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Examining Technology That Fits 4 Business Needs Webinar

Your services business demands tools that let you do four critical things:

  1. Work with Remote Team Members
  2. Increase Sales
  3. Raise Effectiveness
  4. Cut Risks

Business professionals face many obstacles in their search for low hanging fruit.  It’s a good thing that advances in cloud services and mobile device technology give them unique opportunities, but the large number of choices available can make choosing the best services nearly impossible.

Low Hanging Fruit, Productivity Applications, office 365

In this webinar, Doug Skinner will spotlight the ‘office in the cloud’ services, security, and tools Microsoft makes available to tackle some of today’s toughest challenges that executives face.  He’ll answer the question, “What is Office 365 for Small and Mid-Sized Business Services?”

Webinar Office 365 with Doug Skinner

 

You can expect a better sense for how Microsoft compares to Google cloud and others; and, you’ll see new ways to use familiar software.

About Doug Skinner

Doug Co-Founded Intentional Management Inc. to offer software and integration services for businesses seeking productivity gains from moving to the cloud and using mobile devices with expectations of reaching key business milestones.

At Microsoft, Doug organized an effective group of professional services partners to deliver software solutions, yielding sales that exceeded millions annually. His firm, Intentional Management is a Microsoft Partner.

By the way, you can read a post on choosing the best mobile device on his Honest Intentions blog, or find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/skinnerace

3 Steps To Improve Security On Your Website Webinar

You’re at risk.  There’s a good chance your website will be hacked at some point.  We want to talk to you about how you can reduce your risk of being hacked.

On the webinar, you will learn: 2FA Multi-Factor Authentication

  • Stronger web account and transaction security
  • Lower loss rates and fewer problems to handle
  • Improved customer loyalty and less churn
  • Reduced risk of fraud, reputation damage
  • Enables new business models & revenue streams
  • Trust in online systems

Please REGISTER to join us.

Your Website Security Doug Skinner Igacio Abel WhiteFactor

Most online attacks and identity crime happens because of passwords hacked and stolen.

Many users have too many accounts to track; they can’t remember passwords, have too many to manage, and choose to reuse them.

There are big losses and costs to us all. We know that IT security pros want to protect us, but they offer us solutions which are too hard to use, too costly, complex, and irritating.

To learn more about one of our security products, please visit our WhiteFactor webpage.  For some quick win tactics to shore up your security posture, download the free eBook on 18 Ways to Cut Risk of a Security Breach.

We offer secure website logins in a better way.

What’s New in QuickBooks 2014? Charlie Russell Seminar in Oakland October 2nd

For our upcoming seminar October 2nd in the evening, our speaker and expert, Charlie Russell will share insights from his research and service exposing the virtues of the QuickBooks franchise.

Charlie will give us an overview of the latest features in QuickBooks 2014.  He’ll answer your questions and others, like: What are the enhancements that will help accounting professionals work smarter, faster and more efficiently?

Seminar Leader CCRSoftware Sleeter GroupHere are some of the  new features he’ll spotlight.

  • Bank Feeds
  • Payroll Center
  • Job Costing
  • Advanced Pricing
  • Enterprise Inventory Changes
  • Client Collaborator

By the end, you’ll have a better sense for what new efficiencies you can leverage to better serve your clients.  Please join us.

Crossing The Cloud Chasm Using Productivity Applications Webinar

Entrepreneurs, business owners, and consultants face competitive pressures today.  Fortunately, advances in cloud services and mobile device technology give them unprecedented opportunities, but the sheer options available can make moving forward bewildering.

Crossing the bridge from here to there requires a strategy. Doug Skinner crossing the office 365 cloud

Questions we might be asking.

  1. Why can’t we leverage the knowledge our staff in using productivity applications?
  2. What is the best mobile device strategy, so that we can access our info from anywhere?
  3. How can we receive the most for our IT investments?

In this webinar held Friday morning October 4 at 8am Pacific, Doug Skinner will spotlight the ‘office in the cloud’ services, security, and tools Microsoft makes available to tackle some of today’s toughest challenges that executives face.  He’ll answer the question, “What is Office 365 for Small and Mid-Sized Business Services?”
You’ll have a much clearer idea for how Microsoft compares to Google cloud and others; and, you’ll see new ways to use familiar software.

Doug Skinner Intentional Management Office 365 Microsoft 2013.10.04

Doug Skinner Co-Founded Intentional Management Inc. to offer software and integration services for businesses seeking productivity gains from moving to the cloud and using mobile devices with an eye towards reaching key business milestones.

At Microsoft, Doug organized an effective group of professional services partners to deliver software solutions, yielding sales that exceeded millions annually. His firm, Intentional Management is a Microsoft Partner.

