One of the IIAR Board’s goals for 2012 and beyond has been to improve both the depth and frequency of its engagement with IIAR members and the AR community at large. The new Board of Directors has been planning for this, and we’re now moving into “execution mode” to put those plans into action. We’ll …
We are pleased to announce that work has been completed on the IIAR Certified Professional Exam and version 2.0 is now available online. All current Board members and Secretary have completed the test successfully and are proud members of the IIAR Certified Professional LinkedIn club. We thought it was important to practice what we preached …
The IIAR is delighted to announce the election results of its new Board Members effective as of 1 December 2011 for 12 months. The new Board is as follows:
The next IIAR London Forum will take place on Thursday, May 26th, 1545 to 1830 in Central London on, ‘IT As A Catalyst for Green Innovation – Best Practices for Analyst Relations and Influencer Relations’.
The IIAR (@iiar) is pleased to announce the appointment of Henrietta Lacey-Gutsell as the new IIAR Secretary.
The analyst relations profession has, like the industry analyst industry, been a beneficiary of the difficult times over the last few years. While staff turnover has slowed greatly, AR managers continue to win a substantial salary premium over other marketing and communications managers. Because the compensation packages of AR managers can be complex, it’s been hard to get clear data until this month when the IIAR published its first AR salaries survey.
Our next IIAR London Forum is set for Tuesday, July 27th. We are delighted to welcome guest analyst Martin Canning, Vice President of IDC EMEA who will provide an update on strategy, research agendas, and how to best work with IDC. The Forum kicks off at 3:45 p.m. with a limited number of guest places …
AR professionals in the New York City area are welcome to attend the IIAR’s first NYC chapter first meeting on Wednesday, June 2nd. FD, the strategic communications consultancy, have kindly offered to host a breakfast meeting with Jonathan Yarmis, Senior Research Fellow at Ovum and a leading voice in the technology industry for over 30 …
Inaugural Meeting of the IIAR’s Relations NYC Chapter Read More »
The IIAR board is very pleased to announce that Jane Courtenay is now on board as the new secretary for the institute.
Coinciding with NASSCOM 2010, the IIAR is expanding its global presence with the launch of its India Chapter. This is in line with the association’s mission to raise awareness of analyst relations best practices and to develop the global community amongst AR professionals.
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 …
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 …
New IIAR Best Practices paper about escalating research disagreements available Read More »
The IIAR is looking for a new secretary to continue supporting its development.
The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) is launching the first certification for the Analyst Relations profession. Read more in this post by Peggy O’Neil from the IIAR board.
The IIAR is delighted to announce that its new Board for 2009/10 as Jonny Bentwood, Ed Gyurko, Ludovic Leforestier, Peggy O’Neill and David Taylor.
London, 25 August 2009: The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) today named Ray Wang, most recently Vice President, Principal Analyst with Forrester Research Inc., as its Analyst of the Year for the second year running. Ray was nominated by a global survey of 137 analyst relations professionals. Runners up for the title were Jon Collins …
Honesty, integrity, knowledge, curiosity, insight, passion, respect and influence These characteristics were repeatedly highlighted when AR Pro’s were asked to identify the analyst house and individual who they wanted to recognise as being the best in the industry. This second post in the “analyst of the year” series aims to highlight individuals and firms who …
