Volume 11, Issue #04: April 2020
IN THE NEWS
The Wisconsin State Journal Names Amtelco a Winner of the Madison Top Workplaces 2020 Award
Amtelco has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor and a special award for work/life flexibility by the Wisconsin State Journal. These awards are based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC.
The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any organization, such as alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few.
"For more than a decade, the Top Workplaces award has helped organizations stand out among their competitors to attract talent," said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. "This differentiation is more important than ever in today's tight labor market. Establishing a continuous conversation with employees so you have a deep understanding of your unique culture is proven to help achieve higher referral rates, lower employee turnover, and double the employee engagement levels. No longer is recognition simply a much-deserved cause for celebration, but it's fast becoming mission-critical to establish a competitive advantage for recruitment and retention."
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Software Release
The following software versions have passed Amtelco quality assurance testing and are ready for general release.
• miSecureMessages Server Version 6.7.7369.27186 includes the following features:
• An important security update
• Updates Amazon S3 archive to support signature version 4
• Allows for using a Group ID of -1 to signify all groups in reports
• Allows for using a Contact ID of -1 to signify all contacts in reports
IS – Client Holidays
In IS Supervisor version 5.4 and later, the Client Holidays feature can be used to create custom holidays that can be enabled or disabled for individual Clients. Like System Holidays, Client Holidays can be used in Intelligent Series Message Scripting to program special actions to be performed on days of the year designated as holidays.
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This feature is based on an idea submitted to the Innovation Machine. Thank you to Cathy Childerhose of T.A.S. Communications for this innovative idea!
Have an idea you'd like to submit? Visit the Innovation Machine on TechHelper.
IS – Improved MTW OnCall
Improvements to the miTeamWeb OnCall enables users to swap shifts with one another, filter schedules in the OnCall Roster, search for a specific contact, search for a specific role, and search for Assigned or Unassigned shifts.
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IS – Infinite Convergence Integration
Amtelco partners with Infinite Convergence to provide SMS aggregator services to send and receive SMS text messages using a secure web connection to the Internet.
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Amtelco's Intelligence Series (IS) software and MergeComm platform integrate with Infinite Convergence Solution's Text Enabled Number Service to allow enterprises to send text messages to their clients using existing or new landline numbers.
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Website: www.infinite-convergence.com/amtelco.
Employee Spotlight
Nancy Lee – TAS Division Marketing Specialist
Nancy Lee standing by her paintings of Amtelco's founders.
After 18 years of developing marketing materials for both Amtelco and Telescan, TAS Division Marketing Specialist, Nancy Lee, will be retiring in early 2020. Nancy was a graphic designer when she answered a newspaper ad for a temporary advertising designer position with Amtelco. Her work impressed the marketing department staff and she was offered a full-time job.
Nancy began painting in the fourth grade and as time progressed, so did her skills. By the time she was in her 20's Nancy was painting portraits and has been doing so ever since. She was commissioned to paint the official portraits of Amtelco founders William J. Curtin II and Eleanor Curtin. The portraits hang in the reception area of Amtelco's main office.
Nancy studied art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later updated her skills in digital graphics coursework at Madison Area Technical College. She worked as a professional sign painter
after attending the UW-Madison. Throughout her time with Amtelco, Nancy has created numerous logos and icons (see below) and received an Amtelco award in 2005 as the Administrative Person of the Year. Upon retirement, Nancy's role will be filled by new hire, April Forer.
Retirement will be a busy time for Nancy who plans to continue painting commissioned portraits of people, pets, and marine-themed subjects. Nancy says, "Portrait painting is emotionally satisfying. It connects people to those they love." She has established a website at NancyLeeArt.com where interested people can view her work and contact Nancy if they are interested in a commissioned painting.
Pet portraits Nancy has painted.
In addition to painting, Nancy intends to make use of her American Sailing Association (ASA) certification to sail on the local waters around Wisconsin, as well as other locations worldwide. On land, she's planning roads trips to warm climates with her greyhound, Izzy.
Various logos and icons created by Nancy.
Three Random Things to Know About Nancy
1. If you could eat anything in the world right now, what would it be? Alaskan salmon
2. What is one of the things on your bucket list? Sailing in Hawaii
3. What is one of your favorite quotes? "Anger and hatred are signs of weakness, while compassion is a sure sign of strength." ~ Dalai Lama