TIM ANDREWS BLOG
Thoughts and opinions on the advertising specialty industry
Never Forget: ASI's CEO Reflects on 9/11
Friday September 10, 2021 | Filed under:
You’ll see many social media posts with recollections of 20 years ago tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2001. Like the assassination of President Kennedy a generation before, the horrible attack...
Getting It First and Getting It Right
Friday June 4, 2021 | Filed under:
For over 65 years, ASI has set the standard for editorial excellence and professionalism in the promotional products industry. To date, ASI Media – which now includes our digital o...
Getting America and Promo Back to Business
Friday May 21, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s clear by nearly every metric – continued low interest rates, huge pent-up demand for travel and entertainment, “help wanted” signs all over America – that we are on the brink ...
Diving In
Friday March 26, 2021 | Filed under:
With another year underway, I did something that might surprise a few of you. I signed up for swimming lessons. That’s right: I never learned to swim. No matter how sweltering summ...
A Year of Pandemic Lessons
Thursday March 18, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s been about a year since we sent the majority of ASI employees home, thinking they’d work remotely for a few weeks at best. This week, we surveyed those same employees to learn...
Paying It Forward
Thursday March 4, 2021 | Filed under:
The past year has been one of personal introspection, with months of pandemic isolation while watching decades of anger erupt across the country. For me, the hardest words to hear ...
Keep Shoveling. We’re Getting There.
Tuesday February 23, 2021 | Filed under:
It’s been a long winter for much of the country, and that’s entailed a lot of snow shoveling. When you first get out there, the task can seem insurmountable. But soon, you find a r...
We're Almost Home
Friday February 19, 2021 | Filed under:
One year ago, after two decades, I said farewell to my beloved home and gardens in Princeton for a new condo life in a walkable downtown I had discovered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, ...
ASI's Norman Cohn Shares the True Meaning of Happiness (and Success)
Friday January 15, 2021 | Filed under:
As always, no matter what, ASI Chairman Norman Cohn remains optimistic, thoughtful and forward-thinking. Below is his latest email to the industry, which is well worth a read. As ...
Get Free Downloads and Recordings from the ASI Power Summit
Monday November 16, 2020 | Filed under:
Going live online with hundreds watching is a little nerve-wracking. Happily, ASI’s very first live Power Summit was pretty much glitch-free, a positive example of the many ways we...
ASI Power Summit: Live, Free and Open to Any ASI Member
Friday October 16, 2020 | Filed under:
Every year, pre-Covid, I looked forward to one of my favorite industry events: a gathering of top leaders at the ASI Power Summit. This year of course, everything’s virtual, includ...
ASI Moves Ahead, Virtually
Friday August 14, 2020 | Filed under:
Here’s what I love most about our industry: the support we offer each other during the toughest of times. ASI Show® just announced the cancellation of our Chicago trade show and th...
Celebrating Everything That Makes Our Industry Great
Thursday August 6, 2020 | Filed under:
Below is my “Letter from the CEO” that appears in the special State of the Industry issue of ASI’s Counselor magazine. Owing to publishing deadlines, I wrote it about a month ahead...
Help Us Buy a Half a Million Meals
Wednesday July 1, 2020 | Filed under:
The generosity of the promotional products industry is astounding me today. ASI planned to end its #ASIcares industry-wide fund drive on June 30, but I was so impressed with two la...
Ask the Hard Questions, Listen to the Answers
Wednesday June 10, 2020 | Filed under:
I’m on a nonprofit board in Princeton, N.J., with a friend, Wilma, who gave me permission to share the story below of what happened THIS WEEK to members of her African American fam...