Avectra Announces 2013 Users and Developers Conference (AUDC) Innovation Award Winners

McLean, VA - March 6, 2013 - Avectra, a leading web-based Social CRM developer of web-based member and donor-based software for associations and not-for-profits, today announced the 2013 Innovation Award Winners at its annual user conference, the Avectra Users and Developers Conference (AUDC 2013), held March 3-5, 2013 in Orlando, Florida.

The Innovation Awards highlight and celebrate customers that have achieved outstanding results through the implementation and use of Avectra products.

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) was awarded with the Best in Show award this year. STTI, an international nursing honor society, is a global community of nurse leaders with members belonging to 487 chapters in more than 85 countries. Through this network, members use knowledge, scholarship, service and learning to improve the health of the world's people. STTI was selected for the award because they showed great innovation in their execution to become a data-driven enterprise highlighted by their recent Instant Analytics implementation.

In addition to STTI, the following organizations were recognized as Gold Star Winners:

• 20twenty Strategic Consulting
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Chemical Society
• American Frozen Food Institute
• Association for Financial Professionals
• Avodigy
• Catalyst Fire
• Copper Development Association
• DSK Solutions
• National League of Cities
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Old Town IT
• Scouts Canada

"We are always impressed each year with how customers are able to leverage Avectra technology, including our A-Score™, Moves Management series and social platforms, and use it in innovative ways to better connect with their member communities and achieve their business goals," said Chairman and CEO of Avectra, Richard Davis. "This year, STTI and the other winners amazed us with their ingenuity and we are honored to celebrate their accomplishments with these awards."

AUDC 2013 turned out to be Avectra's largest user conference to date with over 650 attendees. The goal of AUDC 2013 was to assist Avectra customers in deriving maximum benefit from the Avectra Social CRM suite and the partner community, as well as to promote forward thinking and best practices in the evolving usage of technology to achieve organization objectives. The event featured over 78 different sessions, including 26 educational sessions that offered CAE credit.

About AUDC

The Avectra Users and Developers Conference (AUDC) is an annual event uniting Avectra users, partners and industry consultants with key Avectra executives, development and training resources. Now in its ninth year, AUDC is designed to share best practices and provide strategies, informational training sessions and networking opportunities to empower organizations using Avectra's industry-innovating constituent management software to become more efficient and effective in their roles and elevating their mission.

About Avectra

For two decades, Avectra has translated its customers' needs into market leading software and services. Using Avectra's donor management, crowdsourcing solutions, and membership management solutions, not-for-profits and associations can connect with constituents, partners and prospects in entirely new ways, create more meaningful engagements and drive bottom-line results.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Avectra also has regional offices in Chicago and Orlando.  For more information on Avectra's donor management, fundraising or membership management solutions, visit fundraising.avectra.com or call 855-AVECTRA (855-283-2872).