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“Yes, We Need Graph Expo Every Year!”

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The following was submitted as a comment to the post entitled, Andrew Tribute Asks: “Do We Need Graph Expo Each Year?”. The writer is Gene Gable, the former president and publisher of Publish magazine, president of Seybold Seminars, and publisher of The Seybold Report. Because of its length and relevance, ...

Andrew Tribute Asks: “Do We Need Graph Expo Each Year?”

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

It's provocative stuff: "I feel it is time that the Graphic Arts Show Company changed the way it operates. I think that there is no longer sufficient demand for an annual USA national trade show...PRINT should become the major North American based international and national trade show and should be cycled ...

Virtual Press Clips: Print Firms in the News

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Despite its name, Sheet Music Back in Print isn’t a printing company per se, but it's still a fascinating example of how well printed matter fits the "long tail" model of consumer demand that's so in vogue among marketers these days. Profiled last week in The Chicago Tribune, Sheet Music Back ...

How Printers Can Get the Skinny on “Lean Management and Manufacturing”

Friday, July 10th, 2009

On Wednesday, July 15, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, I'll moderate the first in a series of three WhatTheyThink webinars on a topic that couldn't be timelier: "Lean Management and Manufacturing" for graphic communications businesses. Our subject-matter expert will be Professor Kevin Cooper of the Graphic Communication Institute ...

NYU “Prism” Awardees Discuss the Present and Future of Graphic Communications

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

As posted last week, New York University's Master of Arts Program in Graphic Communications Management and Technology presented the 23rd annual Prism Award to Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) of HP. Prism recipients are chosen for their visionary business leadership and ...

GC Scholarship Foundation Honorees Speak About Educational Goals and Objectives

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Last week, we posted about the presentation ceremony by the Graphic Communication Scholarship Award and Career Advancement Foundation at Hearst Tower in New York City. Here, as promised, are the video interviews. The first is with Guy Gleysteen, senior vice president, production, Time, Inc., the recipient of the Foundation's 2009 ...

Accepting NYU’s Prism Award, Vyomesh Joshi Predicts “Tremendous Opportunity” for Inkjet Production Printing

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

With the encouragement to students that “if I can do it, you can do it,” Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi accepted the Prism Award for Distinguished Leadership during a packed luncheon at Gotham Hall in Manhattan on June 24. Joshi is executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) of HP, ...

Graphics Scholarships Are Presented to 25 Young Aspirants in NYC

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Twenty-five college and college-bound students in New York City will find the high cost of higher education a bit easier to bear thanks to the cash grants they received on June 22 from the Graphic Communications Scholarship Award and Career Advancement Foundation. The presentation ceremony at the Hearst Tower in Manhattan ...

Entries Are Still Being Accepted for IAPHC’s 2009 International Gallery of Excellence Competition

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

There’s still time for printers to enter one of the industry’s longest-running and most arts prestigious graphic arts competitions: IAPHC’s International Gallery of Excellence. Entries will be accepted until June 30 for the 2009 edition of the event, which IAPHC—the coordinating organization for Clubs of Printing House Craftsmen around the ...

PIAG Takes To YouTube To Promote 2009 SkillsUSA Georgia Competition

Monday, June 15th, 2009

This nicely done photomontage captures scenes from the 2009 SkillsUSA Georgia training and competition in graphic communications and advertising design, an event sponsored by the Printing & Imaging Association of Georgia (PIAG). It also earned a $100 cash prize for its producer, William Anthony, a high school student named the ...