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1) FREE access to AccountsPayable360 – members enjoy access to the most extensive library of AP information on the planet from the leader in accounts payable information -- the Institute of Management. For 11 years, IOMA has been the de facto leader in publishing accounts payable news, research, books, guides, online tools, conferences, audio conferences and chat groups. All of this analysis and guidance, all of these solutions, now reside on AccountsPayable360, free for registered members, available at your fingertips 24/7.

Why is this information now free? The world has changed – and as a result, so have we. More than half of what accounts payables professionals do or must know has changed in the past two years. For our regular readers, this is old news. But the radical evolution in accounts payable continues to accelerate. As yesterday’s processes, procedures and benchmarks meld into tomorrow’s brave new world, IOMA has evolved and changed to continue to serve you with the best most timely (and now free) information available. That is the reason we launched the AccountsPayable360 information portal and five distinct e-Alerts. Bookmark www.accountspayable360.com -- as your indispensable information library and news source for accounts payable.

2) FREE daily accounts payable news – tailored to your specific needs. You’ve come to trust IOMA for accounts payable news, now you can put that same trust in AccountsPayable360 e-Alerts. Best of all, you can now tailor the news to fit your specific information needs, by selecting only those you want or get them all – free – go to www.accountspayable360.com and choose from the following, or get all:

AP Regulations & Compliance. Newest rules and regulations issued by federal and state authorities. Includes tips on complying with Form 1099 filing, T&E, sales and use tax, unclaimed property, VAT refunds, Sarbanes-Oxley, OFAC, FTO, and HIPAA.

AP Best Practices. Documented best practices for AP operations designed to increase efficiency and cut costs. Action ideas for the best ways to handle invoice processing, payments, master vendor file, p-cards, T&E, internal controls, fraud, and more.

AP Technology: Trends, developments, and case studies revealing how AP departments are using automation to cut costs and boost efficiency. Technology topics include e-invoicing, imaging, workflow, OCR, e-payments, T&E systems, procure-to-pay, vendor portals, and p-cards.

Management & Career Development. Hone your management skills with advice on employee-related issues such as how to motivate staff, handle difficult employees, foster teamwork, and hire the best performers. Also, compensation surveys reveal salaries for all AP job positions to help you determine whether you and your staff are getting all the pay you deserve.

Test Your AP IQ: Are you up on every facet of AP? Test your knowledge by answering challenging multiple-choice questions on everything from invoice handling and check processing to internal controls and fraud.

3) FREE Video news maker interviews. Web video is now a regular part of accounts payable professionals’ routines. From watching interviews of leading accounts payable professionals describe their best practices, to viewing commercials about new AP products and services and watching highlights of the latest accounts payables conferences. AccountsPayable360 web videos run 3-minutes and provide the practical information that you’ve become accustomed to from IOMA, only now you can watch it online wherever you want.

4) Job Board – coming soon. AccountsPayable360 will soon list thousands of accounts payable positions across the country, state-by-state, city-by-city, through an exclusive network of search services. You will also be able to post positions unique to your firm.

5) Annual members’ conference – the 2007 Accounts Payable Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. Mark your calendar for the first annual meeting of the AccountsPayable360 membership community – September 26-28th, at the legendary Flamingo Hotel. Over 600 AP professionals will attend this annual meeting and come to hear over two dozen experts discuss the latest in accounts payable, as well having the chance to meet with their peers and visit with over 40 AP product and services exhibitors.

6) Online AP Training. Over 3,500 accounts payable professionals have taken advantage of certification and training materials in our three-level program – for accounts payables managers, accounts payables specialists and for the entire accounts payable department. Over 1,000 have now become certified in the last two years. To make this program even more accessible, the complete AP training seminar is available online. For a FREE 3-minute video oreview of the program and to try your hand at the sample certification exam go to www.cognistar.com/iomaonlinetrainingpromo. The certification program was developed and is administered by IOMA & TAPN.

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