TREVOSE, PA – October 6, 2009 – The ASI Show announced that Anthony Robbins, world-renowned authority on the psychology of leadership, negotiations, organizational turnaround and peak performance, will be the Keynote speaker on Friday, February 26, at the newly announced ASI Show in San Diego, taking place at the San Diego Convention Center. 
 
Seating for this extraordinary event will be limited. ASI members should register for The ASI Show in San Diego at www.asishow.com by November 30 to be guaranteed a seat. 
 
The ASI Show in San Diego will include an ASI Education day on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, followed by two exhibit days on Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26.
 
 Timed in the first quarter, ASI San Diego is the perfect platform for suppliers to showcase their new products and services in the early part of 2010. Many Top 40 companies will be exhibiting, including:

• Adimages Promotional Group (asi/31969) 
• Admore Inc. (asi/32050) 
• American Apparel (asi/35297) 
• AshCity (asi/37127) 
• Bodek and Rhodes (asi/40788) 
• Cutter & Buck (asi/47965) 
• Gill Studios Inc. (asi/56950) 
• Hit Promotional Products (asi/61125) 
• The Magnet Group (asi/68507) 
• PremiumWear (asi/72725) 
• Prime Resources Corp. (asi/79530) 
• Sunscope (asi/90075) 
• Sweda Co. (asi/90305) 
• Tri-Mountain/Mountain Gear (asi/92125) 
• Vantage Apparel (asi/93390) 
• Windmill Press/Saratoga Pen Co. (asi/97270) 

For 30 years, Tony Robbins has served as an advisor to leaders around the world. Beyond fathering the life coaching industry, Robbins is the owner of and helps run 11 companies. Robbins will be starring in a new reality show on NBC in 2010, where he will work with individuals giving them the tools they need to change their lives.
 
Robbins has been honored by Accenture as one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World”; by Harvard Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus”; by American Express as one of the “Top Six Business Leaders in the World” to coach its entrepreneurial clients; by Forbes as a “Top 100 Celebrity”; by Justice Byron White as one of the world’s “Outstanding Humanitarians”; and by the International Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 10 “Outstanding People of the World.”
 
“We are thrilled to have such a motivating business leader as our Keynote speaker at The ASI Show in San Diego,” said Timothy M. Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer of ASI and President of The ASI Show. “I couldn’t think of a more appropriate speaker to help us kick off this new industry event serving the West Coast. Tony spoke at our Orlando show this year and had people on their feet, actually participating for most of the hour. I’m sure everyone will leave Tony’s presentation energized with new ideas for achieving business and personal success.”
 
“Tony Robbins’ Keynote was phenomenal,” shared Dale Groves, Just About Ink/PAP (asi/397765), on Robbins’ presentation at The ASI Show in Orlando. “He’s a real motivator and helps you change the way you’re looking and thinking about things. He spoke on how to positively project ourselves. I’m excited for the new sales year now.”
 
“Tony Robbins is just awesome! He’s spectacular,” added Allen McNeill, Brandelope (asi/41544). “I am absolutely motivated for the new sales season. I really loved it.”
  
“The ASI Show in San Diego will be a vigorous event where distributors, suppliers and decorators can connect, participate in timely education programs and do business,” said Andrews. “It is exciting to have a new industry show in California – the state with the single largest number of distributor and supplier firms in the nation.”
 
Register today for The ASI Show in San Diego at www.asishow.com or call 877-ASI-SHOW for more information.
 
To learn more about exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities please contact Karen DiTomasso, Director of Sales, at kditomasso@asicentral.com.

About ASI
Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry, with a membership of over 26,000 distributor firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers) of advertising specialties.  Supplier firms use ASI print and electronic resources to market products to over 22,000 ASI distributor firms.  Distributor firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which contain nearly every product in the industry from more than 3,500 reputable suppliers, to locate supplier firms and to market services to buyers.  ASI provides catalogs, information directories, newsletters, magazines, websites and databases, and offers e-commerce, marketing and selling tools.  Visit ASI online at asicentral.com and on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, the CEO’s blog and the ASI Social Network.

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