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IIAR> Webinar: What is Analyst Relations (AR) and how is it evolving?

The field of influencer & analyst relations (AR) has evolved over the last decade —as more influencers, social media and technology change the game, and as AR is increasingly recognised as a strategic priority. The value that AR brings to organisations has even translated to compensation significantly increasing over the past 10 years.  A new …

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IIAR Webinar – Best Practice Paper – “Rules of Engagement” – 4th April 2014

When? DAY: 4th April 2014 TIME: 16:00 (GMT), 17:00 (CET), 11:00 (New York) Agenda – Your opportunity to provide Peer Review and input, prior to final publication, of the latest IIAR Best Practice Paper – “Rules of Engagement”. We appreciate your valuable knowledge and experience and look forward to your input. Who> Moderated by Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn) /  Founder, Starsight Communications and …

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IIAR Webinar: Best Practices in Measurement (11th July)

The IIAR is delighted to host the webinar covering Best Practices in Measurement on Thursday, July 11th at 4:00pm BST/11:00am EST. This is the rescheduled session from June. The session will be moderated by Rebecca Bergman, Analyst Relations Manager at Digital Reality (LinkedIn, @Rebecca_DLR) and feature David Taylor (LinkedIn), author of the new IIAR Best …

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IIAR Discussion Group: IIAR Best Practices Paper “Making The Case for AR”

This teleconference features the Analyst Strategy Group (ASG) and is scheduled for Thursday, June 10th from 16:00 to 17:00 BST/11:00 EST/8:00 PDT. Tom Ryan, Partner and Chief Research Officer (LinkedIn) and Rob at ASG will share their insights on Making The Case for AR. Over the past eighteen months, most companies have been seriously affected …

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Latest IIAR> Best Practices Paper – A New Foundational Approach to Analyst Tiering

The IIAR’s latest Best Practices Paper, “Beyond Best Practices: Industry Analyst Tiering for Business in the Real Word,” sheds some light on a new foundational approach to sort out which analysts matter to a company, and develop a rationale for optimal engagement strategies. As the title suggested, this paper goes beyond traditional best practices to offer a step by step guide for navigating the industry analyst community in the context of real world challenges.

New IIAR Best Practices Paper on AR Measurement

With AR budgets ever under pressure and AR as a discipline moving increasingly towards a shared-risk/rewards engagement model with the analysts, what should AR measurement look like? Is there still a place for measuring pure operational activity or should the AR community be looking more towards demonstrating its strategic contribution to the business, and measuring …

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New IIAR Best Practices paper about escalating research disagreements available

The latest IIAR Best Practices paper is out – “Best Practices for Escalating Research Disagreements” reviews techniques and tips for avoiding and escalating disagreements over research. It includes interviews with AR practitioners and briefly outlines the escalation processes for Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Ovum. The paper is available to IIAR members to download free-of-charge from the IIAR …

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The Forrester Wave™: Global Delivery Infrastructure Management, Q4 2005 By Robert McNeill with Robert Whiteley III, , Olivia Ester

IIAR Best Practices Paper: managing the Forrester Wave

Last week IIAR hosted a call with AR professionals about sharing best practices for managing the Forrester Wave. The IIAR last month published a paper about the Wave, which outlined common best practices in dealing with this high profile research report. Forrester is also in the middle of reviewing changes to the methodology, although it has …

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