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Evantage Teams Help Raise over $2000 for Operation Smile!

During the month of October, our team here at Evantage took the opportunity to help raise money and awareness for Operation Smile.  For over 30 years now, Operation Smile has provided over 200,000 surgeries across the world for facial deformities.  For as little as $240.00 and 45 minutes we can make a difference to change a child's life forever.

Evantage has helped support this cause in years past and have done different fundraising ventures such as, soccer tournaments, silent auctions, and now spend Saturday October 5th fundraising in the Frisco, TX community though events, B2B, and D2D fundraising initiatives.  Our team also raffled off an iPad on October 20th at our Southwest Regional Leaders Meeting that we hosted with offices throughout Texas and Oklahoma joining us.  We are excited to say that we were able to raise awareness as well as over $2000.00 in just those 2 days!

When asked, Evantage President, Chris Auwarter said, "I am so proud of our team and their willingness to help out others with needs.  We work hard to accomplish our personal goals on a daily basis, but we also need to remember to take time and give back to our community and those in needs.  It was a pleasure seeing how excited everyone who came out to these events were to give back some of their time on the weekend to make a difference in someone else's lives...someone they will probably never even meet."

Evantage, Inc. was founded in 2006, and has been an industry leader in outsourced sales and marketing in the Dallas area ever since.  They have expanded nationally to 14 offices, and continue to expand.

Evantage, Inc. New Corporate Headquarters

July 1st was an exciting day for Evantage, Inc. as they expanded to their new corporate headquarters in Plano, TX.  The new location is at 5800 Granite Parkway, Suite 210 Plano, TX 75024.  It is in building 2 of Plano's prestigious Granite Park. This location was chosen because of the easy access to major highways in North Dallas as well as the local amenities such as The Shops at Legacy and Stonebriar Center, which allows for great networking opportunities and a great quality of life outside the office for their team-members.

Since opening the doors in April of 2006, Evantage, Inc. has been been Dallas/Fort Worth's leader in the Sales and Marketing field.  Evantage has been able to expand nationally to 14 offices throughout Texas, North Carolina, California, Ohio, Colorado, Michigan, Kansas and Missouri.  The last seven years has brought great opportunities already, but the experience they have now, will make the future even brighter.

"We needed to expand to a bigger, more functional office space that will allow us to continue to push the envelope of what we can accomplish as a company.  I am so proud of our team and the opportunity we have been able to create for our clients and team members.  This expansion allows us to aggressively help our clients and team member reach our goals for 2013 and beyond." states Evantage, Inc. President Chris Auwarter.

Congratulations to Preston Schwab on his Promotion to Assistant Manager

Evantage, Inc. is proud to announce that on Friday May 17th, Preston Schwab was officially promoted to Assistant Manger.  Preston began his career just under 2 years ago as Evantage took on a project for Verizon.  Although Preston came it to Evantage with little Sales / Marketing experience, he quickly became a pacesetter for the program.

The in February of 2012, when Evantage took on a new program with Staples, Evantage, Inc. President Chris Auwarter chose Preston to be the first team member to learn and develop that program in Dallas.  He was chosen because of his willingness to take on new challenges, think outside the box, and his overall reliability.

"Over the past year, Preston has taken on numerous leadership roles, and has been a big part of the continued success and growth within our Organization." stated by Evantage, Inc. President Chris Auwarter

We congratulate Preston on his promotion, and are excited to see continued growth and success from him.

Evantage, Inc. President, Chris Auwarter and Preston Schwab on May 17, 2013

Preston Schwab with the Evantage Team in Dallas, TX

2013 Kick Off Meeting and Review of Awards

 CHARACTER, COMMITMENT, COURAGE

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Those 3 words was the theme for our 2013 Annual Keys to Success, Kick-Off Meetings.  We held this year's event at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Atlanta, GA.  This event was held to recognize top performers in 2012, network with industry leaders and clients, as well as educate our team on high performance; which included hearing from guest speakers.

Here is a few photos of the event:

Chad Harpole and Chip Albert awarded $10K combined for the great work expanding Houston!

Chad Harpole in his new BMW, he took home the New Car for being the Top Performer in 2012!  Congrats Chad and job well done!

Evantage, Inc. President Chris Auwarter with Managing Partner Neha Anand and Chad Harpole after presenting them with Milestone Awards!

New BMW, sounds good to me!

Can I get my Promoting Owner's check Happy Gilmore Style!

