PromoKitchen Podcast

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb talks to Hugh Lawson about Diversity and Racism. We tackle some deep topics and hear his life experience. We learn about his passion for the BLM movement and his Why. Hugh is the Director of Business Development for Staples Promotional Products (SPP), a subsidiary of Staples Inc. with offices in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.

He has over 20 years of experience helping clients globally drive brand engagement and improved business results by designing and executing custom merchandise, incentive, recognition, gifting, uniform and promotional programs involving their employees, channel partners, and customers.

Hugh currently manages and leads strategic teams for Global new business prospecting, RFP responses, proactive proposals, competitive intelligence, future-trends identification, and business enhancement initiatives.

He is also a Member of SPP’s Senior Leadership team that oversees organizational strategic plans, succession planning, process improvements, and growth objectives for the Canadian division.

Hugh lives in Brampton with his wife Nadine, daughters Renée, Nia and new addition to the family, Miles.

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Jay Busselle about making it to the milestone of the 200th #PromoChat. We cover what's changed, what's needed to build an online community and so much more.

Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Jay Busselle about making it to the milestone of the 200th #PromoChat. We cover what's changed, what's needed to build an online community and so much more.

Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Chef Kate Plummer and sous chef Amanda Delaney are back with in impactful and inspiring episode of Growing Up Promo! Theresa Muzzillo, owner of Proforma Big Ideas in Tampa, is joined by her father, Greg Muzzillo, founder of top 40 distributor Proforma, as she shares stories from her earliest promo days as a kid, and what ultimately brought her back to promo after pursuing a post-college career in finance in the big apple.

You don't want to miss this incredibly real and raw conversation as Theresa opens up about why she has always been (and remains) adamant on paving her own path and creating her own success as a business owner within the franchise her father built. She also talks about how taking the risk to invest in self-promos when the pandemic hit actually helped her grow her business in 2020, how her biggest clients gave her a new game-changing perspective on the power of community-over-competition, and so much more.

Chef Kate Plummer and sous chef Amanda Delaney are back with in impactful and inspiring episode of Growing Up Promo! Theresa Muzzillo, owner of Proforma Big Ideas in Tampa, is joined by her father, Greg Muzzillo, founder of top 40 distributor Proforma, as she shares stories from her earliest promo days as a kid, and what ultimately brought her back to promo after pursuing a post-college career in finance in the big apple.

You don't want to miss this incredibly real and raw conversation as Theresa opens up about why she has always been (and remains) adamant on paving her own path and creating her own success as a business owner within the franchise her father built. She also talks about how taking the risk to invest in self-promos when the pandemic hit actually helped her grow her business in 2020, how her biggest clients gave her a new game-changing perspective on the power of community-over-competition, and so much more.

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions, and Ashley Colautti, Commonsku talk to Meg Erber, S&S Activewear and Glencora Twigg, Fairware about selling sustainability in the promotional products arena. They tackle some great topics on what you can and should be asking your clients and suppliers.

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions, and Ashley Colautti, Commonsku talk to Meg Erber, S&S Activewear and Glencora Twigg, Fairware about selling sustainability in the promotional products arena. They tackle some great topics on what you can and should be asking your clients and suppliers.

Chefs Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer talk to Paul Bellantone and Robert "Bob" McLean about the transition in a virtual environment, Paul's future philanthropic goals, what we have learned in the pandemic and what we can expect from the association going forward.

Chefs Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer talk to Paul Bellantone and Robert "Bob" McLean about the transition in a virtual environment, Paul's future philanthropic goals, what we have learned in the pandemic and what we can expect from the association going forward.

In this moving and powerful podcast, Chef Kate Plummer sits down with Kathy Cheng, Michelle Chen, Cindy Tsuji and Kathy DiFrancesco to talk about anti-Asian racism, how it has personally and professionally effected them. They also share how others can help and what our next steps need to be.