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BTA MPS Client Engagement Training Series Starts January 18

Kansas City, MO — The Business Technology Association has announced the start date for the next BTA MPS Client Engagement Training Series. The course, led by Mike Lecak of Collaborative Consultant Group, will begin Jan. 18, 2017. The series consists of six one-hour, web-based
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BTA, GAP Launch New E-learning Program for Sales Reps

Kansas City, MO — In response to a recent survey regarding the association’s educational offerings, the Business Technology Association (BTA; www.bta.org) and Growth Achievement Partners (GAP; www.growthachievementpartners.com) have joined forces to offer the BTA Strategic Sales
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Brent Hoskins Celebrates 30 Years With BTA

Kansas City, MO — On November 24, 2016, Business Technology Association (BTA) Executive Director Brent Hoskins celebrated his 30th anniversary with the association. Hoskins started out as a reporter for a newspaper in Blue Springs, Missouri, until he answered an ad for a position
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BTA Managed Services Workshop Scheduled for Dec. 7-8

Kansas City, MO — Are your managed IT services sales numbers not meeting expectations? Are you looking for tools that deliver results instead of just hearing more about what you should be doing? Have you just entered the market — or are planning to — and need to make up for lost
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BTA Sales Management Workshop Scheduled for December 7-9

Kansas City, MO — On December 7-9, the Business Technology Association (BTA) will host the BTA Sales Management Workshop in Orlando, Florida. This workshop is a career development “must have” for sales management at all levels, and provides the knowledge, skills, process and
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BTA’s FIX: Cost Management for Service 2.0 Scheduled for Nov. 14

Kansas City, MO — On November 14, the Business Technology Association (BTA) will present FIX: Cost Management for Service 2.0 at BTA member dealership NovaCopy in Nashville, Tennessee. Successful BTA dealers use their service departments to maintain profit margins as new
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Ready or Not, The Future Is Coming

“You’re in the unstructured data business. You have been all your life.” This is how Ed McLaughlin opened his keynote address, “A Vision for the Future of the Industry,” at the Business Technology Association’s (BTA) Grand Slam event in Boston last week. McLaughlin was making a
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BTA Southeast to Host Fall Colors Retreat Oct. 21-22 in Asheville, North Carolina

Kansas City, MO — Planned and hosted by the dealer volunteer leadership team of BTA Southeast, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA’s) Fall Colors Retreat will be held Oct. 21-22 at the Doubletree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina. The event will
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BTA Celebrates 90 Years

Founded as the National Association of Typewriter Dealers (NATD) in 1926, technological innovations drove multiple name changes until it finally became the Business Technology Association (BTA) in 1994. Brent Hoskins, Executive Director, BTA, said that although the name of the
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BTA West to Host Capture the Magic Aug. 4-5 in Las Vegas, Nevada

BTA member dealers receive 2-for-1 registration & can use their $150 coupon code Kansas City, MO — Planned and hosted by the dealer volunteer leadership team of BTA West, the Business Technology Association’s (BTA’s) Capture the Magic event will be held Aug. 4-5 at The Mirage
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John Eckstrom Named BTA’s 2016 Volunteer of the Year

Southeast representative on BTA Board of Directors awarded Kansas City, Mo. ¾ John Eckstrom, president of Carolina Business Equipment Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, was named BTA’s 2016 Volunteer of the Year on June 10 during the BTA at 90: A Celebration event at Kansas City
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Thomas A. Russo Named First Inductee into BTA Hall of Fame

Award given to Museum of Business History and Technology founder Kansas City, Mo. ¾ On Friday, June 10, during the BTA at 90: A Celebration event at Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, Thomas A. Russo Sr. was announced as the first inductee into the newly created
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KYOCERA Document Solutions America Earns Business Technology Association’s Top 2016 Channel’s Choice Award

Four vendors were among this year’s award winners Kansas City, Mo. ¾ On Friday, June 10, during the BTA at 90: A Celebration event at Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, KYOCERA Document Solutions America Inc. was presented with the 2016 BTA Channel’s Choice
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CIG Receives BTA Channel’s Choice Award for Remanufactured Cartridges

June 13, 2016 – Chicago, IL – Clover Imaging Group (CIG) is proud to announce that it has received the 2016 Business Technology Association (BTA) Channel’s Choice Award for Remanufactured Cartridges. This award recognizes superior performance in the category of
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New BTA Sales Management Workshop Scheduled for June 6-8

Workshop attendees receive free registration to the 2016 BTA National Conference & entrance to BTA at 90: A Celebration Kansas City, MO — On June 6-8, the Business Technology Association (BTA; www.bta.org) will host the inaugural BTA Sales Management Workshop at the
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