{"id":2357,"date":"2013-06-12T11:13:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T15:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2013-06-12T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T15:13:20","slug":"business-canadian-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2013\/06\/12\/business-canadian-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Business, Canadian-Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I probably qualified for enough frequent flyer miles to get to the moon this week, leap-frogging from ASI\u00ae<\/sup> headquarters in Pennsylvania to meetings in California before heading to Banff, Alberta, for the inaugural ASI Power Summit in Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The summit, which takes place Wednesday through Friday at the legendary Fairmont Banff Springs<\/a> resort, features sessions on emerging markets and breaking business trends impacting the advertising specialty marketplace. I\u2019m really looking forward to an on-stage discussion with our keynote speaker, the multi-talented Dr. Jack Mintz, a world-renowned corporate taxation expert and director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While it\u2019s our first Power Summit in Canada, it\u2019s our seventh altogether, with registration already open for the ASI Power Summit 2013<\/a>, Sunday, September 15 through Tuesday, September 17 at the Montage Deer Valley Resort<\/a> in Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n

The hallmarks of every ASI Power Summit include an intimate, relaxed setting in a beautiful place, conducive to great conversations and superior networking among the industry\u2019s most knowledgeable and influential people. The list of business leaders speaking at the Canadian Power Summit reads like a \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d of ad specialty insiders and representatives of a number of Counselor<\/em> Top 40 suppliers and distributors.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to a full slate of panel discussions, on Thursday we\u2019ll celebrate the release of our first-ever list of the fastest-growing ad specialty companies in Canada, a list topped by a company that grew an incredible 253% between 2010 and 2012.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure a high point of that night\u2019s dinner discussion will be Canada highlights from Counselor<\/em>\u00ae<\/sup> <\/em>magazine<\/a>\u2019s upcoming \u201cState of the Industry\u201d report. Sneak peek alert: 2012 Canadian distributor ad specialty sales rose to $1.56 billion, up from $1.48 billion in 2011.<\/p>\n

The ASI employees working at the event include Editor-in-Chief Melinda Ligos, pictured from left with Glenna Fulks, assistant director of corporate events, marketing guru Colin Graf and\u00a0Counselor<\/em> Editor Andy Cohen. They tell me the hotel\u2019s bison served over risotto is not to be missed.<\/p>\n

After three action-packed days, I\u2019m looking forward to one day\u2019s worth of hiking in Banff National Park<\/a>, where \u201cresidents\u201d include black bears, grizzlies, wolves, cougars and elk.\u00a0 I sure hope the hotel gift shop carries bear spray along with their branded gear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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