{"id":2101,"date":"2017-01-20T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T10:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T10:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T10:47:35","slug":"asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI&#8217;s New Industry Intern Program Kicks Off To Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<p><em>Proforma, EmbroidMe and Minuteman Press participating in ASI Summer Internship Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 2, 2016 \u2013<\/strong>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\">Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a><span>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0(ASI) today announced its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/401-971\/\" title=\"Click here to learn about the intern program\">new internship program<\/a>\u00a0is enjoying a successful start, with 108 interns set to learn about the promotional products industry while working at 69 different participating companies, including Proforma, EmbroidMe and Minuteman Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a first-time program, we\u2019re off to a very strong start, and I\u2019m very thankful to the many companies helping millennials learn about our industry and the creative marketing possibilities of promo products,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI. \u201cThis is proving to be the industry\u2019s most successful intern program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASI kicked off its ASI Summer Internship Program this week with the first of five educational webinars available for participants. The recorded webinars are available to the interns to view any time at their own pace. Topics include an industry overview, training in the industry\u2019s number-one product sourcing database, ESP<span>\u00ae<\/span>, digital marketing and website creation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the webinars, interns also receive the following from ASI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free ESP access for the summer, expiring 9\/1\/16<\/li>\n<li>A chance to win a $1,000 scholarship<\/li>\n<li>Internship certificate upon completion of the program<\/li>\n<li>An ASI summer gift pack of promotional items<\/li>\n<li>VIP breakfast at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/shows\/2016\/chicago\/\"><em>ASI Show<\/em><\/a><span>\u00ae<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/shows\/2016\/chicago\/\">\u00a0Chicago<\/a>, taking place Tuesday, July 12, through Thursday, July 14, and featuring a special keynote Q&amp;A with national political pundits\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/shows\/2016\/chicago\/events\/keynote\/\" title=\"Click here for keynote info and registration  \">Mary Matalin and James Carville.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest concerns distributors have over hiring summer interns is the time and effort it takes to train newcomers about our industry, which is why we made training a key component of our internship program,\u201d said Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Forbes\u00a0<\/em>magazine, there are 80 million millennials in America alone, and they represent about a fourth of the entire population and $200 billion in annual buying power. Studies show that as the age and demographics of buyers change, industries need to reflect those demographics in their own workplaces to better understand changing preferences and reach new audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information on the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/401-971\/\" title=\"Click here to sign up for the intern program \"><strong>ASI Summer Internship Program<\/strong><\/a><strong>, please contact your ASI sales representative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About ASI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\" title=\"Click here for more info on ASI\">Advertising Specialty Institute<\/a>\u00a0(ASI<span>\u00ae<\/span>) serves a network of 25,000 suppliers, distributors and decorators in the $22 billion promotional products industry. ASI\u2019s flagship product, the technology platform ESP<span>\u00ae<\/span>, manages the industry\u2019s entire supply and marketing chain. ASI also produces award-winning digital and print content, live events and educational programs that enable companies in 61 countries to be more efficient, productive and profitable. ASI\u2019s\u00a0<em>Counselor<\/em><span>\u00ae<\/span>\u00a0magazine provides the most authoritative business content in the industry, and the ASI Certification Program features 500+ live and online education courses for over 40,000 professionals. The company, family owned and operated since 1962, is proud to have been consistently ranked among the \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA. For more info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asicentral.com\/\">www.asicentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proforma, EmbroidMe and Minuteman Press participating in ASI Summer Internship Program TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 2, 2016 \u2013The\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae\u00a0(ASI)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASI&#039;s New Industry Intern Program Kicks Off To Great Success &#8226; ASI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASI&#039;s New Industry Intern Program Kicks Off To Great Success\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Proforma, EmbroidMe and Minuteman Press participating in ASI Summer Internship Program TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 2, 2016 \u2013The\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae\u00a0(ASI)...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ASI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adspecialtyinstitute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"#\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-20T10:47:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/asi-logo-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"663\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@#\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@asicentral\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jthies@asicentral.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jthies@asicentral.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8caad98d2bfb178b4abbfd8766c7932a\"},\"headline\":\"ASI&#8217;s New Industry Intern Program Kicks Off To Great Success\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-20T10:47:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":480,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/asi-logo-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/asicentral.com\\\/press-releases\\\/asis-new-industry-intern-program-kicks-off-to-great-success\\\/\",\"name\":\"ASI's New Industry Intern Program Kicks Off To Great Success &#8226; 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