06/22/2017
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Canon Invitation: Please join us for a Print Market & Technology Event
When: June 29, 2017, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: Canon's Cleveland, OH Facility, Lower Level Conference Room, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Independence, Ohio 44131
Cost: FREE
Keynote Speaker: Kate Dunn, Keypoint Intelligence / InfoTrends
Print Technology Update: Steve King, Canon Solutions America
Event Schedule: 11:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in 11:45 a.m. Introductions and Welcome Remarks 12:00 a.m. Lunch and Large Format Industry Update 12:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Kate Dunn, Keynote Intelligence / InfoTrends 1:15 p.m. Inkjet Print Technology Update: Steve King, Canon Solutions America 1:45 p.m. Customer Experience Center Virtual Reality Demo and Closing Remarks 2:00 p.m. Event Conclusion
This event is sponsored by Canon Solutions America and is free to attend. Please join us! Seating is limited to the first 35 participants, so please RSVP today!
For questions regarding this event, or to RSVP, please contact Kathy Keiser 330-607-9526 or kkeiser@csa.canon.com.
A Vision for the Next Generation
Submitted by Federated Insurance:
Develop talent now for a successful future
While incentives such as bonuses and profit sharing are important, recognizing achievements and building self-esteem are priceless.
Some business owners procrastinate or avoid communicating their succession plans because they fear how family members and employees might react. However, their silence may actually create more stress and cause harm to the business. Most employees—including family members—will feel more secure about the future if they know what to expect and how they will fit in.
It’s never too late to develop a business succession plan. But the earlier you start, the better. Estate planning experts agree that long-term plans to transfer businesses are generally much more successful than those “patched together” following the unexpected death or disability of an owner.
Business succession actually begins with each employee’s first day on the job
Think about it, whether he or she is one of your children or a high school student working part-time, that young person could someday be the head of the company.
Experts agree—succession planning includes creating an environment that motivates employees to use their talents and skills to reach their full potential and contribute to the success of the business. Sounds simple, but how do you accomplish it?
Perhaps a mentor program or an apprenticeship is a good start. Talented young people are more likely to stay with the company if they feel involved in something bigger than their own job. It is wise to provide opportunities by matching experienced workers with newer employees to guide them as they grow in their jobs.
As employees gain experience, they become assets to your business and their value increases. Providing key employees opportunities to gain well-rounded business experience through cross-functional training and experience is admirable. This no doubt helps them become dependable managers who can make good decisions and take initiatives to improve operations.
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How Letterpress Printing Came Back from the Dead
Source: Glenn Fleishman, Wired, June 21, 2017
For designers used to wielding a mouse, a steamroller might seem excessive. Yet every summer in Seattle, teams from Starbucks, Facebook, Amazon, Oracle, and other local firms and artists vie to steamroll a winning poster. They spend dozens of hours carving large sheets of linoleum to be placed on asphalt, covered with ink, and pressed by a steamroller onto giant pieces of paper. It’s hot and sticky and exhilarating.
These steamrollers are a gambit by Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts (SVC) to attract students to its classes on letterpress printing—a revitalized craft that for hundreds of years was just known as “printing.” Johannes Gutenberg’s converted wine press, which turned inked letters into books, remained the same in principle for 500 years. But by the mid-1980s cheaper, faster, and more efficient ways of transferring words and images onto paper doomed the old practice of arranging clunky blocks of type in a massive metal machine to obsolescence.
Yet today letterpress is in the throes of a full-blown revival. In 2000, a flatbed proof press, often used in teaching and for posters, cost Boxcar Press founder Harold Kyle about $100. By 2005, the price rose to a few thousand. Today, if you could persuade someone to part with it, you might pay $15,000.
Thousands of tiny letterpress shops (and a good helping of larger ones) now crank out wedding invitations, greeting cards, business cards, and other printed ephemera, many with type printed as deep, tactile depressions in paper. Pinterest is full of pictures of bespoke letterpress cards, many of which can be purchased on Etsy. Large communities of printers have cropped up on Instagram, where designers swap tips on machine maintenance and craftsmanship.
Though letterpress might seem like yet another expression of a society hankering for artisanal, one-of-a-kind goods in an era of endless, identical reproduction, this return to the past is different. Beneath the old-timey patina of letterpress goods is a full-scale digital reinvention that drags Gutenberg’s great creation into the full embrace of modern technology.
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How to Measure your Plan Objectives
June 27, 2:00pm CST REGISTER HERE
Is your retirement plan meeting its goals? If certain employee groups are not participating in the plan, or account balances are low, it may be time for a change.
We hope you can join us for a very special event, “Back to the Basics: How to Measure Plan Objectives.” This informative webinar will review the traits of a healthy retirement plan, including solid participation rates and diversified portfolios. It will also dive into how to help identify, measure and meet your plan objectives. Whether it’s a plan design change or additional investment education, we’ll cover a variety of potential solutions your plan can use!
Who Should Attend?
Owners, Plan Sponsors, CFO’s, Human Resource Managers, Plan Administrators
Submitted by: Joe Trybula, CFP®, CPFA® Accredited Investment FiduciaryTM, Printers 401k
The Printing Industries of Ohio • N.Kentucky Employment Exchange Report
Just a reminder. If you’re looking for new employees for your firm, check out the Association's employment links, including the Job Bank. Job seekers can post their resumes at no cost. Employers can review resumes for free or list their job openings for a small fee.