Brand Connection Expo End Buyer Show
Connecting Your Clients with New Ideas

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

10 am - 2 pm | Inwood Oaks Event Center, 484 Inwood Avenue N., Oakdale, MN 55128

The distributor show where customers are invited, too! 

Note:  You do not need to invite clients to attend this show. This is a show for distributors where customers are also invited (and not required). 

With hundreds of exhibitor lines and thousands of products, this show is perfect for generating new ideas and establishing valuable connections. Invite a client to explore the extensive range of promotional products available to enhance their marketing efforts. Distributors who have brought clients report that their clients were impressed by the variety of products, leading to increased business.

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Keynote Speaker, Karen Black of Insight Edge

8:30 - 9:45 am | Free to everyone 

Conflict Resolution: A 21st Century Competency

According to a study by CPP, Inc, U.S. Employees spend 2.8 hours per week dealing with workplace conflict. The cost to business is $359 billion annually in paid work hours. Conflict resolution skills are truly a critical competency for business today. As promotional products professionals, who deal with employees, vendors, and distributers your success, in part depends on managing and resolving conflict.

Join Karen Black of Insight Edge, as we examine conflict. What is it? What are the misconceptions, and how do we address it? It will be an interactive conversation!

Participants will examine the nature of conflict, better understand conflict myths and know how to resolve conflict with stakeholders.

UMAPP members can earn CEUs by completing a form at the event with their PIN number and returning it to the registration table.  
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Optional Lunch Buffet

Served From 11:30 - 1:00. Must pre-purchase a ticket during registration ($30) either for clients or for yourself. 

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: A limited number of tickets will be available on show site using VENMO, cash or credit card.  Menu: Sandwich & Salad Buffet, beverages, desserts.