Now that all the ink’s dry, we thought we’d share our favorite moments from Print 13. I wasn’t lucky enough to attend the event, but our CEO Nick and company manager Alex sent me lots of fun photos from the floor. I spent most of my time watching the Print Media Centr live stream broadcast and participating virtually through Twitter. Nick and Alex stopped by the giant Xerox booth to check out the awesome equipment and meet our favorite Digital Printing Baller, Bill Michael. The Xerox team promoted Print 13 using the hash tag #PrintWins; here’s Alex explaining why Print Wins for all of us at PrintFirm.com in a Vine:
This picture of Nick says it all—We. Are. Print.
There were lots of excellent speakers who shared their wisdom at the Printerverse booth, including Trish Witkowski of the Fold Factory (home of the Super Cool Fold of the Week YouTube series), Mike Blanco from GPA Substrates, Phil Riebel from Two Sides US, and of course, Deborah Corn, the ruler of the ink galaxy. Still, my favorite speaker was definitely Mary Beth Smith of Girls Who Print fame. Her inspiring speech about empowering women in the printing industry really hit home with all the girls in our office. The girls and I dig the concept so much, we’re already planning our celebration for next year.
Mary Beth raised an interesting point about the need for strong female mentors to help young women with their careers. I’m fortunate to have an awesome mentor in Deborah, but I never thought about becoming one myself. Right now there aren’t any junior staff members in need of guidance in our company, but I am certainly available to help any interested students through the web (feel free to hit me up on LinkedIn). I’d be happy to teach you everything I know about print, marketing, SEO, social media, design, writing, and life in general. And who knows, maybe our next hire will be a girl looking for some professional advice and direction.
If you missed Print 13, you won’t have to wait very long to get the next best thing—the Print Media Centr live stream awaits on YouTube! You can see Mary Beth’s moving speech and get helpful tips about marketing your printing company. The fine folks at Xerox are also adding their own Print 13 virtual recap that will go live on September 19th. Be sure to pre-register here.
Did you go to Print 13? What were your favorite takeaways? Share your CMYK memories with the community in the comments below!
Print 13 Photo Gallery
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