Professional development is a critical growth component at any stage of your career. Whether it’s honing existing skills, exploring new talents, or learning how to best channel your experiences to achieve new professional roles and responsibilities, we provide tools, actionable advice, and networking to help you advance your career in the printing industry.
Women in Print Alliance director Lisbeth Lyons Black met with over two dozen print and graphic communications students representing college and university print and graphics communications programs during the official PRINTING United Expo Student Day, rallying the group in advance of a career tour of the trade show floor. Lyons Black urged the female students...
We had the good fortune to catch up recently with women industry leaders who are part of the Ben Franklin Honor Society (BFHS), whose membership includes “individuals who have made significant contributions over an extended number of years to the advancement and betterment of the printing and graphic communications industry through meritorious service.” Two well-known...
It’s back to school time! And while you are no longer taking notes in history class or using flashcards to prep before a Spanish vocabulary quiz, there’s still a role for putting pen to paper in your professional life – and it might just deepen your knowledge and increase your productivity. In a groundbreaking 2024...
If you’ve ever second guessed your skills or wondered if you are truly competent at your job, you may be struggling with impostor syndrome. It’s the chronic self-doubt and inability to internalize your success in spite of massive evidence of it. It’s related to self-confidence but in an oblique way. In Jay Shetty’s Feb. 16,...
Registration is OPEN. Members may register by clicking the ATTEND button below. (Not a member of Women in Print Alliance, but still want to participate in our exclusive Book Chat? Apply to become a member today!) Register to participate in the first ever Women in Print Alliance Book Chat on June 26, 2025! This virtual event...
Women in Print Alliance is excited to announce the launch of a new membership program designed to provide enhanced benefits and deeper networking connections for women at all stages of their print career journeys – and in all functions and segments of the printing industry. Empowering Women with Elevated Membership Options Recognizing the diverse needs...
Community recycling, analyzing the pros and cons of various packaging materials, and STEM career exploration are just a few of the core elements of an exciting new Sustainable Packaging Patch offered by Girl Scouts of the USA. Funding for the program was made possible by a grant from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) in...
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...
I’ll admit it: I’m old enough to remember when “Speed Dating” was a fad, way before Match, Hinge, Bumble or various and sundry other dating apps pitched the promise of everlasting love. The concept was simple: a middle-school mixer format, really (with alcohol). Invite an even-number of single men and women to a public venue,...
Congratulations are in order for Chuqi Su, a graduate student in Print and Graphic Media Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), for earning top honors in a student competition at the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) 2024 Conference held recently in Dallas. Chuqi was named winner of the prestigious Dusty Rhodes Graduate...