During our Organization Lunch, we were able to hear from a special guest speaker, Larry Dorfman.  Larry has been a successful entrepreneur in the Automotive industry for over 25 years.  Our team took extensive notes.  A big message he shared that will become our Theme for 2013 was: "What are you willing to tolerate in your business today, that will affect your bottom line tomorrow."  It was great to hear a strong message from Larry about keeping your standards high.

Character, Commitment, and Courage again was a big theme this year.  We are excited to continue to be a leading force as a industry leader Coast to Coast for our clients in 2013.  We know success isn't always easy, but by holding our standards high, and investing into our greatest assets, OUR TEAM-MEMBERS, we will strive to make Character, Commitment and Courage a theme all year long.

CHARACTER:  Doing the right thing, not the easy thing!
COMMITMENT: To our team and clients.  We will follow though on all of our commitments with purpose, determination, and tenacity.
COURAGE:  Success isn't always easy, but we will fight to always be the best we can.  No matter the challenge in front of us!

2012 is officially in the books!  What a great year here at Evantage, Inc.  Since we opened our doors in Dallas in 2006, we have seen growth expanding to 14 locations in 8 states, and we are now Coast to Coast!  We now find that heading into the new year  our reach four our clients are stronger than ever.  Our clients needs are higher and our results are better than any year previous.  Heading into 2013, we are in a strong situation to be a continual leader in the Outsourced Sales and Customer Acquisition Industry in Dallas and beyond!!!

Evantage, Inc. continues to be more innovative than ever.  We have expanded in 2012 alone to markets such as Chattanooga, TN, Detroit, MI, Houston, TX, and San Francisco, CA.  We have also opened a new retail division of our company in Dallas, TX and expanded with one of our existing clients in the Medical Supply field.

We asked some of our team members what highlighted their year in 2012 at Evantage, Inc.  

Here are a few things that they found memorable:

- Touring the Dallas Cowboys Headquarters in Valley Ranch

- Traveling to Denver, CO for our Organizational Weekend and having Buffalo Burgers at a brewery in a small Colorado town on the foothills of the Rockies, along with attending the Sunday Night NFL game, Broncos vs. Saints at Mile High Stadium

- Hearing from ESPY's Jimmy V Award Winner and NCAA Wrestling Champion Anthony Robles at our Awards Conference in Atlanta, GA

- R&R Weekend in Miami, where we stayed at the same hotel as the Kardashians

- Our Co-Ed Soccer League for Operation Smile

2012 also provided our team members a real chance to give back to our community.  We helped bring in more toys for DFW Toys for Tots than any previous year.  We were able to participate in Make-A-Wish Foundations's Race for Wishes in Irving, TX for our 3rd consecutive year.  Lastly, we are undergoing several fundraisers for Operation Smile.  In 2012, we held a Silent Auction at the Social House in Addison, raffled an iPad at our Dallas Regional Leader's Meeting, ate some Genghis Grill, and participated in a soccer league to raise of $1700.00.

As we look ahead, we are excited about our future.  That future remains bright because we work with exceptional people.  We are so proud to work on a daily basis with so many motivated team members who care about integrity, performance, and making a difference.  We know because of all of you, 2013 will be another banner year!

2012 Dallas Fall Leader's Meeting!

What an incredible weekend!  Our team was blessed to host the 2012 Fall Regional Leader's Conference at the DFW Marriott in Irving, TX.  What a great turnout of over 400 team members who joined us to network, brainstorm and learn.  We were able to have our HR Team, Corporate Trainers, Assistant Managers, and Managing Partners join us in Dallas.  Evantage, Inc. President, Chris Auwarter hosted the event and we had 12 industry leaders speak to our team throughout the day.  

One of the constant messages being shared was to keep developing yourself personally and professionally and to not wait till the New Year to start setting your "New Years Resolutions."

One lesson shared was a message from NBA legend Pat Riley..."There is a difference between Game Excellence and being Excellent in a Game."  The point was made that anyone can be excellent at one time, but Game Excellence is consistent, day in, day out results.  Great Message!

We were also able to recognize Top Leaders from across the region.  These were a select few that over the past 6 months have shown excellence in their work, but also the respect of their piers and management for their work.  Congratulations again to all those who were awarded a Top Leader Award!  We are proud of that achievement and you should be too.

The highlight of the event though was a raffle we did for an iPad.  The big winner though wasn't the winner of the iPad, but Operation Smile.  We sold raffle tickets, 1 for $5 and 6 for $20.  We were able to raise $1160 for Operation Smile in a 3 Hour Meeting.  Great job to those who helped out!