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PMANC’s Professional Development Committee works diligently to deliver excellence in professional development programming for the benefit of PMANC Members. Education events held at PMANC’s annual SHOWCASE and at other times throughout the year are designed to assist members in various areas, including sales and business growth, professionalism, new technologies, and social media. Wherever possible, PMANC applies to PPAI for MAS/CAS credit for its educational programming.
To learn more about MAS/CAS certifications and how to earn credit, click here.
Upcoming PMANC Educational Events
Attendees may register for PMANC education events on the Calendar of Events page
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PMANC Professional Development at 2013 Showcase
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May 10, 2013 |
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10:00 AM to 12:00 PM |
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Portola Hotel and Spa,
Two Portola Plaza,
Monterey, CA 93940
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Registration is now open for PMANC's Professional Development session held in conjunction with the 2013 Showcase.
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TOTAL RECALL = PROTECT your brand
Date: May 10, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Place: Portola Hotel & Spa – Monterey, CA
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Another remake of this great film? Not quite but we do have an incredible cast to entertain you! In the same time it would take to see a good movie, you can invest in protecting your salesforce and your brand, avoid implied errors, and grow your business by learning from industry experts and fellow peers! No order is worth the risk of your entire business because of a mere product mishap. Know what you need to know now about product responsibility. Take away important, differentiating information for your clients, reassuring them of their best interest at heart. In less than two hours you will be up to speed, accompanied by a varied and well-versed panel of suppliers and distributors to address your questions and share perspectives. So grab a seat! This is a session not to be missed and guaranteed to be much better than any movie!
Hour one of this two-hour sessions features Rick Brenner and Leeton Lee providing you with the information you need to know to leverage product safety to your advantage. Hour Two features an all-star distributor panel and question and answer session. Our distributor panel will tell you what is working for them, and the challenges they face. This is an interactive session. Your input is needed too! Attend and come away with information and strategies you need to make product safety work to YOUR advantage.
All distributors dream of landing that BIG client that will make them more successful. Truth is, if you are not current on and in compliance with product safety issues, your dream will never become a reality. Attend this session and take your first step to  making YOUR dream a REALITY.
Confirmed Distributor Panel Members as of printing are Stephanie Critchfield of The Vernon Company and Laura Ward, Ward Promotional Marketing Solutions. One additional panelist to be announced.
Coffee service prior to the session; registraton fee includes lunch (served from Noon until 1:00 PM). $50.00 per person.
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About our featured speakers:
Rick Brenner, MAS has served as President and CEO of Top 40 supplier Prime Resources – home of the Prime Line – since 2004. Active in the industry for 15 years, Mr. Brenner is a current member of the PPAI Board of Directors. He serves as co-chair of PPAI's annual Product Safety Summit, and is an active member of PRAG - PPAI's Product Responsibility Action Group. Mr. Brenner is also a founding board member of Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), and serves as Chair of its Compliance Committee. Mr. Brenner is active in ICPHSO, the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization, and serves as an industry advocate before the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from Skidmore College.
Leeton Lee has been in the consumer products industry for 20 years, starting as in-house legal counsel at The Walt Disney Company where he worked for 7 years managing the legal matters for its worldwide product safety and liability program and helped establish Disney’s highly-respected Corporate Product Integrity Department. As an attorney for approximately 25 years, he has extensive experience in regulatory compliance and product safety, namely in toys, children’s products, promotional products, premiums and apparel. In addition to working at Disney, he has served as Associate General Counsel at industry leaders Sega GameWorks, and Equity Marketing. As VP, Regulatory Compliance and General Counsel at ETS Express, a leading drinkware supplier in the promotional products industry, Leeton is responsible for ETS’ day-to-day business and legal affairs and managing the company’s robust product safety and compliance program. As a member of PPAI’s Product Responsibility Action Group (PRAG), he often participates as a guest speaker in PPAI’s product safety webinars and at various PPAI events such as its Product Safety Summit and PPAI Expo, and contributes articles on product safety and responsible sourcing for PPAI’s publication, PPB, and ASI’s Counselor and Supplier Global Resource magazines. Leeton holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Pepperdine University, Malibu and a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
MAS/CAS Credit applied for.
Register for the May 10, 2013 Rick Brenner Education Session here. PMANC members should log in before booking the event in order to receive member pricing.
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