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Welcome to Currents, the Great Lakes Graphics Association's weekly e-newsletter, bringing you information and education you can use to run your businesses. Currents is published every Tuesday.

National News and Education

Enhancing Direct Mail

Strategic Discounting

Overtime Exempt

Disaster Preparedness

"Wisdom Work"

Video - Sales Tip of the Week

GLGA Association News

Upcoming Webinars

Event Photos

GLGA Print Academy

Member News

Blooming Color

Freedom Graphic Systems

Tactive

GPA


Enhancing Direct Mail: The Impact of Personalization and Specialty Print in a Digital Era


Direct mail remains a vital component of modern messaging campaigns. This article explores how personalization and specialty print can further increase its effectiveness. By Keypoint Intelligence on WhatTheyThink.com.

Strategic Discounting for Print Success


Have you experienced that customers are discount-diving deeper into your profit margins? By Debbie Nicholson of Think-to-INK! on American Printer.com.

Overtime Shockwaves: Federal Appeals Court to Decide Fate of Salary Basis Test


If one Texas employer has its way, we’d conclude that the Department of Labor never had the right to even set a salary floor in the first place. From JD Supra.

Hurricanes and Earthquakes and Wildfires, Oh My!—Key Disaster Preparedness Considerations for Employers


Natural disasters may be unpredictable and devastating, but employers can take steps to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on their businesses.. From GLGA member Ogletree Deakins.

Why “Wisdom Work” Is the New “Knowledge Work”


If companies can figure out how to enable the intergenerational transfer of the wisdom that comes with age and experience, they can strengthen themselves — and the workplace as a whole. From the Harvard Business Review.

Video - Sales Tip of the Week


Friday used to be just another day in the selling week, but things have changed and sales reps need to think about how best to use the suddenly-quiet day. By Bill Farquharson on the Sales Vault.com.

Upcoming Webinars - FREE for GLGA Members: 


GLGA Event Photos - View and Download Your Favorites


Looking for pictures from GLGA events? Our online photo album page now has links to the albums from the Chicagoland and Milwaukee Awards Celebrations and from the Illinois Printers Scholarship Golf Outing.

GLGA Print Academy Featured Course of the Week - FREE for GLGA Members

INTRODUCTION TO FINISHING - TRIMMING AND CUTTING


This review covers the different types of cutting devices on the market today and the distinction between cutting and trimming. This lesson is 9:12 in length.

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Member News

What's new at your business? Send your press releases and social media post links to Sharon Flick


Find news about and featuring GLGA members posted

on our LinkedIn networking group page.

Blooming Color Welcomes Two New Presses to Our Fleet

Posted on LinkedIn by Blooming Color, Lombard, IL

Freedom Graphic Systems Proudly Celebrates the Heritage of Our Employees!

Posted on LinkedIn by Freedom Graphic Systems, Milton, WI

Tactive Project Spotlight: Hi & Mighty Retail Tasting Display

Posted on their website blog by Tactive, Indianapolis, IN

GPA Announces Jules Gonzales as Their New Senior Vice President of Sales

Press release by GPA, McCook, IL

About Us

The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphic arts industry throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. It represents approximately 13 percent of the total print market in the United States with its three-state region, accounting for combined annual shipments of nearly $19 billion. Founded in 1886, GLGA celebrated its 135 year anniversary in 2021 and continues to be the oldest print trade association in North America. 

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