Monthly Newsletter of TRIB Group VOLUME 19 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2019

Calendar of Events

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Continued...

Bestway Meeting

October 4—8, 2019

High Point Furniture Market

October 19—23, 2019

IRDA Meeting

October 29, 2019

Springfield, IL

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October has arrived and with it brings the beginning of fourth quar-

ter which is always a fun quarter. Business is always at it’s peak, two

great holiday periods and of course football season in in full swing.

Speaking of football, are you aware of where the next Meeting of the

Minds Welcome Reception will be held in February? I’ll fill you in on

this later.

This Q4 is especially exciting for us here at TRIB Group as we wel-

come a new employee! Jenifer P. Moore will be joining us as our Oper-

ations Administrator. She will become involved in everything TRIB

over time as she takes on this new role. She has been with Community

Management Associates for the past eight years and will be bringing

her experience to help TRIB move forward into new and improved ini-

tiatives.

Now, back to one of the things that TRIB Group will be heavily in-

volved in this quarter. Our annual Meeting of the Minds and Buy Fair.

Welcome Reception @ the College Football Hall of Fame

You’ve probably heard that our

Welcome Reception is being hosted

at the College Football Hall of

Fame. Many of you may be think-

ing this will only be museum type

venue with a few trophy’s, photos,

and a jersey or two mounted on a

wall. If so, you are in for the sur-

prise of your life! When you arrive,

you will head through the tunnel to

look at helmets from 760 schools on

a three-story helmet wall. Next you

can check out the indoor playing

field and Skill Zone where you can

put yourself to the test (or watch

your colleagues). You can kick field

goals, throw like a QB, or run

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Dennis Shields, Executive Director

Laurel Whitmire, PR & Admin Specialist

Karl Wicker, Services Coordinator

Jenifer P. Moore, Operations Administrator

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“ The key is not the will to win… eve-

rybody has that. It is the will to pre-

pare to win that is important.”

Bobby Knight

The value of recognition

One of my life’s delight is hearing

one of my grandkids exclaim,

“look-it I DID IT!” There is a look

at us waiting for our response

acknowledging their achieve-

ments. Kids delight in the praise

of their parents and grandpar-

ents. In fact, it is known that

children grow intellectually when

they are praised for even the

least things they do. For us who

are parents or are around chil-

dren we see them smile and build

self-confidence in acknowledge-

ment. On the converse, we know

that reprimand such as “time

out” or whatever measures taken

by parents also make their mark

on a child. It is the balance of the

two, praise and reprimand that

help produce a well-rounded per-

son.

This also applies to our interac-

tions with our employees, co-

workers and even in our relation-

ships. The balance of praise and

correction is vital to our relation-

ships. Too much praise and you

produce someone who always ex-

pects praise even

when they don’t merit it. Too

much correction or negative feed-

back and you produce a person

who becomes stymied in their

growth and are shy to become

part of the group, team or organi-

zation.

We in our rushed and quick

paced lives may not always re-

spond to be mindful of saying

that a job is well done. We are,

too often, quick to respond nega-

tively when we have lost our pa-

tience with how things are being

done. The interesting thing is

praise when given at the right

times help make the times of cor-

rection more palatable. The same

balance we use at home with our

loved one works well in the daily

interactions with others.

- Karl

Karl’s Korner

— Dennis

The 2020 event is tagged the “Atlanta Homecoming—Back Where

it all Began.” TRIB Group was established in 1983 in Atlanta and

still maintains the corporate office in the metro area. On a person-

al note for me, Atlanta was also home of the first convention that I

was in charge of back in 2000. That’s right, I have been your Exec-

utive Director for over 19 years now and am still enjoying every

day of it!

But back to what I had touched upon earlier, the Welcome Recep-

tion. This coming year our Welcome Reception will be held on arri-

val day February 23, similar to what we did before our co-locations

with BrandSource began. This event will be at the new College

Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta. This will be an awe-

some event, so plan to arrive early on the 23rd and be ready for a

truly great social event.

From the Executive Director Contin-

TRIBUNE VOLUME 19 ISSUE 10

The Winter Market will be here before you

know it, and your inventory of furniture may

need a refresh. Once again TRIB Group will

be hosting at the Las Vegas Market our annu-

al Think Tank meeting. If you have never at-

tended a market, it’s a spectacular buying ex-

perience. Our vendors showrooms in this ven-

ue offer the best chance to see the full line of

available product. Additional details will be

available soon. Think Tank will be held Janu-

ary 27—28, 2019.

through the obstacle course. Also, in the build-

ing is a 52-foot touch screen wall that shows

you Heisman Trophy winners and National

Championship trophies. Next visit the AT & T

Game Time where you can call real-time plays

like a sports caster! It’s a 360-degree virtual

reality experience that puts you in the middle

of the action. In addition to all of this you can

get digital face painting and even share screen

time with Rece Davis and Desmond Howard at

the interactive ESPN College GameDay Desk.

If for some reason, you just aren’t into football,

you will still have a memorable evening enjoy-

ing drinks and dinner from a venue that offers

a phenomenal view of downtown Atlanta at

night. This is going to be a special evening. Ar-

rive early on the 23rd so that you can attend.

Welcome Reception Continued …..

Vendor Spotlight: AMA Systems

AMA Systems is relatively new to us coming

aboard as an approved vendor in 2018. AMA

Systems distributes consumer products to spe-

cial markets merchants, such as RTO. With

sales approaching a quarter billion in annual

revenue, AMA Systems is the largest special

markets partner in the United States. They rep-

resent the most sought-after lines in this indus-

try; Dyson, Apple, Yeti, Amazon, Sony, JBL,

Canon, just to name a few. In fact, they carry

over 82,000 name brand SKUs. Promotional

items like shirts, hats, pens and more are also

available. AMA Systems specializes in supplying

these for fast shipment to you. Their warehoused

items are shipped with 24-48 hours and they can

quick ship items not currently in their ware-

house. Drop shipments can be also be made by

request. Our contact is Shawn Moody,

shawn@amasystems.com 443-223-6886.

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