TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
Rowing 3,000 Miles For Charity
Monday December 4, 2017 | Filed under:
“Mom: Rowing across Atlantic. Alone. Mostly naked. See you in 3 months. Love, Oliver”
Change Is Here: Are You Ready?
Wednesday November 8, 2017 | Filed under:
Throughout 10 years of moderating the annual ASI Power Summit, I resisted taking the stage as a panelist. But this year, at our 11th event in San Diego, CA, I agreed to sit onstage...
Opening Doors, As One Closes
Tuesday October 17, 2017 | Filed under:
I was saddened this week to learn of the unexpected passing of a long-time ASI colleague, Maria Welsh. After several weeks of treatment, Maria was recuperating in a nursing facilit...
Thank You for Caring
Thursday October 5, 2017 | Filed under:
Here’s what I love most about this industry: Its people. When the call went out to help those whose lives were upended by devastating hurricanes, you responded in full force, sendi...
ASI Pledges $25,000 Match For Hurricane Relief, Calls For Goods To Houston
Thursday August 31, 2017 | Filed under:
It is difficult to imagine the pain being suffered, and the long recovery faced by our friends, family and colleagues in Houston and along the entire Gulf Coast of Texas, and possi...
Where There’s a Cause, There’s a T-shirt
Tuesday April 4, 2017 | Filed under:
As the executive editor of ASI’s Wearables magazine (the promo industry’s premier apparel and decorating resource), I’m always hearing about successful fundraisers powered by nothi...
Protect Your Company Against Hackerapocalypse
Thursday March 16, 2017 | Filed under:
Guest blog post by ASI Chief Technology Officer Armughan Rafat
Google Docs Users Hit with Sophisticated Phishing Attack
Thursday May 4, 2017 | Filed under:
Guest blog post by ASI Chief Technology Officer Armughan Rafat
Let’s Talk Tech
Thursday June 8, 2017 | Filed under:
If you follow tech news – or visit Starbucks – you probably heard about the coffee company phasing in groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) to allow customers to order and pa...
Our Annual Industry Exam – No Gloves!
Friday August 25, 2017 | Filed under:
ASI is the best in the business on a number of counts (our ESP® business platform, shows and events, education – I could go on!), but we really outdo ourselves each summer with Cou...
Intern Today, CEO Tomorrow
Wednesday May 18, 2016 | Filed under:
One of the biggest concerns distributors have over hiring summer interns is the time and effort it takes to train newcomers about our industry. I get that. To help, we made trainin...
Vulnerability is the Key to Success
Wednesday January 6, 2016 | Filed under:
I admit, I didn’t know who reality TV star and businessman Marcus Lemonis was when we secured him last year as the keynote speaker at the 2016 ASI Show® Orlando. But since then, I’...
United States of Diversity
Tuesday February 2, 2016 | Filed under:
ASI’s Mickee Chai was a 20-year-old student living in her native Malaysia when she took her very first plane ride halfway around the world – a trip that changed the course of her l...
An Inspiring Story, From Hospital to Hollywood
Friday February 12, 2016 | Filed under:
Imagine this: You’re the 19-year-old son of a single mother. Low on money, and unsure of your direction in life, you join the U.S. Army in the hope it’ll help pay for college. Whil...
Cool, Charismatic and Paying it Forward
Friday March 4, 2016 | Filed under:
If you read nothing else this week, I urge you to peruse the stories of the innovators and game changers who made the 2016 Counselor Hot 25 list.You’ll find entrepreneurs like Bayo...