We would like to welcome Nichole McDonald and Jessica Pool to the Symplicity team!

Nichole McDonald is going to be a great help in our Mobility Management product. She will be focusing on assisting our clients with ordering services and hardware and managing cellular bills and services. With her prior experience in Customer Service and Loss Prevention at JCPenney, we know that Nichole will be a great asset to our team.

As a Symplicity Sales and Marketing Intern, Jessica Pool will be helping us out with many tasks. With our growing company, we felt we could use another set of hands to keep our marketing and sales materials and database up-to-date. Jessica attends Grand Valley State University and is using the internship to fulfill senior credit requirements.

As you may recall, back in December Symplicity threw a holiday party for the residents at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.  We had a great time at the party, and Santa Clause even showed up to give away some special prizes, including tickets to a Detroit Tigers game!  On Sunday, July 17, 13 lucky veterans boarded a Detroit bound Hummer Limo and road to the game in style.

It was a beautiful day for baseball at Comerica Park.  Although it was a bit hot outside, our cool, air conditioned suite provided an escape from the heat and humidity.  While watching the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox, we all enjoyed a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet and crossed our fingers between innings, hoping to win one of the many prize giveaways.

Thanks to some help from our friends Marnie Johnson of Infusion Communications Group, Jayme McLean of the Detroit Tigers, and Sharon and Eric Martinez, we were able to provide the veterans with goodie bags, prizes and gifts, making their experience that much better.

At the end of the day, the veterans offered up a round of applause in thanks for a fun day at the Tigers game.  Symplicity however prefers to thank them for their commitment to our country.  Our veterans do not receive enough recognition for all that they do; so on behalf of Symplicity, I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to the men and women who have served, and continue to serve our country!

You may view more pictures from this event by visiting our Facebook page.  If you are interested in contributing to next year’s holiday party or Tigers outing, please contact Caitlin at cbrown@symplicitycom.com.  With your help, we can make these events even more special for the Veterans.

Symplicity is looking forward to being honored next week at the Corp! Magazine Best of Michigan Business Awards Breakfast.  Our company was nominated for this award and was recently chosen as a “Best of Michigan Business” company.  This event will be held on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30am at the MSU Management Education Center.  We are honored to be presented with this award and excited to help promote other top local businesses through networking at this event.

If you wish to attend this event, you can register and find out more information here.  We hope you join us at this wonderful event and find out which organizations make up the 2011 Best of Michigan Business.

This month’s issue of Business Update Publication featured Symplicity Communications, Inc. in their segment on mobility management.  Check out the article below to find out how Symplicity could save your company money in cellular expenditures.  You can view the entire publication at www.businessupdate.com.

We would like to say THANK YOU to all of the individuals who made contributions to our Veterans Home event last week. We had a great time and could not have made the event nearly as special without some help from some extraordinary people. With their help, Symplicity was able to give away 10 DVD players, 4 mp3 players, 2 boom boxes, 4 Griffins tickets,10 Tigers tickets and two popcorn gift bags. We were also able to sponsor a musical group to entertain after the presents had been distributed. The following people helped us to make this possible:

Lyda Wilcox, Dave Bahls, Marnie Johnson, Mary Jo Weessies, Jane Anderson, The staff at Center for Physical Rehabilitation, Paul Zelenka, The staff at Regus, Sharon and Eric Martinez, Kristina Evey, and Brett Wardrop of the Grand Rapids Griffins

This holiday season, Symplicity Communications, Inc. is taking time to “pay it forward”.  On Friday, December 17, our staff will visit the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans to spread some holiday cheer to the veteran residents.  We will be taking gifts over to the home during the day and spending some time with these individuals who have shown such dedication to our country.  The team at Symplicity will be serving a holiday meal to the veterans as well as providing gifts and sponsoring entertainment, and we would love for you to join us!

The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans is home to over 700 residents ranging in age from 20 to 100.  Symplicity will be spending time with a younger unit in honor of Catherine Lazarock’s brother, a young man who served in the Navy until he passed away in November 1999, just three days before his 25^th birthday.  We will be keeping Roger (more affectionately known as Butchie) in our thoughts as we take time to visit the individuals who have served our country that may not otherwise have visitors during this special time of the year.

We would like to invite our clients, partners, and friends to participate in this special event with us.  If you are interested in contributing to our gift fund or joining us on Friday as we share our holiday spirit with these deserving individuals, please give us a call at 616-717-5750 or email Catherine at clazarock@symplicitycom.com.  We would like to give as much as possible and would greatly appreciate your help in making this event special for the individuals at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.  Whether you donate dollars or time, your contribution can help to bring joy to someone’s holiday season.

Join Inforum and Symplicity tonight, November 30 at the University Club located at 111 Lyon Street in Downtown Grand Rapids from 4:30 until 8:00pm for the Inforum Holiday Shopping event.  The cost is $20 for members and $35 for non-members in includes two glasses of wine, and Hors d’oeuvres.

Inforum Holiday Shopping Event

We hope you can join Symplicity in celebrating the holiday season with the West Michigan Technology Association.  The event will be held on December 2nd at the Rock Fire Grille in Grand Rapids.  We hope you can join us for an evening of networking, great food, drinks, and many wonderful prizes.  There is no need to worry about finding a place to park as Rock Fire Grille has its own free parking lot.  WMTA will have their own private dining room and they will provide light appetizers.  A cash bar will also be available.

If you are interested in attending this event, we ask that you register with Caitlin by sending an email to rsvp@wmta.biz.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Caitlin via email or call 616-717-5750.

Symplicity Communications, Inc. is on a roll with their second new hire in the past three months.  This past July, Symplicity welcomed Vice President Lorie Munson to the team and in August, we brought on Dave Bahls as Client Manager.  Dave has extensive experience in sales, marketing, and even entrepreneurship.  In prior positions, he has been responsible for printed marketing materials, working with vendors, and staying in contact with clients.  At Symplicity, he will put these skills to use as he works with clients to provide them with superior telecommunications services.  Welcome to Symplicity, Dave.