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00-09 Advantage Classroom Training in Denver, CO on September 3
Delivery Type: Live Training   Price: $185
This full-day session will be offered prior to the NAPFA West Region Conference.
 
Warren Mackensen, CFP, and developer of ProTracker Advantage will cover the full range of Advantage features including the following:
·         setting up workflow processes
·         email archiving and document management;
·         using the Advantage calendar, including the public calendar;
·         creating static and dynamic groups;
·         importing various data, such as money balances and portfolio values;
·         merge to Word;
·         managing Required Minimum Distributions;
·         creating custom reports using the Report Builder;
·         creating retirement projections;
·         managing the marketing pipeline.
There will be time to ask specific questions. This training is especially applicable to operations staff and is a good opportunity for Advantage customers in the Greater Denver area to send staff, even staff who may not be attending the NAPFA conference. Seating is limited.
 
Date:  Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Time:   9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Country Inn and Suites at Denver International Airport, 4343 Airport Way, Denver, CO 80239. Hotel phone: 303-375-1105. Complimentary airport transfers from the Denver International Airport to the hotel. Free parking.
 
Cost:  Early Bird Registration through July 31: $185 per person
After July 31, registration is $235 per person including lunch and breaks.
 
Breakfast:  The hotel offers a complimentary hot cooked breakfast to training attendees beginning at 7:30 am.
 
Lodging: If you need lodging for the night of Tuesday, September 2, 2008 please call the Comfort Inn directly at 303-375-1105. Ask for the ProTracker Software rate of $109 plus tax. 


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00-10 Advantage Classroom Training in Stamford, CT on September 11
Delivery Type: Live Training   Price: $185
This full-day session will be offered prior to the FPA Technology Trends for 2008 & Beyond Conference.  
 
Warren Mackensen, CFP, and developer of ProTracker Advantage, will cover the full range of Advantage features including the following:
·         setting up workflow processes
·         email archiving and document management;
·         using the Advantage calendar, including the public calendar;
·         creating static and dynamic groups;
·         importing various data, such as money balances and portfolio values;
·         merge to Word;
·         managing Required Minimum Distributions;
·         creating custom reports using the Report Builder;
·         creating retirement projections;
·         managing the marketing pipeline. 
There will be time to ask specific questions. This training is especially applicable to operations staff and is a good opportunity for Advantage customers in the Greater New York and Connecticut area to send staff, even staff who may not be attending the FPA conference. Seating is limited.
 
Date:  Thursday, September 11, 2008

Time:   9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Holiday Inn Downtown, 700 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06901    Phone:  203-358-8400.   The Holiday Inn is located off I-95, 5 minutes to Metro North/Amtrak Train Station and 20 minutes from the Westchester County Airport (HPN).
 
Cost:  Early Bird Registration through August 11: $185 per person.
After August 11, registration is $235 per person. Lunch and breaks are included. Hotel parking is $4 per vehicle per day.
 
Lodging: If you need lodging for the night of Wednesday, September 10, 2008 please call the Holiday Inn directly at 203-358-8400. Ask for the FPA Technology Conference rate of $109 plus tax. 


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00-11 Advantage Classroom Training in Boston, MA on October 3
Delivery Type: Live Training   Price: $195
This full-day session will be offered prior to the FPA National Conference.
 
Warren Mackensen, CFP, and developer of ProTracker Advantage will cover the full range of Advantage features including the following:
·         setting up workflow processes
·         email archiving and document management;
·         using the Advantage calendar, including the public calendar;
·         creating static and dynamic groups;
·         importing various data, such as money balances and portfolio values;
·         merge to Word;
·         managing Required Minimum Distributions;
·         creating custom reports using the Report Builder;
·         creating retirement projections;
·         managing the marketing pipeline.
There will be time to ask specific questions. This training is especially applicable to operations staff and is a good opportunity for Advantage customers in the New England area to send staff, even staff who may not be attending the FPA conference. Seating is limited.
 
Date:  Friday, October 3, 2008

Time:   9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Four Points by Sheraton Boston Logan Airport, 407 Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151. Hotel phone: 781-284-7200. Complimentary 24 hour shuttle to and from Boston Logan Airport. Free parking.
 
Cost:  Early Bird Registration through August 29: $195 per person
After August 29, registration is $250 per person including lunch and breaks.
 
Lodging: If you need lodging for the night of Thursday, October 2, 2008 please call the Four Points by Sheraton directly at 781-284-7200. Ask for the ProTracker Software rate of $149 plus tax. This rate is subject to room availability and will be withdrawn on Monday, September 2nd. After September 2nd, the current hotel rate will apply.


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00-12 Advantage Classroom Training in Harrisburg, PA on November 10
Delivery Type: Live Training   Price: $185
This full-day session will be offered prior to the NAPFA Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic Region Conference.
 
Warren Mackensen, CFP, and developer of ProTracker Advantage will cover the full range of Advantage features including the following:
·         setting up workflow processes
·         email archiving and document management;
·         using the Advantage calendar, including the public calendar;
·         creating static and dynamic groups;
·         importing various data, such as money balances and portfolio values;
·         merge to Word;
·         managing Required Minimum Distributions;
·         creating custom reports using the Report Builder;
·         creating retirement projections;
·         managing the marketing pipeline.
There will be time to ask specific questions. This training is especially applicable to operations staff and is a good opportunity for Advantage customers in the mid-Atlantic region to send staff, even staff who may not be attending the NAPFA conference. Seating is limited.
 
Date:  Monday, November 10, 2008

Time:   9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Holiday Inn - Harrisburg East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. Hotel phone: 717-939-7841. Complimentary airport shuttle from the Harrisburg (MDT) Airport. Free parking at the hotel for those driving.
 
