Neil Merchant – industry leader will lead again at acadami pre-con at Xplor 2012
on Monday, February 13, 2012Do you remember the American Express credit card statement in the 1990s? You know, the bill that also had a lot of other stuff in it, like other things to buy and special offers and all sorts of stuff geared to you? This statement was the first widely used bill that used data that the company Read More…
62 new Transaction Document Specialists!
on Tuesday, February 7, 2012acadami just announced that in 2011, 62 members of the transaction document industry graduated from acadami’s Transaction Document Specialist School. Sixty-two. That’s up 57% from 2010! This means that acadami has graduated since the School started in 2009 more than 100 students, each of whom took a 5 day course with three exams…yep, that’s over Read More…
acadami adds new instructors – and you probably know them!
on Monday, January 23, 2012acadami has just issued a press release announcing the addition of two new instructors: Wendy MacMillan edp and Kevin Lantaff edp. Wendy will be teaching acadami courses in Canada and Kevin will be doing the same in the US. We have had a very successful year in the UK with two “local” instructors: Neil Merchant Read More…
acadami doing pre-con at Xplor
on Tuesday, January 17, 2012This year for the first time, acadami is doing a pre-conference session at Xplor. The Xplor Conference and Vendor Forum is March 27-29 (Tuesday through Thursday), and the conference’s two pre-cons will be on Monday afternoon, the 26th (Madison Advisors is also doing their pre-con at the same time). The acadami pre-con is an “Introduction Read More…
Total USPS First Class mail revenue peaked in 2007-2008
on Friday, December 16, 2011At a recent Mail & Marketing event here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, a USPS speaker pointed out that total revenue from First Class mail peaked in the 2007-2008 time frame and is expected to continue to decline despite postage rate increases. A related question would be: have you seen a drop in your transaction Read More…
Pantone announces 2012 Color of the Year
on Thursday, December 8, 2011Tangerine Tango As we have discussed in class, Pantone plays a major role in evolving color preferences. Their Color Council forecasts the future color palettes that will be used in fashion, household effects, paint, and even the skins for electronics. Although these future colors are known to manufacturing and fashion designers for some time (they Read More…
Congratulations to latest Transaction Document Specialists
on Monday, November 14, 2011Transaction Document Specialist School: Mississauga – November 2011 The following students received their acadami Transaction Document Specialist certificate on 11th November, 2011. They have also met the educational requirements for Xplor EDA accreditation. Andrew Carlson (Citigroup), Theresa Quach (Citigroup), Scott Kinsey (Citigroup), Richard Strzalka (Citigroup). Also attending is Wendy MacMillan edp (guest instructor). Highlights of the Read More…
Golden Layout for a Customer Statement
on Friday, November 4, 2011Why do some things look aesthetically better than others? Very often, it is the proportions that make it attractive. In the early ages, Phidias, Plato and Euclid noticed that the ratio of 1:1.618 (known as Phi or ф) had ‘magical’ properties. They found that many things (such as snail-shells) tended to expand following roughly this ratio. Read More…
TA-DA: acadami launches a new website
on Thursday, November 3, 2011Actually, we have revitalized our old website. Why? We needed a facelift that integrates social media. Now we can easily post blogs to drive discussions and share them through our channels on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We wanted to be able to engage with you via social media, and quickly update or add information Read More…
“Really enjoyed the week!”
on Tuesday, July 12, 2011“The course material, and the way it was presented, was excellent. It would be impossible to teach my team this amount of relevant information internally. In short, this is a must for all my staff.”VP Document Services, WW Financial Institution