SalesPad Community Plugs In with PANELS 2015 User-Partner Conference
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (PRWEB) September 02, 2015 -- There are no substitutes for face time and networking, and SalesPad, LLC, is bringing together SalesPad, Microsoft® Dynamics GP, and Intuit® QuickBooks® users and partners for three days in mid-September for PANELS 2015.
PANELS ’15 is SalesPad’s user-partner conference, which runs September 14 to 16 at The Harris Building in downtown Grand Rapids.
More than 300 participants are expected in Grand Rapids to gain user education on the best practices and new approaches on SalesPad, Intuit QuickBooks and Microsoft Dynamics GP business software. In addition, they are getting a first look at 7thStage, SalesPad’s new cloud-based enterprise-resource planning (ERP) product.
The list of keynote speakers and special presenters for PANELS '15 includes:
■ Legendary Michigan State University Men's Basketball Coach Tom Izzo
■ Intuit Senior Developer Evangelist David Leary
■ New Holland Brewing Co. Vice President of Brand and Lifestyle Fred Bueltmann, The Beervangelist
■ Peterson Business Services owner Kaydee Peterson, a member of the Intuit Trainer-Writer Network.
PANELS ’15 participants will connect and share with the SalesPad community, which includes users, accounting professionals, small business owners, entrepreneurs, developers, value-added partners and resellers, ProAdvisors, thought leaders, and vendors. They will gain takeaways for increasing sales, expanding implementations, and improving brand marketing. They will get face time with SalesPad technical, sales, custom, and marketing support.
The PANELS ’15 theme is Go Beyond. The conference’s backdrop celebrates Grand Rapids’ creativity, entrepreneurship, artistic and design approaches, and collaborative spirit and embraces its Beer City USA status just a week before the start of ArtPrize 2015.
More information and registration for PANELS ’15 is available online at http://www.salespad.net/Events-Calendar/Panels-2015
The cost is $199 for Microsoft Dynamics GP partners and users; $79 for Intuit QuickBooks partners and users; and $49 for the QuickBooks Tuesday special focus on September 15 (http://qbtuesday.com/).
The official lodging partner and host for the conference is the Amway Grand Plaza hotel, with a discount rate for PANELS ‘15 attendees available through September 4. For discounted hotel rooms, book here: https://aws.passkey.com/event/13875168/owner/2529966/home
Sponsors for PANELS ’15 include Avalara, Inc., of Bainbridge Island, Washington; SPS Commerce, Inc., of Minneapolis; Imprint Enterprises, Inc., of Aurora, Illinois; Intuit QuickBooks, of Mountain View, California; Vantiv, Inc., of Cincinnati and Grand Rapids; and Vicinity Manufacturing, of Marietta, Georgia.
SalesPad is working with The Harris Building, Amway Hotel Corp., Barfly Ventures, Grand Rapids Brewing Co., HopCat, McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon, Stella’s Lounge, Yesterdog, New Holland Brewing Co., Experience Grand Rapids, and Ferris Coffee & Nut Company on PANELS ‘15 activities, events, fare, and sites. Grand Rapids ska band Mustard Plug is performing at a September 15 cocktail party-concert also featuring Izzo and Michigan State mascot Sparty.
More than 150 participants attended the inaugural PANELS event in August 2014 at Grand Valley State University’s Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids.
Barbara Lash, SalesPad, LLC, http://www.salespad.net, +1 (616) 245-1221 Ext: 235, [email protected]
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