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PPAI Staff Place Time

Capsules During

Headquarters Renovations

During renovations to its headquarters lobby,

PPAI

staff took the

opportunity to place a series of 14 time capsules in the building’s new

front wall. The capsules provide a snapshot of where the Association

and the promotional products industry stand in mid-2016.

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The capsules contained classic and contemporary promo-

tional products including jump drives, a rubber duck, a screen

cleaner and pens, along with all current staff’s business cards.

Bellantone and Goos encouraged the audience to participate and

join in the discussion during the session, which tackled subjects

like industry and member business growth; creating value and dif-

ferentiation in a crowded and commoditized marketplace; PPAI’s

end buyer-focused research projects and Industry Branding

Initiative; and research on the size, scope and effectiveness of the

promotional products industry.

Updates to the building’s entranceway replaced a set of glass

brick walls that had developed cracks and leaks over the years.

Staff placed the time capsules at the foot of the lobby’s south-

east-facing front wall during the construction process.

NWPMA Hosts Bellantone

and Goos At Town Hall

Presentation

PPAI President and CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE, and Board Chair Tom

Goos, MAS, joined the

Northwest Promotional Marketing

Association

(NWPMA) June 16 for a town hall and state of the

industry presentation for the association’s members. Held at Seattle,

Washington’s Museum of Flight, the informal session explored the

issues and opportunities facing the promotional products industry

and PPAI.