At the recent National Government Publishing Association conference, in Bellevue, Wash., speaker Wes Friesen, of Portland General Electric’s in-plant, listed 10 ways for in-plant managers to motivate their employees:
1. Personally thank them.
More than 60 in-plant managers filled the room for a special seminar on digital printing at Graph Expo last week. They were a diverse mix, representing government, insurance companies, school districts, universities, retail chains and more.
The 90-minute session—co-hosted by IPG and the IPMA—yielded tons of useful information from six different speakers: three vendors and three in-plant managers. The theme of the meeting was digital printing, a topic of strong interest among in-plants.
LAST MONTH I had the opportunity to join about two dozen in-plant managers in Rochester, N.Y., for a Thought Leadership Workshop, organized by Xerox. As part of its effort to better understand the concerns of in-plants, one of its most important customer groups, Xerox has hosted several of these workshops for in-plants to give them a chance to network with one another, help each other resolve common problems and learn about Xerox technology. I was invited to give the keynote address at the kickoff dinner. Xerox had assembled a great group of in-plant managers, most of whom I had never met before. They
IN-PLANT MANAGERS from 19 states and Canada gathered last month at the historic Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas, for the combined Southeastern University Printing and Digital Managers Conference (SUPDMC) and Texas Association of College and University Printers (TACUP) conference. While billed as a regional conference, the event’s theme, “Making the Tough Decisions,” attracted representatives from as far away as California, Colorado and British Columbia. The conference was organized and hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Print and Mail department, led by Director Steve Burdette and Assistant Director Mary R. Burdette. The 65 attendees from 40 different schools were treated to a dynamic
GRAPH EXPO took over Chicago for four days last month, bringing the best of Drupa to U.S. soil. Thousands of printers turned out to see what the 600+ vendors had to show. They saw several striking changes from years past. For one thing, offset presses were not a dominant sight. Wide-open floor space typified the booths of many offset vendors. Even Heidelberg had just one press on hand, focusing instead on using Prinect to fully integrate a print shop. manroland showed no presses, but highlighted its service contract portfolios. This contrasted sharply with the booths of digital press manufacturers, which crammed as many
The annual Graph Expo exhibition, the largest graphic arts show in the Western Hemisphere, gets underway this Sunday at Chicago’s McCormick Place South and runs through October 29. More than 600 exhibitors will grace the 400,000 square feet of exhibit space at printing’s annual prepress, press, postpress and related technologies showcase.
The third annual INTERQUEST Digital Printing in Government Forum will take place in just 12 days at the Omni Shoreham in Washington D.C. Last year’s event drew about 150 attendees from more than 40 agencies and printing companies serving the government market. This year, INTERQUEST will present the results from a new study “Digital Printing in the Government: Market Analysis & Forecast (2008-2012),” which will be published in November. The study is based on an in-depth survey of government in-plant, CRD and data center operations. It analyzes market trends, issues, applications, and opportunities. The event, taking place Wednesday, November 5, will feature two customer
The National Government Publishing Association (NGPA) concluded its 31st annual conference yesterday in Bellevue, Wash. More than 80 government in-plant representatives attended. This year’s conference, organized by the Washington State Department of Printing, brought a more diverse group than usual, including a number of in-plants from schools in the Pacific Northwest. Ursula Burns, president of Xerox, flew in from Rochester, N.Y., just to give the opening keynote address. She focused on the “three mega trends” that Xerox has identified: personalization, collaboration and digitization. Wes Friesen, of Portland General Electric’s in-plant, enlivened the atmosphere with tips on how to be a better manager
If you attended the Association of College and University Printers conference back in May, or if you just wanted to know what it was like, IPG has posted a video to give you a glimpse of the event. It’s available here: http://www.ipgonline.com/video/video.bsp?sid=176089&var=video
The annual Graph Expo exhibition, the largest graphic arts show in the Western Hemisphere, gets underway this Sunday at Chicago’s McCormick Place South and runs through October 29. More than 600 exhibitors will grace the 400,000 square feet of exhibit space at printing’s annual prepress, press, postpress and related technologies showcase.
