Facebook Live Presentations |
Starting again September 10 - November 19.
Suppliers, sign up for your spot now! These go like lightening, so sign up now.
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Wild Wednesday Webinar - Available and Free to UMAPP Members
July 28, 2021
11:30 am Central
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Christmas In July:
Santa’s Workshop Head Start
Hosted by: Joel D. Schaffer MAS, Founder, Soundline LLC
Ignite your holiday business with great strategy, fresh ideas, marketing concepts, line development and more. Your Christmas & holiday gift business will start with this session and earn you thousands of dollars in profit.
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Summer Golf Outing
August 18, 2021
Deadline: July 28
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StoneRidge Golf Course
Located just miles from the BCE Show between Woodbury and Hudson, WI.
Open to all promotional products professionals and their friends and family.
$125 per golfer
Shotgun start at 1:00 pm
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Brand Connection Expo End Buyer Event
Connecting your clients with new ideas
August 19, 2021
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Inwood Oaks Event Center
The distributor show where customers are invited, too!
Keynote speaker, Dan Nevins, of the Wounded Warrior Project, will tell an inspiring and motivational story.
Hundreds of supplier lines! Join us for this exciting back-to-in-person event.
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Award - PPAI RAC Volunteer of the Year |
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Congratulations to UMAPP's Scott Hareid |
The PPAI RAC Volunteer Award is presented annually to regional association members who have demonstrated an outstanding level of volunteerism and leadership, and who have made significant contributions to a regional association.
Since its inception in 2010, Hareid brings to 20 the number of industry professionals who have received the award.
Hareid has a long history with the Upper Midwest Association of Promotional Professionals (UMAPP). He has held several positions on its board, including board president in 2013-2014, and led and participated in a number of its committees. Among his accomplishments with UMAPP, Hareid is credited with leading an initiative to develop new board guidelines for all directors and officers, and he was one of those responsible for introducing the regional association into the world of end-buyer events.
He received the UMAPP Volunteer of the Year award in 2009 and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
Along with his service to UMAPP, Hareid was the RAC board treasurer in 2014-2015 and he has been an active PPAI volunteer. He served on the Association’s Board of Directors in 2015-2017 as RAC delegate and has been on several of PPAI’s committees.
Scott Hareid, owner and president of multi-line rep firm Hareid Marketing will be formally honored at the 2021 RAC Leadership Development Workshop, to be held virtually on July 21-22.
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Five Tips for Transitioning Back to the Office |
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Reprinted with permission from Promotional Consultant Today.
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Top-Shelf Tip No. 123:
“Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication.” Mike Krzyzewski
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Is your sales team heading back to the office? Even if you only plan to work in the office a portion of the workweek, you may have mixed feelings. Working from home is the most sought-after job perk, according to FlexJobs.
More than half (65 percent) of employees want to work remotely full time post-pandemic, while 33 percent prefer a hybrid work schedule. Just two percent want to return to the office full time.
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2021 UMAPP College Scholarship Recipient |
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Congratulations to Mikayla Cousineau (daughter of Joe Cousineau of Promotional Designs) |
Each year, UMAPP partners with PPEF (Promotional Products Education Foundation) to offer a $1,000 scholarship to a UMAPP member or their immediate children.
For the 2021-2022 academic year, Mikayla Cousineau's application and letter stood apart from all the other applicants.
Mikayla is attending the University of Wisconsin/Eau Claire and is enrolled in the nursing program. Her anticipated graduation date is May 2023.
UMAPP is proud to offer a Collegiate scholarship to members and/or their immediate children as just one of our member benefits. Watch for the 2022-2023 application to be available in January 2022 with a due date of March 15.
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Cutter & Buck
(Supplier)
Jacqueline Kavanagh
4541 Meadow Road
Edina, MN 55424
612-964-2734
eblaze Marketing, Inc.
