SPECIAL EVENT: Impressions FREE Forum Saturday, July 19 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Dealing With a Downturn Difficult times require decisive actions. Join Impressions and our expert panel for a lively discussion of the steps you can take now to bolster your business, including: ● What markets and customer types are most resilient in tough times ● What technologies offer new opportunities for profitable businesses ● Where you should look to cut costs and where might purchases of new equipment and upgraded technology make smart sense ● What you can do to actually increase business while your competitors are cutting back on service and advertising Moderated by Marcia Derryberry, Editor in Chief, Impressions magazine Panelists: Mark L. Venit, MBA, President, Apparel Graphics Institute, Ocean Pines, Md. Tom Vann, President and CEO, Target Graphics Ltd., Naperville, Ill. Jimmy Lamb, Director of Training and Education, Tajima USA Sales & Support by Hirsch Intl. Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y. Visit T-Shirt Forums.com Now numbering more than 23,000 members, T-shirtforums.com is an online gathering place for T-shirt enthusiasts of all types, from producers to users. While its main focus is T-shirts, the site’s various discussion groups also provide opportunity for questions and answers over a wide range of decorated apparel products and processes. T-Shirt Forums.com PPAI Offers Free Promotional Products Workshops to ISS Attendees The Promotional Products Association Intl.'s (PPAI) Professional Development division has created four completely new workshops to offer at five of the 2008 Imprinted Sportswear Shows. These uniquely designed, FREE workshops introduce decorated apparel professionals to the rest of the $18.6 billion promotional products industry. Attendees will learn how to increase revenue, improve profits and find new customers with no additional capital expense! These ground-breaking new workshops will be offered at the following Imprinted Sportswear Shows: -Feb. 8-9, ISS Orlando -July 18-19, ISS New England -August 7-8, ISS Schaumburg -September 11-12, ISS Atlanta -October 3-4, ISS Fort Worth For complete workshop details, visit www.ppaimarketshows.com