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Governing in and through a Pandemic

Board Source

Adapted from article which appeared in AGB, Trusteeship, (28) 5, Sept-Oct 2020. Boards find themselves facing a host of challenges as they work to fulfill their fiduciary roles in the pandemic. But the challenges of the pandemic may provide opportunities to evolve governance in ways beneficial for the long run. We seek to offer some guidance that isn’t simply pandemic specific but might also serve boards and their institutions once through the crisis.

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VIRTUAL CONFERENCES – THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL

Partners Preceptors

By Christina Welty 2020 has been a year none of us will forget. It has affected all of us differently, but one thing is for sure – we’ve all had to adjust and adapt in many ways.

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The Dirty Secrets of Enterprise Sales – Your Customer Data is Being Shared and it’s a Good Thing

PartnerTap

Before starting to chase a prospective account, sales reps try to collect as much account information as possible. The collected data helps them have a clearer picture of the prospect’s organization, who the decision-makers are, who has the most influence on them, their motives, their most important problems, their goals, and any budget that’s available.

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WHO SAYS CHOCOLATE CAN’T CHANGE YOUR LIFE?

Be Partner Ready

A much publicised and powerful partnership that got it right on so many levels, is Nestle’s KitKat and the R U OK? campaign. The alignment between a chocolate bar that is synonymous with ‘taking a break’ and a mental health organisation that encourages the question ‘R U OK?’ was a clever and very timely partnership, emerging at just the right time when the pandemic restrictions were causing severe havoc with many people’s mental health.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Facing the Challenge of Racial Inequity — or Avoiding It

Board Source

There’s an old saying that every great victory is the result of many smaller victories that went unnoticed. As we undertake our individual and organizational racial equity journeys, I would suggest we slightly modify this adage. I think it's essential that we do notice the small victories – victories that may seem inconsequential when they occur but are critical to our achievement of more significant wins on the road to positive change.

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Reorganization to Serve the New Environment

EGA

Covid-19 forced people to change while improving digitalization efforts within organizations. It is important to address how these last 6 months have impacted people to ensure their health and psychological safety. At Executive Growth Alliance, we accelerate future readiness for forward-thinking business leaders, by bringing them together, to share insights, and gain inspiration.

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Breaking up is hard to do

Stellar Partnerships

Not every relationship goes to plan. You start with high hopes and enthusiasm but not every frog turns into a handsome prince. Sometimes they just stay warty and you’re left with a faint taste of pond weed in the mouth. In the current environment it’s tempting to stay with corporate partners when they’re no longer a great fit for you. Yes, it’s easier to nurture an existing partner than win a new one.

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Reflections on 2020 ASAP BioPharma Conference: The right mindset is more important than ever

Vantage Partners

Overview The 2020 ASAP BioPharma conference came to a close a month ago and marked another year of bringing together talented and thoughtful strategic alliance professionals to share and reflect on their experiences in this field. We are delighted to continue to be a sponsor of the conference and to have the opportunity to lead a couple of sessions during the event.

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Mindmatrix Feature Spotlight: 360-degree partner insight & channel engagement analytics

Mindmatrix

Our blog this week focuses on Mindmatrix’s powerful partner visibility and channel engagement analytics engine. With Mindmatrix, you get unparalleled channel visibility that allows you to. Gauge how your channel partners interact with your products or services . Get detailed insight into their activities such as training material downloads, email opens, website visits, certifications sought, webinars attended, etc.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Beyond the Pipeline: Addressing Attrition as a Barrier to Diversity in AI

Partnership on AI

As a field, AI struggles to both recruit and retain team members from diverse backgrounds. Why is this such a widespread phenomenon, and more importantly, what can be done to close the gap? Companies Working to Mitigate AI Bias Must First Look Within. The lack of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the tech sector continues to be an area of great concern.

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Business As Unusual: the 'New Normal' for Hospitality Post-COVID

TRG Blog

Countless businesses are impacted by COVID-19 around the world. If your business is in the hospitality industry , then chances are your damage is more severe than most. With the restrictions being slowly lifted, many hotel businesses still don’t find themselves fitting in with the “new normal.”. This begs the questions: what really is the new normal for the hotel industry ?

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Comparison Shopping in the Age of Information Overload

INSEAD Knowledge

When consumers try to estimate a product specification, their best guess depends on whether they believe that they forgot this information or that they were never exposed to it.

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Timeline and List View of Tasks in a Task Board

SamePage

Using the Timeline view of tasks in a Task Board will allow you to plan the tasks in a timeline so you can more easily plan your day, week, or month, keep an eye on resources and verify the entire scope of a project is realistic and matches the plan you've laid out. Language.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Thank you for downloading this on-demand webinar - Plan for Normalcy but Prepare for Disruption

CGS

In this discussion, executives from McDonald’s, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and CGS Enterprise Learning will share how they pivoted and took on new strategies in light of the pandemic but more importantly, their lessons learned and how those insights will influence 2021 plans and priorities. The panel will focus on how and where they leaned in to technology and their partners for resilience, scale and continuity.

