Advocacy takes many forms in professional life. Learning to advocate for yourself, for your company, and for your industry will pay dividends throughout your career. We provide knowledge, tips, and training to help you hone your best advocacy skills, and facilitate opportunities to make your voice heard.
From accessing capital to navigating challenges and finding new opportunities for growth, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers resources that can make a difference for women in the printing industry. We caught up with Lisa Shimkat, SBA associate administrator of Field Operations, to explore what the agency offers the Women in Print Alliance community....
While Election Day in the U.S. isn’t until November, professional advocacy firms – like ACG Advocacy, which represents PRINTING United Alliance on Capitol Hill – aren’t waiting around for the official results before planning for the next Congress. We’re reading the tea leaves now and mapping potential scenarios that might play out in 2027, any...
Registration is now open! Click the blue ATTEND button to register. Experience an empowering morning at the Women in Print Alliance Advocacy Summit on Tuesday, April 13, co-located with the Printing Industry Legislative Fly-In at The Hilton Washington, DC – Capitol Hill. This exclusive event will bring together women from the C-suite and across all...
For many printing companies, the final months of the year are an important time for capital planning. Whether your business is considering a new press, finishing or bindery equipment, digital printing technology, software, or another major investment, understanding the tax and financing landscape can be an important part of the decision. The timing is particularly...
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, organizations, communities, and businesses across the country are reflecting on the nation’s history and helping shape its future. One initiative inviting participation is “Together for 250,” a non-partisan, civic-minded effort supported by the Business for America coalition. The initiative encourages companies and associations to write a “birthday...
The first-ever Women in Print Alliance Breakfast & Advocacy Summit took place the morning before the PRINTING United Legislative Fly-In on March 24 in Washington, D.C., bringing together more than two dozen women across all segments of the print industry for meaningful conversations to strengthen leadership and advocacy skills. The Advocacy Summit kicked off with...
I’ve walked the halls of Capitol Hill twice to talk about print, and if invited, I’d go back again tomorrow. That might not be something I would have said a few years ago. As SVP of Operations for an events and exhibit-focused visual communications company, my focus is usually on production schedules, logistics, and delivering...
Decisions made in Washington affect the print industry every day—whether it’s workforce policy, supply chains, trade, or sustainability. The challenge is that print isn’t always top of mind when those decisions are being made. It’s not that print isn’t important – it’s an essential industry, as we know. Yet, because print is often the silent...
Every spring, a unified printing industry sends a delegation of leading voices to Capitol Hill to make the case for an industry that is far larger, more innovative, and more economically vital than most lawmakers realize. Women in Print Alliance member Nikola Juhasz, Global Technical Director of Sustainability at Sun Chemical, was among the participants...
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women, responsible for 1 in 3 deaths each year and claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Yet there’s a dangerous gap between this reality and public awareness. Women’s heart attack symptoms often differ from men’s, their risk factors are frequently overlooked, and their...
