http://avantagepartners.com/news/feed Feeds from News en http://avantagepartners.com/avantage-proud-announce-its-5th-year-anniversary <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: #676767"> We are so thrilled with the success we have enjoyed over these years and are looking forward to the years ahead. Many thanks go out to our partners for their support! We are so happy to be a part of thier success stories as well. </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: #676767; min-height: 13px"> &nbsp; </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: #676767"> <b>Here&#39;s to 5 more years!</b> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: #676767"> &nbsp; </p> Connected Business Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:39:32 -0700 Brad King 215 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/avantages-collaborative-learning-platform-featured-vancouver-sun <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkB<p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/avantages-collaborative-learning-platform-featured-vancouver-sun">read more</a></p> Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:44:23 -0700 Brad King 211 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/digital-literacy-west-vancouver-school-district <p class="p1"> <span class="s1">Here&#39;s a recent blog about some of our activities with the Collaborative Learning Platform in West Vancouver School District, written by Cyri Jones:</span> </p> <p class="p2"> <span class="s2"><a href="http://connectlearn21.net/2012/04/10/west-vancouver-school-district-digital-dashboard/">http://connectlearn21.net/2012/04/10/west-vancouver-school-district-digital-dashboard/</a></span> </p> <p class="p1"> <span class="s1">It gives a great overview of the West Vancouver challenge in terms of re-aligning the District toward a 21st century vision of what school is.</span> </p> <p class="p1"> <span class="s1">Some interesting take-aways:</span>  </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/digital-literacy-west-vancouver-school-district">read more</a></p> Brad King Connected Business Wed, 23 May 2012 09:42:28 -0700 Brad King 205 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/avantage%E2%80%99s-collaborative-learning-platform-featured-21st-century-edtech-leadership-summit <p class="MsoNormal"> West Vancouver School District Superintendent Chris Kennedy recently presented at the <a href="http://mindsharelearning.ca/summit2011/">21^st Century Canadian EdTech Leadership</a> Summit in Toronto. The conversation revolved around the challenges involved in designing and deploying 21^st Century learning technologies. Avantage’s <a href="/system/files/images/CLP-QuickStart_Series.pdf">Collaborative Learning Platform</a>  featured prominently in the discussion! <o:p></o:p> </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/avantage%E2%80%99s-collaborative-learning-platform-featured-21st-century-edtech-leadership-summit">read more</a></p> Connected Business Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:33:26 -0800 Brad King 186 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/escribe-paperless-solutions-and-avantage-announce-strategic-partnership <p> <b><span style="font-size: x-small">Markham, ON (November 15, 2011) </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small"></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,Century Gothic; font-size: x-small"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,Century Gothic; font-size: x-small">eSCRIBE Paperless Solutions announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Avantage Partners Inc.<p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/escribe-paperless-solutions-and-avantage-announce-strategic-partnership">read more</a></p> Connected Worker Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:11:39 -0800 Stephanie Hayes 188 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/connecting-classrooms-21st-century-approach-learning <p style="text-align: left" class="MsoNormal"> This past week, it was great to see the faces of the grade <span style="color: #1f497d">4 to 6 student</span>s light<span style="color: #1f497d"> </span>up when teachers explained to them that “Over the summer, we built a website just for you…”<o:p></o:p> </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/connecting-classrooms-21st-century-approach-learning">read more</a></p> Connected Business Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:05:08 -0700 Brad King 183 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/avantage-extends-activity-based-costing-program-acorn-tools <p> Avantage Partners today reached an agreement to leverage Acorn Systems software, Performance Analyzer (<a href="http://www.acornsys.com/resources/tb.Performance-Analyzer.pdf">Technical Brief</a>) and Cost Analyzer (<a href="http://www.acornsys.com/resources/tb.Cost-Analyzer.pdf">Technical Brief</a>) within their "Activity-Based Costing" (ABC) programs. </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/avantage-extends-activity-based-costing-program-acorn-tools">read more</a></p> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:00:00 -0800 Jame Healy 179 