Partnership on AI

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Together with the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), the Partnership on AI (PAI) is pleased to announce a joint $4.5 million funding pool for high-risk, high-reward research at the intersection of the social and technical dimensions of AI. Focus areas of PAI-NSF research program.

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Mansfield Sales Partners

AUGUST 22, 2018

Over 40 years ago, Xerox established the world's first sales operations unit: a dedicated team to help salespeople sell faster, better and more efficiently. Their job? To take on activities such as forecasting, sales planning and territory design. Or in group leader J. Patrick Kelly’s words, “all the nasty number things that you don’t want to do, but need to do to make a great sales force.”. sales ops sales operations

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Successful Channels

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In 1850, Isaac Singer introduced the first automatic sewing machine to be sold to homemakers and seamstresses for $10. Up to that point, sewing machines sold for hundreds of dollars almost exclusively to commercial businesses. .

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CPS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“ It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. ” —Warren Buffett Establishing a reputation takes time. Building a successful partnership also takes time. It’s important for you and your organization to create the right framework from the start and review the structure and process of the partnership on an ongoing basis to measure its success or failure.

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SamePage

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Teamwork apps usually win awards for being great at the one thing they focus on: team communication, task management, productivity, file sharing, etc. You won't often see one app leading in multiple award categories, but in 2018, that's exactly what Samepage did. And more importantly, why? Allow us to send you into 2019 with the answers: Language. English

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Agorize

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Last week’s launch of China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft to the dark side of the moon showed that the sky’s the limit for China’s achievements and ambitions in technology and innovation. China’s online economy is booming, there are over 802 million Internet users (out of a population of 1.6 billion) , and many companies want a slice of the digital pie.

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ExactHire - Partnership

JULY 24, 2018

Have you jumped on the podcast-listening wave yet?

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Partnership on AI

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The Partnership on AI was established to bring together diverse global voices to realize the promises, minimize the challenges, and better understand the impacts of artificial intelligence. Today, we are delighted to announce that our partnership has become a little more global, and even more diverse, with the inclusion of our first member from China – Baidu. Baidu is a leading Chinese internet search provider.

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Partnership on AI

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

We are excited to announce that we have added 10 new organizations to the growing Partnership on AI community. The latest cohort of new members represents a diverse range of sectors, including media and telecommunications businesses, as well as civil rights organizations, academia, and research institutes. These new members will bring valuable new perspectives.

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Partnership on AI

AUGUST 7, 2018

We are excited to welcome Julia Rhodes Davis as inaugural Director of Partnerships for the Partnership on AI (PAI). Julia joins us from DataKind, where she most recently served as Managing Director of Capital and Growth. Prior to that, Julia was a partner at Citizen Engagement Laboratory, an incubator and accelerator for tech-fueled social impact startups. Her primary expertise is bringing together diverse coalitions of interests to promote responsible technology.

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Partnership on AI

JULY 31, 2018

The Partnership on AI exists to study and formulate best practices on AI, to advance the public’s understanding of AI, and to provide a platform for open collaboration between all those involved in, and affected by, the development and deployment of AI technologies. To succeed in this mission, we need deep involvement from diverse voices and viewpoints that represent a wide range of audiences, geographies, and interests.

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Successful Channels

JANUARY 29, 2018

According to this year’s YouGov ([link] survey on New Year’s resolutions, the number one response was to lose weight and the second was to exercise more. We all know why we make these annual commitments. We want to look better, live longer and be healthier.

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Successful Channels

JANUARY 5, 2018

The tension between short-term channel sales target achievement and medium-term partner enablement has never been greater. At the end of 2017, I overheard a VP of channel sales saying to his CAM team “you can invest in enabling your partners as long as you are achieving your sales targets.”.

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Successful Channels

AUGUST 31, 2018

Are you ready to help make your channel managers as beloved by their partners as their favorite rock stars? Just imagine the cheers and the concert lighters (or concert lighter apps) glowing in adoration for your channel managers as they roll into your partner’s offices for business planning , scorecarding and QBR work-sessions. Your partners will be queuing up outside your office waiting for a chance to meet with channel managers who have new superstar appeal. No, this is not fantasy.

