TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
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Observe a Springtime Ritual: Hire a Summer Intern
Wednesday May 1, 2019
With unemployment at a nearly two-decade low, hiring is tougher than ever, especially for companies located outside major cities. Need a surefire way to help guarantee candidates f...
Have a Question for Laura Bush and Daughter Jenna?
Wednesday January 23, 2019
I just learned I’ll interview former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager, a Today Show correspondent, for an hour during the inaugural ASI Fort Worth show, Febr...
Get Your Story On At ASI Power Summit
Friday May 19, 2017
From childhood on, stories transfix us all. Even as adults, we’re captivated by potboilers, dramas and yarns – whether it’s the “Serial” podcast, the latest must-see summer series ...
A Special Message from the Eternal Optimist
Wednesday December 20, 2017
I like to end every year with a message to our members, as thanks to everyone for doing business with ASI. This year, my “holiday card” is actually a 2-minute video with five quick...
Rowing 3,000 Miles For Charity
Monday December 4, 2017
“Mom: Rowing across Atlantic. Alone. Mostly naked. See you in 3 months. Love, Oliver”
Change Is Here: Are You Ready?
Wednesday November 8, 2017
Throughout 10 years of moderating the annual ASI Power Summit, I resisted taking the stage as a panelist. But this year, at our 11th event in San Diego, CA, I agreed to sit onstage...
Opening Doors, As One Closes
Tuesday October 17, 2017
I was saddened this week to learn of the unexpected passing of a long-time ASI colleague, Maria Welsh. After several weeks of treatment, Maria was recuperating in a nursing facilit...
Where There’s a Cause, There’s a T-shirt
Tuesday April 4, 2017
As the executive editor of ASI’s Wearables magazine (the promo industry’s premier apparel and decorating resource), I’m always hearing about successful fundraisers powered by nothi...
Let’s Talk Tech
Thursday June 8, 2017
If you follow tech news – or visit Starbucks – you probably heard about the coffee company phasing in groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) to allow customers to order and pa...
Our Annual Industry Exam – No Gloves!
Friday August 25, 2017
ASI is the best in the business on a number of counts (our ESP® business platform, shows and events, education – I could go on!), but we really outdo ourselves each summer with Cou...
Vulnerability is the Key to Success
Wednesday January 6, 2016
I admit, I didn’t know who reality TV star and businessman Marcus Lemonis was when we secured him last year as the keynote speaker at the 2016 ASI Show® Orlando. But since then, I’...
United States of Diversity
Tuesday February 2, 2016
ASI’s Mickee Chai was a 20-year-old student living in her native Malaysia when she took her very first plane ride halfway around the world – a trip that changed the course of her l...
An Inspiring Story, From Hospital to Hollywood
Friday February 12, 2016
Imagine this: You’re the 19-year-old son of a single mother. Low on money, and unsure of your direction in life, you join the U.S. Army in the hope it’ll help pay for college. Whil...
Cool, Charismatic and Paying it Forward
Friday March 4, 2016
If you read nothing else this week, I urge you to peruse the stories of the innovators and game changers who made the 2016 Counselor Hot 25 list.You’ll find entrepreneurs like Bayo...