PPB May 2016

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Proforma’s annual meetings featured a new format to facilitate

more group sharing and collaboration, and motivational pre-

sentations.

Proforma

(UPIC: PROFORMA) recently concluded its first Annual

Planning Retreat, formerly known as Proforma’s Regional Meetings. The

seven-city event—Las Vegas; Cleveland; Parsippany, New Jersey;

Toronto; Dallas; Chicago and Tampa—in January and February con-

nected Proforma owners with suppliers, and provided selling technique

education and opportunities to network with industry experts.

Proforma Holds Inaugural

Annual Planning Retreats,

Energize Summits

PPAI Executive Vice President

Bob McLean traveled to Mexico

City in March for Mexico’s pro-

motional products event, La

Expo de los Promocionales,

hosted by the

Asociación

Mexicana de Profesionales

de la Promoción, A.C

(AMPPRO). Running March 2-4,

AMPPRO’s event was held at

Mexico City’s World Trade

Center.

PPAI Executive Vice

President Bob McLean Joins

AMPPRO’s Annual Trade

Show In Mexico City

McLean joined AMPPRO leadership and other dignitaries in cutting

the ribbon to mark the show’s opening.

McLean’s trip, his fifth visit to the AMPPRO event in recent years,

was an opportunity to learn more about the companies and peo-

ple within Mexico’s promotional products industry, and to explore

ways AMPPRO and PPAI can collaborate.