Our final registration for our first Lunch and Learn webinar (team effort with The Jacobsen) was 63! The powerpoint and recorded session are available in the Member Center (on the NIOP website). Thank you again to The Jacobsen, John Cusick and George Morris for making this available to NIOP Members ONLY! In addition to the webinar, the Jacobsen is offering a 20% discount to NIOP members who want to expand their access beyond the NIOP quarterly lunch and learns (bite-sized…
NEW FOR NIOP MEMBERS ONLY January 26th 12 pm – 12:30 EST Bite-Sized Webinar NIOP has teamed up with The Jacobsen to provide a new member benefit. Check out our first team effort on January 26th at 12 pm – 12:30 EST. This “bite-sized” webinar is available as a free, lunch-and-learn for NIOP members only. Jacobsen Senior Analyst, John Cusick will review the demand placed on vegetable oils per the surge in forecasted biomass-based diesel expansion efforts. …
Membership in the NIOP affords you opportunities to connect with other industry professionals. Bring awareness to your company and learn what your peers are doing at events that include membership meetings, business and after hours mixers and the annual convention. “One of the biggest frustrations for folks is that as they attend virtual meetings, even if they get the education they are looking for, they’re not getting what they perceive to be extremely valuable: contacts and connections that build and…
Just before yearend, the NIOP staff received a phone call to let us know that Columbus Vegetable Oils would sponsor lunch on both Monday and Tuesday at the 2021 Convention. This sponsorship was unexpected since the company had already signed up for a golf hole sponsorship. During a recent Convention Committee meeting, Chairman Liam Rogers asked his committee to help share the need and opportunity to be a sponsor of the 2021 Convention even if a member’s company was unable to attend due to travel restrictions….
Sweeping vistas framed by spectacular mountain ranges. More than 325 days of sunshine each year. Outdoor sightseeing galore, spacious indoor and outdoor venues for hosting safe, social distanced meetings and events. There’s no better place to spread out — than the 2021 NIOP Convention to be held in Tucson, Arizona. (Picture above NIOP’s 2021 host hotel: the JW Marriott Starr Pass, Tucson, AZ.) Thanks to near perfect weather, being outdoors is the norm. In fact, the majority of Arizona’s hotels…
Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of The Hartman Group to Address NIOP Members and Attendees in March (2021) Dr. Balanko has an informed understanding of social and cultural influences impacting the marketplace of today and tomorrow. Shelley regularly engages a diverse audience spanning the foodservice, consumer packaged goods and retail segments as she shares leading-edge consumer insights and implications from the field. As a member of The Hartman Group leadership team and head of business development, her…
The NIOP will be employing many health and safety measures at the 2021 Convention. Each day of the convention, attendees will have their temperature taken prior to entering the meeting/meal space. A “I’m cool” sticker will be applied to the required convention nametag to indicate that the attendee’s temperature is within the safe and healthy range as indicated by the CDC. This will be one of the many ways in which the NIOP will do what it can to keep…
The NIOP Scholarship Committee has voted to double the number of scholarships available in 2021. There will be up to four available at $2,500 each. The application is available on this website. The deadline is April 1, 2021.
Based on member feedback, the NIOP leadership is planning positive. We’re planning for a 2021 Annual Convention IN PERSON. Plan positive! Plan NOW to attend. Start by putting the dates on your calendar: March 14 – 17.
Day 2 of the 2020 OIT is in the books! Great job to the Education Committee, the Education Committee Chairman Will Swanson (Cargill, Inc.), and the presenters!