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Article Excerpt:

[Sheakley HR Solutions] provides a wide range of administrative services for small to mid-size employers.  Workers’ comp and unemployment are only two of them.  Others include payroll, benefits, medical management, vocational rehab, retirement plans, and safety products and services.

 

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Excerpt taken from The Circuit article . . . When Bryan and Barbara Hogan started Afidence three years ago, they vowed to be their clients’ partner, staying above the conflict of interest that automatically arises when an IT services company “partners” with suppliers. Barbara, who serves as VP of Marketing, explains, “We wanted to provide
unbiased, real time IT solutions for any sized business – from small companies to large corporations who
require enterprise level solutions.”

Afidence has accomplished this, serving as a business advocate and IT provider supporting the Southwest Ohio region with IT Executive Services, Staffing, Support and Projects. What they don’t do, Barbara stresses, “is sell product, nor do we have contracts – we strive to bring our ‘A game’ to every engagement, every day.”

That’s a different philosophy in an industry that in Cincinnati alone hosts over 30 competitors to this small, relatively recent consulting business. But Barbara feels the Afidence approach makes a huge difference. “Because we don’t sell product,” she continues, “that means some pretty specific things: we don’t take financial kickbacks for recommending specific software; we don’t accept SPIFFs; we don’t get our certifications paid for because we sold our clients software they may not have needed.”

About The Circuit:

Since 1994, The Circuit is the “IT” association in the Greater Cincinnati and tri-state region.  The Circuit has more than 175 member companies who publish and sell software, hardware and computer-related services, and provide professional assistance to the technology community. With a goal to enhance and grow the IT community in this region, we are an invaluable resource for networking and education.

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November 8th marked a momentous day for Afidence IT Consulting (who just 3 short years ago opened it’s doors in Mason, Ohio) as we humbly celebrated the opening of our new offices located at 1770 W. Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Rd, in Lebanon, Ohio.  Thank you Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce, the NEC Chamber, Mosaic Gospel Community, clients, employees, vendors & partners and all the wonderful friends and family who made the day that more exciting and memorable!

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Be our guest for a day of FREE seminars as Afidence humbly celebrates the opening of our new offices 1770 Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Rd., Lebanon, Ohio 45036.

Sign-up for an individual seminar, for our open house and ribbon cutting . . . or make it a “mini-day retreat” at our beautiful new campus where you can walk down the Loveland Bike Trail, relax, and spend the day strategizing armed with information about running a successful virtual business, learning about HR/Health Care Strategies for 2013 with Angie Strunk, VP at Sheakley HR Solutions, or join us for a special treat of talking “culture” with Authors, Lynne Ruhl and Gerry Preece, of Three Impossible Promises.

See you on the 8th!

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Business owners using a virtual office environment or considering using one are invited to a free breakfast seminar on “Critical Factors for Success in Running a Virtual Business” on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Afidence offices in Lebanon, Ohio.

The presentation will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at 1770 Mason Morrow Millgrove Road, Suite 200. Registration is online at http://conta.cc/SO9uLJ or by calling Lisa at (513) 829-7101, ext. 1124.

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Dayton Daily New Press Release

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Congrats EPMLive!  Another reason Afidence finds the SharePoint-based EPMLive Project Management solutions to be a viable option for our clients.

http://epmlive.com/news/epm-live-selected-as-best-of-project-management-software-for-2012/

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 To: Afidence, Inc.

Congratulations on earning certification as a Perfect 10 Culture! You have truly created a
culture where employees want to work and customers want to do business.
In achieving a Perfect 10 Culture, you have marked yourself as one of the very best,
exceptional organizations that has established critical foundations of respect, trust and
healthy confrontation, which are the bedrock essentials for building sustainable business
results. Achieving this elite status indicates that you have not only established these
critical foundations, but you also have demonstrated a commitment to continuous
progress in the area of creating an effective culture.