(Supplier)
Jon Ratliff
5060 Covington Street
Greenwood, MN 55331
952-470-0271
Giftworks Premium
(Supplier)
Mike Knezevich
20325 Independence Drive
Brookfield, WI 53045
262-547-2551
Heidi Kingman Presents
Heidi Kingman
(Distributor)
863 118th Avenue NE
Blaine, MN 55434
612-481-3279
MV Sport | To The Game
(Supplier)
Susie Hecht
88 Spence Street
Bay Shore, NY 11706
800-367-7900
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RediMedic
(Supplier)
James Brindley
1100 Military Road
Kenmore, NY 14217
714-853-3213
Shapco Printing
(Distributor)
Kelly Nussbaum
1109 Zane Avenue North
Golden Valley, MN 55422
612-375-1150
Wonkyware
(Supplier)
Bill Johnson
1574 Madison Avenue
New Richmond, WI 54017
715-246-7979
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UMAPP's Gift Bag Promotion Is A Success! |
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Jamie Johnson, UMAPP's Membership Chair, recently submitted a video to PPAI as part of a regional contest for the best marketing campaign in 2020 or 2021. We have deemed this campaign as a success as it reaches out to lapsed and potential members, plus provides samples from member suppliers of their fantastic products. |
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. . . a woman holds the record for the most hours in space? In addition, Peggy Whitson, PhD., is the oldest woman in space (at 56) . . . the only woman ever to have commanded the International Space Station twice . . . and tied for having done the most space walks (10). RD.com
. . . there is a new treatment for blindness that's in the works? Small doses of normal genes injected beneath the retina of patients with Leger congenital amaurois (LCA) - a common cause of congenital blindness - significantly improved vision without serious side effects.
. . .that light stimulation may treat neurodegenerative diseases (NDs)? Controlled exposure to daylight or specific wavelengths of artificial light may alleviate ND symptoms that disrupt circadian rhythms, causing Alzheimer's sleep disturbances and Parkinson's insomnia, depression and fatigue. Study by researchers at Soocho University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, published in Chinese Medical Journal.
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"Whatever you are, try to be a good one." William Makepeace Thackeray
When essayist Laurence Hutton was a boy, he met British novelist William Makepeace Thackery (author of "Vanity Fair" and other books) and had an encounter that profoundly impacted his life. Thackeray asked Hutton what he wanted to be when he grew up, and Hutton replied, "A farmer." Thackeray’s apparent response was this piece of wisdom. Hutton tried his best to fulfill that advice, and we should, too. It doesn’t matter what you do in life; what matters is striving for excellence in any task, big or small, because the effort itself can be the greatest reward.
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Read about all the latest news, such as who is the new President/CEO of PPAI? What was accomplished during PPAI's L.E.A.D. virtual event in June? Plus, new hires, moves, and what else is new with our promotional professionals. |
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UMAPP Benefits for Members |
There are countless reasons to belong to your regional promotional professionals association, some of which include the intangible benefits such as relationships, business knowledge shared, belonging to a community of like-minded professionals, but there are some TANGIBLE benefits, too. These keep money in your pocket. |
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Watch the cute video on the left to discover what our digital coupon book can do for you!
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Example of savings using coupons on supplier's websites when you utilize the PromoHunt Chrome Extension.
Available ONLY to UMAPP members, there are thousands of dollars of savings that are at your fingertips when you visit a supplier's website that participates in the PromoHunt program.
It's easy and free to sign up.
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For current UMAPP members only! Just one of the benefits of companies joining UMAPP is the discount that SAGE offers. Click the graphic to go to their home page, and let them know you're a UMAPP member.
If you noticed your costs just increased to use SAGE, check your membership status with UMAPP. Only UMAPP members current on dues receive the discount for SAGE services. Our records were just updated with SAGE last month for those who did not renew for 2021.
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Through our partnership with Constant Contact, UMAPP members can save 20%-25% on a subscription.
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UMAPP's distributor members receive 25% off ZOOMcatalog membership. Distributor membership includes access to all the ZOOMcatalog tools including the ability to personalize supplier catalogs, build custom catalog search engines with all or select supplier catalogs, use the ZOOMcatalog supplier directory, use the ZOOMcatalog online coded calculator, and access to downloadable supplier catalog PDFs. Membership also includes access to the membership section of the ZOOMcatalog Mobile app. Distributor premium membership is available for $20/month, however it will be available to association members for only $15 per month.
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Thank you for your support of our regional association during the unusual events of 2020 and 2021. You are receiving this news update because you are a member of UMAPP, have attended one of our events, or subscribed to receive information as a nonmember. To contact UMAPP, please send a message to: info@umapp.org. |
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You are receiving this email because you have participated in our events, joined our mailing list, and/or are a UMAPP member. The Upper Midwest Association of Promotional Professionals (UMAPP) is a promotional professionals regional association for companies and staff in the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Western Wisconsin. |
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Upper Midwest Association of Promotional Professionals UMAPP.sue@comcast.net
UMAPP.org | 651-734-9767
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