{"id":796,"date":"2011-02-16T18:13:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T22:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2011-02-16T18:13:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T22:13:35","slug":"a-hot-time-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2011\/02\/16\/a-hot-time-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hot Time in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ASI show in Dallas opened\u00a0Wednesday with a bustling Education Day featuring six dynamic new speakers and a slew of sessions \u2013 all of which qualify toward the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syberworks.com\/asicentral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Advertising Specialty Institute Certification Program<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/11Dallas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/dal1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re hosting a \u201cBuild Your Industry Contacts\u201d networking reception and Thursday we start two days of exhibiting \u2013 including nearly 120 suppliers that did not exhibit at Dallas last year.<\/p>\n<p>There are tons of wild and crazy new products \u2013 from the wacky and weird to the super cool and high-tech. I\u2019ll showcase some of them in upcoming Tim\u2019s Takes videos. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday night, we return to what\u2019s always a hootin\u2019 hollarin\u2019 good time at the Ultimate Texas Bash at Eddie Deen\u2019s Ranch. Friday, a sold-out crowd will enjoy a morning keynote by former first lady Laura Bush, who\u2019s also addressing a lunchtime crowd at our second annual ASI Women\u2019s Summit.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/11Dallas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/dal2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to hear what she has to say about her days in the White House and especially her advocacy work on behalf of women\u2019s rights in Afghanistan and women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates all this week. On with the show!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in Dallas, tell me about your experiences by posting a comment or emailing me <a href=\"mailto:tim.andrews@asicentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Andrews_ASI\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timasitv\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ASI show in Dallas opened\u00a0Wednesday with a bustling Education Day featuring six dynamic new speakers and a slew of sessions \u2013 all of which qualify toward the Advertising Specialty Institute Certification Program. We&#8217;re hosting a \u201cBuild Your Industry Contacts\u201d networking reception and Thursday we start two days of exhibiting \u2013 including nearly 120 suppliers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,24,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asi-shows","category-education","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}