The Conference Group Voted BEST Conferencing Provider for 2010 by Telecom Association Members

The Conference Group Voted BEST Conferencing Provider for 2010 by Telecom Association Members

“Members Choice” Award Showcases the Conference Group’s Ongoing Conferencing Leadership

LAKE ELSINORE, CA – January 14, 2011 – The Conference Group, a seasoned audio, web and video conferencing provider won the distinction of the best Conferencing provider in the industry by voting members of Telecom Association, a professional membership organization of over 3,800 telecom and technology consultants, agents, brokers and sales partners founded in 1996.

 Selection as the “Members Choice” Award winner showcases the Conference Group’s long term commitment to technology solutions that work in the Conferencing category as well as customer service excellence.

“Our association’s voting members are heavily experienced technology industry consultants and channel sales partners that have compared all the best and affordable vendors against one another before recommending one or two to their business clients who view them as trusted advisors”, stated Telecom Association’s Executive Director, Dan Baldwin. “They know which vendors to watch out for and which ones to recommend so having them select the Conference Group as the best means the Conference Group is both trusted and proven in the Conferencing category.”


It’s not by chance that the Conference Group won this category in 2010. While business end users are exacting in their Conferencing solution requirements, the independent sales partners and voting members of Telecom Association are even more so. “We are humbled and honored to be the recipient of this distinction for 2010. The agent channel has always been a critical piece of our business model. To be recognized as the agent’s top pick is proof that we are meeting or exceeding our agents’ expectations and helping them grow their businesses,” says Greg Plum, director of business development for the Conference Group.

ABOUT The Conference Group – Founded in 1999, the Conference Group is an award-winning full-service audio and web conferencing company located in Newark, DE. Focusing solely on collaboration solutions, the Conference Group has successfully developed a strong portfolio of satisfied clients in the US and abroad. For more information on the Conference Group, contact Greg Plum, director of business development, via email greg.plum@conferencegroup.com.


ABOUT TELECOM ASSOCIATION – Founded in 1996, Telecom Association is a professional membership organization of 3,800 individual members and over 50 telecom and technology vendors that help businesses with their phone, voice, Internet and data network integration needs. For more information about Telecom Association, contact Dan Baldwin, executive director, via email Dan@TelecomAssociation.com.

Since YOU Voted The Conference Group 2010’s #1 Audioconferencing Company…

We can’t help but ask for your support one more time by clicking here and voting for yours truly as the Channel Executive of the Year for 2011. It could be said that the past couple of years’ polls resulting in my being named a finalist, but not the industry’s top pick, could have given me an “always a bridesmaid” complex, but NO! Being recognized for this honor by those whom I have helped with their respective businesses, even though this number may not total those achieved by some of my esteemed colleagues, is still one of the greatest rewards that can be earned in my role as the head of our agent channel.

So, if you have just a moment to give me the “thumb’s up”, click here and be heard. We are listening!


Thanks to all and here’s to a healthy, happy, and productive 2011! Greg

Can a company have a soul?

For it to have any chance of surviving, it better! According to Webster, “soul” is defined, in part, as “the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe” and “the moral and emotional nature of human beings spiritual or moral force.”


A couple of friends of mine who founded Genesis Strategy Group (www.genesisstrategygroup.com) originally got me thinking about the concept “soul” as it pertains to a company.


What is your company’s soul? Or, asked in another way, what is your company’s driving force?


Some companies call this their “mission statement”, or their “core values”. No matter what you call it, this is what defines your company for your internal (read “employees”) and external customers. By placing a conscious focus on this soul, every customer interaction and business decision is governed by the moral compass calibrated by the company’s soul. While this may sound esoteric, it is quite the opposite. This concept provides a roadmap to how the company responds to any situation it encounters. This reduces seemingly complicated scenarios, either with customers or employees, to very basic components with the course of action easily identified and implemented.


So, how do you define your company’s soul? Like human beings, an organization without a soul is, well… dead.

Please vote for The Conference Group!

Hello All!


In the spirit of election season (and still on a high from having little ol’ Delaware in the national spotlight courtesy of Christine O’Donnell), I am, once again, asking for your support in the 2010 Telecom Association’s members choice awards. The polls close at the end of November, but just to keep me from pestering you again in a couple of weeks, please take just a moment now to cast your vote!



Click on TelecomVote.com now to vote!

On another note, we recently participated in the first ever Telecom Association Shootout, “aimed” at telling the channel how our wholesale program is the best solution for you and your peers. Since you are, hopefully, already in the “zone” for voting, please tell Telecom Association that the Conference Group should be named the victor in the shootout. The added benefit is that you can register yourself as a conferencing subject matter expert with Telecom Association just by casting your vote. This is a great opportunity to learn more about us, our worthy opponents, AND gain some recognition yourself! Click on http://www.telecomassociation.com/firstfriday/101001/The_Best_White_Label_Conferencing_Solutions_October_2010.htm  to vote and get registered as a subject matter expert.

As always, thanks for your time and consideration. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact me directly.



Thanks!

Greg

Thank You for Your Support!

Greetings from the Conference Group! Thank you for the votes that we have received thus far as your favorite conferencing provider. Not surprisingly, we have received more votes than any other conferencing company to date, BUT you know what happens when one rests on one’s laurels. If you have not had the chance to vote yet, and you agree with your peers that selected us as their favorite, please take just a moment to cast your vote here.



As always, thank you for your support!

It's Time to Vote!

Time to Vote at TelecomVote.com !


Hello All! Since none of us EVER procrastinates, I am taking a moment to touch bases with you to request your vote for 2010 Telecom Association’s members choice awards. The voting opened up about 15 minutes ago, so at the very least, you know THIS TIME, I didn’t procrastinate!

As you know, many of you are partly responsible for our success. If the Conference Group has had a part in any of your success, please take 30 seconds to give us the nod at TelecomVote.com.

Thanks for your time and consideration. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact me directly. Thanks!

Out of sight, maybe. Out of mind, not so much.

As I write this, I am sitting on a plane returning from a few weeks away from the office, having piggy-backed a vacation onto a business trip. Though I have not been seated at my desk with my ground level view of the shrubs that line the foundation of our brown brick building for over two weeks, my email inbox and voicemail are devoid of any unread (or unheard) messages. The dread that had inevitably accompanied me on my way home from past vacations is strangely missing. The fear of the unknown (with regard to office happenings and/or client requests) is a thing of the past.


Armed with my company-issued laptop and brand-spanking-new Droid Incredible smart phone, I have not only been kept in the loop with the daily goings-on at the Conference Group’s home office, I have actually been able to contribute effectively, and even address policy issues, without ever setting foot in the office.


I know what you are thinking… “Big deal… I have been working from home, or the road, or from the middle of the ocean for years now.” True. I hear you. However, for me, as a former hardcore corporate type, this newfound productivity from afar is truly liberating. Now that I am current on the housekeeping items that accompany me in my role heading up sales for the company, I can hit the ground running upon my return to the office in the morning. Not facing an inbox of 1000 plus emails, a number of which are unsolicited cures for what ails me or the secret recipe that will result in my business growing exponentially in the next 6 months, I am free to channel my vacation-induced optimism into concrete initiatives that will allow me to tackle some of those sales ideas dreamed up while sitting poolside in the days leading up to my return to the mothership.


While the line between work and vacation has blurred with all of the fun new gadgets and communication services at our fingertips, I love the result. Now, if only I had coughed up the $4.95 to access the wi-fi service on the plane… you may have read this blog entry well before my feet ever touched the ground in Philadelphia. Next time…