Help Save Your Industry!
Take Action TODAY : FIGHT Senate Bill 301
The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Bill S. 301) and similar copy-cat state legislation requires manufacturers of drugs and medical supplies to report payments made to physicians. Payments are defined as any transfer of value, including promotional products.
While the law allows for transfers of value up to $100 over the course of an entire year, once that $100 mark is reached, every promotional product regardless of the value of the individual item will have to be reported.
The reality is that if every item must be reported, many companies will choose to give nothing of value rather than report on each item.
YOU can do something about it! Send a letter TODAY!
5 Minutes To Save Your Industry!
- Go to www.ppailaw.org.
- On the U.S. map, click YOUR STATE.
- Under #1 (for most states), click on the “Send an e-mail to your Senators-Click HERE” link.
- Next page, scroll down to the bottom of the letter and complete the “Your Contact Information” section.
- Click “Send Message”. You may or may not be sent to a verification page. If you are, insert code provided and click “Send Message” again.
You’re done!!!
You’ve just sent a message to your Senators!
Now you’ve seen how easy it is … make sure to “show and tell” your friends and colleagues AND send a letter EVERY WEEK!
It’s Easy!
P.s. Post a comment below and let us know your thoughts on this bill and if you made contact with your Senator!
Add comment 10/29/2009
PPAI Webinars
If you’re interested in the upcoming webinards hosted by PPAI please go to www.pppailaw.org for more details. This is a brief overview of the schedule:
Session 1: Wednesday, September 16, 9 pacific, 10 mountain, 11am central, noon eastern
Speakers: John Satagaj, Eric Ekstrand, Hope Tackaberry, Anne Lardner
Session 2: Thursday, October 1, 10 pacific, 11 mountain, noon central, 1 eastern
Speakers: Robert Drummer, Sherri Lennarson, Steve Meyer, Anne Lardner
Session 3: Wednesday, October 14, 10 pacific, 11 mountain, noon central, 1 eastern
Speakers: Robert Drummer, Eric Ekstrand, Steve Meyer, Anne Lardner
Session 4: Wednesday, October 28, 9am pacific, 10am mountain, 11am central, noon eastern
Speakers: Robert Drummer, Sherri Lennarson, Eric Ekstrand, Hope Tackaberry, Anne Lardner
Add comment 09/16/2009
Social Media Revolution
If you’re on the fence about incorporating social media into your business then please take 4 minutes and watch this video!
Post a comment below and let us know what you think…
Add comment 09/10/2009
Bragging Rights & Thank You’s from the 2009 CAPPA EXPO!
I hope that when you read this post it’s just a recap because you attended “The Best Little Show in Texas” on August 13th, in San Antonio! Just in case you could not make it, it was a total SUCCESS!!!
You might ask what constitutes a success?
- Awesome suppliers and multi-line reps. who support CAPPA year after year and led to us selling out of booths this year. We owe you an enormous amount of gratitude!
- 289 distributors who showed up ready to engage and learn. Thanks to you, all of our hard work paid off in spades
Planning a 2 day EXPO is a monumental VOLUNTEER effort that begins a year in advance. I would be remiss not to call out a few special people who gave above and beyond what is required to make this event truly “The Best Little Show in Texas”!
- Rick Tabone (The Identity Group), 2009 EXPO Chair. It would take at least 2 pages to list all of the things Rick did for our show this year. Any event of this magnitude needs an anchor, head cheerleader, pilot and he definitely filled those shoes for us. Thank You for all you did for CAPPA this year… your efforts will be felt for years to come!
- Debra Stovall- I am not kidding when I tell you I don’t know what we would do without her. We would an unorganized bunch of heathens who did not know up from down
Debra has been with CAPPA for a number of years and she continues to put her heart and soul into making us a better organization and for this we are eternally grateful! - CAPPA Board Members- Matt, Ruth, Marsha, Rick, Heather, Terri and myself. Not only do we give our time to serve on the CAPPA board but we all have a hand in making the show a success.
