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27th Annual Conference at Okoboji

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Photos from the 2010 Annual Conference by Jeff Smith, Moberly's

July 22-25, 2010
The Inn, Okoboji, Iowa

Excellent educational opportunities as well as a unique atmosphere to network with fellow industry professionals

The weekend started off with the Chairman's Reception by the pool followed by a pasta buffet.

PIM's Annual Meeting was held on Friday, July 23, 2010. The following "Active" board members were elected to three year terms:
Roger Feickert - Midstates Printing
Tom Nicholson - Wright Printing
Chad Pinkman - Jacob North Cos.

Tina Berg-Boldt - Graphic Arts Training and Consulting Group was elected to an Educational Board position (1 year term).

The following educational seminars were presented at this year's Conference:

Health Insurance Challenges - Bill Daly, Federated Insurance
Financial Obstacles and Opportunities - Bob Dalrymple, Bank of the West
Maximizing Business Values, Sound Strategies and Pricing Methods in a Rebounding Economy - You can Stay on Top - Carlson Advisors, LLC
Grow Your Business in a Challenging Economy - Jim Lobaito, The Performance Group
Offset in the Digital Age - Julie Shaffer, PIA and Gary Garner, GLS Companies
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It - Clayton Kennedy, E-Myth Benchmark

A "Power Networking" event was held on Friday evening. Our VERY GENEROUS sponsors "speed dated" the other attendees to talk about their services. For visiting with every sponsor, the following received prizes: $50 - Jeff Smith, Moberly's, $100 Eileen Peter, Interstate Printing, $100 - Alan Sewell, The Little Print Shop.

After "Power Networking", we picnicked on the lakefront. We then went on a cruise of Lake Okoboji on the Diamond Lady yacht.

First Place at the Best Ball Golf Outing held Saturday afternoon at Emerald Hills Golf Club:
Mike Fleming, Marty Richardson from Keith M Merrick Co., Ross Larson of Colorfx and Ray Borchardt of Carlson Advisors LLC.

The Dueling Pianos of Any Anderson and Mike Leeds entertained us following our Saturday evening banquet.