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Poston Joins AchieveIt to Accelerate Growth of Execution Management and Strategic Planning Software Company

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ATLANTA, GA (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

AchieveIt, a leading provider of execution management and strategic planning software, announced today the addition of Michael Poston to its executive team as the company continues an aggressive expansion into commercial markets. Poston will be primarily responsible for online and offline marketing and public relations.

Poston holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Structural Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in quantitative methods, both earned at Vanderbilt University. His 16-year career includes extensive experience in strategic planning, marketing, SEO, and product development.

“To have someone of Michaels experience and caliber join our team is humbling,” said Scott Regan, founder and chief execution officer of AchieveIt. “Michael has such a rare combination of talent that he can have an instant impact on our company. If we are the rocket, Michael will be our rocket fuel. He has that kind of potential for us.

Poston has a track record of accelerating sales growth for the companies he has worked with, which include small and large organizations, Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing companies, and technology firms. He has rich experience in business development, client acquisition and retention, digital platforms, and trademarks and patents.

In June, AchieveIt released Version 4.0 of its cloud-based software and reorganized the company to move into vertical markets outside of healthcare, where the company got its start. With Version 4.0, AchieveIt unveiled three new applications: ExecuteIt, AnalyzeIt, and ImproveIt. These applications help accelerate performance in strategic planning, strategy development, execution management, and performance improvement.

About AchieveIt

Serving more than 100 clients in 30 states, AchieveIt helps organizations transform vision and goals into tangible business results by executing smarter, faster, and better. Through its suite of cloud-based strategy development and execution management applications, AchieveIt accelerates transformation through enhanced accountability, transparency, and execution. The company provides an innovative set of online tools to develop, monitor, and implement strategic and operational plans, performance and quality improvement projects, and leadership and management programs. A national thought-leader on strategy development and execution management, AchieveIt offers free strategic planning webinars and white papers on its website at AchieveIt.com.







Quick Tip Video and Blog Post from Digital Marketer Published by Managing Editor

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

Digital Marketer, the industry leading online marketing innovators, have published their latest DM Quick Tip Video and a corresponding blog post by DM Managing Editor Josh Loposer.

Loposer describes what he thinks is a worthy alternative to the expensive and cumbersome photo editing programs available to the online marketing crowd. Instead of resorting to a pitfall of potential problems, Loposer suggests otherwise.

Ive noticed that a lot of digital marketers, especially those who are just getting started, think they need to invest in fancy image editing software like Photoshop, Loposer said. There are two reasons why I would caution against that move. Number one, its expensive. Two, Photoshop has a fairly steep learning curve, so unless youre opening an online photo editing business, you probably have a lot more important things to spend your time on.

In response to that, the latest DM Quick Tip covers the use of PicMonkey, an easy and effective way to edit photos without purchasing, downloading, and learning an overkill photo editing product. Loposer goes through the PicMonkey process in the DM Quick Tip Video.

The idea behind DM Quick Tips is to utilize a convenient way to share the smartest, slickest, and sweetest online marketing tips that the experts at Digital Marketer come across. They are shared on the Digital Marketer blog weekly.

Thats the reason weve started DM Quick Tips, an ongoing series of snappy little demos that will hopefully help you be a more better marketer, Loposer said in the post.

Digital Marketer is also encouraging audiences to contribute their own Quick Tips in the form of ideas, tools, techniques, and strategies, and share them on Digital Marketers Facebook page.

Digital Marketer releases informational and educational materials to help businesses and entrepreneurs gain insight and information on the trends, data, and strategies that can take them to the top of their industry. Through their RAW Training courses, strategic plans, blogs, newsletters, site reviews, and Special Reports, Digital Marketer supercharges every single marketing campaign it touches. For more information, visit DigitalMarketer.com.







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Kyriba Releases New Comments – Supply Chain Finance: Main Drivers of Treasury Involvement

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New York, NY (PRWEB) July 27, 2012

Treasurers are playing a more important role in supply chain finance (SCF) and as a result are improving risk management procedures, while creating cash and working capital optimisation.

Treasurers have become more involved in supply chain finance (SCF), as part of a strategic shift in the treasury teams responsibilities within an organisation. The trend has largely arisen since the financial crisis of 2008 when risk management, including supplier and counterparty risk, became more of a priority for the C-level and boards of almost all organisations.

This changing role for treasury has coincided with the movement towards global trade on open account terms; that is without trade finance instruments. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) reports that more than 80% of global trade is now done on open account terms, a percentage that appears to grow each time a new study is conducted.

