Five Worst Practices for Managing AR Headcount

In his last post on sizing an AR team, Evan Quinn offered some criteria for consideration. This follow-on post discusses worst practices that often lead to wrong-sizing and related performance issues with AR.

5 Criteria for Right-Sizing AR Teams

Note:  This was cross-posted from IIAR board member Evan Quinn’s blog: link. An AR friend of mine recently asked if there was a formula or guideline for right-sizing AR teams. Unfortunately, there is no simple formula to the staffing question, but off the top of my head there are five factors that contribute to determining [...]

[Job Posting] AR Contract Role in San Francisco, BPO/FAO, Analytics and CRM

Part-time AR contract role in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area.

Looking for 3-5 years experience as an analyst relations specialist, preferably with knowledge of analysts and markets in the BPO/FAO, Business Analytics and/or CRM/Retail spa

The IIAR at IDC Directions, Boston and San Jose

At IDC Directions on March 9th in Boston and on March 15th in San Jose, approximately 80 AR professionals attended the IDC-IIAR luncheon programme.

Frost & Sullivan to Present Webinar on 8th April

The IIAR is delighted to host a Webinar with Frost & Sullivan and speakers John Lake / Strategic Account Manager, and Adrian Drozd / Research Manager / Principal Analyst, Telecoms on the 8/4/11.

[Job Posting] Strategy Analytics Seeks Analyst for Enterprise Mobility

In order to extend our research leadership in enterprise mobility, Strategy Analytics, is offering an outstanding career opportunity for a disciplined and results-driven team member to join our Wireless Enterprise Strategies (WES) team. A strong desire for success, visibility in a highly dynamic industry, and a background within the wireless telecommunications, enterprise IT and/or market research sectors are essential for this role.

Around Barry Wilderman from Wilderman Associates in 10 questions

Today’s star analyst in our reasonabis Barry Wilderman,ex-META Group and Lawson, now running an independent firm, Wilderman Associates.

Ethics isn’t just around white papers

A while back, Curt Monash caught our attention by calling on tech vendors and solution providers to disclose which IT analysts’ white papers are sponsored. That’s good practice, and one which most AR professionals have supported over the last decade or more.
But what about the reverse? Shouldn’t analysts disclose paid for work?

[GUEST POST] Money, analyst attention, and implied analyst endorsement

In this post, Curt Monash of Monash research discusses the link between vendor patronage and bias -a fascinating and must read for any AR person!

Reminder to Register for the March 24 IIAR London Forum

The next IIAR London Forum is scheduled for Thursday, March 24th, from 3:45 to 6:30pm in Central London.  The guest session will feature Gartner analysts,Alexander Drobik, Group Team Manager, Business Applications and Processes research team, and Jeff Golterman, GVP, Product Management in Gartner’s High Tech and Telecom Programs business unit. We still have a few places left, [...]

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