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Simply Partnership 2008 Expected to Bring Record Attendance to Vancouver
Introducing New Business Training Sessions to Augment Sage Software Partners' Growth
| Source: Sage Software
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - Sage Software announced today Simply
Partnership 2008, to be held October 16-18, 2008 in Vancouver, B.C. The
conference brings together hundreds of accountants and bookkeeping
professionals from across Canada for three days of dynamic learning
sessions on the number one small business accounting software, Simply
Accounting by Sage, and valuable business networking opportunities. This
year the event extends beyond product sessions to offer a number of new
business training classes to help partners improve their own operations,
and better assist their clients. Sage Software is also extending a special
invitation that includes membership and conference attendance discounts to
any accounting and bookkeeping professionals interested in becoming a
Simply Accounting partner.
"It's a new Simply Partnership conference this year and we are kicking it
off right here in our home city of Vancouver, where we celebrated the grand
opening of our new offices earlier this year," said Jennifer Warawa,
director, Sage Software Accountants Network and Educational Programs for
Canada. "Our conference attendance has grown by more than 40% this year
according to early registration statistics, and we are hoping to grow
attendance even more with a special discounted membership and conference
attendance package for any accounting and bookkeeping professionals who
want to become a Simply Accounting partner. No other software vendor in
Canada is more committed to their partners than Sage Software."
Keynote speakers for the conference this year include Peter Mansbridge,
Chief Correspondent, CBC Television News, and Brian Scudamore, founder and
CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. Comedian and star of CBC television's hit comedy
"Corner Gas," Brent Butt, is the featured entertainment.
The Simply Accounting partner program is one of the best in Canada with
over 10,000 accounting professional recommenders, two times more than the
closest competitor. Simply Accounting is the #1 recommended small business
accounting software in Canada.(1) IDC named Sage Software the leading
vendor in the Canadian small and medium-sized customer (SMB) segment.(2)
Simply Partnership offers comprehensive training and certification on
Simply Accounting, and new for partners this year is an array of strategic
business management sessions designed to assist accounting and bookkeeping
professionals with taking their businesses to the next level of success
across all areas. The business courses include time management, marketing
and employee retention to name a few.
Also new to Simply Partnership this year for an additional fee is a one day
pre-conference, October 15, which includes the courses Introduction to
Simply Accounting Consulting, and Business Strategy: Planning for a Great
Year!
Simply Partnership is an annual event hosted in a different Canadian city
each year. The conference offers attendees an opportunity to share best
practices with colleagues, gain insight to better utilize and support small
business owners with Simply Accounting, and learn about trends affecting
small businesses.
Bronze sponsor for the conference this year is the Institute of
Professional Bookkeepers of Canada. Simply Partnership also features an
exhibitor area, where attendees can investigate additional solutions and
tools to help their own businesses and their clients'. Exhibitors include
AccuPOS, Beanstream Internet Commerce, Canadian Bookkeepers Association,
CCH Canadian Limited, Client Track, Davis + Henderson, Institute of
Professional Bookkeepers of Canada, The Knowledge Bureau, Logicim, Inc,
MISys Inc, TelPay Incorporated, and UniResMan - Smart Hotel Software.
To register for Simply Partnership 2008, please visit
http://www.simplypartnership.com. For accounting and bookkeeping
professionals interested in the special discounts to become a Sage Software
partner and attend Simply Partnership please call 866-665-2559 and choose
option 1 then option 5.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.9
million small and medium-sized business customers in North America through
easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group
plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services
to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on
the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers
and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please
visit the web site at www.sagesoftware.com or call (866) 308-2378.
(1) Information based on an online survey of 574 accountants who work with
small business clients, conducted in Canada in August 2007.
(2) Source IDC Canada 2008 Report - Canadian Enterprise Applications 2006
Vendor Shares, (IDC Doc #CA9EA7)
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