Posted by: The DMA Solutions Team

At DMA, we like to break the rules and, having just returned from the recent United Fresh 2010 show in Las Vegas, we’re gonna break the biggie. With so many outstanding exhibits of excellence, we feel that what happened in Vegas SHOULDN’T stay in Vegas! We were blown away by booths, bites, brochures and a beauxcoup of brilliance and wouldn’t feel right keeping them to ourselves. Congratulations are in order for those companies and individuals who brought their “A” game and elevated the United Fresh experience to excellent. Were your eyes and ears open during your United Fresh 2010 experience? What blew YOU away? (more…)

So we can finally say we did it. As an industry we raised nearly $4.8 million dollars in capital campaign support for PMA’s Foundation for Industry Talent (PMA FIT) in three short years, all while overcoming a spinach crisis, a tomato crisis, an unprecedented surge in fuel prices and a severe economic downturn. We’ve proven to ourselves and those around us that we believe in PMA FIT’s efforts to recruit and retain talented individuals who will one day be our companies’ leaders. I don’t know about you, but I feel blessed to work in an industry that is investing in, supporting, and working for the advancement of its PEOPLE. (more…)

Now that we have a full year of content posted at The Core, we’re able to truly gauge what you liked (or didn’t like) with regard to topics.  How do we monitor this?  Simple analytics.

As it turns out, throughout the year, in addition to a little humor and style, our most popular posts in The Core were consistently about you, our readers.  When we wrote about “What Blew Us Away” following big tradeshow events in July and October, you visited in droves, commented to us via The Core, and emailed to give us your thoughts and praises.  We love the engagement!  Keep it coming in 2010! (more…)

“Good is the enemy of great.” Powerful words that make you think. What does it take to make the transition from the former to the latter?

This is the start to Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great. While Dan’l read this gem several years ago, some of us at DMA Solutions picked it up this year, and after reading that first sentence, we were hooked. We found it inspirational, thought-provoking, and even though it was published eight years ago, still quite relevant. (more…)