ACT! CONSULTANT HOLDS VIRTUAL MEETINGS OF THE ACT! USERS GROUP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Karen Fredricks
TEL. NO.: 561-470-5450

Boca Raton, FL…The ACT! Users Group of South Florida held its March 20, 2006 meeting in a new location – the Internet. Previously, the meetings were held at the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach, Florida. The meeting, like others in the past, was sponsored by nationally known ACT! consultant and trainer, Karen Fredricks, of Tech Benders.

Fredricks organized and served as the moderator for the evening. Jake VanNoy of Northwoods Software demonstrated several of his popular ACT! add-on products. Users logged into the meeting site on the Internet and accessed a conference call to allow them to attend the meeting virtually as well as pose any questions or comments they had.

According to Fredricks, "The ACT! Users Group of South Florida has been going strong for the last 6 years. However, many interested ACT! users couldn’t attend because they were located in an area other than South Florida. Holding the meetings virtually allows users everywhere to attend.”

“I was really pleased by the positive reaction that I received to the meeting,” continued Fredricks. “Our guest speaker called in from New Hampshire and was able to demonstrate his product as if we were all in the same room.”

Fredricks has over 20 years of computer consulting and training experience, during which time she has acquired in-depth expertise in the operational requirements of a broad spectrum of businesses. Author of three ACT! Dummies books, she is also the editor of the ACT! Extra newsletter. A frequent guest on numerous computer radio talk shows, Fredricks is an ACT! Certified Consultant, an ACT! Premier Trainer and a former member of ACT!’s Partner Advisory Council. She was selected to host the Fort Lauderdale stop of the national launch of ACT! 6.0, which took place in August, 2002. Fredricks is also a QuickBooks Pro Certified Advisor and author of copyrighted training materials for business users of QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Basic Windows and the Internet.

Tech Benders, which was established by Karen Fredricks, provides technology consulting and training to business and industry. Its services include needs analysis to determine hardware and software requirements, installation of selected software packages and troubleshooting, software customization, and training. Tech Benders personnel are proficient in the most widely used business software packages, including ACT!, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, and the Internet.

For further information about the ACT! Users Group, contact Fredricks at 561-470-5450 or by email at ugsf@techbenders.com.


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