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/alescent-business-solutions-partners-avantage <p> Alescent Business Solutions, exclusive distributor of several leading enterprise software products to the Canadian market, has partnered today with Avantage Partners to be a reseller for several of the software products they represent in Canada. </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/alescent-business-solutions-partners-avantage">read more</a></p> Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:00:00 -0800 Jame Healy 178 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/richard-smith-keynote-innovation-conference-china <p><a href="/team-profiles/richard-smith">Dr. Richard Smith</a>, Principle Consultant at Avantage Partners, is to provide the keynote speech to open the sixth International Symposium on Management of Innovation and Technology (ISMOT’09) in Hangzhou, P. R. China.</p><p>The theme of the conference will be &quot;Open Network and Total Innovation toward developing Innovative Countries&quot;.</p><p><a href="/team-profiles/richard-smith">Dr. Smith</a> will be discussing how cities can provide unique support and promote innovation using Canada and Vancouver specifically as examples.</p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/richard-smith-keynote-innovation-conference-china">read more</a></p> Connected Business Connected Worker Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:36:12 -0700 Richard Smith 158 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/daniel-gocsman-appointed-microsoft-system-center-technology-solution-professional <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri">We would like to congratulate Avantage consultant Daniel Gocsman for being selected by Microsoft as the first Microsoft System Center Virtual Technology Solution Professional (v-TSP) in Western Canada. Daniel will be working closely with Microsoft to ensure the successful evaluation, adoption, and implementation of System Center-based solutions across the region.<p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/daniel-gocsman-appointed-microsoft-system-center-technology-solution-professional">read more</a></p> Connected Service Energy and Natural Resources Healthcare and Public Sector Shipping, Transport and Logistics Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:14:06 -0700 Daniel Gocsman 146 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/aslam-jamal-appointed-microsoft-sharepoint-technology-solution-professional <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri">We would like to congratulate Avantage consultant Aslam Jamal for being selected by Microsoft as the first SharePoint Virtual Technology Solution Professional (v-TSP) in Western Canada. Aslam will be working closely with Microsoft to ensure the successful evaluation, adoption, and implementation of SharePoint Server-based solutions across the region.<p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/aslam-jamal-appointed-microsoft-sharepoint-technology-solution-professional">read more</a></p> Connected Service Connected Worker Connected Partner Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 127 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/april-facey-joins-avantage-partners <div>We are pleased to announce today that April Facey has joined Avantage Partners as a senior consultant within the Connected Business practice.</div><div><br /></div><div>April will apply her experience in distribution, supply-chain management and logistics to assist organisations to align their partner services with their long-term and short-term goals. </div><div><br /></div><div>She will also contribute to the on-going refinement of the Connected Partner area of the Connected Business Model and related Capability Development Plans within these areas.</div><div><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/april-facey-joins-avantage-partners">read more</a></p> Connected Service April Facey Connected Business Connected Worker Industry Practices Shipping, Transport and Logistics Connected Partner Fri, 01 May 2009 01:00:00 -0700 Jame Healy 116 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/richard-smith-interviewed-politics-and-social-media Avantage Principal Consultant <a href="/team-profiles/richard-smith">Richard Smith</a> was interviewed by GlobalTV on his views of how social media can be leveraged to advance political ideas, specifically around election time. <div> <br /> </div> <div> &quot;Having a presense online is really crucial,&quot; says Smith, &quot;you need to be involved, participate and be genuine&quot;. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Richard Smith is part of the ongoing dialog on how social media contributes to many facets of life, including politics.