This combination of factors increases the responsibilities placed on an organisation to support its business trading relationships and, where there is a financial component, the requirement for the treasurer to be involved. Depending on geographic region, treasury either is involved with or actually leads SCF programmes at least 50% of the time and this involvement is growing every year.

Treasurys involvement results from the increase in trade with suppliers worldwide which, in turn, means an increased demand for financial tools to support those trading relationships. Traditionally, those tools were trade finance instruments such as letters of credit (L/Cs) or business guarantees. While they continue to exist, especially where required by regulation in certain markets, open account trading necessitates a different set of financing arrangements that arent necessarily balance sheet items. As such, SCF is often the answer.

From a treasurers perspective, there are two primary reasons to be involved in SCF:

FurnitureInFashion Announces plans to join partnership with Malaysian Manufacturer

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(PRWEB UK) 26 July 2012

FurnitureInFashion, an online retail store is proud to announce an exciting partnership with Malaysia based furniture manufacturing company Marcoco. Marcoco is an established name in the furniture market of Malaysia and is a supplier of home and office furniture. Marcoco has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years by setting up its own excellent manufacturing facilities. Asad Shamim, the owner of FurnitureInFashion said, The manufacturing facilities at Marcoco when combined with FurnitureInFashion will not only increase the production capacity of both the companies but it will also help in creating a sophisticated combination of home and lifestyle collection that mixes with modern accents and vintage inspirations.

The partnership will be a complete resource for import of bedroom, dining and living room furniture along with coffee tables, TV stands and bar stools. All these products will express the designs of FurnitureInFashion. The new association will bring together two of the most respected and successful companies in the furniture industry.

Asad Shamim commented on Marcocos business status and revealed, Marcoco exports diverse range of classic and modern furniture products that cater for living, dining, bedroom, kitchen and office furniture to over 80 countries in Asia, Middle East, Europe, South America, United States of America, Pacific Islands and the African regions. With such a great business exposure and diverse market, we are very excited to form partnership with Marcoco. This new partnership continues our desire at FurnitureInFashion to progress to exquisite quality. This is a dream come true and we cant wait to get started with this partnership.

Talking about the successful business of FurnitureInFashion, the C.E.O of Marcoco said, FurnitureInFashion has a global reputation for value, quality, fashion, solutions and beauty of designs in the furniture industry. FurnitureInFashion has cultivated a fantastic dominance as a brand name by manufacturing dozens of products along with adhering to quality and companys mission statement to provide cheapest furniture items. He also added, The quality, innovation and practical application of the designs make FurnitureInFashion one of the best online retail stores in UK. We look forward to working with FurnitureInFashion and its brilliant team to implement the creative solutions and innovative designs and bring the best product designs in the market.

Asad Shamim while discussing the focus of this partnership said, FurnitureInFashion in partnership with Morcoco will focus on increasing the production of furniture for living room, dining room, bedroom along with coffee tables, TV stands and other home accessories. We will able to launch various new designs and variety in furniture items with the help of excellent and innovative manufacturing processes installed at Marcoco. With the increase in manufacturing capacity, we will also be able to cater big orders and that too by providing specific individual requirements of the clients and customers. Asad also added, Everyone at Marcoco has welcomed us warmly. We cannot wait to begin this strategic voyage between FurnitureInFashion and Marcoco. All of our furniture designs will now coordinate seamlessly.

Asad also said that the synergy added by this partnership will help us achieve our primary goals of expanding the global operations. The information provided by Marcoco about the global demands and innovative manufacturing processes will enable FurnitureInFashion to serve its customers in a much better and unique way.

About FurnitureInFashion

FurnitureInFashion is a UK based online retail store with a warehouse based in Germany. It is one of the leading furniture stores in the UK for its incredible range of products for living room, dining room furniture, bedroom, hallway, bathroom and office at cheapest possible prices. FurnitureInFashion has been into business since 2008 and has earned great reputation among the retailers in the UK. For further information about FurnitureInFashion, visit http://www.furnitureinfashion.net

About Marcoco

Marcoco Furniture Industries was established in 1980 and is based in Malaysia. The business of Marcoco has expanded enormously and it is now exporting diverse range of classic and modern furniture products to Europe, Asia, USA, Middle East and some African regions as well. For further information about Marcoco, visit http://www.marcoco.com







Healthcare Providers, Policy Makers Hold ‘Candid’ Talks in D.C.

