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...
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...
How many of you remember when seat belts became the law of the land in 1968? Back then, lots of people refused to wear them, complaining they were uncomfortable or, despite the fac...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...