ValueSelling Associates congratulates client Stevie Award finalists
Company presents award to Gartner, Inc., sponsors event
  

Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Feb. 2, 2009 - ValueSelling Associates, creator of the ValueSelling Framework^TM, congratulates its clients that are named finalists in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service presented by the American Business Awards (ABA).The event will be held on Feb. 9, 2009 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev. ValueSelling Associates, an event sponsor, will present Gartner, Inc. with a special award for Sales Productivity Improvement.

"Our clients work hard throughout the year to be the best sales teams around," said Julie Thomas, president and chief executive officer, ValueSelling Associates. "We are especially excited to present long-time client and partner, Gartner, with an award for extraordinary achievement in sales process improvement. We began working with Gartner more than three years ago, and they have truly embraced the embodiment of selling on value and the ValueSelling Framework."

ValueSelling Associates has several client finalists in the Stevie Awards including:

·        Hugh Johnson, WBS National Director, TELUS Corporation - Global Sales Leader of the Year

·        NewScale - Global Sales Team of the Year

·        Trimble Mobile - Sales Department of the Year for Computer Hardware or Services

·        TELUS Corporation -Sales Department of the Year Telecommunications

·        Right Hemisphere - Sales Department of the Year - Computer Software

·        Mark Reynolds, director of worldwide sales enablement, Interwoven - Sales Manager of the Year

·        NewScale - Sales Process of the Year

·        TELUS Corporation - Sales Process of the Year

·        Interwoven -Sales Training/Coaching Program of the Year

·        Howard Farfel, executive vice president sales, Ken Blanchard Company - Worldwide Vice President of Sales of the Year

·        Todd Caponi, vice president of worldwide sales, Right Hemisphere - Worldwide Vice President of Sales of the Year

For more information about ValueSelling Associates, visit http://www.valueselling.com/.

About ValueSelling Associates

ValueSelling Associates, based in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., is the creator of the ValueSelling Framework^TM, the sales methodology preferred by sales executives around the globe. Since 1991, ValueSelling Associates has helped FORTUNE 1000 business-to-business sales organizations compete and win in markets crowded with seemingly similar products and services. ValueSelling Associates has maintained its position as a leader in the industry by continually evolving to meet the new challenges sales forces face. Clients turn to the experts at ValueSelling Associates for classroom training, online training and consulting services that yield immediate impact, repeatable strategies and sustainable results. For more information, visit http://www.valueselling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=70.