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Speakers, tools & templates to plan a rockin’ professional development event! Are you ready to strike a chord with your members? Then plan a professional development event that’s music to their ears. Choose from these pre-qualified speakers who received the highest ratings at The PPAI Expo. Use these tips and templates to make your planning simple and easy. Click Welcome Letter and Instructions for more information.
Industry Speakers (click for PDF with full descriptions) Michael Crooks Rethinking Tradeshow Giveaways: Create a More Profitable Approach Charles Duggan, II, MAS Create Buzz with Word of Mouth Promotions—Part 1 Create Buzz with Word of Mouth Promotions—Part 2 Danny Friedman Phone Power: Your No. 1 Tool for Success Price Wars: Overcome Price Objections without Losing Your Shirt Mark Graham Get Connected with Social Media Marc Held Style Watch: Apparel Trends 2010 Barbara Herman Maximizing Your Current Customers with Uniforming Dale Limes, MAS Increase Your Business in 2010: Your Complete Guide Larry D. Mays, CAS Apparel Decorating Techniques Pete Mitchell An Insider’s View of the Incentive Business Jennifer Reissaus, MAS Free Tech Tools [X]posed Joel D. Schaffer, MAS Get Your Share of $50 Billion: Tap into Co-op Advertising Monies Vincent Whaley New and Novice Distributor Training: The Basics of Your Distributorship Michael Woody, CAS Will Our Distribution Network Survive? PPAI Speakers (click for PDF with full descriptions) Scott Siegel, MAS State of the Industry Global Strategy Eric E. Ekstrand, MAS State of the Industry Global Strategy Proposition 65 Legislative Issues Steve Slagle, CAE State of the Industry Government Relations and/or Legal Issues Strategic Issues for the Promotional Products Industry Product Responsibility and Legislative and Regulatory Issues Paul Bellantone, CAE Creating Value in an Outsourced World Board Training: Achieving an Effective, Efficient and Powerful Board Anne Lardner Legislative Issues Review Age Matters: Turning General Differences into Generational Synergy Product Safety: What You Need to Know about CPSIA Kathy Goodin-Mitchell Power Mentoring: Becoming an Influential Mentor Hiring and Employing Smart Choosing Employee Benefits How to Develop Policy Handbooks Employee Relations: Keeping Your Sanity Michele Packard-Milam, CAE Corporate Branding Personal Branding Customer Service Knowledge-based Management Strategic Planning for Small Companies Powerful Leaders, Powerful Boards—Board Optimization Training	Resources Tips for Finding the Right Speakers How to Make the Most of Your Speaker Budget Panel Tips Templates and Forms Speaker Agreement MAS/CAS Submission Form Evaluation Form Speaker Travel and Housing Form AV Room Set-Up Form Handout Cover Page Press Release Media Alert
Questions? Contact Laura McKinney, CAE, Sr. Manager, PPAI Regional Relations at 972-258-3015, or e-mail lauraM@ppai.org.