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Washington, D.C (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

Called “Candid Conversations with CEOs,” the meeting was hosted by Norwalk, CT-based Lincoln Healthcare Events, an independent producer of healthcare intelligence conferences.

Topics of discussion during the three-hour meeting included:

Savanna East Africa Signs LOI to Acquire Algae International Group

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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

Savanna East Africa, Inc. announced today it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Algae International Group, Inc. (AIGI) http://www.algaeplanet.com a private Nevada Corporation that’s business plan is to produce high grade Biofuel from Algae. The LOI is a non-binding agreement allocating an exclusive period for the parties to negotiate towards a definitive transaction terms.

AIGI has developed a new generation of biodiesel feedstock that will minimize pressure on food supplies, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency. The company expects to participate in a larger partnership to acquire an initial interest in an intense biofuel manufacturing operation adjacent to a fuel cell and wastewater treatment facility California.

AIGI is working to develop an ongoing symbiotic relationship with fuel cell locations across California. AIGI is dedicated to the development and manufacture of advanced biofuels using algae cultivation adjacent to waste water and fuel cell facilities to capitalize on free methane, carbon dioxide, nitrates and phosphates for the exploitation of advanced alternative fuel energy technologies.

The plan to acquire AIGI is the first step in an overall plan to reposition Savanna East Africa for renewed growth. The Company will release further updates as plans progress.

The transaction is represented by Regus Advisors Inc., a private global Investment Banking firm that provides strategic and financial advisory services to private and public companies to include; structure, documentation, financing and exit strategies as well as listing on domestic or foreign exchanges

For more information please contact Regus President, Mervyn Price mprice(at)regusadvisors(dot)com.

About Algae International Group Inc.

Algae International Group Inc. (AIGI) is a development stage renewable energy company that is seeking to develop Biofuel from Algae utilizing a Trademark process of InSym that combines; methane, CO2, fuel cells, nitrates, phosphates, sunlight and a specialized press to remove biomass and create HRD and HRJ fuel. For more info visit http://www.algaeplanet.com

About Regus Advisors Inc:

Regus Advisors is a private global Investment Banking firm that provides strategic and financial advisory services to private and public companies to include; structure, documentation, financing and exit strategies as well as listing on domestic or foreign exchanges. Regus Advisors is not a FINRA/FSA licensed broker/dealer and does not buy/sell securities.

For More Info: http://www.regusadvisors.com

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Convene Announces the Launch of its Newest Christian CEO/Business Owner Forum in Houston, TX.

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Placentia, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2012

Convene, the premier Christian CEO and Business Owner forum organization, announces the launch of its newest forum team in Houston, Texas. The new team is led by Convene Chair Jonathan Goodale, a skilled facilitator with a solid business background and mature faith.

Convene CEO peer advisory groups meet monthly to work on their businesses by discussing relevant business issues, seeking wise counsel and providing the shared insights of their combined years of business and spiritual experience.

For the majority of his career, Jonathan Goodale has worked in the upstream natural resources industry for both small independent companies and large multinational public corporations. As the President of UMIC Cote dIvoire, he was successful in leading the exploration and development efforts that reestablished oil production in that country.

His leadership enabled UMIC to collaborate successfully with this underdeveloped West African nation, growing its natural resource base and allowing them to become energy independent. Goodale was knighted (Chevalier) by the nation for his efforts.

Jonathans roles included technical evaluation, contract negotiations, financial forecasting, strategic planning, and management of all resources (capital, human and intellectual). Most recently Jonathan was the leading force in the team that built CMNSL from a few million dollars of risk capital to an entity that had an enterprise value to the parent company of $ 350 million.

For more information on Jonathans new Convene team, please visit http://www.convenenow.com/houston-b/ on the web.

Founded in 1996, Convene is a dynamic community of Christian CEOs and business owners meeting together to help each other build exceptional businesses, increase leadership success, and have greater Kingdom impact through the principle of iron sharpening iron.







PwC US and Pneuron Form Joint Business Relationship, Big4.com Reports

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(PRWEB) July 25, 2012

Big4.com, the premier social networking forum for professionals and alumni of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC reports PwC US has announced a new strategic business relationship with Pneuron Corporation (Pneuron) that will enable financial institutions to integrate and package multiple legacy data sources or applications in a more efficient and cost effective way than traditional or interim solutions provide.

Big4.com reports that PwC will work with Pneuron’s new distributed technology platform, which will provide ground-breaking data solutions for financial services institutions.

