Archive for the ‘Associations’ Category

Printing Industries Alliance Announces Those To Be Honored at 2008 Franklin Event in NYC, September 10

Friday, May 16th, 2008

On May 15, Printing Industries Alliance identified most of those who will be honored at its 2008 Franklin Event on September 10. From left: Charlene McNeil (Hammer Packaging), representing recipient James E. Hammer (Hammer Packaging); Ken Lantz, DRAFTFCB; Tom Fox (American Express Publishing); Frederick K. Moss (Galvanic Printing & Plate ...

Print Buyers Straight-Shoot Print Providers at WOA’s “Offset and Beyond 2008”

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Printers sometimes are advised that it’s not necessary—and may even be counterproductive—to post equipment lists at their Web sites. Print buyers really aren’t impressed, this curious argument goes, by a roll call of iron that doesn’t tell them anything about the creative “solutions” that the printer is prepared to provide. Anyone ...

NPES Hits the Road for Series of Regional Meetings

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Last week I was able to attend one of five NPES regional events in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton was the second stop on the tour that included Teaneck (NJ), Irvine (CA), Chicago (IL), and Boston (MA). The event is designed primarily to be a networking opportunity, but also ...

Resolved for the New Year: No “Shooting the Wounded”

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I can’t remember where I first read it, but I’ve never been able to forget it: “Editorial writers are the people who come down from the hills after the battle is over to shoot the wounded.” It’s also an admonition to columnists, consultants, analysts, bloggers, and anyone else in a ...

Video Series Examines Printing Industry Associations

Monday, December 17th, 2007

"Association are important, but they are not doing their job." says Frank Romano in his latest WhatTheyThink.com video that ran as part of videos series on printing industry associations. According to Romano, The industry has not seen value in associations. A recent report by students at RIT found that 11% of ...

What’s Your Organization?

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Peter Renton, founder of Lightning Labels in Denver, Colorado blogged about joining the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI). In his blog post Peter mentions his decision to join TLMI was based on staying on the forefront of changes in the label printing industry. A number of industry groups and associations ...