By the way, you can read his article on boosting your computer system performance on his blog, or find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/skinnerace

Doug Skinner Demonstrates Microsoft Office 365 For QuickBooks ProAdvisors Business Coaches

Today’s business owners and consultants see some interesting trends:

  1. Their team members bringing their own device onto the company network
  2. Many different types of mobile devices accessing sensitive data
  3. Greater adoption of Cloud Services

QuickBooks PraAdvisors and Business CoachesIt can be difficult to keep up with best practices for leveraging, managing, and securing these new processes and technologies.  Is it frustrating to not know what you could accomplish with your mobile device, if you only know what cloud service and apps to use?

In this seminar, Doug Skinner will spotlight the ‘office in the cloud’ services, security, and tools Microsoft makes available to tackle some of today’s toughest challenges that ProAdvisors face outside of QuickBooks.  He’ll answer the question, “What is Office 365 Small and Mid-Sized Business Services?”  It’s more than Excel, Word and Outlook.

Doug-Skinner-ProAdvisor-Seminar-LeaderYou’ll walk away with a clear idea for how Microsoft compares to Google cloud and others; and, you’ll see new ways to use familiar software.

Doug Skinner Co-Founded Intentional Management Inc. to offer software and integration services for businesses seeking productivity gains from moving to the cloud and using mobile devices with an eye towards reaching key business milestones.

At Microsoft, Doug organized an effective group of professional services partners to deliver software solutions, yielding sales that exceeded millions annually. His firm, Intentional Management is a Microsoft Partner.

By the way, you can find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/skinnerace

Grow Your Business Using Systems with Todd Lay Seminar

Todd Lay will share insights from his journey building his practice the last year.
Todd offers his clients a range of key services.  His firm, Simple Back Office delivers services in unique ways.  With the insights that Todd offers, you’ll extract insights from your client’s processes and data that will help you position yourself for a trusted advisor relationship.
His presentation will spotlight:
–Tactics for using automation
–Process mapping
–Using KPIs
By the end of his talk, you’ll realize vital new strategies to work ON your business, not IN it.
Please join us, register today.Doug Skinner Hosts Quickbook Professional

Small Business Owner’s guide to Productivity in Excel Hands-On Workshop

Join us for this live seminar, as we sail into the future with a better grasp of the capabilities of Excel, Word, and Outlook.  Hosted by Honest Intentions.
office 365, Excel Productivity, Roger Nakayu, Doug Skinner

5 Keys to Accessing Your Info Anywhere Anytime

 

Silos of your data can be a headache, but setting up access to your files and documents in the cloud need not be a towering challenge.  5 Keys to Accessing Your Data Anywhere is not your typical webinar. It’s a relevant set of productivity demonstrations with a smart data-driven person in technology where he will share his experience, insights and strategies for making your data work for you.

Accessing Info Stored in Tower
Here’s what you’ll learn: See a demonstration or two of top features and some ‘how to’ tips of cloud services in your business.
  • Apps for Anywhere Access
  • Tools for Working Together
  • Management Systems for Easy IT
  • Best Value
  • Mobility Strategies
Doug Skinner Webinar August 20 Cloud
Please join our free webinar to explore examples and a demonstration.

Thursday 8/20 at 3:00pm Pacific

We’ll feature the new Office, which provides the power of choice for your business objectives, from Office 365 user-based subscriptions to traditional Office suite offerings.

About Your Presenter Douglas Skinner
Prior to founding Intentional Management and during his years at Microsoft, Doug organized the most effective group of professional services partners to deliver software solutions in the US. He assisted partners  and customers with Microsoft core infrastructure and security software and services, yielding sales that exceeded quota and numbered in the millions, each year.Doug’s career has been marked by a quest to develop and execute plans for increasing top line sales, engage principal executives with compelling solutions, learn lessons for never ending improvement, and pay it forward. He formed partnerships between customers and subject matter experts in various fields: mobility solutions, software development, security technicians, network engineering teams, financial & legal executives, and marketing professionals.

6 Strategies to Manage Data in Excel

In this seminar, Roger Nakayu and Doug Skinner, will lead you on a set of demos to learn practical tips and shortcuts to improve efficiency and productivity using Excel spreadsheet software.  We meet near BART 19th Street Downtown Oakland station, and there’s easy street parking too.  Register Now.  Office 365 and Excel Strategies Seminar Location

Here’s What You Will Learn:

  1. Adding functions to your Quick Access Toolbar for use in the class
  2. Shortcuts and tips to increase your productivity
  3. The reason to use Excel Tables
  4. Using functions in Excel to Split or Combine data
  5. How to use Vlookup to combine data from files
  6. How to use Excel mailing lists to create personalized letters and emails in Word and Outlook

Mastering Data in Excel

Maximizing Technology to Work for YOU

Our speaker and expert, Scott Long-Genovese will shed some light on ways to boost your use of technology for your business, with your clients. Typical scenarios we’ll spotlight is e-mail synching among multiple devices, setting up and managing data storage, smartphone apps and business apps, the cloud and remote access connections with clients.

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