<br /> <div> <p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/richard-smith-interviewed-politics-and-social-media">read more</a></p> Connected Worker Healthcare and Public Sector Connected Partner Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700 Richard Smith 109 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/ron-matthews-joins-avantage-partners <p>We are pleased to announce today that Ron Matthews has joined Avantage Partners as a senior consultant within the Connected Business practice. </p><p>Ron will apply his experience to assist organizations align their business processes with their long-term and short-term goals. He has focused on this area of alignment and agility throughout his career. He will also contribute to the on-going refinement of the Connected Business Model and related Capability Development Plans within these areas. </p><p>We look forward to a long and beneficial relationship with Ron. </p> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:15:12 -0700 Jame Healy 112 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/aslam-jamal-joins-avantage-partners <p> We are pleased to announce today that Aslam Jamal has agreed to join Avantage Partners as a consultant effective immediately within the Connected Business practice, focusing on the connected worker domain. </p> <p> Aslam&#39;s experience includes leading complex projects within various industries focusing on workforce collaboration and knowledge and expertise management. His background in advanced collaboration concepts will be an asset as he helps to develop the Connected Worker Model.  </p> <p> We look forward to a long and beneficial relationship with Aslam. </p> Connected Worker Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:00:00 -0800 Jame Healy 100 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/news/2009/01/process-automation-book-launch <p>Avantage Partners wishes to congratulate Sergio Del Piccolo on the launch of Professional K2 blackpearl by Wrox Press. <p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/news/2009/01/process-automation-book-launch">read more</a></p> Connected Worker Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:33:58 -0800 Jame Healy 81 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/hal-bradwell-joins-avantage-partners <p> We are pleased to announce today that Hal Bradwell has agreed to join Avantage Partners as a senior consultant effective immediately within the Connected Business practice, focusing primarily within the Energy and Natural Resources sector. </p> <p> Hal&#39;s experience includes leading large and complex programs within energy and natural resources among other key industries. His background in business strategy and information management is an asset as he contributes to the development of the Connected Business Model.  </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/hal-bradwell-joins-avantage-partners">read more</a></p> Energy and Natural Resources Hal Bradwell Connected Partner Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0800 Jame Healy 101 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/content/stephanie-hayes-accepts-partnership-position <p>Avantage Partners is pleased to announce that Stephanie Hayes has accepted an offer to join the Avantage partnership group as an Associate Partner.</p><p>&quot;Stephanie has been instrumental in the early development of the business model as well as many of the leading conceptual frameworks that have been developed at Avantage Partners&quot;, says Jame Healy, Managing Director. &quot;We&#39;re very excited to offer her the ability to participate as an equity partner in the organisation and cement our relationship to ensure long-term mutual success&quot;.</p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/content/stephanie-hayes-accepts-partnership-position">read more</a></p> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0700 Jame Healy 102 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/news/2009/01/avantage-consultant-named-virtual-technical-specialist <p> Avantage Partners is pleased to announce that Sergio Del Piccolo has been named Virtual Technical Specialist by Microsoft for their BizTalk integration platform. </p> <p> This appointment recognises Sergio&#39;s years of experience and expertise in the area of process and application integration in the financial services, healthcare, public sector and energy sectors to name a few. </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/news/2009/01/avantage-consultant-named-virtual-technical-specialist">read more</a></p> Connected Worker Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:46:56 -0700 Jame Healy 82 at http://avantagepartners.com http://avantagepartners.com/news/2008/05/avantage-partners-website-launched <p> We are proud to announce the launch of AvantagePartners.com. We hope that you will enjoy exploring our <a href="/programs-and-solutions">programs</a> , <a href="/case-studies">case studies</a> and <a href="/recent-thought">recent thought</a> from each of our <a href="/team-profiles">world class consultants</a>. </p> <p> We have designed this site to focus on delivering value to you, and as such most areas of our web site offer the ability to subscribe to updates (see our <a href="/syndication-index">syndication page</a> for a summary). </p><p><a href="http://avantagepartners.com/news/2008/05/avantage-partners-website-launched">read more</a></p> Connected Service Connected Worker Energy and Natural Resources Healthcare and Public Sector Shipping, Transport and Logistics Connected Partner Sat, 03 May 2008 17:14:13 -0700 Jame Healy 67 at http://avantagepartners.com