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Jason's Page<br />
Monthly update from PPI<br />
Executive Director Jason Page<br />
The year is just a couple of weeks from<br />
being over and 2019 is coming whether<br />
we are all ready for it or not. After taking this first two<br />
months to acclimate to the new role, I?ve been working<br />
hard to absorb all that I can from Jules Van Sant, get as<br />
much face to face time with you as possible, and begin to<br />
implement some new cornerstones that will help PPI<br />
grow and increase its relevance to you and your<br />
businesses.<br />
We?ve relocated our office to downtown Portland,<br />
Oregon to be more central and create an opportunity to<br />
foster better and newer relationships this next year. We<br />
have also hired two new people to join our team that are<br />
passionate, capable, and committed to strengthening the<br />
influence and visibility of our industry. Tammy Weatherly,<br />
our new Administrative Assistant will help with<br />
organizational leadership, making sure we dot our ?I?s<br />
and cross our ?T?s. Benjamin Mertz our new Education &<br />
Events Coordinator is going to provide a new sense of<br />
excitement in the things we do together and help us<br />
become more relevant to a newer generation.<br />
We are currently at the tail<br />
end of crafting a new strategy<br />
for this next year and are eager<br />
to share it with you! Hope you<br />
all have great holiday and<br />
looking forward to connecting<br />
with you soon.<br />
Enthusiastically,<br />
Jason Page<br />
Executive Director<br />
PPI Association<br />
In This Issue:<br />
Update from Jason Page<br />
2019 Trends: What To<br />
Expect In The Year Ahead<br />
New Member Highlights:<br />
Leamy Printing and Design<br />
Olympus Press<br />
Complete 2018 Wage &<br />
Benefit Survey Available<br />
Now<br />
2019 Student Poster<br />
Contest Announcement
2019 Trends: What To Expect In The Year Ahead<br />
2019 is quickly approaching and<br />
with it comes the predictions of<br />
what organizations can expect<br />
for the following year. So, what<br />
will 2019 have in store?<br />
There will be a shift in the<br />
economy, a number of<br />
generational changes, an<br />
overwhelming increase in HR<br />
tech vendors to compete<br />
against, and additional work<br />
with artificial intelligence (AI).<br />
Here, we'll cover our top three<br />
predictions for the 2019<br />
workforce.<br />
1) Rise of HR<br />
The long-anticipated rise of HR<br />
is coming, and we think we<br />
know why. After decades of<br />
employers' being the primary<br />
determinant of who receives a<br />
position and who doesn't,<br />
companies are faced with a<br />
talent shortage and increasingly<br />
frustrating retention issues.<br />
Rather than being a cost<br />
center, HR is now a driver of<br />
people strategy. HR will finally<br />
have a strategic seat at the<br />
executive table and will be able<br />
to provide a better view on how<br />
to increase the performance of<br />
the workforce.<br />
2) From Discovery t o Audit in<br />
AI<br />
While AI has been on<br />
everyone's lips in 2018, in 2019,<br />
we predict we'll move past just<br />
conversations and chatbots and<br />
into true AI and machine<br />
learning (ML). Implementation<br />
and the audit of the tools<br />
already in use at many<br />
companies will be the main<br />
drivers for this shift (as well as<br />
the natural increasing<br />
sophistication of technology in<br />
its second, third, and fourth<br />
iterations, which is where AI and<br />
ML are currently in the HR tech<br />
landscape).<br />
Before 2018, the industry<br />
experienced application<br />
development and<br />
implementation of ML and AI. In<br />
2019, we will see additional<br />
work within auditing, regulation,<br />
and general use case guidance.<br />
The next era will be focused on<br />
questions about how to best<br />
implement, monitor/audit, and<br />
regulate the use of AI/ML.<br />
3) Gender Shift in Sales and<br />
Leadership<br />
Only 39% of sales<br />
professionals are women. Talent<br />
shortages will require a shift to<br />
include more women in sales<br />
roles.<br />
Organizations will target<br />
recruitment to include a diverse<br />
population of candidates who<br />
are hired based on potential<br />
rather than experience. This will<br />
require a focus on quickly<br />
onboarding sales professionals,<br />
providing targeted sales training<br />
and inclusive training programs<br />
that appeal to men and women.<br />
To learn more about Caliper and<br />
special discounts to PIA members,<br />
visit: www.calipercorp.com/pia<br />
<strong>December</strong> 19, 2018<br />
Content provided by Caliper<br />
By Heather Ishikawa, Senior Vice<br />
President, Caliper<br />
https://www.printing.org/blog/2019-trends-what-to-expect-in-the-year-ahead<br />
New Mem ber Spot light<br />
Leam y Print ing and Design<br />
Portland, OR<br />
Leamy Printing and Design is a new<br />
addition to PPI Association. The company is run<br />
by brothers Matt and John.<br />
Matt began his graphic design education<br />
under Chuck Taylor while at Reynolds High<br />
School. He then earned his B.F.A. while attending<br />
the Savannah College of Art and Design. Matt has<br />
experience in a wide range of areas outside of<br />
graphic design; from running presses to product<br />
design and R&D.<br />
John has worn a number of hats over the<br />
years from sales to the head of OHSU's food<br />
service. Currently he is the business mind at LP&D<br />
so Matt can focus on the art. He also lends his<br />
fundraising expertise to local non-profits.<br />
Founded in the Spring of 2002, LP&D has<br />
grown from a small operation in Matt's living<br />
room to a slightly larger operation with a few<br />
more toys. Located in the Columbia River Gorge,<br />
we are fortunate to be surrounded by its beauty,<br />
just as we've been lucky to have the assistance of<br />
talented employees, interns, freelancers and<br />
partners in building a solid reputation over the<br />
last decade. http://www.leamydesign.com/<br />
Bios taken and formatted from company website.<br />
Olym pus Press<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
If you ask around you'll find that discerning<br />
Seattle companies consistently prefer to trust<br />
their commercial printing to Olympus for<br />
unmatched quality and professionalism.<br />
With over 40 years experience as a Seattle<br />
printer we can meet your needs, regardless of the<br />
complexity of your project.<br />
Commercial printing is what we do and we<br />
do it with heart by printing green. We started<br />
printing green before it was trendy? today we still<br />
offer VOC free soy inks on a variety of sustainable<br />
papers.<br />
Commercial Printing Services at Olympus<br />
Press include:<br />
High Definition Offset, Short Run/Digital Printing,<br />
Bindery & Letterpress, Variable Printing/Maps &<br />
Data Services, Corporate Stationery Services,<br />
Book Printing, Online Ordering,<br />
Fulfillment/Inventory Control, Kitting/Assembly &<br />
Mailing<br />
https://olypress.com/
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