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Upcoming Events
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PPAI Expo
January 14 - 18, 2018
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas NV
Some great local AzPPA events will be coming in 2018.
Watch this space for more details.
Looking for information on AzPPA events?
Information on our upcoming events is always posted to the AzPPA website...www.azppa.net
and our Facebook page.
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Upcoming Webinars
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Earn 1 CAS Credit for
each seminar
Wednesday, December 20
10:30 - 11:30 am
"How Do You Create Value?"
Paul Kiewiet, MAS+
Register Here
Upcoming 2018 Schedule
(preliminary schedule, titles and dates may change due to speaker schedule conflicts)
January 31:
To Be Determined
February 28: Cliff Quicksell
March 28: Charity Gibson
April 25: Kirby Hasseman
May 30: To Be Determined
June 27: Guest Host Kirby Hasseman, with Speaker to be determined
July 25: To Be Determined
August 29: Bill Petrie
September 26: Bobby Lehew with Guest Host Bill Petrie
October 31: To Be Determined
November 28: To Be Determined
December 19: To Be Determined
Rise above the rest by earning an industry designation. PPAI webinar education provides opportunities to learn from industry experts while earning credit toward certification. The journey is easy with more opportunities than ever before to earn your designation. For more information visit the
PPAI Certification page.
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018
11:00 am - 12:00 noon AZ Time
1.0 CAS
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018
11:00 am - 12:00 noon AZ Time
1.5 CAS
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm AZ Time
Navigating the Bid Process
1.0 CAS
Click Here
Additional PPAI Webinars
for 2018 will be listed soon
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Have Wonderful,
Happy Holidays and a Safe Journey into the New Year!
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Happy Trails!
We'll Look Forward to Seeing You in 2018!
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Our Annual Holiday Party was a Blast!
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We love our AzPPA Sponsors - they help make all of our events possible!
December 7th, 2017 - We had a great time at the Holiday Party!
Check out the 2017 Holiday Party Photo
Gallery on our
website
for more fun photos!
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November's Supplier Speed Networking
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Nov. 9th, 2017 - We were privileged to spend some
quality time with our amazing
Supplier Speed Networking exhibitors!
All of our attendees had a great time meeting with Darrell from American AdBag, Eric from Aunt Beth's Cookie Keepers and Bamboo Studio, Tom from BCS Embroidery, Eric from ID Line, Mitch from Pacesetter Awards, Charity from Peerless Umbrella, Damon from Proinnovative, and Anna from Raining Rose. Dave from McCreary's Tees was our morning kick-off speaker as well!
See more photos on our website here!
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Thank You 2017 Board Members - Welcome 2018!
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All active AzPPA members had the opportunity to vote in our Board member election in October/November.
Thank you to the 2017 Board for your service, and welcome to the new 2018 Board Members!
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2017 Board: Eric Johnson, Goose Gosewisch, Nancy Gosewisch, Janna Mundis, Jim Gordon, Jamie Ondrejko, Donna Day, Melissa Hoffman, Nancy Clawson. (Not pictured: Marc Hawkins and Damon Subasa.)
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2018 Board: Goose Gosewisch, Eric Johnson, Nancy Gosewisch, Jamie Ondrejko, Jim Gordon, Michelle Thelen, Donna Day, Janna Mundis, Nancy Clawson, Sarah Weber. (Not pictured: Marc Hawkins,
Mitch Shreder, and
Damon Subasa)
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Congratulations, 2017 Honorees!
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2017 Suppliers and Volunteer of the Year!
Along with presenting the new Board for 2018, we also took some time to recognize our members' choices for outstanding suppliers, and to honor one of our amazing volunteers. (Thank you, Mitch Shreder and Pacesetter Awards for the beautiful tribute pieces!)
2017 Hard Goods Supplier of the Year
2017 Apparel Supplier of the Year
2017 Decorator of the Year
2017 Multi Line Representative of the Year
And the 2017 Board was proud to recognize our 2016 President, and Trade Show Chair from 2015 - 2017 as our Volunteer of the Year. Congratulations, Melissa Hoffman!
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It's Time to Renew Your AzPPA Membership!
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Don't Miss Out on Your Great Member Benefits!
For 2018 your AzPPA Board has elected to move to a calendar-year membership. Whenever you renewed for 2017,
everyone is up for renewal as of 12/31/17. If you haven't sent in your renewal already, be looking for a hard copy invoice in the mail before the end of December. If you would prefer to renew online, here are the links to help you do so:
Distributor members renew or join
here.
Suppliers, multi-line reps, and business services members, please click
here to be part of our 2018 sponsorship program, or to simply renew your membership, click
here.
Only ACTIVE members will have access to the new 2018 Coupon Book, free registration to our Wild Wednesday Webinars, the SAGE discount, and reduced pricing for all of our events in 2018. Don't miss out - renew today!
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There are no local AzPPA events in January, but we hope to see you at the show in Vegas! Be sure to look for all of our sponsors who are there and let them know how much you appreciate their support.
JANUARY 14-18, 2018
Jan. 14-15 - Professional Development
Jan. 16-18 - Exhibits Open
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
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Make a "Splash" with AzPPA!
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Supplier Members - Plan for 2018 Now!
Take part in our industry-first sponsorship program!
Supplier Members, if you want to make an even bigger "splash" with our AzPPA membership, consider participating in the AzPPA Sponsorship Program.
Click here for complete details on how to partner with us.
Sign up today and be recognized as a sponsor for all of 2018!
And if you still have questions, reach out to Jim Gordon, our VP and Sponsorship Chair at
[email protected].
Click on the logos to visit the websites for our 2017 sponsors:
Thank you, McCreary's Tees -
Our Official Apparel Sponsor for 2017
and again for 2018!
Our 2017 Platinum Sponsor:
SanMar 
Our Gold Sponsors for 2017:
American AdBag
BIC Graphic
Browse25
Halls & Company/ID Line
Huffermen
Nelson Ad Pro
Proinnovative
And New for 2018 - FairyTale Brownies
and Langton Promotional Sales
has upgraded to Gold!
Our Silver Sponsors for 2017:
Aakron Line
Bamboo Studio/Aunt Beth's Cookie Keepers
Langton Promotional Sales
Monahan & Associates
Raining Rose
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Featured Member Benefit - SAGE
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AzPPA Members Receive Discounts on SAGE Services!
SAGE has introduced their new and improved version of SAGE Online! Contact your account
manager today and let them know that you're an AzPPA member, and you could receive a discount on your SAGE Total Access and Business Suite package subscriptions. Or sign up today at:
www.sageworld.com.
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Featured Member Benefit - McCreary's Tees
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McCreary's Tees Small Quantity Order Fee Waiver!
As the Official Apparel Sponsor for AzPPA, McCreary's Tees is offering to waive the $2.00 or
$5.00 fee
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norma
lly charged on smaller orders for active AzPPA members. This is another great benefit of your membership.
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Featured Member Benefit - Constant Contact
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We've partnered with Constant Contact -
Have you signed up yet?
The AzPPA Board is always looking for ways to increase your member benefits. And now we're featuring another benefit. Even if you're already using Constant Contact for your email marketing, you
will be able to benefit from AzPPA's partnership.
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