Margie
Dana to chair first-ever print buyer conference at Graph Expo
Boston Print Buyers founder takes national stage at premier printing
show
Boston Print Buyers founder Margie Dana will chair
the first-ever print buyers’ conference to be held at Graph Expo,
the largest, most comprehensive trade show for all prepress, printing,
finishing, mailing and fulfillment, and digital technologies in the
Americas. This year’s show will run from Sept. 9–12 at McCormick
Place in Chicago. (More)
Print
Management Conference speaker earns national honor
Joe Becker, who will lead talk on succession planning, is
inducted into Soderstrom Society
Joseph A. Becker, who has been named recipient of a
major national award for his career of service to the printing industry,
will lead a working session on ownership succession planning for family
businesses at PINE’s Northeast Regional Print Management
Conference next month. (More)
Quebecor
World Taunton Book Services earns Group Safety Award from Mass. Safety
Council
Quebecor World Taunton Book Services received a Group
Safety Award from the Massachusetts Safety Council for working 902,128
hours with a lost workday incident rate of 0.44, as compared to the
national rate of 1.1. This is the fifth straight year in a row that
Quebecor World Taunton has received this award. The award dinner was
held recently at Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant in Boston. The award
was accepted by Quebecor World’s safety manager, David Jenkins
and members of the safety team. (More)
What
businesses can learn from the iPhone phenomenon
By John Graham
““If you’re not a reviewer, chances are you won’t
even bother to look at the manual,” wrote Time reviewer Lev Grossman.
That’s nothing less than a stunning comment about any cell phone,
particularly one that brings you phone, camera, Internet, wi-fi and,
of course, an iPod music player. (More)
Epson
is still the leader, but are there any alternatives?
By Ron Ellis
Rumor has it that Epson has already shut down the x800 printer production
line as they ready new models for fall production. Whenever this has
happened in the past there has always been a three to six-month window
in which Epson printers are not available. (More)
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in printed version
Are
you losing 30 percent of your life insurance premiums?
By Irving L. Blackman
Yes, life insurance is a tax-advantaged investment. Wealthy people buy
it as an investment. But why?... Because the death benefit (which is
always greater than the premium paid) is free of income tax according
to the Internal Revenue Code. Best of all, if properly done, (and it’s
easy to do) the death benefit escapes the estate tax. It’s a simple
fact: the tax law creates a tax-free environment for life insurance.
Here’s a typical real-life example from our client files.
The
“Below Standard” boost: Seven ways to head off performance
issues before they poison your culture
By Jen Forgie
All leaders are familiar with employees who exhibit “below standard”
performance. They don’t all look alike but we know them when we
see them. … these people aren’t terrible employees, they’re
just not doing what they should be doing. You’re not ready to
fire them — not yet, anyway — but if you don’t do
something, their performance issues are sure to escalate until they
become full-blown problem employees.
Gutenberg’s
heirs: Looking for trends at drupa 2008
By John Parsons
Drupa, the quadrennial celebration of print, is upon us once again.
As with past versions of the show, the 2008 event will be the most complete
representation possible of the state of printed communications —
from conception through delivery, and everything in between. Savvy vendors
time their major product announcements to coincide with drupa, so it
is arguably the best opportunity to “see everything,” and
gather critical information for one’s business plan.
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