PPB July 2021

PPB Supplement Wins ASAE 2021 Gold Circle Award In May, the American Society of Association Executives announced the winners of its 2021 Gold Circle Awards, which denote excellence, innovation and achievement in association/nonprofit marketing, membership and communications programs. PPB ’s supplement , The Playbook To Restart Businesses , won the award in the e-magazine category. “The ASAE Gold Circle Award is the epitome of excellence and we are honored that our publication has earned such high recognition,” says Tina Berres Filipski, PPAI director of publications/editor. The Playbook To Restart Businesses , produced in July 2020, was designed to give distributors fresh ideas for using promotional products to help clients reopen their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two versions are still available for free download (one for distributors and one without supplier resources for buyers) on the PPAI Media site at pubs.ppai.org/supplements. This year’s Gold Circle competition drew a record-breaking 300 submissions across 15 categories and involved more than 100 judges from a variety of associations, nonprofits and for-profit organizations to evaluate this year’s entries. The 2021 Gold Circle Award winners were recognized in a virtual ceremony on June 4 during ASAE’s 2021 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference (MMCC). ASAE is a membership organization of more than 48,000 association executives and industry partners representing 7,400 organizations. Since it was established 100 years ago, its members have and continue to lead, manage and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. PPAI PromoTalks Discusses Credit Best Practices With Expert Panel PPAI’s PromoTalks podcast series brings industry thought leaders, business executives and subject matter experts together for insightful, engaging conversations important to promotional products professionals and their businesses. In the May 31 episode of PPAI PromoTalks, “ PPB Presents: Expert Advice For Secure Credit Practices,” a panel of experts shared their expertise on managing credit for industry businesses. The panelists are involved in the Industry Credit Group, are members of the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) and are active users of the PPAI Credit Services platform. Panelists included Mike Hopkins, credit manager at Paramount Apparel; Chris Birdwell, credit strategies manager at Pioneer Balloon Company; Eric McMahon, credit manager at Leed’s, and Diane Crimmins, CBF, CGA, group manager for the Promotional Products Industry Credit Group and program administrator for PPAI Credit Services powered by Forius. Learn more about PPAI Credit Services discussed in the podcast at www.ppai.org/affinity and ppai.org/PPAICreditServices. The session was moderated by Tina Berres Filipski, director of publications and editor at PPAI. Listen in as these panelists discuss the do’s and don’ts to help make smart credit decisions for promotional product businesses. Tune in to listen to this 35-minute podcast and the full library of 17 podcasts available free on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and at pubs.ppai.org/promotalks. DG-Studio / Shutterstock.com 90 | JULY 2021 | CONNECT