TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
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...
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...
Together, We Made a Difference
Thursday July 23, 2020 | Filed under:
1,000,000 meals. In a simple social media post and a couple of emails two months ago, I offered to have ASI match every dollar donated by employees and our distributor and supplier...
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...
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...
Turning on the Lights
Thursday June 4, 2020 | Filed under:
I hope this finds all of you in continued good health. We’re entering another important phase in this pandemic, with many parts of the country reopening and more companies turning ...
Our Road Ahead
Tuesday June 2, 2020 | Filed under:
“What will be the main headlines you predict for 2020?” If someone had asked me that question in January, I surely would never have guessed a pandemic that traps us in our homes an...
ASI Updates: Latest resources, news and some encouraging signs
Wednesday April 15, 2020 | Filed under:
It’s been about a month since many of us started working from home, confronted with dramatic shifts to our business models and previously unheard-of terms like PPE, PPP and the CAR...
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...
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...
ASI Is With You
Tuesday March 17, 2020 | Filed under:
We’re living in unsettling, unprecedented times. Every day – every hour – we’re confronted with dramatic new developments in the coronavirus crisis. As we worry about keeping loved...
Coronavirus Update and Industry Info
Tuesday March 10, 2020 | Filed under:
I wanted to take a few minutes to share some thoughts about the impact of the coronavirus on our industry and to update you on what ASI is doing for our members to help them stay i...
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...
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...
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...