American Society of Baking eNewsletter
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Save the Date: 2016/17 Membership Renewal Season Opens Next Week!
Mark your calendar today because July 1 officially opens the 2016/17 renewal season!
This year you'll even be able to renew as early as June. On the first of the month, emails will be sent to all eligible members that renewal orders have been placed in the accounts and are available for payment.
WHY SHOULD YOU RENEW?
As a member you receive exclusive access to benefits not available anywhere else:
- Major discounts to the Society's Annual BakingTech Conference.
- Unlimited access to the Society's online resource library- Search and review important wholesale baking industry presentations and technical bulletins available nowhere else.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest industry practices and knowledge presented at BakingTech by receiving a copy of the current Annual Proceedings.
- Expand your professional networking circle with exclusive access to ASB's Virtual Member Directory and by attending networking events during BakingTech.
- Build your resume with opportunities to serve on important industry technical and governance committees.
- Present a paper and share your technical knowledge during Breakout Sessions at BakingTech.
ASB is committed to providing outstanding benefits, programs and services. If you have any questions regarding the upcoming renewal season or your ASB membership in general, please contact Amanda Gonzalez at
agonzalez@asbe.org.
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You, ASB and Social Media
June 1 kicks off a new ASB initiative to raise the awareness of ASB and BakingTech within the wholesale baking industry. The campaign is centered around using our social media platforms -
www.asbe.org,
LinkedIn,
Facebook and
Twitter. You can help by posting material on those sites: pictures of you meeting with business partners, pictures of products/equipment/facilities, and technical questions for the membership to help you answer, etc.
Join the other 5,000+ members of ASB's
LinkedIn site today and start raising your profile and as well as ASB's.
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Baking Hall of Fame Nominations
The
Baking Hall of Fame is an initiative of the American Society of Baking to recognize industry innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. The individuals selected into the Hall of Fame are recognized for their achievements in organizational growth and development, equipment design and innovation, advancements in ingredients technology and processing or related service to the commercial baking industry.
Why should you nominate someone? Just listen to why
Fred Springer of Burford and
John Del Campo of REPCO feel the Hall of Fame is so important to the industry.
Nominations for the 2017 Hall of Fame are now being accepted. If you nominated someone for the 2016 Hall of Fame, you do not have to re-nominate them. The deadline for nominations is September 1.
Nomination forms can be downloaded
here or completed electronically
here.
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How to Improve Veteran Hiring at Your Facility
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www.CenterForAmerica.org
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Consultant's Corner:
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Are you a baking industry consultant? Would you like to have your services promoted to the ASB membership and greater baking industry?
If so, visit the
Consultant's Corner on the ASB website and list yourself today. It's a great way to market to a large number of potential clients. This is a member benefit and available at no additional cost to you Be sure to list yourself today! |
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Member Tips:
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Website Tips: Update your ASB profile online. Login onto
www.asbe.org using your unique username/password, open the
Membership tap drop down list from the left menu bar and select " Update Profile". Then you may choose to update your profile information, or change your password.
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Need to Contact the ASB Staff?
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Office: 1.800.713.0462
Kent Van Amburg, Executive Director
Extension #1
Direct: 609.937.1519
Tawnee Brydebell,
Director of Meetings and Operations
Extension #2
Direct: 856.343.7838
Amanda Gonzalez, Membership Manager
Extension #3
Direct: 660.349.9844
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