Big4.com also notes that PwC and Pneurons first product in a planned portfolio of solutions will address data extraction, normalization and reporting challenges that plague the financial services industry. Specifically, the product will help organizations meet a number of the requirements for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), such as pre-existing account due diligence.

About Big4.com

Big4.com is the accounting, tax, consulting and IT professions premier resource, and has been exclusively focused on Big Four firm professionals and alumni for 10 years, providing high quality content, connectivity and commerce. The Big Four Job Board offers fresh job opportunities clients include the worlds leading companies. Big Four News covers key news, developments, events, survey results, press releases and appointments. The Big Four Blog provides opinion and insight on recent and key developments, news, happenings, management changes, regulations, acquisitions and capital market activities. Big4 Video is a professionally produced news covering key global developments in this space.

Big4.com has a strong presence on key social media platforms:

Youtube: Big4Video is a professionally produced weekly news magazine.

Twitter: twitter.com/big4 has 9,000 followers.

LinkedIn: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group is the largest corporate and alumni group with 85,000+ members.

Facebook: The Big4 fan page has 5,500 fans at facebook.com/big4page.

Xing: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group has 1,450+ members.

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The Booth Company Releases New Sales Management Survey

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Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) July 24, 2012

The Booth Company (TBC), an international provider of 360 degree feedback and survey hosting solutions announces the release of a new Sales Management Survey that addresses the growing importance of including first-line and middle sales managers into an organizational development plan.

With the stagnant economy, organizations rely more intensely on the sales team to grow both existing and new revenue channels. First-line and middle sales managers are at the core of the sales process and a business-critical part of an organization. However these employees are often overlooked when it comes to training and development programs. Ironically, organizations seem to have a close eye on sales but often overlook the possibility of improving their sales team by including them in the companys organizational development initiatives.

The Sales Management Survey (SMS) not only helps sharpen communication and teamwork skills, but they are designed to stretch the sales skill development and goals into early stages of leadership competencies. Sales managers have the unique responsibility of implementing sales strategies and achieving sales goals, explains Derek Murphy, CEO of The Booth Company, this challenge is the basis for the sales management survey, giving the sales manager valuable feedback specific to the sales management role to create a starting point for on-going development.

The SMS is built on the Task Cycle

Ingenious Med Selects AchieveIt for its Cloud-Based Execution Management and Strategic Planning Software Platform

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 24, 2012

AchieveIt, a leading provider of execution management and strategic planning software, announced today that Ingenious Med, a healthcare I.T. company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the latest organization to adopt its cloud-based technology platform. Ingenious Med will deploy a full suite of tools, from scorecards to dashboards to automated email reminders and alerts, to drive accountability and execution throughout the organization.

AchieveIt offers cloud-based systems and support services designed to accelerate financial and operational results through enhanced visibility and accountability. Its suite of web-based software applications includes best-of-breed methodology, as well as a variety of business intelligence tools. Ingenious Med will deploy the technology in part to create a culture of collaboration, accountability, and execution that will produce significant business results.

Our mission is to help transform companies by enabling them to execute smarter, faster, and better, said Scott Regan, AchieveIt founder and chief execution officer. We are excited that Ingenious Med has turned to us to help accelerate its business results and to foster a true execution mindset.

Launched in late 2010, AchieveIt has quickly established itself as the leading provider of strategic planning and execution management software across many vertical markets, including healthcare, financial services, higher education, government, professional and other services, engineering, and retail. Its core applications include ExecuteIt, AnalyzeIt, and ImproveIt, which integrate into a seamless application that fosters strategy development, execution management, and performance and quality improvement.

About AchieveIt

Serving more than 100 clients in 30 states, AchieveIt helps organizations transform vision and goals into tangible business results by executing smarter, faster, and better. Through its suite of cloud-based strategy development and execution management applications, AchieveIt accelerates transformation through enhanced accountability, transparency, and execution. The company provides an innovative set of online tools to develop, monitor, and implement strategic and operational plans, performance and quality improvement projects, and leadership and management programs. A national thought-leader on strategy development and execution management, AchieveIt offers free webinars and white papers on its website at AchieveIt.com.

About Ingenious Med

Founded in 1999 by a group of practicing physicians, Ingenious Med creates all-inclusive, award-winning charge-capture and business-intelligence software. The companys cloud-based solutions can be used on the web or most smart phones and tablets, and enables physicians to capture charges, enhance documentation, increase coding and compliance, improve quality of care, increase revenue, and communicate digitally. Ingenious Med automates the revenue and charge capture processes for more than 15,000 users in more than 800 healthcare facilities across the United States.