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 The 2011 Annual ALA Conference
Members of Algonquin's Sales & Marketing and IT teams recently attended the Association of Legal Administrators' annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Designed to provide its attendees with the chance to meet with business partners showcasing the latest in practice management tools, resources and services, the show was a fantastic opportunity to present our Concierge IT Consulting services and Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment solution to ALA members. It was our first time at an ALA conference and the feedback and attendee interaction were so great, we're already looking forward to exhibiting again next year!
QuantumCMS User Group
Join us for our next User Group on August 19th. We'll review features from the latest release, gather feedback and take your questions and comments. All QuantumCMS users are invited to attend; feel free to bring as many people from your organization as you'd like. The event will be held in the Knox Room at the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise offices in downtown Buffalo from 11am - 1pm and lunch will be provided. You can RSVP via the QuantumCMS community site.
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New Client Sites Launched
The past few months have been busy ones for Algonquin Studios and our clients! We recently launched new QuantumCMS sites for many of our clients including: Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, UltraLube, Vetrotex and Amigone, Sanchez & Mattrey LLP. We also launched three new sites, targeted specifically to patients with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, for longtime client, Lipsitz Ponterio, LLC.These sites represent a lot of hard work and collaboration from our developers and clients and we're pleased to be able to share them with you!
New Team Members at Algonquin Studios
Our Buffalo office is getting pretty crowded these days, but you won't hear us complaining! We're happy to announce these recent additions to our Development and IT teams:
- John Colonio joined us as a Developer I on May 31st. John recently graduated from the MIS program at the University at Buffalo.
- Andrew Vaga also joined us on May 31st, as a Web Developer. Andrew holds a BFA from UB.
- Daniel Durham joined us as a part-time Associate Developer/Intern in late June. Daniel is currently working toward his degree in the Computer Science program at UB.
- Margaret Siller joined us as a Software Support Representative, also in late June. Margaret comes to us with a BS from UB and more than 4 years of Quality Assurance and Implementation experience.
- Cory Baker joined our IT team as an intern in June. Cory is currently working toward his Bachelor's in Information Security & Forensics at R.I.T.
- Matthew Grigajtis is our most recent addition, coming on board earlier this week. Matthew holds a BS in Information Technologies from Southern New Hampshire University and joins us a a Developer II.
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Buffalo Soccer Club Update
Tom Garigen, Executive Director of Buffalo Soccer Club (and Algonquin Studios Sales Consultant), was recently interviewed by the bloggers at Buffalo.com. Check out their great post and contact Tom or Anna-Lesa, the Club's Program Director, if you'd like more information about what the Club is doing to bring soccer fun and education, in the form of after-school programming, house leagues, and travel teams, to young athletes on the East Side.
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| Trivia
Q. Everyone here at Algonquin Studios knows what The Four H's are, but do you? Can you name the four simple principles we use as a guide in all of our areas of business?
Be the first to e-mail the correct answer to this month's trivia question to Terri and you'll receive a spiffy new Algonquin Studios polo. Trivia contest is open to all clients, employees, and recipients of this newsletter.
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Interview with Colleen Ross, Corporate Communications Manager
AS: How long have you been working at Algonquin Studios?
CR: I've been here for almost a year and a half.
AS: Tell us about your education/previous employment background.
CR: I have a BA in Communication and a certificate in Public Relations, from the University at Buffalo. My employment history is vast and varied - from bank teller and line cook to law firm receptionist and newspaper copy editor. I spent 5 years at a digital media company, primarily as the director of their in-house creative and editorial department, and for the two years before I joined Algonquin Studios, I was the director of customer relations at Big Bear, one of Algonquin's sister companies.
AS: What kinds of projects do you work on here at Algonquin?
CR: I work with the rest of our Sales and Marketing department to create our marketing collateral - things like sell sheets, brochures, and trade show materials - and write/edit many of our other ongoing communication vehicles including emails, press releases, case studies, web site content and these monthly Round Table newsletters!I also contribute to similar efforts for our sister companies: SWRemote, Big Bear and Algonquin Sports for Kids.
AS: What's your favorite aspect of working at Algonquin Studios?
CR: I enjoy the collaborative environment; I'm a marketing person who has to work with developers, designers and even soccer coaches in order to create collateral. I also love that, every day, I get to work with people who have expertise and interests that are different from mine so I'm constantly learning from my coworkers. It helps keep things challenging and interesting. AS: What do you do when you're not collaborating with the people at Algonquin?
CR: I love to travel and, like a lot of people who spend their days working with words, I'm an avid reader. I'm a tutor for Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County and I like to consider myself a amateur glazier (which really means I mess around with a glass grinder and soldering iron, pretending I'm the next Louis Comfort Tiffany). AS: Tell us something about yourself that might surprise your co-workers or our clients.
CR: Most of the people I work with everyday already know this but, I'm kind of a technophobe. I prefer bound books over e-readers, phone calls over text messages, snail mail over email, and press releases over tweets. I'm not sure how I keep ending up with jobs at tech companies!
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QuantumCMS Tips & Tricks
The ability to create short, readable URLs is becoming more and more important as social media help shape the new marketing landscape. Check out this quick and easy tutorial on Creating an Alias to learn how to create a short URL that can be easily referenced in a marketing campaign, email or on Twitter.
Remember to check the QuantumCMS forum frequently for lots of helpful tips, tricks and updates!
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About Us
algonquinstudios
200 Brisbane Building
Buffalo, New York 14203
716-842-1439
48 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
212-918-4477
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