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INSIDE PPAI

PAI AND THE Regional Association Council (RAC) welcomed regional association

leaders to Grapevine, Texas, in October for the 16th annual Leadership Development

Workshop (LDW). The event’s packed schedule featured a PPAI Board of Directors

meeting, a day of planning and training for PPAI committee and advisory group chairs, and an exten-

sive two-day curriculum designed to provide participants with numerous learning opportunities

through general sessions, breakout discussions and sharing activities. The associated Regional Boot

Camp brought together regional association leaders for an intensive, hands-on training session

designed for their specific needs. It featured two separate tracks—one for executive directors and one

for incoming and current presidents—as well as opportunities for the two groups to work together.

“LDW attendees benefit from ideas and experiences from all over the United States that add new

perspectives for regional associations to draw from,” says Tom Carpenter, MAS, national accounts

manager for Fey Promotional Products Group and a member of the LDW work group. “LDW’s focus

on open, non-threatening sharing allows regionals to learn from each other’s successes and failures,

and to return to their associations with greater insight, and new and actionable ideas for pain points

they struggle with on a daily basis. It also provides support and shows them that they are not alone in

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MEETING OF THE MINDS

More than 160 regional volunteers

representing 27 regional associations

attended the 2015 LDW at the DFW

Hilton in Grapevine, Texas.