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• Board of Directors Meeting

  • When
    10/20/2025
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Send a message to: admin@umapp.org to attend. UMAPP's Board meetings are open for up to two members each meeting. Come join us and get to know the Board and Committee Members! 

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• Young Professionals Group "Coffee & Chats"

  • When
    11/06/2025
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    9:00 AM
  • Location
    Online

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  Hey there Promo Young Professionals!

  Get ready to grab your favorite morning beverage and join us November 6th for some Coffee & Chats! We have a featured speaker, Erik Blomsness with HPG!

  We will cover topics such as Career Development, Building Your Brand, and Networking. This will be a great opportunity to hear from someone with experience in our industry as well as having meaningful conversations with other young professionals!

  A little bit about Erik -  

  Erik has been in the Promotional Products industry with HPG for 6 years and previously worked in retail sales for 5 years before that, both as a supplier rep.  Prior to that he attended the University of Wisconsin Green Bay where he was Captain of the Cross Country team and graduated with a degree in Business Marketing.  In his free time he loves to spend time with friends and family doing a multitude of different things, whether that be watching movies, hiking, playing or watching sports, and of course going out for food.  Erik is an avid sports fan and has been a season ticket holder for the Green Bay Packers for 25 years dating back to when he was in 6th grade in 2001.  Fun Fact!  He is also one of the owners (among thousands ) of his beloved Packers as well. Overall he loves working with people and finding ways to be a solution based partner 

  Everyone who registers and attends this event will also receive a gift from HPG!

  
  

  
  

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• Board of Directors Meeting/Budget Presentations

  • When
    11/17/2025
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Send a message to: admin@umapp.org to attend. UMAPP's Board meetings are open for up to two members each meeting. Come join us and get to know the Board and Committee Members! 

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• Board of Directors Meeting/Holiday Meeting

  • When
    12/15/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    In Person

  This meeting is for all current Board and Committee members, along with incoming Board and Committee members to celebrate a year of volunteerism and service to the industry.  

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• Room Show - Supplier Application to be on the Ballot

  • When
    04/30/2026
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    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth, MN

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  Thursday, April 30, 2026 | Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth, Minnesota 

  9:00 am - 3:30 p.m. 

  Submit applications to be on the ballot by Monday, November 3, 2025

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DETAILS:

  There are 11 suppliers who will be invited to exhibit at this show. 
  

  • Complete the application (click "register").

  • Every supplier who applies (and is eligible - see below) will be placed on a ballot with the information provided. 

  • The ballot goes out to UMAPP's distributor email database. Distributors vote for who they wish to see at the show. The committee has the final say based on the line description, variety of products amongst exhibitors, and suppliers who have not exhibited at all or in recent years. 
     
  • We plan to have the final slate of exhibitors chosen by the end of November. 

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  Do you know how this show works?  Each exhibitor gives an EDUCATION to each distributor group about their products, case histories, ways to sell, ways to market, how to appeal to customers, and more. This is a "teaching show."  Each exhibitor has 11 presentations - 25 minutes each - to rotating groups of distributors. Cost is $1,350 and includes access to approximately 120 distributors in one day (50+ different companies), lunch buffet, meeting room for eleven, 25-minute presentations to rotating groups of distributors, and a follow up spreadsheet of registrations and contact information. Plus, the newly revamped "Prizes & Pours" party after the show featuring high-end door prizes, food and free drinks. 

  • There are exciting changes for this show in 2026!  (1) We will be asking each exhibitor to provide attendees with a show special or self-promo; (2) Newer to the industry sales reps will be able to attend for free to entice more younger professionals to attend; (3) We will be asking each exhibitor for a prize or donated product for the raffles at the end of the day. 

  Ineligible Suppliers (Exhibited in 2024 or 2025). 

  Past exhibitors must stay off the ballot for two full shows. 

  Bag Makers, Inc.	2024
  Best & Beacon	2024
  The Magnet Group	2024
  Goldstar	2024
  Ace High/Compass	2024
  Hirsch/Game Headwear	2024
  alphabroder	2024
  Goldstar	2024
  Denik	2024
  Stormtech	2024
  Showdown Displays	2024
  Tomax	2024
  Alphabroder	2024
  North Mallow	2025
  Charles River Apparel/Promoted You Powered By Sticker You	2025
  Landway/Sonic Patch & Pin	2025
  IDLine	2025
  Maple Ridge Farms	2025
  WOWLine	2025
  Pentel & Discount Marketing Products	2025
  Alexander and Honest Abe	2025
  Storm Creek	2025
  Starline USA	2025
  HPG - Evans & Mixie	2025

  
  

  
  

  
  

  3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Europa Room, right off the hotel lobby. Free food and drinks, plus door prizes for distributor show attendees. 

  
  

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• Brand Connection Expo Client Registration 2026

  • When
    08/11/2026
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    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  Client Registration for Distributor Sales Reps is over.

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