ACT USER GROUP Metting 2000

JANUARY 11, 2000

TOP TEN ACT! TIPS for the NEW MILLENNIUM

Favorite tips. We’ll share our favorite timesaving tips, tricks, and short cuts of all time.

FEBRUARY 14, 2000 Date changed to Monday night to get the Prairie Center Lecture hall

ACT! MINI-LESSON: REPORTS.

Reports: Learn how to edit and create reports. Roger Malinowski, ACT! Certified Consultant, will give us a mini-lesson on one of ACT!’s most powerful features.

MARCH 13, 2000 Date changed to Monday night to get the Prairie Center Lecture hall

FAXING

FAXING for Dollars: Speaker: Alan Lee — we’ll describe a couple of hardware/software options and outline the steps you need to take to begin to “FAX FOR DOLLARS”. Learn how easy it is to integrate faxing into your sales & marketing efforts!

APRIL 10, 2000 Date changed to Monday night to get the Prairie Center Lecture hall

InterACT!

InterACT! : Guest Speaker : Mike Muhney, Executive VP of SalesLogix. INTRODUCING INTERACT Imagine how powerful ACT! could be if it were plugged into extra services you could buy – like custom leads, airline reservations, or automated marketing campaigns. Join us for a tour of this new service which “hot wires” the resources of the internet to ACT!

MAY 8, 2000 Date changed to Monday night to get the Prairie Center Lecture hall

Selling More with PowerPoint

Joint Meeting with PowerPoint User Group: Using ACT! and PowerPoint. Attaching PowerPoint presentation to ACT! records. Tips and tricks for using PowerPoint.

JUNE, JULY, OR AUGUST

No meetings

No meeting during the summer break

SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 Prairie Center Lecture hall

ACT! 2000 VS SalesLogix

ACT! 2000 VS SalesLogix Shootout !What does SalesLogix do that ACT! doesn’t? When is ACT a better Choice? Alan Lee, ACT! and SalesLogix Certified Consultant will compare and contract these two powerful Sales Force Automation /Customer Relationship solutions

OCTOBER 9, 2000 Prairie Center Lecture hall

Customizing ACT!

Ideas for customizing ACT! Are your still using ACT! out of the box? ACT! is highly customizable! You can create custom screens and layouts, reports, menus, and much more! Frank Muldowney, VP of E Tech Systems Certified ACT! Consultant, will describe how three organizations have optimized ACT! to improve productivity.

NOVEMBER 13, 2000 Prairie Center Lecture hall

ACT! MIN-LESSON: REPORTS

A mini lesson on ACT! Reports. Steve Atkins will present a lesson on ACT Reports. Reports allow you to summarize key data for all or part of your database in just a few mouse clicks. Learn how to create and edit custom reports in ACT!

DECEMBER Note: Date/ Location changed to Schaumburg Public Library and Chicago Loop in 2001

No meeting

No meeting in December- Happy Holidays