News and Events

Avantage’s Collaborative Learning Platform Featured at the 21st Century EdTech Leadership Summit

Brad King — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:33:26 -0800

West Vancouver School District Superintendent Chris Kennedy recently presented at the 21^st Century Canadian EdTech Leadership Summit in Toronto. The conversation revolved around the challenges involved in designing and deploying 21^st Century learning technologies. Avantage’s Collaborative Learning Platform featured prominently in the discussion!

eScribe Paperless Solutions and Avantage Announce Strategic Partnership

Stephanie Hayes — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:11:39 -0800

Markham, ON (November 15, 2011) eSCRIBE Paperless Solutions announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Avantage Partners Inc.

Connecting Classrooms for a 21st Century Approach to Learning

Brad King — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:05:08 -0700

This past week, it was great to see the faces of the grade 4 to 6 students light up when teachers explained to them that “Over the summer, we built a website just for you…”

Avantage extends Activity-Based Costing Program with Acorn Tools

Jame Healy — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:00:00 -0800

Avantage Partners today reached an agreement to leverage Acorn Systems software, Performance Analyzer (Technical Brief) and Cost Analyzer (Technical Brief) within their "Activity-Based Costing" (ABC) programs.

Alescent Business Solutions partners with Avantage

Jame Healy — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:00:00 -0800

Alescent Business Solutions, exclusive distributor of several leading enterprise software products to the Canadian market, has partnered today with Avantage Partners to be a reseller for several of the software products they represent in Canada.

Dr. Richard Smith featured as panelist at OpenGovWest

Richard Smith — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:31:34 -0700

Avantage principal consultant, Dr. Richard Smith, will be features as a panelist at the 2010 OpenGovWest conference in Victoria, Canada.

For more information: http://opengovwest.org/open-gov-bc/ogwbc-schedule/

Dr. Goossen, Dr. Daniels Speak at 2010 Entrepreneur Forum

Rick Goossen — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0700

Avantage Principal Consultant and Director of the Trinity Western University Centre for Entrepreneurial Leaders, Dr. Rick Goossen, hosts the 5th Annual Entrepreneur Forum with special guest and keynote Peter Daniels, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Jame Healy speaks at eGovernment Conference

Jame Healy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:00:00 -0700

Avantage Partners consultant Jame Healy will be speaking on "Straightforrward Government: How can we make government easier to do business with?"

With the proliferation of data and business systems, the complexity of ever changing regulation and legislation, the pressures of reduced funding and the constant churning of staff … how can we ensure that our citizens can continue to receive the service and outcomes that they’ve come to expect? How do we make government “easier to do business with” … how do we make it more straightforward?

Stephanie Hayes interviewed on FusedLogic

Stephanie Hayes — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:40:20 -0700

Avantage consultant and social media expert, Stephanie Hayes, interviewed on how to leverage social media for business outcomes.

"Getting Social with Schwabe" is a syndicated internet and broadcast radio program that explores the world of social media.

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Richard Goossen speaks on Harnessing the Power of the Crowd

Jame Healy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:24:11 -0800

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Richard Smith to Keynote at Innovation Conference in China

Richard Smith — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:36:12 -0700

Dr. Richard Smith, Principle Consultant at Avantage Partners, is to provide the keynote speech to open the sixth International Symposium on Management of Innovation and Technology (ISMOT’09) in Hangzhou, P. R. China.

The theme of the conference will be "Open Network and Total Innovation toward developing Innovative Countries".

Dr. Smith will be discussing how cities can provide unique support and promote innovation using Canada and Vancouver specifically as examples.

Sergio Del Piccolo to present at 2009 K2 Insiders Conference

Jame Healy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:59 -0700