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TOPS+ Tour Continues in Vancouver Next Week!
 
Our TOPS+ Vancouver show is less than a week away! Booths are almost completely sold out. Don't miss out: join us for this exciting show! Register now to secure your spot! 
 
Be sure to check out our new TOPS+ tour site for all the details you need to attend the shows. More supplier exhibitors are signing up every day, so don't miss out on seeing thousands of promotional products the industry has to offer. For a full listing of suppliers, click here. 
 
Would you rather attend the show in Calgary? No problem!  
Click below to register: 
  
   
BC Chapter Hosts Social Event after TOPS+ Vancouver 
If you are planning to attend PPPC's TOPS+ show in Vancouver, the BC Chapter invites you to join them after the show for a chance to meet up with fellow PPPC members. The event is FREE for PPPC members and thanks to our sponsors, includes a free drink and appetizers for all who register.
 
A huge thank-you to all our sponsors for the event:
 
 Cutter & Buck 
 Debco  Hit Promo  
 Image Group   Kanata   PRG.ca  
 R2 Agencies   SAGE  Soft Stuff Creations 
 Stitches Creation   Sudden Impact   Technosport
 Venture  West Coast Sports Agencies   White Ridge 
Fashion Biz    Logistics Solutions & Services 
   
 
Image Awards & Of the Year Awards 
PPPC's Image Awards and Of the Year Awards will be awarded in September at NatCon 2019! We will start inviting you to send in your entries come spring, so get them ready! Stay tuned for the 2019 entry form and more information to come. Our amazing past winners can be found here. 
 
PPPC WEE
 
More women are signing up every day for the 10th annual PPPC Women's Empowerment Event on May 3 & 4, 2019, at Hockley Valley Resort!  
 
Don't miss the chance to mix, mingle and learn with other women in the industry. Attend an event with strong take-home value: new workplace skills, personal development and beneficial industry relationships.  
 
Find more details about WEE on our website. Sign up now while there is still room! REGISTER NOW FOR WEE!  
 
SAGE
SAGE Tip of the Week:
Search for Products That You Saw at TOPS+ Shows 
Common scenario: You leave your favorite TOPS+ show and realize you forgot to get the information on a really cool product you saw on the floor. Fret not! Have you had a chance to use the new tradeshow product search option in SAGE Mobile? Just look for the Tradeshow dropdown under the Supplier Criteria area in your product search window. See what else you can do in SAGE Mobile at TOPS+ Shows.
 
SAGE Education Sessions in Vancouver & Calgary  
 
Solutions Created With You in Mind: SAGE Online and SAGE Websites for the Canadian Marketplace
At SAGE, we don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. That's why we've created tailor-made features just for you! In this session, we'll cover SAGE Online and the industry's largest database of Canadian and U.S. suppliers! That's over a million products from over 4,300 suppliers all in one place. We'll show you how to search for products from Canadian suppliers only, estimate shipping with Canada Post, convert a presentation to French, display only Canadian suppliers on your SAGE Website, and so much more. Come see the many useful features of SAGE solutions and improve the way you do business!
 
Join us in VANCOUVER:
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 
Time: 8:00 am - 9:00am
Where:  Meeting Room 7
Click here to register. Free for PPPC members!
 
Join us in CALGARY:
Date:  Thursday, February 21, 2019
Time:  8:00 am - 9:00am
Where: Chief Mountain Room
Click here to register. Free for PPPC members!
 
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Industry News
Rob Spector Featured in PPAI's PPB Publication 
"Rob Spector, president of St. Laurent, Quebec-based Spector & Co.anticipates this year will be one of exceptional growth for the supplier. Having led the company for the past 27 years - Spector and his father, Allen, puchased the business ... in 1991. The duo grew Spector & Co. from just five employees operating an 8,000-square-foot space to a force of more than 400, running a 100,000-square-foot facility that includes warehouse, office and factory workspaces." Continue reading the article from PPB's recent issue here
 
New Sales Representation for Debco in Western Ontario 
Debco is proud to announce the appointment of Caton Sales Agency as the official representation for Debco in Western Ontario. Beginning on February 1st, Luke Caton and Melanie Belore will provide their award winning service in the bustling Ontario region. Read more here.  
 
Industry Veterams join Chocolate Inn/Taylor Grant/Lanco Team  
Chocolate Inn /Taylor & Grant | Lanco has added four industry veterans to its sales team to increase its US and Canadian presence. Adam Brown joined as Key Accounts Manager, Scott Lange, and Mike Oliver as multi-line US sales representatives, and Donna Klaassen as multi-line sales representative for British Columbia. Keep reading the press release here
 
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Showdown Displays Joins Fullarton Group as a Supplier Partner 
The Fullarton Group is pleased to welcome Showdown Displays of Brooklyn Center, MN, as its latest Supplier Partner to join the buying group. Showdown Displays brings significant depth in visual display product offering to Fullarton Members. Read the full release here
 
New Sales Representation for St. Regis Group in Southwest Ontario and Quebec 
The St Regis Group is pleased to announce NEW Sales Representation in Southwest Ontario and Quebec. St Regis Group will be represented in Southwest Ontario by Paul Wieleba, owner of (WE) Promotional Advertising, and in Quebec by Claude Cote, owner of Exoset with Josette Dorcena.
Continue reading the release here. 
 
Of Interest
Jae M. Rang, MAS
Reading time: 57 seconds 
 
Why does everyone leave their dishes in the company kitchen and I get stuck doing them before I go home? Why did I work for eight hours on a proposal to find out the parameters changed and nobody told me? Why am I always on time for meetings yet everyone else rolls in when it's convenient, and we don't start until everyone is there? Is it them?  Or is it you?
 
Aha!  ~  You're always teaching people how to treat you. (I know - this one is a real "Ouch!")
 
For starters, understand that we learn differently at different stages. Children around eight years of age respond to positive reinforcement vs. negative.  The fact that negative feedback is more complicated, learning from mistakes is more complex, so leading by example and rewarding for "good" behaviour work best.  So does giving minimal energy to bad behaviour (like temper tantrums).  But in twelve-year-olds and adults as well, the opposite is the case.   Their control centres' in the brain are more strongly activated by negative feedback ... but there's more to it.  In an article in Science News with research provided by Leiden University, their research with fMRI scans show that as we mature, learning is less about "good" or "bad" and more about asking "...what precisely went wrong and how is it possible?"  We simply learn differently....but only when we are aware of the consequences.
 
 
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