Are you looking for professional development training to give you (or another of your team's high-performers) the tools, education, and networking necessary to improve leadership skills? Whether you work for an AHTD Manufacturing Member, an Automation Solutions Provider/Distributor Member, or a Strategic Business Partner, AHTD’s Future Leaders Program is invaluable to any new supervisor, manager, or other emerging leader with talent and high potential. Enrollment is now open for our next group of Future Leaders. Learn more and apply today.

Please join us on June 8 for a free Zoom meeting with Mette McCall, Principal at McCall Media, where she talks successes and challenges, gives valuable advice, and breaks the stigma that our industry is not for women. Register now!

AHTD’s Women in Automation (WIA) hosted its first meet-up in Louisville during the Spring Meeting—what a success! We had 30 women (17% of these women being first-timers at AHTD) join us for wonderful conversations and a book raffle. The WIA has released its official mission statement and has launched its first book club for the group! Interested in joining the book club? Check it out here.

For more information, on AHTD’s Women in Automation, please visit here.

With so many social media benefits for business, how can industrial automation professionals NOT be spending time on LinkedIn attracting customers, getting customer feedback, and building customer loyalty? Click here to read Mara's first Spring Meeting 2023 Marketing Minutes presentation entitled: Make the Most of YOUR LinkedIn Activity with These 5 Day-to-Day Habits, and find out how to engage with contacts both new and familiar in ways to increase your influence and that of your business!

With economic decline often comes a lot of negativity. In this blog post, the team from ITR is offering tips to help you lead your company through the ups and downs of the business cycle.

AHTD members took advantage of the #PowertoConnect in Louisville Kentucky at Spring Meeting 2023. Check out our highlight video featuring many of the meeting events and attendees. See anyone YOU know?

We're grateful for our Strategic Business Partners. These companies offer strategic products or services in the industrial automation distribution industry.

IWDC Partners with DDS for Improved E-Commerce Product Content Offering. Read more here

MRA Workforce Info and Innovations in the May Talent Report. Read more here

WepPresented Shares Insight into AI in Wholesale Distribution. Read more here

Learn all you need to know about how current economic policy is impacting your business performance. This is a members-only, three-part, webinar series. Learn more here.

The Association Education Alliance develops and supports relevant, quality, and affordable programs for its member associations to strengthen collaboration and drive results. Learn more here.

Learn more about AHTD's Strategic Business Partners

AHTD's Strategic Business Partners offer our members strategic products and services for the industrial automation distribution industry. Check out their beneficial products and services here.

Looking to register for our Marketing Roundtable - Summer Series? Find out more by clicking on "Roundtables" on our website's "Networking" tab!  There are only a few spots remaining!

We're hearing the buzz term Artificial Intelligence (AI) more and more each day in both our personal and professional worlds. Widely recognized for his broad range of high-level technological expertise, assisting clients in saving money with IT, and being in alignment with best practices for handling all IT security issues, Mike Foster has suggestions for how Artificial Intelligence can be used in sales, HR, marketing, and more. Looking to harness the power of AI for your business? Learn more.

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