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92 • PPB • AUGUST 2016 CONNECT
SNAPSHOTS
PPAI Diversity Development and Engagement Manager Seth Barnett
connected with industry members in the UK during a June trip to
London. Sitting down with Gordon Glenister, director general of the
British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA), and
touring the offices of distributor Outstanding Branding, Barnett says
the conversations focused on common challenges and opportunities in
the U.S. and UK markets.
Capturing events & people in the
promotional world. By James Khattak
PPAI’s Seth Barnett (second from left) met with Outstanding
Branding’s Sales Director Andy Thorne, Sales Manager Chris
Dawson and Managing Director Sarah Penn at their offices in
London, and discussed the challenges they face in the UK market,
and the tools PPAI can provide to help streamline business.
PPAI’s Barnett Visits Industry
Members In The UK
BPMA Director General
Gordon Glenister, left, and
PPAI Diversity Development
and Engagement Manager
Seth Barnett discussed com-
mon challenges, areas of
collaboration between the
two associations and the
value the organizations can
bring to their members by
working together.
Teddie Story, CEO at Irving Cares, a local United Way agency, visited
PPAI headquarters in June to thank PPAI, which was declared the win-
ner of the Irving Cares Summer Squeeze Challenge. PPAI donated the
most money and food to the nonprofit between March 1 and April 30.
During that period, PPAI employees contributed a record 10,154
pounds of food and more than $500 in cash. The food donation
weighed 5,873 pounds more than last year’s donation and 4,558
pounds more than the Association’s biggest collection year in 2010.
PPAI Wins Irving Cares
Summer Squeeze Challenge
Irving Cares CEO Teddie Story (center in green shirt), presents
PPAI President and CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE, and the PPAI staff
with a certificate as winner of the nonprofit’s Summer Squeeze
Challenge.