This month's Board Member Spotlight is on Mandi Rudd. Rudd joined the board of directors in January 2019. Rudd owns the distributorship Brand Energy Marketing and
has
shared the following fun facts:
Q: Choose a movie title for the story of your life
A: "The Life & Times of a Smart Ass Olympic Level Multi-tasker Who Cares & Swears A Lot."
Q: How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet?
A: My Birkenstocks from college (1991). They've been recorked and resoled several times so they're not as gross as that sounds.
Q: Can you play any instruments?
A: I
can barely play the radio. But I'm amazing at 3 am karaoke.
Q:
What’s the strangest talent you have?
A:
I can wiggle my nostrils really fast. Like bunny rabbit fast.
Q:
Do you have any strange phobias
?
A:
The sound the crumb scraper makes against a fabric table cloth. Sends me over the edge at restaurants. Worse than nails on a chalkboard. I'm shuddering right now thinking about it. And ventriloquist puppets. Especially the one from "Magic".
Q:
Have you ever had a poem or a song written about you?
A:
Hopefully not something written on a bathroom stall.
Q:
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your spare time?
A: I've become a little obsessed with the made for Hallmark Channel movies. Not just the holiday ones, but the every day ones that all follow the same general plot. I've roped my 11-year old son into watching them with me. He thinks they're awful, but we (ok, I) love them. I even record them. It's becoming an unhealthy obsession.
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Tomorrow is The Last Day to Bring Us Your Stuff!
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Do you have extra or discontinued merchandise? Do you want to donate to a good cause?
PPAMidwest and Grapevine Designs are conducting a promo products "drive" for discontinued or overstocked merchandise during
Promotional Products Work! Week -
May 13-17, 2019
Grapevine Designs
will serve as a drop-off point and all donations will be given to Operation Breakthrough & Amethyst Place.
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Enjoy the ultimate golf-networking experience!
Join your fellow distributors, suppliers, multi-line reps and guests for PPAMidwest’s Annual Golf Outing on June 20, 2019.
Individual Entry Fee includes 18 holes of Championship golf, Electric cart, Golfer's Goodie Bag and lunch
Sponsor a Hole and receive a Foursome of golf (including lunch), prominent signage of your hole sponsorship and online promotions including company logos on pre-event marketing.
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Cardinals vs Royals Baseball Game - August 13, 2019
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Due to the popularity of the regional rivalry games, we are going to the ballpark again!
Mark your calendars to join us at Kauffman Stadium in KC on August 13, 2019 for round two of our Regional Rivalry Baseball Game! First pitch is at 7:15 pm. Tickets go on sale soon....watch for details to come!
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Distributor Registration Opening Soon!
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IMAGEN Brands Welcomes Lisa Brooks as Vice President of Marketing
Mason, OH –
IMAGEN Brands is proud to announce and welcome Lisa Brooks as Vice President of Marketing. Lisa comes to IMAGEN Brands from outside the Promotional Products industry, holding leadership roles in Consumer Packaged and Durable Goods organizations representing home fragrance, stationary, art and crafts, baby gear and adult beverage categories. “
I am excited to lead imaginative thought and drive disruption for IMAGEN Brands, strengthening trade relationships while delivering profitable growth
,” says Brooks. “
I am eager to immerse and understand the Promotional Products business, forge solid partnerships and collaborate to elevate awareness and success for the industry as a whole
.”
Lisa will oversee the Marketing and Category Management teams for both Crown and Vitronic brands based out of the IMAGEN Brands headquarters in Mason, OH.
“
Lisa brings a wealth of knowledge in Marketing and Product Development along with new ideas to our IMAGEN Brands Marketing teams
,” says Paul Lage, President of IMAGEN Brands. “
We are confident that her leadership will bring a new level of success for our company
.”
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PPAI Hall of Fame inductee and former PPAI Board Chair Harry Rosenberg, CAS, president of St. Louis, Missouri-based Specialty Advertising Consultants, Inc., passed away on April 23 at age 91. He enjoyed an extraordinary 67-year career as an industry supplier, consultant and long-time PPAI volunteer.
Rosenberg served four years on the PPAI board and as chair from 1975-76. In 1983, he was inducted into the PPAI Hall of Fame.
Rosenberg joined the industry after attending a semester at Washington University, when he started working at his family's company, Universal Match Corporation. When the company was sold in 1950, he and his two brothers-in-law bought supplier Ritepoint, which was then based in St. Louis. He ran the company until 1980 when he officially retired. He then formed Specialty Advertising Consultants, serving as a consultant to industry suppliers, a role he transitioned to part-time in recent years.
He and his wife, Ginny, were married for 68 years and had two children, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchild.
Read more about Rosenberg's life and his contributions
here
.
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PPAMidwest Members.......are you taking advantage of your Member Benefits?
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Wild Wednesday Webinars - Lunch and Learn at your desk!
“TIME: Stop Wasting It!”
Wed, May 29, 2019 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
When you close your computer down each day, do you ever feel like you were very busy but accomplished nothing? Do you look at other salespeople, business owners or executives and wonder how they look so calm while getting everything done on their list?
Stephanie Zafarana, President, Encore Consulting, LLC will discuss best practices and strategies to help win your day back. Her philosophy is to be strategic in your planning and execution and always guard your time, like it’s your most precious resource (because it is)!
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn 3 practical tools for strategic use of time.
- Learn what to prioritize and when to prioritize it!
1 CAS Credit when you submit your PPAI Pin Number with your survey.
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Legislative Education And Action Day (L.E.A.D)
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It's Not Too Late To Get Involved
Today is the last day of the tenth annual PPAI Legislative Education and Action Day (L.E.A.D.) in Washington, D.C. If you haven't done so yet, you still have time to join in the effort.
You can join those in Washing D.C. without leaving your office. Visit
PPAILAW.org
and follow the simple prompts to ask your senators and representatives to:
- Keep the unique needs, challenges and interests of the promotional products industry in mind when considering legislation.
- Watch for any legislation involving global value chains.
It will probably take you less time to act on these requests than it did to read the instructions. Then, encourage others to do the same by spreading the message through social media outlets. You keep up with the visits in real time by following @PPAILAW on twitter and using the hashtag #PPAILEAD.
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How to 10X Your Business, Income, and Life
Steve Costello
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Guest Writer
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Entrepreneur
Seven lessons on sales, marketing and execution to 10X your results, straight from the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Grant Cardone is a top sales expert who's built an $800 million real estate empire and teaches the 10X principles that led to his own success at the 10X Growth Conference, an event that brings together some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs to share their top strategies for massive growth in business and in life.
But Cardone doesn't just preach the concept of 10X. He's not afraid to take the plunge-literally-when it comes to 10Xing everything he touches.
Read More
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Product Responsibility Summit 2019
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Product Responsibility......Consumers Are Demanding It.
Let us let you in on a little secret. Understanding the importance of product responsibility in today's economy can help differentiate your business from that of your competition. Want to know how?
The Product Responsibility Summit continues to evolve to broaden its educational scope and is considered the must-attend program for safety and compliance professionals by companies throughout the promotional products industry.
Be among the more than 180 attendees who will take advantage of two days of content-rich education sessions and panel discussions. Those topics will range from new developments related to Prop 65 to the impact of plastics in the promotional products industry, sourcing beyond China, and much more.
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