AICC Empowers Packaging Students With Free Dynamic Online Courses During this time of uncertainty, when universities have had to close their campuses, AICC, The Independent Packag- ing Association, and The Packaging School are protecting the future of our industry by enabling students to contin- ue their corrugated packaging education with free online courses. “AICC and The Packaging School are taking this action to ensure that the packaging programs have access to on- line content,” said Michael D’Angelo, AICC President. “The schools do not have students on their campuses during the pandemic. They need to provide online programming to keep their students engaged in courses that directly relate to the corrugated industry. We have those courses ready to go.” Two courses, Corrugated Containers and Corrugated Basics, are currently available with additional courses be- ing added each month. Available during the summer and fall semesters, the courses can be used as a resource for a professor’s course, or taken independently by a student at home. “Now students across all types of education disciplines, from graphics and marketing to mechanical engineering and environmental sciences, can speak with confidence about the leading material across the packaging supply
chain, and find a home within the corrugated industry,” said Drew Felty, CEO, The Packaging School. The courses, already free to AICC members, will bridge the gap between on-campus and at-home packaging ed- ucation. Once a school signs up, students or faculty mem- bers of higher education studying wood, paper, or pack- aging can visit packagingschool.com/edu to register for the courses. Questions can be sent to Taryn Pyle, AICC Director of Education & Leadership Development, at tpyle@aiccbox. org or (703) 535-1391 or Drew Felty, CEO, The Packaging School, at drew@packagingschool.com or (864) 704-2968. AICC Webinars To Help Sales Staffs With ‘Selling In The New Normal’ AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, is offering four webinars focused on different aspects of selling in a virtual world: Social Sales Skills, Accelerate Virtual Re- lationships, Launching Virtual Relationships, and Virtual Sales Skills. Over 45 percent of sales today are made virtually and attendees of these webinars will discover new ways to overcome challenges to meet their numbers. These we- binars focus on upskilling AICC member sales profession- als so they can compete and win in the new virtual sales CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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