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MAS Complimentary Sessions For PPAI Members

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  • Renew Your Business Vision And Re-Energize Your Success
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    The past two years have taken a toll on many of us. A toll on sales. A toll on profits. A toll on plans and excitement for the future. Now is the time to renew your business vision, re-energize yourself and prepare for an amazing future. This hands-on session will be informational, motivational and most importantly, you will leave with a personalized three-year vision and plan for your business and your life. You will learn the six key principles to dynamically accelerate your success. You will reignite your passion. To paraphrase Simon Sinek, “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for the people and things we love is called passion.” And, attendees will receive a 2022 vision planning resource tool to create your own three-year plan that will kick-start your new year.

  • Promo in 2026: How To Position Your Promo Business For Long-Term Success
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    The past few years have reinforced the value of agility in businesses. In this session, industry thought leaders will discuss significant trends and market forces likely to shape the future of the industry. Their insights will help you prepare your business to excel in the coming years.

  • MAS: Expo 2021: Forging Ahead With Strategic Foresight
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Are you a seasoned distributor that is starting to plan 5 or 10 years out? Have you finished reading the PPAI Strategic Foresight Playbook and feel ready to start putting together a plan for the future? In this session, Dennis Klum will explain how to set SMART goals, pay attention to trends, and take the next steps in making your company more resilient for the future. This session will provide a guide to which action items start conversations within your company and the areas to focus on implementing first.

  • MAS: Small Business Virtual Session: People Leadership
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 07/22/2020

    For many small to mid-sized promotional products companies, managing and inspiring employees can seem like a full-time job. Especially when the workplace is completely disrupted as with coronavirus and you don't have an HR professional on staff. Fortunately, you're not alone and PPAI provides the resources to manage and engage your staff. Join Affinity HR Group's Claudia St. John to discuss common people management challenges including: How to avoid legal landmines when hiring & onboarding new talent, essential policies and processes for businesses of all sizes and current COVID-19 considerations including tele-working, leave management and social distancing practices Bring your questions and suggestions to this interactive webinar!

  • MAS: Tactical Crisis Communication: Knowing What To Say And When To Say It
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 06/10/2020

    A crisis of any kind can threaten your organization's brand image at a moment's notice, requiring you to act faster than ever before to effectively communicate. It's more important than ever not only to have a plan in place to respond to these crises, but also to train your team in appropriate techniques, authentic responses, and strategic engagement to steer the conversation. It is critical to send messages via proper channels to reach internal and external stakeholders. This session will be applicable for business owners and managers for business best practices beyond COVID-19.

  • MAS: Cyber Security Best Practices
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 05/06/2020

    Phishing, Ransomware, Breaches, Exploits, Viruses, and Malware. These are all terms that you've probably heard when someone is talking about IT, Network, and Cyber Security. With the rapid increase in technology and data storage, so too comes the rise in data breaches. The Promotional Products and many other industries continue to be targeted by cyber criminals who are finding ways to gain access to business systems and drop malicious content or attempt to extort business of all sizes for money through ransomware. This webinar presented by David Jackson (GSEC), Director of Information Technology for Sweda Company (Supplier) and Mike Pfeiffer, VP of Technology for American Solutions for Business (Distributor) will cover Cyber Security best practices and help provide some high-level insight into online threats to businesses so that they can better understand and manage the risk. It will also review several measures that will help companies prepare for and respond to data security incidents to protect their businesses from financial and reputation harm.

  • MAS: CPSC's New Age Determination Guidelines - How Do They Affect Your Product?
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/22/2020

    The long-awaited 2020 guidelines were published in January and go into effect on June 1, 2020. The scope of the 2020 Age Determination Guidelines has expanded beyond toys into a variety of consumer products that may be used by children. This webinar presented by Susan DeRagon will review the differences between the 2002 and 2020 guidelines and how these differences may affect your product. New products and New categories! Join us to learn more. This session will qualify as an elective for the Product Safety Awareness initiative.

  • MAS: Expo 2020: Corporate Social Responsibility Panel: More Than Buzz Words
    Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 01/13/2020

    This session will be a panel discussion on the give-first economy, giveback marketing programs and venture philanthropy-but no matter how you phrase it, the topic of corporate social responsibility makes a positive impact on companies and communities as a whole. More and more buyers of promotional products and consumer goods have an innate desire to connect with brands that are committed to social causes and a genuine story to back their commitment. Distributors and suppliers have unique selling opportunities when adding cause marketing outcomes to the relationship, and successful execution of this makes a difference when end buyers decide on a product.