About SAAC

Meetings

General Membership meetings are held in the Spring, Fall and Winter along with the Installation Dinner as the first event of the year and the annual business meeting in October. These dinner meetings are both social and educational and are excellent opportunities to network with your peers in the industry. Distributors, suppliers, business services, manufacturer representatives, and their spouses join us at these various functions that can include education/professional development or interesting venues.

In addition to these meetings, there are special events planned throughout the year.

Publications

SAAC Times is distributed electronically monthly with 7 print versions mailed to the members. All issues are available online. The newsletter along with emails promote upcoming events and matters of interest.

Scholarships

In addition to seminars and other educational activities, SAAC has established a general scholarship fund. The Past Presidents Scholarship Fund has provided over $200,000 in scholarships to 207 dependents of member company employees.

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Education Days

Sessions are held at the SAAC Show and other venues too provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the discussion of trends and problems,

Top notch professionals from around the nation are brought in to address SAAC members on current topics, based on a members’ survey of interests, making SAAC’s Education Days an outstanding opportunity for professional growth.

These workshops offer CEU’s applicable to both the CAS and MAS curriculum.

Trade Show

SAAC’s annual Tradeshow has been called “the best regional Tradeshow in America” by many in the specialty advertising industry. The show is held each year.

More than 450 suppliers exhibit each year at the SAAC show and over  2,000 qualified distributors and sales personnel from all over the country attend each year to see what the industry has to offer.

Educational programs and outstanding entertainment highlight this annual “big event” and there is plenty of time to socialize with colleagues in a festive atmosphere. There is no admission fee for members of SAAC and their sales representatives for the Tradeshow.