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Fix How You Talk
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GLGA Association News
Excellence in Leadership Awards
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GLGA Academy
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Deadline Extended to Next Friday! Nominate a Deserving Professional for GLGA Excellence in Leadership Awards
Join GLGA in recognizing the best in the industry by nominating your staff or coworkers for the Excellence in Leadership Awards.
The Excellence in Leadership Awards program recognizes those in the industry who exemplify outstanding character, drive company growth, bring teams together and create the environment to help companies succeed. Click here to read more or to nominate a individual you believe deserves recognition.
Last chance to make a nomination! Deadline is the close of business next Friday, May 8, 2026.
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Fix How You Talk to Each Other, Achieve Better Results
When companies tell me they have “communication problems,” I always ask the same question: “Is it really communication, or is it the fact that nothing is written down, and no one feels safe speaking up?” By GLGA member Debbie Nicholson of Think-to-INK! on American Printer.
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Your Time Management Isn’t About Time Management
There's busy and then there's productive. Right now, if you are busy, you can be more productive once you are on the other side of Bill Farquharson's Short Attention Span Sales Tip. From the Sales Vault.
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2026 State Golf Outings
Fun, food, prizes and camaraderie! Don’t miss the 2026 state golf outings – our most popular networking events of the year. Hope you can join us for one, two or all three!
Registration is now open for the Indiana and Illinois outings. Registration will open soon for the Wisconsin outing. If you have any questions about these events, please contact Sharon Flick.
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Indiana Golf Outing
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Eagle Creek Golf Club, Indianapolis, IN
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Illinois Printers Scholarship Golf Outing
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
White Pines Golf Club, Bensenville, IL
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Wisconsin State Golf Outing
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Lake Ripley Golf Club, Cambridge, WI
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GLGA Academy Featured Course of the Week - FREE for GLGA Members
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OPERATIONS OF
A PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER
Direct Mail Printers
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GLGA's Print Academy has more than 215 different lessons and quizzes on all things print-related and business skills to help those in the industry be more efficient, effective and successful.
| Editor's note: You will need a user name to the GLGA website to view. GLGA members, register for yours by clicking here. | | | | The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphics manufacturing industry throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. It represents approximately 13 percent of the total graphics manufacturing market in the United States with its three-state region, accounting for combined annual shipments of nearly $19 billion. Founded in 1886, GLGA is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2026 and continues to be the oldest print and graphics manufacturing trade association in North America. | | | | |