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Now is the Time for Leadership

Collaboration LLC

Historically, challenging economic times have provided a platform for business owners to analyze and reassess their business practices – and this “Great Recession” is no different. Perhaps you have begun to recognize that you can operate your business more effectively, that your customer relationships are more precious than ever, or that the mantra of “growth-growth-growth” you’ve been uttering has quickly transformed to “stabilize-stabilize-stabilize.

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Scorched-Earth Strategic Thinking for Covid Times

INSEAD Knowledge

“Disrupt yourself first” is so five years ago. The new motto is “Burn your company to the ground then rebuild it.

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Sustainability-related Communication Patterns on the Websites of European Top R&D Spenders

TIM Review

Sustainability communications can bring your business many benefits, and help you stand out from your competitors. Amfori. A guide to effective sustainability communications . 1. Introduction. Sustainability concerns have become a major driver of business change (Seebode et al., 2012) and innovation (Nidumolu et al., 2009). The quest for sustainability is now transforming the competitive business landscape, which forces companies to reconsider the ways they think about products, services, proces

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The Essential Guide to the Buying Experience of the Future

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Over two-thirds of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions — and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold sellers to a high standard, and that means the buying experiences of the past — in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels — no longer deliver.

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Meet HYPE's Head of Social Impact and Sustainability

Hype

Sustainability and social impact are extremely important here at HYPE. So important, in fact, that we decided to put somebody in charge of these crucial topics. Meet Sandra Fernholz, HYPE's first Head of Social Impact and Sustainability. Sandra has worked at HYPE for many years, but as of September of 2019, her focus has been solely on sustainability and social impact matters.

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Now is the Time for Leadership

Collaboration LLC

Historically, challenging economic times have provided a platform for business owners to analyze and reassess their business practices – and this “Great Recession” is no different. Perhaps you have begun to recognize that you can operate your business more effectively, that your customer relationships are more precious than ever, or that the mantra of “growth-growth-growth” you’ve been uttering has quickly transformed to “stabilize-stabilize-stabilize.

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Illogical Truths: The Paradoxes of Silicon Valley

INSEAD Knowledge

The Valley’s most valuable product is the contrarian thinking that fuels its innovation culture.

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Use These 3 Tips Next Time You're Coaching Up In Your Organization

Collaborative Leadership Team

We asked and our community answered! You asked for more tips on working with your leaders in an Agile or Scrum adoption. Read on for our top 3 tips to coach “up” in your organization or just have a more meaningful conversation with your leaders. 1. Respectfully ask Why: the number of people filling our classes who are unable to answer us when we ask “what is the reason or goal for your company changing the way it does work to Agile or Scrum?”.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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5 Questions for Leaders to Ensure Business Continuity Post-COVID

TRG Blog

Running a business during the pandemic is already stressful, ensuring its continuity post-pandemic is an even greater challenge that requires careful re-evaluation of the current processes, organisational culture and workforce planning, not just upgrading the IT infrastructure.

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8 types of corporate-startup engagement models with examples

Agorize

Powered by digitalisation, entrepreneurial spirit and the agility to pivot swiftly, startups are seen as potential partners for corporations across all sectors to engage. For innovative initiatives in particular, more corporations find it far more valuable to leverage the innovative technology that startups have developed through mutually beneficial engagement models.

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Covid Cost-Cutting May Backfire in the Long Run

INSEAD Knowledge

Macroeconomic uncertainty makes firms more profitable in the short-term, but the bill comes due later.

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The Purpose Pressure Cooker

Remarkable Partnerships

The coronavirus crisis represents one of the greatest challenges of our lives. At the time of writing 1,158,825 people have died from the virus. It’s scary, tragic and horrible. At the same we have seen the inspirational growth of the Black Lives Matter movement. This global human rights campaign is compelling us all to fight racism within ourselves our companies, charities and society.

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How to Measure the ROI of IT Operations

IT is viewed as a cost center by organizations. In troubling economic times, this puts intense pressure on IT to demonstrate value for IT investments. Register for this webinar to learn how to quantify the intrinsic benefits of IT using analytics.

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Cancer Care West Charity Challenge 2020

Channel Incentive Best Practices

This year Channel Mechanics has taken on a charity challenge to help raise much needed funds for Cancer Care West. And while it’s difficult during these times to come together, we are going to do our utmost! Teaming up with ITAG, the Information Technology Association of Galway, who are celebrating their twentieth year in Galway, Channel Mechanics have committed to compete in their “20K Your Way Challenge” As part of the challenge, our team is pledging to run/walk/cycle/swim/hi

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More Than Digital: How Consumer Lives Have Changed Post-COVID-19

Market Source Inc

The home has become the hub of work, school, and entertainment, and with it, Americans are becoming homebodies. Spending patterns are changing, new shopping habits are being adopted, and people are approaching their decisions and days differently. The post More Than Digital: How Consumer Lives Have Changed Post-COVID-19 appeared first on MarketSource.

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Customer Experience Expectations Requires More Than Mandates

The 2112 Group

Partners say they’re already delivering quality as a value proposition; they need help mitigating risks to enable growth. By Larry Walsh. An interesting topic popped up in a side conversation at last week’s Acronis Global Cyber Summit, the virtual installment of the vendor’s second customer and partner event. During the speakers’ lounge portion, of which I was a participant, we started talking about vendor expectations of partners to deliver high-quality and -value experiences to customers.

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