• Motivation Show Will Offer Top Speakers and Educational Sessions
• PMA Summit Offers Lessons on Going Digital
• Learn “Award-Winning Customer Service” at PPAI Workshop
• 2008 RPI Fall Summit Shares Space with The Motivation Show
• Score a Touchdown with Sports Marketing

Motivation Show Will Offer Top Speakers and Educational Sessions

The 2008 Motivation Show, scheduled for September 23 through September 25, 2008, promises an expansive exhibition floor, an expanded seminar and workshop series, and exciting keynote speakers. According to Donna Oldenburg, the Motivation Show’s conference director, “We have nearly doubled the number of conference sessions and have attracted some of the brightest names in American business to serve as our faculty.” The educational program will feature speakers from Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo, Hard Rock International, GE Capital, Nokia, Kellogg, Bank of America, T-Mobile, Whirlpool, Wachovia, and other leading companies.

Keynote speakers for the conference will be Chester Elton, co-author of The Carrot Principle, who will speak on “How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance,” and Tim Sanders, author of Saving the World at Work, whose presentation is titled “The Next Big Thing Is People!”

The show’s Executive Leadership Series: Strategies to Motivate, Empower, and Reward will also feature more than 60 seminars with corporate speakers presenting best practices they have developed for improving employee performance, customer loyalty, and corporate profits. The five learning tracks for the Executive Leadership Series include:

• Employee Engagement and Recognition
• Motivating Sales and Channel Partners
• Consumer Marketing
• Meeting and Incentive Travel Strategies
• Promotional Consultants

For more information on attending or exhibiting, visit www.motivationshow.com or contact account manager Kevin Fields at kfields@motivationshow.com.

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PMA Summit Offers Lessons on Going Digital

On September 8, 2008, the Promotion Marketing Association (PMA) will be holding its “PMA Digital Marketing Summit: Digital Marketing Fully Integrated” at the South Street Seaport in New York.  The day-long event is for anyone involved in digital marketing development, management, or evaluation, and will include:

• Case studies and lessons learned from leading practitioners.
• Creative digital solutions presented by the creators and marketers.
• Analytics, metrics and monetization detailed by experts in the field.

The cost is $595 for PMA members and $695 for non-members.  For additional information visit the PMA Web site at www.pmalink.org.

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Learn “Award-Winning Customer Service” at PPAI Workshop

The Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) has launched a one-day workshop on the “Principles of Award-Winning Customer Service” that will take place at a number of sites in the fall.  The interactive seminar is designed for key company decision-makers, managers, and customer service representatives, and will help attendees polish their own customer service skills as well as equip them to train their staffs on how to provide effective customer service.  Workshops are scheduled for Baltimore, MD (9/10), Covington, KY (9/11), and Irving, TX (10/21).  For additional information and questions about registration contact PPAI’s Margie Lindley at (972) 258-3025 or MargieL@ppai.org.

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2008 RPI Fall Summit Shares Space with The Motivation Show

Recognition Professionals International (RPI) has announced that its 2008 RPI Fall Summit will be co-located with The Motivation Show on September 23, 2008, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.  The RPI event brings together recognition professionals from some of America’s leading companies who are looking to enhance organizational performance through workforce recognition.  The RPI Fall Summit program will include sessions on motivating millennials, maximizing reward program ROI, and creating reward programs that motivate and inspire.  It will also feature best-practice case studies from Wells Fargo, Wachovia, and Bank of America.  For information on the RPI Fall Summit program or to register, visit the RPI Web site at www.recognition.org.

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Score a Touchdown with Sports Marketing

If you are involved in or considering some form of sports marketing, then this one-day event sponsored by the Promotion Marketing Association (PMA) may be for you.   It will offer consumer insights from representatives of various leagues and brands, suggest how to choose the right sport for effective brand exposure, and look at how to measure your investment. The workshop will be held at the Sports Museum of America in New York on October 28. For more details on the event, contact narendra@pmalink.org.

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