Category: Alliance Report
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National Postal Forum looking for presenters
Friday, October 7th, is the deadline to submit a presentation(s) for the 2017 National Postal Forum! Our Educational Program Team is looking for innovative speakers who want to share case-studies, operations and management strategies, execution of successful mailing & shipping campaigns — or lessons learned from ones that did not work. Not submitting to speak…
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How the mailing industry supports those in need.
Each year, direct mail plays a crucial role in many fundraising organizations efforts to connect with supporters and receive the donations that make their work possible. As part of the National Postal Museum’s endeavor to celebrate America’s Mailing Industry, Marlo Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital National Outreach Director, sat down to describe how…
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Political mail
(courtesy of Veritiv Key Notes) Political Mail Volume Impact – Are you wondering about the possible impact of political and Election mail on other mail? This question has been asked at the highest levels of operations in the Postal Service. The USPS has received cooperation from political mailing partners regarding upcoming large volumes, with entry…
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Check out PostalPro!
PostalPro is the new version of a USPS website for professional mailers and service providers. It is in beta version 1.3, and will replace the old RIBBS website when it is ready for prime time. Already, we can see huge improvements. The latest version is described as follows: About PostalPro Beta 1.3 A valuable informational…
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Members supporting America’s Mailing Industry
In coming editions of the Alliance Report, we’ll be spotlighting our members who have joined with the National Postal Museum in their endeavor to help tell the story of America’s Mailing Industry. This week, our focus is on Maryknoll. (excerpted from The National Postal Museum website) The idea of Maryknoll itself was in part born…
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Outlook for 2017 postage increase
Will the upcoming postage increase be like the last one in May 2015? Absolutely not. The 2015 postal rate change is widely viewed as a disaster. It included two do-overs because of mistakes and many unintended consequences. Causes included rushing, understaffing, and untested, complicated structural pricing changes. The USPS learned from the experience and…
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Exhibit opening pictures
Pictures from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum’s “America’s Mailing Industry” opening Postmaster General Megan Brennan addresses a large crowd celebrating the exhibit opening on September 13, 2016. Postal Museum Director Allen Kane speaks about the exhibit that he conceived and spearheaded. Alliance Executive Director Stephen Kearney, Postmaster General Megan Brennan, and Alliance Board Member Jerry…
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End-of-summer shorts
September 14, 2016 We hope you have enjoyed a restful summer. Like major league baseball, the postal world keeps grinding it out throughout the dog days. So we decided to present brief updates on a number of issues important to nonprofit mailers. Mailing industry exhibit launched: includes nonprofits If you ever have had to explain…
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Magazines: the anchor of the mailbox
August 12, 2016 Erroneous opinion piece Many nonprofits publish magazines, so we read with interest and concern a recent opinion piece. It was written by Kevin Kosar and published by the R Street Institute and the Brookings Institution. By its title, we know it is wrong right away: “The federal government’s $500 million subsidy to…
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Alliance notes
August 12, 2016 The Business Journals: Think print is dead? 3 reasons to think again The Wall Street Journal: Raising prices hasn’t been enough to help the U.S. Postal Service offset skyrocketing costs FT Advisor: Royal Mail defined benefit scheme faces deep cuts Pandroid: US Postal Service considering their own drone delivery service USPS: MTAC…