If you live and work in the Oklahoma City area you NEED to be at this event. Not only is it fun, it's a GREAT way to network!

SchmoozaPalooza
Tuesday, April 27
4-7 p.m.
State Fair Park, Travel & Transportation Building

Join more than 1,000 Oklahoma City business leaders as they gather at Oklahoma State Fair Park for some early evening networking at the SchmoozaPalooza Networking Trade Show.

You HAD to know that today's blog would be green and totally eco-friendly.

At Heritage we're committed to reducing, reusing and recycling whenever and wherever possible!
REDUCE:
Vegetable oil based inks can be made from a variety of sources including soy-bean, corn and linseed oils.

We love this guy...and so will you!

Jerry Funck worked for Heritage in various roles for over 18 years. Unfortunately in 2008 he had to step down from his position with Heritage, due to his battle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) disease. AS is a severe form of arthritis that causes inflammation of the joints between the spinal bones and causes joints to fuse together.

The 2010 Addy Awards Gala was this weekend at the Skirvin Hotel. The Addy's recognize the best creative efforts in the Oklahoma City metro area over the last year. It was a night filled with laughter, fun, cheers, wine, and then more laughter.

The design team at Oklahoma Christian handled the creative to promote the 2010 Addy's. The theme was "We are the Storytellers", and it was perfect! They deserve an Addy for the Addy's. Is that possible? It should be.

Exciting news!
Heritage was recognized as a Top 400 Printer in the December 2009 edition of Printing Impressions magazine. This is pretty much like getting on FORTUNE Magazines 100 Best Companies to work for list. Pretty much.

All kidding aside, this is a great honor! The Printing Impressions 400, provides the industry’s most comprehensive ranking of leading printing companies in the United States and Canada.

Remember way back in January when we rolled out our new website?? I'm sure you have it marked on your calendar. If you don't remember (shame on you) we rolled out our new website and had a link to a survey. The surveys were filled out and one lucky winner will receive round trip airfare for two! Well today is D day.

Since it’s almost Valentine’s Day I thought I would introduce to you Harry “The Heritage Heart.” He’s really quite adorable. (Sorry this picture is a little blurry, he would NOT sit still.)

It’s wonderful working at a company that specializes in promotional products….you can get whatever you want! Harry’s a Heritage promo piece for Valentine’s and Healthy Heart Month! (But don’t tell him that, he thinks he’s getting an office.

I should clarify that statement. We’re not too proud to wear a silly hat with candles on it IF there’s a chance we can win money! (I’ll explain later.)

Each quarter we have employee meetings where departments gather in groups and we cover company info.

Thank God.

The higher up powers at Heritage thought it would be a good idea to send Jodie and I to Paper School. Why? Because she and I knew nothing about paper. Nothing. Well other than critical terms like “when it’s shiny that like means it’s glossy”. (NOW you see why they sent us!)

Jodie works as sales support assisting all our account reps and account managers…the entire sales team, and she also helps me out with marketing projects as well (she’s a busy gal). Apparently they didn’t want to send us on the trip alone because paper school can get “crazy wicked wild”…so Curtis (VP of Sales) went to meet some clients as well.

Our ASI team just arrived back from the PPAI Expo in Vegas (lucky dawgs). The PPAI (Promotional Products Association International) Expo draws thousands of suppliers, distributors and industry associates from across the country, around the globe.
At the show there are convention rooms and rooms and rooms full of gidgets, gadgets, chotchkies, and thing-a-ma-bobs!

Our team walked for hours & hours meeting new vendors, getting new ideas and seeing the hottest new items on the market! They were exhausted….but they were in Vegas so I don’t feel sorry for them! It’s Vegas you’re supposed to be exhausted, right?

They left the show with tons of samples & ideas and they also ordered items that will be arriving over the next few days.