Cost:  Early Bird Registration through October 8: $185 per person
After October 8, registration is $235 per person including lunch and breaks.
 
Lodging: If you need lodging for the night of Sunday, November 9, 2008 please call the Holiday Inn - Harrisburg East directly at 717-939-7841. Ask for the ProTracker Software rate of $99 plus tax. This rate is subject to room availability and may be withdrawn on Friday, October 10th. After October 10th, the current hotel rate will apply.


Schedule for 00-12 Advantage Classroom Training in Harrisburg, PA on November 10
01: Four-Part Guided Tour
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Part 1: Getting Started and learning your way around. The Home screen. Adding a task, note, and appointment. How to access Help (~18 minutes)

Part 2: Contacts and Clients. Using the Note, Task, or Work Flow Libraries to more efficiently manage your practice. (~29 minutes)

Part 3: Groups, Mail Merges and Reports (~19 minutes)

Part 4: Document Management, Archiving Email and Synchronizing with Outlook. (~24 minutes)



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02: The Home screen
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Every user of Advantage has their own Home screen that reminds them of upcoming appointments and tasks, as well as documents that are awaiting their review. Every user may also set their own options for how Advantage will behave for them. (15 minutes)



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03-1: Contact Basics - Part 1
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0
Adding a single contact using the Add a Contact dialog. An explanation of basic contact data. (15 minutes)

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03-2: Contact Basics - Part 2
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0
Adding a family of contacts using the Contact Wizard. Using contact data to create envelopes and mail merges. (14 minutes) 

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03-3: Contact Basics - Part 3
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0
Importing a batch of contacts from a spreadsheet. (17 minutes)

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04-1: Appointments and the Calendar
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Adding an appointment and reviewing the appointment fields (first 5 minutes of tutorial).
Discussing calendar views and calendar options. Adding holidays to the calendar. (remaining 20 minutes of tutorial)



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04-3: Task, Note and Workflow Libraries
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

How to add a Task, Note or Workflow to the Library and why. How to assign a Task, Note or Workflow to the Library. (~14 minutes) 



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04-4: Workflow Follow-up
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

This tutorial includes a copy of the database WorkflowSampleData.mdb, which is discussed in the 04-3 tutorial on the workflow library.  After the file is downloaded, listen to the tutorial, which will explain how to use the workflows in the WorkflowSampleData.mdb database file. 

This tutorial is of interest ONLY to those who began using ProTracker prior to June, 2006. If you began using ProTracker Advantage after June 2006, then you already have these workflows in your database.  (11 minutes) 



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05-4a: Required Minimum Distribution - Part 1
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Part 1 of this 2-part tutorial shows adding a tax-deferred asset for a client and calculating RMD for the asset using Advantage's RMD Calculator. Entering a withdrawal for the asset is also shown. (8 minutes)



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05-4b: Required Minimum Distribution - Part 2
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Part 2 of this 2-part tutorial takes a global look at RMD for all clients who are required to take distributions. The RMD Wizard is taught, as well as using the Global RMD screen. The overview of RMD in the Help file is referenced for more information on RMD.  (8 minutes)



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06-1: Creating and Working with Groups
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Learn the types of groups and how to create each type. Learn to use keywords to define a dynamic group's criteria. Two Holiday Card groups are created. (~28 minutes) 



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06-2: Group Merge to Word
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

In this tutorial, a dynamic group is created and used to do a Merge to Word. The merged document is saved to Document Management and a record of the communications is saved and linked to the merged document. Touch Option groups are discussed. Labels are created using Word. (~16 minutes)



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06-3: Organizing your Merge to Word Templates
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Where Merge to Word may be accessed in Advantage. Where to store your templates to access from various Advantage screens and by all Advantage users. (~16 minutes)



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06-4: Creating your Holiday Card List
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Use your choice of one static group or two dynamic groups to create and maintain your holiday card recipient list. Using the list, create sheet labels or custom envelopes. (~18 minutes)



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07-1: Document Explorer
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Learn how to set up document management and access your client, contact and group documents in Advantage using Document Explorer. Scanning and linking documents are covered as is finding documents and linking documents to Estate Planning, Insurance, and Asset records. (~19 minutes)



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07-2: Archiving Email
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Learn how to archive email messages from Outlook to Advantage for all contacts whose email address entered in Advantage on the Contact Profile matches the email address in an Outlook message. Learn how to view a contact's email messages from within Advantage. (15 minutes) 



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08-2: Custom Reports
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Learn how to create and edit custom reports using the report builder. (~22 minutes)



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10-3: Interfaces- Using Laser App within Advantage
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Laser App is form-filling software that may be accessed from an Advantage Client or Contact profile. A standard Laser App form (any of hundreds that may be downloaded by Laser App) may be populated with client or contact information from the Advantage database. (~3 minutes) 



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10-4: Interfaces- Using Worldox and Virtuoso within Advantage
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Worldox is a paperless digital document management software system that may be accessed from within ProTracker Advantage using Trumpet Software's Virtuoso. This tutorial demonstrates the interface (5 minutes)



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12: Marketing Overview
Delivery Type: Recorded Tutorial   Price: $0

Learn how to keep track of your prospects and monitor their progress toward becoming clients. Set up marketing campaigns, view conversion rates and referrals lists, and produce a prioritized report of active prospects. (20 minutes)



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99: Custom
Delivery Type: Webcast   Price: $100
If the standard courses don't seem to meet your needs, contact Customer Support to design one or more hour-long web casts on a topic or topics of your choosing. ($100/hour, one hour minimum)

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