On June 19th, nearly 10,000 runners hit the road to conquer the Wasatch Back Relay, operated by Ragnar Events.  Among the masses of participants and volunteers were five of Namifiers very own:  Bryan Welton, Jenny Welton, Brad Gasaway, Lisa Hulse, and Tim Hulse.

Wasatch Back has quickly become a premier running event in Utah.  The course is a daunting 188 miles in length, starting in downtown Logan and winding its way to Park City.  Participants consist of 12-person teams that would take turns running 3-10 mile sections of the course.  Although there is a brief window scheduled for sleep, it is a rare accomplishment if you can sneak in a couple hours.

The challenge of taking on this event, however,  went much deeper than just the restless race and the sore muscles.  Many members of our Namifiers team worked around the clock prior to the race to produce and deliver the race shirts, hats, beanies and other Ragnar gear.  Once again, in the crunch of some very tight deadlines, we pulled together and came through.   We offer a big shout out to everyone who helped!  Thank you  for caring about the customers, and let’s continue to show how Namifiers has the best service anywhere!

Checkout the site, widwi.com – stands for “what I did with it” and is a site for people to post before/after pictures of their projects.  Namifiers printed the full color banner for a billboard in NJ area that reaches over 100,000 people drive by per day.

Testimonial:
Thanks again for your help.  Rachel was also very helpful in facilitating this unusual request and working with me to make sure the banner was produced exactly to spec.

Thanks,
Aaron
founder, widwi.com
widwi is an online community where you can post before and after photos, rate, and learn about your favorite projects. post your widwi today.

Namifiers will be exhibiting at this year’s Uniform Retailers Association trade show in Las Vegas, NV, taking place October 26-28.  The focal products will be custom nametags, printers, supplies, and badge accessories.

I recently read an interesting article about the differences between proactive and reactive people. The concepts are simple, yet insightful if we take an honest look at ourselves.
Proactivity- is more than “taking initiative” it also means that we take responsibility for our lives and our actions.
Proactive people do not blame circumstances or conditions for the way they behave. Their behavior is due to their own choices, based on their values-not the circumstances or conditions that surround them.
Reactive people are affected by their environment. I.e. if they do not like rain/snow, and it is raining/snowing, they chose to be negatively affected by that outside physical condition

To Change our situation, we need to first focus on US, not our outside situation. That is being Proactive (taking personal responsibility).  Like anything else, it just takes a conscious effort and …..practice.

By: Jamie Davies

Each of us brings a different personality and set of experiences to a team.  When combined, we can successfully perform better every day to reach our goals. When we’re happy at work, we will always do a better job, it just comes natural.

This is pointed out in the second sentence of our company mission statement:  We enjoy a high level of job satisfaction by seizing opportunities for growth and exceeding personal expectation. – To be frank, some days when things get crazy, we don’t always feel chipper and self-confident.  But even those days are part of the collective experience of working for a living.  If we understand that, and then support and respect each other daily, we will be setting ourselves up for success. – I believe there are 4 basic rules for supporting your teammates:  trust, communicate, commit to goals, and throw in a little fun. - The first two, trust and communication, are only effective if they are offered genuinely.  I choose to think of my team as extended family (Why not? Between home and work, it’s about the same   If they know that I am a real person too, then they feel more comfortable coming to me for help and more able to push through challenges.
It is important that this support and teamwork always be centered towards specific goals, which in our case, ultimately comes down to taking care of every customer.
Finally, throwing some fun in the day-to-day is a great refresher.  Whether it is coming up with the coolest nameplate design in the company (which we definitely have) or getting our families together after hours, these little extra experiences can contribute in big ways to overall job satisfaction.