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TIM ANDREWS BLOG

Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry

Get Free Downloads and Recordings from the ASI Power Summit

Get Free Downloads and Recordings from the ASI Power Summit

Monday November 16, 2020 | Filed under:

Going live online with hundreds watching is a little nerve-wracking. Happily, ASI’s very first live Power Summit was pretty much glitch-free, a positive example of the many ways we...

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ASI Power Summit: Live, Free and Open to Any ASI Member

ASI Power Summit: Live, Free and Open to Any ASI Member

Friday October 16, 2020 | Filed under:

Every year, pre-Covid, I looked forward to one of my favorite industry events: a gathering of top leaders at the ASI Power Summit. This year of course, everything’s virtual, includ...

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ASI Moves Ahead, Virtually

ASI Moves Ahead, Virtually

Friday August 14, 2020 | Filed under:

Here’s what I love most about our industry: the support we offer each other during the toughest of times. ASI Show® just announced the cancellation of our Chicago trade show and th...

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Celebrating Everything That Makes Our Industry Great

Celebrating Everything That Makes Our Industry Great

Thursday August 6, 2020 | Filed under:

Below is my “Letter from the CEO” that appears in the special State of the Industry issue of ASI’s Counselor magazine. Owing to publishing deadlines, I wrote it about a month ahead...

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Help Us Buy a Half a Million Meals

Wednesday July 1, 2020 | Filed under:

The generosity of the promotional products industry is astounding me today. ASI planned to end its #ASIcares industry-wide fund drive on June 30, but I was so impressed with two la...

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Ask the Hard Questions, Listen to the Answers

Wednesday June 10, 2020 | Filed under:

I’m on a nonprofit board in Princeton, N.J., with a friend, Wilma, who gave me permission to share the story below of what happened THIS WEEK to members of her African American fam...

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Fighting the Unseen Enemy, Together

Fighting the Unseen Enemy, Together

Tuesday April 14, 2020 | Filed under:

Recent talk of freedoms we are giving up (or not) to fight the coronavirus reminded me of a memento my mother left for me: Her War Ration Book No. 3 from World War II, complete wit...

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The Master of Wise Words: Norman Cohn

The Master of Wise Words: Norman Cohn

Thursday March 26, 2020 | Filed under:

ASI Chairman Norman Cohn always knows exactly what to say to convince me that the home, work and life shocks we’re all experiencing right now will subside. It won’t be quick, and it won’t be easy, but it WILL happen...

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Celebrating Service

Celebrating Service

Thursday February 13, 2020 | Filed under:

When you ask a group of seniors in a nursing home to share one thing they want people to know about their life, you don’t expect someone in a wheelchair to pipe up and say, “I like...

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Please Give So Others Can Eat

Friday May 15, 2020 | Filed under:

Sadly, the coronavirus crisis has meant economic disaster for families across our country – including many in our own industry. Even as some states begin to slowly reopen, this dis...

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Yes, You Can Still Hire An Intern

Yes, You Can Still Hire An Intern

Wednesday May 6, 2020 | Filed under:

Poof. In a matter of weeks, that’s what happened to summer internship plans for thousands of college students. They disappeared. With so many companies closed, on pause or laying o...

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ASIhelp.com is Here to Help

ASIhelp.com is Here to Help

Friday May 1, 2020 | Filed under:

Throughout the coronavirus crisis, ASI has kept its collective eye on one unwavering goal: Providing the best news, information and resources to the promotional products industry. ...

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