{"id":225943,"date":"2017-01-11T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=225943"},"modified":"2017-01-10T14:19:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T19:19:04","slug":"voip-supply-named-eastern-region-direct-partner-of-the-year-at-nextcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/voip-supply-named-eastern-region-direct-partner-of-the-year-at-nextcon\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIP Supply Named Eastern Region Direct Partner Of The Year At NextCon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NextCon16\"<\/strong>NextCon\u2013Nextiva (www.nextiva.com<\/a>), an industry-leading cloud communications company, awarded VoIP Supply North America\u2019s leading Voice over Internet Protocol solutions provider, as their Eastern Region Direct Partner of the Year<\/em> <\/strong>at NextCon16.<\/p>\n

\"VoIP<\/a><\/p>\n

VoIP Supply and Nextiva have created a strong partnership which is grounded in helping businesses succeed. Nextiva\u2019s commitment to businesses was showcased at NextCon. The breakthrough business conference drew over 1,500 attendees who were inspired by 50 speakers including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former chief evangelist of Apple Guy Kawasaki and other high octane tech superstars at 40 sessions which focused on multiple tracks ranging from entrepreneurship, business development, sales, marketing, IT, customer service and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission at VoIP Supply is to build a great company, with great people, who do great things. We endeavor to provide the utmost care for our customers and community placing them at the forefront of all that we do. We are proud to partner with a company like Nextiva who has a similar mission. We are tremendously honored for this recognition from a company that we admire and collaborate with to help businesses succeed.\u201d said Benjamin P. Sayers.<\/p>\n

Tomas Gorny, Nextiva\u2019s CEO said, \u201cOur company DNA is not just about selling products,\u201d adding. \u201cIt is about helping businesses get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nextiva<\/a><\/p>\n

VoIP Supply is a company whose goals are centered around what\u2019s best for the customer a sentiment that was echoed by Carl Katz, director of eastern U.S. channel sales at Nextiva who shared at NextCon that the company’s business model isn\u2019t focused on simply selling a commoditized phone service instead he underscored Nextiva\u2019s commitment to helping deliver what companies need to grow their business saying that Nextiva is focused on \u201csolution selling”.<\/p>\n

VoIP Supply which became Western New York\u2019s first certified B Corporation<\/a> driven by their commitment to improve the communities that they serve joined in with Nextiva\u2019s social media campaign, #NextCon16. Nextiva has connected NextCon with their philanthropic and community outreach program Nextiva Cares<\/a> and has made NextCon a non-profit event. Throughout #NextCon16 attendees were encouraged to share their experience on social media using #NextCon16. Nextiva Cares pledged five dollars to local non-profits for every social media post that included the hashtag on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. This led to over 4,100 social posts in just three days. As a result, Nextiva Cares donated $20,500<\/a> to twelve local non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n

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Highlights from NextCon16!<\/p>\n