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Acclivus to Sponsor 41st Annual SAMA Conference

DALLAS (January 31, 2005) – Acclivus Corporation, a global leader in performance-development training, will sponsor the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) 41st Annual Conference to be held May 22-25, 2005, in Dallas. The conference theme will be “Architecture for Success: A Blueprint for Managing Strategic Customers.”

As a sponsor for the conference, Acclivus will be delivering a presentation to the membership and providing a complimentary Strategic Negotiation Assessment to attendees. The presentation “Why Sales, Support, and Services People Don’t Work Well Together – and What to Do About It” will feature the results of Acclivus’ groundbreaking S3 Alignment™ study and the application to key strategic account management teams. Ron Gajewski, Acclivus vice president and general manager, and Scott Watson, consulting services manager, will deliver the presentation.

Additional conference details and registration information is available at the SAMA Web site, www.strategicaccounts.org.

Founded in 1964 and with more than 2,000 current members, SAMA attracts the strategic customer management profession’s most influential decision makers. Over the past 39 years, the association has earned the reputation of being the SAM profession’s knowledge leader, providing members with the high-quality resources, training, and networking opportunities needed to succeed.

Acclivus has been enhancing the performance of sales, support, and services professionals worldwide since 1976. The Dallas-based company is the developer of R3 Solutions™, the only fully integrated curriculum designed to help account teams build strong business relationships, produce better customer results, and generate predictable, profitable revenue.

Its unique curriculum is used in 75 countries, where Acclivus has worked with more than 1,000 companies to promote solid business relationships through consultative communications, collaborative negotiation, and advanced problem-solving skills. Acclivus R3 Solutions produces consistent results that the world’s leading corporations can take straight to the bottom line. For more information on S3 Alignment, visit www.acclivus.com.