How can UPA serve the packaging community better?

Initiator: Janice Loppe & Ismael Santiago

Participants: Janice Loppe, Ismael Santiago, Brian McCann, Joe Davila, Bob Wapinsky

Discussions Highlights:

  • All we need is a superbowl ad!
  • How do we get National exposure at a low cost?
  • Interview with UBM Canon
  • Trade show participation
  • Need to go ahead and create a booth design
  • Pre-work is a big component of an effective booth – need to invite people in advance
  • UBM Canon shows are a better fit to get chapter leads than Larger shows like PMMI
  • How do we increase mailing list?

Next Steps or Ideas for Action:

  • Brian McCann will send out a test email to his florida mailing list to see if we can get additional people to sign up 
  • Need to create an link for a “single click opt in” for our mailing list that we can mail out and make the mailing list sign up easy
  • Provide information on upcoming event to UBM Canon –
  • SouthPack Orlando Nov 15 – 16 – have a booth and a reception
  • Need to get people “at the top” of the organization to recognize the value of UPA and of continuing education in the Packaging industry.
  • UPA needs to get more familiar with our analytics
  • Who is opening mail
  • Hits to our website
  • Need to do an event in Jacksonville and Miami to establish “chapter seeds” in those areas 
  • Mac Papers can help us with inviting their employees/vendors/customers to those events
  • Doublecheck IPG Discovery news and see who is receiving it – maybe note IPG sponsorship of EoP event