e Tech Systems - ACT! 2010 User Group Meetings

Exchange ideas, learn shortcuts, and keep abreast of the latest developments. Both novice and experienced ACT! users are welcome. Meetings start with a lecture/demonstration and conclude with an open question and answer session. Meetings in Schaumburg run from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Meetings are FREE and open to the public. No reservations are required.

		ACT! User Group 2010 Meeting Schedule
Date / Time/ Location	Topic	Description
February 11, 2010 7 PM - 9 PM Schaumburg Public Library [Adult Classroom]	Using ACT! to enhance your Social Media effectiveness	Social Media is becoming more and important for your prospects and customers to locate and review your online information AND for you to find information about them! ACT! 2010 has several new features to help you be more effective using social media. Hear how some ACT! users are using LinkedIn, Plaxo, & Facebook as business development tools. Learn how to use and customize the new Web info page in ACT 2010; set up a fan site on Facebook for a product, use Swiftpage or ACT eMarketing to invite people to become fans on Facebook.
May 24, 2010 7 PM - 9 PM Schaumburg Public Library [Rasmussen North]	Mini Lesson- Lookups, Groups, and Sorting	Lookups and Groups let you target specific groups of contacts for action or analysis. ACT! 7 introduced dynamic groups that use Queries you save and reuse. Sorting puts the data that the lookup finds into a defined order or sequence. Learn how to easily lookup on any field as well as build, run, and save lookups and groups during this free mini training session.
Sept 9, 2010 7 PM - 9 PM Schaumburg Public Library [Rasmussen North]	ACT! 2011	Review the newest ACT! Version and see live a demonstration: Learn the top 10 new features in ACT!s latest version: ACT! 2011 See Smart Tasks (work flow) and new Outlook integration features
December 2, 2010 7 PM - 9 PM Schaumburg Public Library [Rasmussen North]	ACT! 2011	Deep Dive into Smart Tasks for ACT! 2011 Learn the top reasons to use Smart Tasks. Smart Tasks allow ACT! users to schedule a series of common and connected steps. You can use the Smart Task templates that Sage ACT! provides or create your own using the Smart Tasks Manager. Smart Tasks can be run manually or scheduled to run automatically. See Smart Tags send emails and eMarketing emails.

Discussions are moderated by Alan Lee, Certified ACT! Consultant and Sales Automation Expert

The Chicago ACT! User Group is a Special Interest Group of the Chicago Computer Society and jointly sponsored with E Tech Systems and Sage. Call the ACT! User Group Coordinator, Alan Lee, at (847) 352-4770 for questions on the group or email us with address changes.