Consulting and Upgrades
Sue Swenson yesterday afternoon delivered her keynote to about 1,000 Sage partners in attendance at the Sage Insights 2010 conference being held May 17-20, 2010.
The main message of the keynote (and perhaps the conference) is that Sage has three goals:
Increase install base sales (now 71% of Sage NA revenue)
Connected services – such as Sage Payment Services for payment processing
Selective new investments in new products
The full Google Wave is below:
Thankfully the Sage Insights 2010 conference is not at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convcention Center which as you can see from the photo below is presently undergoing some flooding issues.
Sage’s annual reseller conference is at the Colorado Convention Center May 17-20, 2010 before combining with the customer conference to become Summit 2011 in Washington DC the following year.
via: Twitpic
Are you attending the Sage Software Insights Conference in Denver May 17-20, 2010?
Insights is Sage’s annual conference for resellers and consultants (Accountants can attend Sage Insights 2010 too) , This three day event features technical sessions, keynote addresses and plenty of time for networking.
Because upwards of 2,000 are expected at Insights it can be tough to find people in the midst of all the sessions and keynotes.
This year I’ve created a Twitter list for anyone who is attending Insights. This list will make it simple to quickly review Twitter messages from those people attending the conference. These messages could be short summaries of sessions they’ve attended or vendors that they’ve just met.
It will include Sage employees, consultants, vars, etc
This list is small – but growing – and if you’re going I’d like to add your name – to make it even easier for other people to listen to what you have to say during the conference.
The benefit of Twitter lists is that when you log into Twitter (or use many third party Twitter clients) you can click on a specific list and view only the “tweets” from those people on the list.
Insights 2010 will be a busy time. People attending will be sending Twitter messages – which can be a great way to find out about good sessions, special activities and even hear opinions about keynotes, etc.
It can be challenging to zero in on just those specific messages without something like a Twitter list.
Think of Twitter lists as a way to filter out the noise on Twitter and temporarily zero in on specific information — in this case Twitter messages from people attending the Insights conference.
http://twitter.com/mas90guru/sage
I’ve created an Insights 2010 list so everyone at the conference can quickly view the Twitter activity of people who are there.
Interested in joining the list? All you need do is Tweet out the following message (just copy and paste it into your Twitter stream – be sure you include the “#insights10” hash).
I’ll keep looking for messages that include this text — and as I find them I’ll add your Twitter ID to the list.
Then when you get to Insights 2010 you’ll be able to easily view the Twitter messages of those who are also attending Insights.
Here’s the message to copy/paste into your Twitter feed:
I’m attending Sage Software’s Insights 2010 Conference in Denver – http://bit.ly/insights2010 #insights10
Sage Insights 2010 Twitter List (Unofficial – Not Affiliated With Sage)
Sage just tweeted out a link to their Insights 2010 conference brochure.
Insights is Sage’s annual conference for resellers and consultants. This year it’s happening May 17-20, 2010 in Denver Colorado. They’ve expanded the guest list to include accountants from their Sage Accountants Network (first time SAN attendees can score a fantastic registration cost of only $495) – Request your Insights discount code from Sage here.
There’s not a whole lot new in here though it does give some added information about the keynote addresses.
For example, on Tuesday May 18, 2010 the Business Opportunity Ahead will feature a trifecta of speakers:
Jodi Uecker-Rust, President Sage Business Solutions gives a talk titled “How We Will Win”, followed by Himanshu Palsule, EVP Product Strategy & Marketing speaking about “The Right Business Model for Sage Business Solutions” and finally Tom Miller, VP Channel Management, speaking about “How Our Partners Will Thrive”.
There’s no word on who the entertainment is (I keep voting for Journey but Sage looks at me as if I’m crazy) so I’m guessing that it’s a no namer.
Here’s a copy of the Insights 2010 brochure:
The Sage North America Insights 2010 Conference takes place May 17 to 20, 2010 in Denver Colorado. As usual the three days of sessions and networking promise to provide lots of value for Sage partners, CPAs and Vendors.
We’ll be there in the audience for all the major keynotes as well as the all new 1.5 hour Insights 2010 Sage Executive Question and Answer session.
Each year though it’s nearly impossible to sit in on all the major sessions, so this year we’re going to collaborate on note taking – sharing our notes with any others who care to join us. This will help ensure that nothing is missed during product sessions – and also allows those collaborating to make comments or share their own opinions on the happenings.
This year we’ll be using Google Wave which is a free collaborative tool from Google that you access via the Internet and your web browser. It will allow for anyone to update our notes at sessions — as well as to catch up on notes for sessions that they may have missed or want to know more about.
If you’ve never used Google Wave (or if you’ve tried it and given up) it’s a free collaboration tool in open preview from Google. Most of the use of Wave seems to be to jointly take notes or share bits of information — something that we think makes it an ideal tool to use for Sage Insights 2010.
During the keynotes and other sessions you’ll be able to search for and participate in the live creation of notes – provided that you’re a member of our conference Google Group (which is the only way Google Wave allows for easy sharing with a group of users).
If you’re not attending Insights you can still join the Google Group and participate in viewing the group Waves as well as providing feedback or asking questions. Google Wave’s are updated in real time so you’ll see people creating notes as the sessions are happening.
First, if you don’t have a Google Wave account — apply for one right now. You won’t be able to read or reply to any of our conference Waves without an account. The approval process for those appying with their Gmail accounts appears to be 3 to 5 days — so you’ll need to apply well in advance of stepping off the plane in Denver.
Secondly, after you’ve applied for the Google Wave invitation – join our Google Group. By being a member in the group you’ll be able to view and edit any of the Wave’s we create at Sage Insights.
Because of the way that Google implements group sharing – these Waves will only be visible and shared with the group.
When you join the Google Group – be sure you join with the same email address you used to sign up for Wave (Do NOT join with your @googlewave.com address).
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This group has nothing to do with Sage.
They’re not sponsoring it – though they’re welcome to participate if they wish.
Once you are active with both Google Wave and a member of our Sage Insights Conference Google Group you’ll be able to search for Wave’s that are directed to anyone in the group.
It’s important to note that until you’re a member of our Google Group that any Google Wave search for Insights Conference notes won’t work.
Within Google Wave – simply search for:
group:insightsconference@googlegroups.com
If you’re already on Wave and have questions – contact us at wayne.schulz@googlewave.com or email wayne@s-consult.com.
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