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.
Want to put another arrow in your professional quiver? Then check out the Special Post-Election Discussion on-demand webinar recently hosted by Women in Print Alliance. Being conversant and educated on trending public policy topics impacting your company, customers, and industry can help women advances their careers. No one is suggesting you need to become a...
We’re barreling to Election Day and the majority of Americans are a collective ball of stress and anxiety. According to the American Psychiatric Association‘s annual poll, 73% of us report experiencing mental health pressure brought on by the upcoming US national election. A recent Forbes Health survey confirms this, finding more than 60% of respondents...
Women in Print Alliance members Brooke Hamilton, Jaime Herand, and Lane Hickey-Wiggins recently visited Capitol Hill as part of their volunteer service on the PRINTING United Alliance Board of Directors. The delegation met with members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to deliver an overview of today’s modern printing industry and...
Non-competes – formally known as “non-competition agreements” and, for the purposes of this blog post, “NCs” – are a hot topic due to the recently announced Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that bans virtually all existing and future NCs. How will this seismic labor regulatory shift affect women in the printing industry? We explore this...
If you’re a woman in print who has been considering seeking a board of directors seat as a means to further your executive leadership skills and/or give back to the industry, the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) call for nominees may be a good place to start. (And, yes! You can nominate yourself.) The P+PB,...
While Women in Print Alliance advocates for women working inside the printing industry, we also seek to expand an external network of women stakeholders positioned to champion print. Female lawmakers – whether at the municipal, state, or federal level – are a prime example of the type of stakeholders whose work can influence policies in...
Having coached hundreds of women in their compensation negotiations at work, I noticed a particular pattern that came up. The most frequent hesitation from my clients was… “I don’t want them to think I’m greedy.” Women are frequently concerned about being perceived as “greedy” and thus damaging the relationship with others when trying to negotiate....
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced appointments to the 2024 Paper and Packaging Board of Directors (P+PB), and two of the three new directors named are women leaders in the print and paper industry. An Boon, Vice President of Global Marketing at Graphic Packaging International, and Tonie Meyers, Senior Vice President...
Following in the footsteps of her grandmother, who founded what’s now known as NPI Corp in 1973 (and is still remembered respectfully as “Mrs. Conley” to long-term employees of the company) and her mother, who served as CEO before her, Brooke Hamilton is well aware of the legacy she is proud to carry on as...
Violence in the workplace is a serious concern and even if it is infrequent, it can be traumatic both physically and psychologically. While there is a unpredictability to violent actions by employees and others who can enter the workplace, companies should create a plan to anticipate and prevent violence as much as possible. If a...