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Partnership on AI

JULY 31, 2018

We are at a critical moment for AI’s development, its applications, and use. Advancements in algorithms, computing power, and rich data are helping the field to solve technical challenges that will improve domains such as perception, natural language understanding, and robotics, bringing great value in the years ahead. New technologies made possible by these advances affect fields such as education, accessibility, health, and public administration.

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Partnership on AI

MAY 10, 2018

PAI recently convened its second Working Group focused on Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI (FTA). The group is comprised of 70 representatives from technology, academia, and civil society engaging in dialogue, research, and the creation of best practices for addressing intelligent systems that may manifest unfairly, opaquely, or without accountability. Verity Harding, Co-Lead of Ethics & Society at DeepMind, and Edward Felten, Robert E.

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Successful Channels

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Top channel executives agree that sales enablement of your channel team is one of the most important things to improve revenue growth. It is proven that sales teams of any type that a trained, capable, and motivated will yield consistently higher revenue growth rates.

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Partnership on AI

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The Partnership on AI (PAI) is excited to announce Peter Eckersley as our inaugural Director of Research. Peter will lead the Partnership’s research practice on topics associated with PAI’s mission, including on best practices for the ethics, safety, fairness, inclusiveness, trust, and robustness for AI research, applications, and services. His work will focus both on projects directed and executed by PAI and in external collaboration with PAI’s membership and other stakeholders.

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Successful Channels

JUNE 27, 2018

Why do partners dread business planning with their vendor teams? Because it is one of the most unsatisfactory, waste-of-time activities they participate in every year. Typically, the only part of joint business planning that is “joint” is done with a vendor channel account manager. Ninety percent of the value of most partner business planning processes goes one way – from the partner the vendor. A couple of weeks ago, I had a conversation with a well-respected partner executive.

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Successful Channels

APRIL 13, 2018

Today’s carefully architected partner programs that use industry accepted best practices often fail because they are designed to attract and engage all partner types but are not aligned with the changing business models or needs of individuals within these partner organizations. Today, more than ever, the business of partnering has become personal in the way relationships are built and nurtured.

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Mansfield Sales Partners

AUGUST 22, 2018

A common misconception is that if you have certain skills and a good bit of experience, you can move between business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sales with relative ease. However, selling to retail and corporate markets require completely different approaches and skillsets. B2B sales

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CPS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Wikipedia defines strategy as “is a high level to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty.” ” The word is of military origin, deriving from the Greek word strategos. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked.

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Partnership on AI

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

On Wednesday, November 14th, the Partnership on AI held its 2nd annual All Partners Meeting in San Francisco, California. Representatives from our 80+ member organizations – for-profit companies, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and advocacy groups – traveled from across the globe to reflect on 2018 progress, and to plan for the future. It was a day of insight, collaboration, and new perspectives.

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Partnership on AI

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Partnership on AI is pleased to announce the addition of two Directors to its board, Jerremy Holland (Apple) and Joaquin Quiñonero Candela (Facebook). The Partnership on AI Board of Directors is comprised of an equal number of directors representing for-profit and not-for-profit interests.

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Partnership on AI

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The Partnership on AI (PAI) is excited to announce Samir Goswami as its first Chief Operating Officer. Samir will lead an operations team that will help to support the Partnership’s programming, including the Partnership’s annual operating plan, budget, and staffing operations. Samir will also spearhead work on the Partnership’s strategic orientation, in support of its position within the AI ecosystem, and assist in efforts that promote AI’s applications around social good.

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Mansfield Sales Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In a company's early stages, the heavy lifting of sales often falls to the founder and core team. They step into multiple roles, from finding opportunities to qualifying leads to managing the customer after the sale. Driven by passion for the product and vision for the company, founders often enjoy astronomically high conversion rates—thriving on their deep expertise and experience to close deals. Sales Process Sales organization

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Mansfield Sales Partners

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

At its most basic, a sales strategy is all about demonstrating to your market that your product or service can fulfil a need. And yet, even when your product is good and the need is urgent, there are numerous reasons why a potential customer may walk away. Among them, is simply a breakdown in effective communication. Sales Strategy cybersecurity sales

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Partnership on AI

JULY 9, 2018

The Partnership on AI (PAI) is continuing to grow its team and is hiring for two additional roles: Director of Policy and Head of Communications. In addition, PAI continues its hiring for Chief Operating Officer and Program Associate candidates. Check out all open positions here.).

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