Upcoming Event
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Take Your Core Values Off the Wall
How one company stopped posting — and started living — their core values.
Speaker: Tom Trutna – Owner of BIG INK Display Graphics
Location: Doubletree Park Place Hotel — 394 & Park Place Minneapolis
| 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM | Networking and Registration |
| 7:15 AM | Breakfast Buffet Opens |
| 7:44 AM – 8:30 AM | Speaker Presentation |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Q & A |
| 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM | Networking and Adjournment |
Core values, team building, innovation, open and honest vision statements…these terms are often perceived as trivial lip service in a business world that expects results. Tom Trutna, owner of BIG INK Display Graphics, will show you how to use your company’s core values for finding and developing talent, building a customer-driven organization and getting results — speaking directly to the core values of his own company.
Based in Eagan, BIG INK has become one of Minnesota’s premier large-format digital printing firms. The company’s product and services include tradeshow and event graphics, retail displays, vehicle graphics and short-run signs and banners. BIG INK has also become a recognized leader in environmentally friendly printing materials and processes. BIG INK’s success stems from a unique integration of technology, creativity and customer service that delivers exceptional marketing and communications materials for events, tradeshows, promotions, sales programs and marketing campaigns throughout the country. The company’s clients include Fortune 1000 corporations; advertising, public relations and special event agencies; and many mid-sized businesses throughout the upper Midwest. BIG INK was recently being featured as a “Top Shop” by Wide Format Imaging magazine and “Best of Graphics ” by Digital Graphics magazine. In 2008, the company received a “Best Practices” award in Operations and Finance from Upsize magazine — in recognition of its sustainable business efforts.
Tom has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, and has held positions at General Mills and Periscope Advertising. He is an active member and past president of the Minnesota chapter of EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) and frequently speaks to entrepreneurial students and business groups. Recently he joined the Technical Advisory Board of Digital Graphics magazine as an expert on sustainable printing practices. His articles include “Kermit was Wrong! It Is Easy Being Green(er)” published in the November 2007 issue of Digital Graphics and ”Branding Space with Environmental Graphics,” which appeared in the June issue of NeoCon 2009 Show Guide.
Discover how Tom uses his company’s values as a key differentiator and competitive advantage. Don’t miss what promises to be a lively — and insightful — presentation.
Interested in more information? Contact us.
Drenda Wendell, SME Executive Director
8984 Stratford Court N.
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
P: 763.213.3231
F: Upon Request
info@smemn.org