{"id":23040,"date":"2026-08-10T03:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/?p=23040"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:08:45","slug":"association-update-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/association-update-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Association Update &#8211; August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23040\" class=\"elementor elementor-23040\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a76e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51a76e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2664eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2664eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Association Update - August 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffc4fb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffc4fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the last month I\u2019ve had the opportunity to visit quite a few sign shops, dropping off copies of the 2026 Pricing Guide to NZSDA members, and catching up with non-members along the way. It is always interesting sitting down with people one-on-one and hearing their different experiences and perspectives. Every conversation is unique and it is a great reminder of how diverse the sign industry really is.<\/p><p>One thing these conversations have highlighted is that there are still plenty of outdated perceptions of the NZSDA out there. It has been great to have the opportunity to challenge those perceptions head-on and talk about just how much the association has changed and grown.<\/p><p>Over the last few years, we\u2019ve introduced new member benefits that offer real tangible value and are more closely aligned with the realities of running a sign shop. We\u2019ve launched the new Master Sign Maker accreditation, offering a publicly recognised standard of excellence for sign businesses to work towards. We\u2019ve moved beyond the \u2018old boys club\u2019 perception and are working to create a more inclusive association that represents the industry as a whole. We\u2019re getting out and visiting members around the country, we\u2019ve reintroduced regional meetings, run the very first Young Signee of the Year competition, and delivered our biggest-ever Expo and Awards. We have committed to listening to what our members need, understanding the challenges they face, and doing everything we can to help solve those problems.<\/p><p>As we start to see our hard work materialise, our goal now is to grow the association so we can reach more of the industry and help more sign businesses reach their full potential. We want to bring more sign shops into the fold and give them access to the knowledge, experience and support that can help them operate at a higher level.<\/p><p>An association is about more than resources and events. It\u2019s about people learning from each other and having somewhere to turn for guidance, ideas and support. Experienced sign shops share what they\u2019ve learned with newer operators, businesses share solutions and learn from each other\u2019s successes and mistakes, and we can help connect the right people and knowledge when businesses need it. The more sign shops we can bring into that network, the more we can do to support them, learn from each other and help each other grow.<\/p><p><strong><em>\u201cSuccess is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.\u201d \u2014 Robert Collier <\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Ka kite,<br \/>Mikayla Hopkins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last month I\u2019ve had the opportunity to visit quite a few sign shops, dropping off copies of the 2026 Pricing Guide to NZSDA members, and catching up with non-members along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nzsda-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23040"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23062,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23040\/revisions\/23062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzsda.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}