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Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Print industry associations are like that. Once you become involved, you find a vast group of people to talk and trade ideas with. You enter a hive where you are not alone facing challenges. If you haven’t considered joining, or you looking for more groups for networking, this is the year to jump in!
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About Pat McGrew
Pat is a well-known evangelist for inkjet productivity. At McGrew Group, she uses her decades technical and marketing experience to lead the industry toward optimized business processes and production workflows. She has helped companies to define their five-year plans, audited workflow processes, and developed sales team interventions and education programs. Pat is the Co-Author of 8 industry books, editor of A Guide to the Electronic Document Body of Knowledge, and a regular contributor to Inkjet Insight and WhatTheyThink.com.
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By Patrick Henry on Apr 16, 2024
Pat, thanks for this inspiring endorsement of trade associations. I've worked with and for trade associations throughout most of my career, and I can attest that the services they provide are highly valuable. They also serve as a voice and an advocate for the industry when it needs representation, as in the current attempt by the New York State Legislature to ban the use of carbon black in packaging. Paying dues to belong to a trade association is an investment that pays off in many different ways. I'd urge every unafilliated printing business to join its peers in a trade association – truly a whole that's greater than the sum of its parts!
By Pat McGrew on Apr 16, 2024
Thank Patrick! Great advice for every printer! Find your tribe!
By Melissa Jones on Apr 23, 2024
Thank you very much Pat for bringing the importance of Associations to the forefront. We here at PGCA (Print & Graphic Communications Association) really are those Association people who care deeply about the Print industry in NY, NJ, DE and PA and beyond! Associations can provide so much support to Print companies - large and small. We really can be their cheapest employee that can assist with challenges across all departments! PGCA's current membership is 400 Print industry companies strong, and our network of support and knowledge not only reaches locally but nationally in collaboration with the Americas Printing Association Network - our sister Associations. We would love to welcome any inquiries about services, products and overall membership ROI - just drop me a line! [email protected]
By Pat McGrew on Apr 23, 2024
Melissa! You folks do important work! Thanks for cementing the value proposition!