TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
Playing To Win In Dallas
Friday February 6, 2015 | Filed under:
Troy Aikman, ASI’s keynote speaker in Dallas, had a great excuse for running a couple minutes later than I expected to our show on Thursday: He was dropping his two young daughters...
“The Woz” Wows Orlando Show
Wednesday January 7, 2015 | Filed under:
Here’s another great example of the strange new times we live in: I’m walking with Apple co-founder and ASI keynoter Steve Wozniak soon after he blew away 1,000 people at our Orlan...
Big News from the Big D
Wednesday February 6, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® kicked off its latest show in Dallas Wednesday – the same day we announced the availability of thelatest version of our ESP Mobile™ app. The Texas show continues through Fri...
Orlando, Here We Come
Thursday January 3, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI is kicking off the 2013 show season in a big way, with a major event in Orlando featuring expanded education, a newly redesigned show floor, three specialized pavilions, two ne...
ASI Launches New Long Beach Show
Thursday March 21, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® will be on the West Coast this week for our inaugural show in Long Beach, a spectacular waterfront city whose motto is “where the action begins and the fun never ends.” Locat...
In a New York State of Mind
Tuesday May 7, 2013 | Filed under:
Everything moves a little faster in New York City. Even when you have no place special to go – you still feel an urgent need to get there. This week, ASI® employees are moving at w...
Windy City Wow
Tuesday July 16, 2013 | Filed under:
I’m in Chicago for the last major ASI Show® of the season, meeting with members, listening to the constant rumble of the famous “El” train and marveling at the stately architecture...
ASI Delivers Biggest, Best Industry Event of Summer
Thursday July 18, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® ended its 2013 ASI Show® season with a great show in a wonderful town, attracting more than 4,200 distributors from firms in 47 states and 12 countries. Over three days at McC...
Horns Up for Dallas
Monday February 3, 2014 | Filed under:
I’m very excited our nation’s 43rd president is sharing his insights and experiences at this week’s ASI Show in Dallas during what is sure to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Af...
Rediscover Your Creative Genius
Friday February 28, 2014 | Filed under:
What’s the single most important thing CEOs need to successfully navigate in today’s increasingly complex world? If you guessed management discipline, integrity or even vision, you...
NYC 2014: New Dates, New Days
Friday May 10, 2013 | Filed under:
ASI® ended its recent New York show with an announcement we hope pleases tri-state members as well as the out-of-towners looking for new product ideas and contacts while sampling a...
You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
Thursday May 9, 2013 | Filed under:
I lived in Hoboken, N.J., back in the early ’80s and must have passed Carlo’s Bakery a thousand times when headed across the river to my Dow Jones internship in Manhattan. I was fi...
New Year, Big Show
Monday January 6, 2014 | Filed under:
We’re kicking off the New Year with a great big three-day show in Orlando, the first of the 2014 show season. In addition to thousands of the hottest products in the industry, we’r...
Creativity in California
Monday March 24, 2014 | Filed under:
ASI Long Beach in California runs through Thursday at the Long Beach Convention Center. This year’s keynote speaker is Eric Wahl, aka the “Warhol of Wall Street,” a former suit who...
Windy City Wow
Thursday July 17, 2014 | Filed under:
ASI celebrated its 15th anniversary of hosting a national trade show in Chicago in a very big way. This show had it all: art, commerce, education, networking and, above all, fun an...