Broad Range of Associations Turn To Vcall for Web Event Production and Distribution
The American Health Information Management Association, Investor Relations Society, Legal Marketing Association, and National Investor Relations Institute Choose Vcall for Innovation, Interactive, Successful Web Events
RICHMOND, VA – May 22, 2006 –Vcall from WILink plc (LSE: WLK.L), a worldwide provider of web-based communication solutions and online investor relations services, today announced a list of new associations that have conducted successful Web events with Vcall.
Representing a broad range of associations and nonprofits - from continuing legal education, conferences and events - that recognize the need for technology to support Web communications, the new customers include The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Investor Relations Society (IRS in London), Legal Marketing Association (LMA) and National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
Vcall offers customers a proven methodology for successful web events. Unlike other web event solutions that focus on small ad-hoc meetings, Vcall offers a scalable technology that is easy to use, engaging, and completely supported by a team of service professionals.
“AHIMA has done continuing education seminars with Vcall for several years. We like the flexibility of audio and Internet access for communicating program initiatives and goals,” Roberta Aiello, project manager, distance education at AHIMA.
“NIRI members are benefiting from our e-learning forums with Vcall -- and our registration counts have increased. Our stakeholders enjoy joining the forum live, asking questions by phone or Internet and even viewing the archive later,” Linda Kelleher, Sr. VP professional development, NIRI. “This has been a successful collaboration because Vcall is very responsive in meeting our needs.”
"At IRS we recognized early on the importance of effective communications with disparate audiences," said Tony Workman, general manager, IRS in London. "Having trusted Vcall with our member communications, we were impressed that they continue to develop innovative Web event services answering our need for interactive, educational communication with our stakeholders."
The Legal Marketing Association has a large and diverse membership that needs the latest educational information and conference proceedings delivered as interactive Web events. The association chose Vcall primarily to make this Web event process of registration, production and follow up more automated and less time-consuming.
“We decided to use Vcall for Web events because of the quality of the services offered, its ease of use, and because of its cost efficiency,” said Patricia Sistler, Education Manager, Legal Marketing Association. “Based on feedback from current members already using Vcall and from those that viewed conference proceedings from LMA’s annual conference, we plan on using Vcall for all of our future webcasts.”
”A growing number of major, organizations and nonprofits are recognizing the full potential that Vcall’s web-based communications offer,” said J. Patrick Galleher, chief executive officer of WILink, plc, parent company of Vcall. “Vcall’s wide array of Web event offerings, including production support, registration services, event management, archiving and custom development, truly differentiate us from the competition and positions us well to lead the market. We are pleased at the number and level of organizations that have recently implemented the services of Vcall and we look forward to further increasing this corporate momentum moving forward.”
Since 1997, Vcall has specialized in producing corporate web events for large global audiences. The Vcall Web Conferencing solution, which offers all the interactivity and intimacy of web conferencing with the reach and value of webcasting, is designed for use in investor relations, marketing and sales, training, human resources, and member communications. It is used by hundreds of companies, associations, non-profits, and government agencies for effective communication.
Selected Association Vcall Customers
About The American Health Information Management Association
AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA's 50,000 members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. Founded in 1928 to improve the quality of medical records, AHIMA is committed to advancing the HIM profession in an increasingly electronic and global environment through leadership in advocacy, education, certification, and lifelong learning.
For more information, visit AHIMA’s Web site at www.ahima.org/dc.
About Investor Relations Society (IRS)
The Investor Relations Society is the UK's professional body for Investor Relations practitioners. The IRS’s membership base comprises around 600 individuals working both for listed companies and their advisers, and includes the majority of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, as well as a growing number of smaller listed companies, and some located outside the UK.
For more information, please visit: Http://www.ir-soc.org.uk
About Legal Marketing Association (LMA)
The Legal Marketing Association (LMA), founded in 1985, is made-up of more than 2,600 members and is the world’s largest marketing network dedicated to serving the needs of professionals in the legal industry. Since its inception, LMA has provided legal professionals with access to educational programs, marketing research, professional standards of conduct and industry white papers, in addition to the opportunity to share ideas and best practices with members globally.
For more information, visit www.legalmarketing.org
About NIRI
NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communications among corporate management, shareholders, security analysts and other financial publics. NIRI's 4,200 members represent over 2,100 publicly held companies in the United States.
For more information: http://www.niri.org
About WILink
WILink plc (www.wilink.com) provides web-based communication solutions and online investor relations services. Since 1989, WILink has helped clients such as Merck, Deutsche Telecom and BP improve the effectiveness of their investor communications. WILink’s services include Vcall (www.vcall.com) innovative webcasting and webconferencing technology and professional service that enables organizations to create influential web events and PrecisionIR™ (www.precisionir.com) an investor-communication program that enables publicly traded companies to deliver compelling communications to a targeted audience of investors.
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Christman, VP of Marketing, nchristman@wilink.com, 804-327-3410