Incentive Programs                                                                             Refer an Exhibitor                 &abuild.tripod.lycos.com6nbsp;              Refer a New Member Member Article Contribution Incentive     We're always hoping to see more articles from our members, so we have recently added to our article contribution incentive.  If you are a current member (Full or Associate), and send us an article you’ve written with approximately 300-550 words that we publish in Pharmacy Purchasing Outlook, the official publication of NPPA, you will receive $25.  For an article that’s published with 600 words or more, you will receive $50.  Know that we will edit for spelling/grammar as necessary, so not to be concerned in that regard; it’s the content that we’re looking for.    Remember, very few Pharmacy Buyers have purchasing colleagues at their facilities, so they learn from their own trials and errors.  When you read how others in your field have taken on and accomplished projects, it makes all readers of our newsletter think about how they might be able to accomplish similar or spin-off projects based upon the ideas and concepts you identify.   Suggestions:  write about a project you instituted which helped your department or facility; write about something you learned at one of our Conferences or elsewhere that helps your daily routine or department run more efficiently; write about your another experience from attending a past Conference (such as in terms of networking with other Buyers).    You can also think of this as a possible way to help achieve a promotion; to submit and have published, one or several articles in a national publication.  Even if you do not get promoted, you earn the prestige of being a writer in a nationally recognized publication for your profession.  Seeing as how every worksite is different, which is demonstrated most dramatically at our Annual Conferences, should also give you reason to consider the worth of contributing.  Each lecturer, each Buyer, although they speak about topics we all know, still inject something new, something unique into their lecture that gives Buyers something new to think about or learn from.  This is also true about articles submitted to Pharmacy Purchasing Outlook.  Every Buyer-submitted article is a new perspective on the Pharmacy Buyer experience that may seem mundane to the writer, but fascinating to a Buyer in another part of the country.    So, we hope you are able to find the time to send in your experiences.  It doesn't have to be a long dissertation.  A paragraph or two would be sufficient.  And don't worry about spelling or grammatical errors.  Our editorial staff is trained to handle all linguistic faux pas.  Your comments could be published in the next issue!   Refer a new NPPA Member & Save 20% On Your Renewal!   Tell a pharmacy colleague or client about NPPA, the first association specific to Pharmacy Buyers.  Have them visit our website (www.PharmacyPurchasing.com), for more information and order forms, about our Annual Conference and our monthly publication, Pharmacy Purchasing Outlook.  If new members give your name as the referring member and you are current with your membership (on their order forms or by email), you will receive a 20% discount off your next membership renewal.   Refer a Vendor to Exhibit/Sponsor at the NPPA Conference & Get Rewarded!      To thank our NPPA members for spreading the word about our Conference to the vendors that call on them, we instituted a Sponsor Referral Award incentive so that when you successfully refer a vendor to display and sponsor our Conference, you get rewarded for your efforts.  Although we award more for brand new companies and “premium” companies as listed below, this incentive even applies to vendors who’d previously exhibited and sponsored!      The Exhibitor Brochures have a place on their Order Form to note a referral of an NPPA member.  These brochures can be found on our Vendor Conference page.  If you'd like to get the Brochure via U.S. mail,  please contact Michelle@PharmacyPurchasing.com.  NPPA Buyer-Members can add their name to the Order Form before giving to the vendors that call on them, or just request to new potential Exhibitors that they do so when they return their new Exhibitor Order Form to us for processing.   See further details below rate schedule at end of page.    Referral of New Conference Exhibitors (a company that has not participated in the conference in any form within the last 2 years)      Bronze=$200                  Silver=$400                    Gold=$600                      Platinum=$800                Diamond=$850            Referral of New, “Premium” Companies=$1,000 each All company referrals for a new Conference Exhibitors as listed below come with a premium award of $1,000 each (these are also companies that have not participated in the Conference at all within the last 2 years). Amgen                              Bayer Schering Pharma       Bristol-Myers Squibb        Carefusion Corporation      NuAire, Inc.                      Omnicell, Inc.                      Purdue Pharma                  Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America   Referral of Previous Exhibitors (those who were Exhibitors at one of the Conferences in the past two years)      Bronze=$100           Silver=$200      Gold=$300      Platinum=$400      Diamond=$450   Awards for successful referrals may, at the NPPA member's choice, go to A) the Member, B) the Member's employer or foundation, or C) a charity identified by the Member.  Awards will only be funded when the company’s Exhibitor Order is submitted with their initial Order Form, containing the name of the referring NPPA member.  Awards will not be eligible if such information is missing once the exhibiting company submits Order and deposit to our offices.  Note:  we understand it is common for companies to forget to place your name on the form.  So, as an alternative we will also accept written confirmation from the referred company, only if it is dated prior to the date we receive their Exhibitor Order Form.  You may have a company rep email you with this confirmation and forward it on to us or email us directly (to Michelle@pharmacypurchasing.com), with their intentions to include you as the referring party.  No verbal confirmations will be accepted.