We know this not because of what you have told us, but because your own people have
reported this and because we have observed it against rigorous, proven criteria. Having
spent a decade working with well over one hundred organizations across a broad range of
industries, Perfect 10 Corporate Cultures, LLC, has codified tough, demanding
benchmarks for what constitutes healthy, effective, productive cultures. From our roots
with Olympic gold medal winners to our work with organizations like yours today, we
have established a unique ability to learn what works with organizations, people, and
profits.

Again, congratulations on achieving a certified Perfect 10 Culture!

Lynne Ruhl
President and CEO
Perfect 10 Corporate Cultures
www.perfect10cc.co

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January 31, 2011 – Cincinnati, OH: Bryan Hogan, President of Afidence IT Consulting, stated today that companies are no longer required to be “held hostage” to their IT consulting firm. “By ensuring we transfer the knowledge we have about the solutions we implement, companies are able to run and use their IT solutions without ongoing help from us or outside consultants.”

This groundbreaking approach is very different in an industry known for consultants who implement IT solutions but do not properly prepare the client’s associates to manage the solution. In many cases,clients are forced to return to the consultant for help and support – and they are thus “held hostage” to that IT consulting firm for as long as they use that solution.

Bryan strongly believes this is one of the company qualities that sets Afidence apart from competitors: “Our philosophy is a focus on knowledge transfer,” he asserts. “We believe it’s not enough to deliver solutions on time, on budget, and to quality standards. In addition to achieving these necessary bench­marks, we ensure the client’s staff who will be doing the day-to-day work with the solution knowseverything we know about how it works and how to run it. In fact, we feel this is one of the mostcritical success factors for any project we take on.”

This approach is so strongly ingrained in the Afidence culture that they have named it: G.E.M., or Global Engagement Method. “We believe in transferring knowledge as soon as we start talking with a client, continuing through the time the project is wrapped up,” says Bryan. “It’s part of our day-to-day execution, and we have a very specific approach to ensure the process doesn’t end until the client has the same knowledge about their solution that we have.”

The process includes documenting everything their consultants do, from key configuration changes, to learning issues they experience during the process, to resolving common issues, to manuals, design guides, implementation & operation guides – everything is recorded in a standard report every day. It’s also made available as a cloud-based dashboard so the information is searchable by employees when they need answers later on.

One way Afidence ensures success of the process is by hiring IT professionals with similar characteris­tics. “We not only hire career-minded IT people,” Bryan says, “they are also fantastic communicators.

They are disciplined to transfer knowledge as they implement solutions. They are IT experts with the heart of a teacher, because we actually invite the client to work alongside us during a project.”

Why, some clients ask, do you do this? You’re not building in a guaranteed call-back when we need help later on. Bryan has a ready answer: “When a client feels like they have to come back to us any time they have a question or issue, that doesn’t build long-term, trusted client relationships. We don’t want you to need us – we want your next project. Doing the right things in the first project, to ensure you know your system inside and out, gains us your trust. That, first and foremost, is our priority.”

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Jeff McKinney from the Cincinnati Enquirer Writes:

Hogan says the company this year has added 12 clients for a total of 40, mainly in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio. New clients include Win Wholesale, TiER1 Performance Solutions and Oxford Physical Therapy.

…companies appreciate that Afidence helps them extend the life of technologies they added years ago. They’re trying to spend money where it’s most beneficial to the business…

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Afidence is a Business Advocate and IT Consulting Partner focused on aligning IT to the business needs of their clients with unbiased, real time IT solutions through WorkForce Augmentation and various IT Support models. A Microsoft Partner since 2001, Afidence has earned the reputation of a true “business partner” in the IT support world. Our business acumen and IT expertise enables Afidence to leverage technology to achieve performance excellence for every client. As an award winning IT professional services company headquartered between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, Afidence has been transforming businesses through expert IT advice, proven practices and incredible people for over a decade.

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