products professionals can start 2013 off with five days of education and networking sessions, and a vibrant tradeshow floor. Read More »
PPAI Introduces Promotional Products Work! Week
Next year, PPAI is introducing Promotional Products Work! WeekTM, running February 25 to March 1, 2013. The industry event is aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness of promotional products. Read More »
PPAI’s Volunteer Committees And Action Groups Offer Something For Everyone
PPAI offers a number of channels for interested and engaged members to become more involved in their Association and in the promotional products industry. One of the most impactful avenues is to join one of the member-lead committees and groups maintained by the Association. This network of standing committees, action groups and task forces is built on the collaboration between staff and the Association’s volunteers. Read More »
Registration For The PPAI Expo 2013 Is Now Open
Registration and housing for The PPAI Expo, the industry’s largest and longest-running annual tradeshow, is now available. Held each January in Las Vegas, the show is an opportunity to see thousands of promotional products and more than 1,400 exhibitors, as well as take advantage of the event’s valuable networking and education programs. The PPAI Expo 2013 will be held January 14-18. Read More »
PPAI’s Sold-Out Product Safety Summit Draws Leading Compliance Experts To Speak
PPAI’s second annual Product Safety Summit drew a record-breaking 121 registrants, five guests and nine staff to New Orleans, Louisiana, this summer to hear from top experts on how to manufacture, decorate and sell compliant products. The day-and-a-half program featured nine safety-focused sessions and dovetailed on opening day with the three-day PPAI North American Leadership Conference. Read More »
PPAI Hosts A Powerful NALC In New Orleans
More than 140 of the industry’s most influential leaders, movers and shakers gathered in New Orleans this summer for the PPAI North American Leadership Conference at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel. The conference, featuring two days of targeted education and networking, dovetailed with the PPAI Product Safety Summit. Read More »
PPAI And IMA To Produce The Motivation Show Las Vegas In 2014
PPAI and the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) will produce a new annual event, The Motivation Show Las Vegas, in cooperation with brand., PPAI’s incentive products showcase. This alliance is part of an overall strategy of serving the industry and association members at every level by delivering an enhanced show experience to the marketplace with greater efficiency. Read More »
Expanded PPAI And SAGE “Power Of Two” Alliance To Include SAGE Show
PPAI and SAGE are expanding their existing “Power of Two” relationship to include the SAGE Show and Education Day. The SAGE Show will be held February 26-28, 2013, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and will replace the MAPPS show beginning in 2013. Read More »
Candidates For PPAI Board And 2013 Board Officers Announced
PPAI has announced four candidates who will be seeking election this fall for the PPAI Board of Directors, Class of 2017, and the 2013 Board officers. Running September 3 to October 3, this is the first PPAI board election to reflect bylaws revisions that will restructure and reduce the size of the Association’s board of directors. Read More »