- Volunteers (Matt Gledhill, Melinda Chandler, Sunny Araguz, Hilda Guiteriez, Collin Newmann, Bob and Audrey Elder, Forrest Stovall, Tyler Vaught, and Michael Burbank). Thanks to you we have fabulous pictures, check in ran smoothly and load in and load out were a breeze. Thank you so much for volunteering your time year after year… from the bottom of our hearts we truly appreciate you!
2009 was our 25th Anniversary and we hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to start the show. It was attended by many of the CAPPA Past-Presidents, Jennifer Arriaga from HPPA, Kathy Schneider from PPAS, Larry Krause longtime CAPPA supporter, Steve Slagel and Melissa Hall from PPAI. Thanks for all your support over the years- we would not be where we are today without ya’ll!
This year we had lots of changes including a new day, new time and a new venue. I am very proud to say that all of these worked our to our advantage and we received glowing reviews from both attendees and exhibitors.
Planning is already under way for the 2010 EXPO. Please do us a favor and mark your calendars now for August 19th, 2010, in San Antonio at Live Oak Civic Center. You won’t be disappointed!
2 comments 09/02/2009
Why I Volunteer
I’m sure that you’re dying to know how the CAPPA turned out and I promise to write that post tomorrow. But tonight, volunteerism is on my mind…
In the past when people have asked why I volunteer I’m sure that I just rattled off the first answer that came to my head (sorry!) but as I working on a CAPPA project late last night I really started to ask myself why I do this?
This is what motivates me:
Money- The next time you have a spare second make of list of how much it would cost you to attend the PPAI or ASI shows in Las Vegas or even Dallas for that matter. If you have office staff or sales people that you would take with you, then double that number. Are the zero’s adding up yet? CAPPA hosts an annual EXPO with over 100 national suppliers and multi-line reps as exhibitors. All it costs me is a tank of gas to get to San Antonio! On the flip side of that coin….Oprah once said “It takes a village to raise kids” well I don’t have kids but I can tell you without a doubt that it takes months and hundreds of hours behind the scenes planning to offer you “The Best Little Show in Texas!” and it’s all done by volunteers.
Relationships- The standard answer is that you can build relationships with suppliers which is true (& VERY helpful) but it’s not my answer. For me, it’s about the relationships that I have built with other distributors (Yes, my competitors!). There are times when I just can’t find what I’m looking for, I run into a client or employee situation where I’m not exactly sure what to do or maybe I’ve just had a tough day and need somebody to listen who can relate. Guess what…I now have a group of other distributors whom I meet through volunteering for CAPPA that I am proud to call my friends. We are not worried about stealing each others business or that if we if we help each other with ideas for clients and business that it’s going to put one of us out of business! I can reach out to these people at any time and I know that they will help me and vice versa! That’s priceless if you ask me…
United we stand, Divided we fall- Let’s face it…the last year has been rocky and there are lots of things going on right now that are changing the landscape of our industry. When we finally get out of the recession that we are in, I think not only the promotional products industry but business in general will be different. Recent legislation regarding safety standards and laws that being debated right now in Congress will affect all of us. I am a distributorship of 2 and by standing alone I don’t make that big of an impact but if we come together, as a united industry, to stand up for what we believe in, we are a strong and powerful voice. Regional associations in conjunction with PPAI are leading the way to make sure our voices are heard. By volunteering to help i’m ensuring that CAPPA can provide opportunities to educate myself and make sure that I am a top-notch professional within my industry – my clients expect it and my livelihood depends on it.
What motivates you to volunteer?
By: Jennifer Brown, 360 Promotions
Add comment 08/29/2009
Two weeks from today…
Two weeks from today, on August 13th, the CAPPA EXPO will take place in San Antonio, TX!!!
For details about the show, including an online distributor registration form, please visit: www.cappatexas.org
Note: Pre-registration ends on Aug. 7th but there will be onsite registration available.
We hope to see all of your smiling faces!!
P.s. If you have questions about the show please leave a comment below or email cappa@gvtc.com
Add comment 07/30/2009
