The Sage Summit Virtual Event seemed like Sage’s effort to continue to engage customers in their development plans and a tool to increase attendance at the Sage Summit event this July in Washington, D.C.

The “live” virtual event opened what appeared to be a recorded message centered around the latest news from Sue Swenson, Sage President and CEO. Next, Betty Otter-Nickerson, President Sage Healthcare Division and Tom Miller, Vice President Channel Management were shown in a pre-recorded “interviewed” by an actor posing as an industry analyst.

The session previews gave everyone an opportunity to select a product line and hear session pitches from Sage product teams. Some of the pitches were a touch corny, only showing that the presenters are aware of their audience. Sage Summit presentations are typically very good (which is absolutely necessary if you are going to travel across the country for a four day conference).

Give Sage credit for trying to involve the users.