Needles Advanced Beyond the Basics Seminar 

September 14-15, 2010

9:00-5:00 pm daily

Holiday Inn Express in Avenel, NJ

Due to popular demand, we have scheduled an additional Beyond the Basics to our 2010 calendar.  The attendance of our recent Beyond the Basics seminar proved that our clients are hungry for information that will allow them to improve the use of their Needles system.  Many of the firms that attended our recent seminar came with a wide range of experience and skill level.  With that in mind, we have decided to offer an advanced Beyond the Basics, a graduate course, if you will.  Any firm that has attended and implemented all of the processes and suggestions offered in our Beyond the Basics course are welcomed to attend our NEW Graduate session.  This seminar will take you well beyond the Basics and focus on functions and features that will enable you to make the most of your program.   

This seminar will cover:

• Needles Help (Appendices Information)
• Needles Website as a tool for downloads and other information
• Provider Entry - User-defined fields & strategies for keeping providers clean & current
• User-Defined tab structures
• Custom buttons
• Management Reports, tabs, and fields to address requests from your boss
• Printing Reports to Excel
• Mass updating, emailing, and mailing
• Navigating document coding restrictions
• Status Tab
• Importing Intakes from a file
• Training your staff
• Closing a file in Needles
• Programs that link to Needles
• 10 Most Common Support Desk questions
• Setting priorities

Needles has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Express in Avenel, NJ at a discounted rate of $99/night.  To reserve your room, call 732-726-1900 and mention that you are with the "Needles Group".  The Holiday Inn Express includes free hot breakfast daily, free wifi Internet access in our meeting room, and a convenient location just a few miles from the Metro Park train station.  In order to ensure that you receive our group rate, please book your hotel rooms prior to August 29, 2010. 

Seminar price includes morning and afternoon refreshments and all handout materials.  Sherryl Coleman is the seminar instructor.

$850 for the first attendee from the firm.  $425 for each additional firm attendee. 

Needles Beyond the Basics Seminar 

September 14-15, 2010

9:00-5:00 pm daily

Holiday Inn Express in Avenel, NJ

Due to popular demand, we have scheduled an additional Beyond the Basics to our 2010 calendar.  The attendance of our recent Beyond the Basics seminar proved that our clients are hungry for information that will allow them to improve the use of their Needles system.  Many of the firms that attended our recent seminar came with a wide range of experience and skill level.  With that in mind, we have decided to offer a Beginner Level Beyond the Basics.  Any firm that has NOT attended and implemented all of the processes and suggestions offered in our Beyond the Basics course are welcomed to attend.  This seminar will show you the Basics and Beyond! 

This seminar will cover:

• How to Use The Needles Manual
• Clients Only Section of the Needles website
• Reviewing the Needles Backup
• Provider Entry
• Needles search tips
• Using the Wit/Exp/Depo, Requests, Litigation, and Incident tabs
• Using the checklist
• Needles menu bar
• Needles reports
• Companion cases
• Merge documents overview
• Value tab
• Reports from the Value tab
• Basic hands on techniques for training staff
• Closing a file in Needles
• Moving closer to a "paperless" office
• How to use the Needles support desk
• Staff Directory

Needles has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Express in Avenel, NJ at a discounted rate of $99/night.  To reserve your room, call 732-726-1900 and mention that you are with the "Needles Group".  The Holiday Inn Express includes free hot breakfast daily, free wifi Internet access in our meeting room, and a convenient location just a few miles from the Metro Park train station.  In order to ensure that you receive our group rate, please book your hotel rooms prior to August 29, 2010. 

The Needles seminar includes morning and afternoon refreshments and handout materials.  Seminar instructor is Pamela Travis.

$850 for the first attendee from the firm, $425 each additional firm attendee. 

Needles UserGroup Meeting 2010 

Thursday, October 28^th  9:00-4:00 pm

Friday, October 29th  9:00-1:00 pm

Encore Las Vegas Hotel and Casino

Las Vegas, NV 

Register early to ensure space at this year’s meeting which we expect to quickly sell out! 

The Needles 2010 UserGroup Meeting is a free client seminar. 

Join us this October in Las Vegas to hear fellow clients, industry professionals, and members of the Needles team discuss how you can put the program to work for YOU!

TO ATTEND:

Due to the popularity of our UserGroup events, early registration is encouraged. Registration is limited to FOUR attendees per firm.

You may register here online or you may also call in your registration to Mary Ellen Bellusci at 410-363-1976 or email it to mbellusci@needles.com.  Please have the name of your firm and the names and email addresses of the attendees handy when you register.

The deadline for registration and for receiving the group hotel rate is SEPTEMBER 1, 2010.  Again, due to the popularity of this event and the limited space at the hotel, please register early.

AGENDA:

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome, Introductions, & Announcements – Richard Paresky of Needles, Inc.

Future of Needles – Bryan Billig of Needles, Inc.

How to Manage Data in your Needles Program – Chad Dudley of Dudley DeBosier

Needles on The Go & Staff Introductions – Bryan Billig of Needles, Inc.

Case Type Library/Rethinking your Case Types – Sherryl Coleman of Needles, Inc.

Intellectual Property Discussion/Testing Needles Staff – Liz Teixeira of Needles, Inc.

Referring Out Cases – Stacey Burke of Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P.

LUNCH ON OWN

New features of Needles 4.8  – Randy Chase Yoder of Needles, Inc.

Upcoming Additions to the Needles Program – Bryan Billig of Needles, Inc.

Nuggets of Wisdom from a Managing Partner's Perspective– John Sakson of Stark & Stark

Healthcare Compliance – Jeffry Wolverton of Garretson Firm Resolution Group Inc.

Q&A

Breakfast

Setting Up a Medical Management Tab – Jonathan Stark of Daniel & Stark PC

Cool Needles Features – Bryan Billig of Needles, Inc.

Settling a Large Case Using Needles – Saul Weiss of Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss & Cohan, P.C.

The Art of the Intake after 5:00 pm – Arnie Malham of C.J. Advertising

Saving Time and Money Using Needles – Sherryl Coleman of Needles, Inc.

TBA

User Defined Reports and The Latest Capabilities of Needles – Lonnie Wright of Needles, Inc. 

Quick Overview of the Juris Interface – Lonnie Wright of Needles, Inc.

10 Cool Things You Might Not Know – Randy Chase Yoder of Needles, Inc.

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