[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column...
Message from Executive Director
2020 – A Time for ASMP Transition
by Thomas Kennedy | 75th Anniversary, Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
ASMP Members, Colleagues, and the Entire Visual Creator Community, I joined ASMP 41 years ago in 1979 when I was early in my career, co-sponsored by two fellow Florida members who were my mentors at that time. Part of my decision to join was based on the way I saw...
Building Stronger Communities This Thanksgiving
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
As we move into the period of another ending year, major holidays loom. One is Thanksgiving, a time when we gather with family and friends to share and give thanks for the abundance in our lives. While the origin of the holiday may belie the harsher realities...
Giving Thanks in 2018
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you all have time to step away from the challenges and stresses of daily work to spend quality time with family and friends, sharing blessings, joys, and laughter. It is also a time to reconsider how we...
Leading for the Greater Good
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
Last week, I was out of the country attending the annual World Congress for the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO) in Athens, Greece. While there, I learned of two terrible things happening in the United States - 1) the murder of...
ASMP Stands with Our Colleagues at The Capital Gazette
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
ASMP is deeply saddened by the shooting on June 28 at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters were killed in their newsroom, and others were wounded. We support their families, the staff...