IIAR is hosting a Silicon Valley meeting on January 21 at Cisco’s headquarters in San Jose. Sage Circle’s Carter Lusher will kick off the meeting with a presentation that reviews 2009 trends in the analyst ecosystem and a look ahead for 2010. Following Carter’s presentation, I will provide a brief update on IIAR initiatives. Cisco …
Gartner will be hosting their quarterly AR call on the 7/1. They usually make a good update –this time it will be focussed on AMR –a good time to get answers to all the questions asked on the blogs recently: on the IIAR blog (you read it there first!), but also on Analyst Insight, Analyst …
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Our next monthly discussion group teleconference is next Tuesday, December 15th, on the topic of best practices in escalating research disagreements. The call will be lead by Peggy O’Neill, who recently authored a Best Practice white paper on this topic for the IIAR. IIAR members who would like to join the call, please contact Hannah …
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So far the IIAR has had a great response from members, non-members and analysts who plan on attending the its IIAR Christmas Café tomorrow evening. The event is being held at a pub across near Farringdon tube stationin London. If you haven’t RSVP’d to get the address to to attend please email edgyurko at gmail …
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 …
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Our next monthly discussion group teleconference is this Wednesday, November 25th, on the topic of analyst relations in Asia-Pacific.
Here’s the agenda for today’s Forum –action packed as usual… and with the proverbial curry at the end! Agenda 1500-1530 Social media tutorial 1545-1600 Registration 1600-1605 Introductions and welcome 1605-1620 Report back from Gartner Symposium 1620-1655 Discussion groups: – AR and social media – Planning for 2010 – Gaining and maintaining executive …
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This week is quite busy for IIAR> members with not just one event but two: Tomorrow Tuesday, all are welcome to an IIAR> Tweetup at Butcher’s Hook in Smithfields (http://bit.ly/2wHTzn) with @gerryvz, @dompannell, @duncanchapple, @EdGemmell, @JonnyBentwood, @lludovic and others. Kick-off around 1800. On Thursday, it’s the IIAR November Forum in London with Forrester (members only). And …
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The IIAR Certification is a first step in equipping AR Professionals with an independent industry professional certification, definitely a good way to boost a CV.
Carsten Schmidt and other IDC Alumni recently formed Henry Corporation as a network of analysts offering strategic advice and marketing services to IT vendors. Read the interview of Carsten on the IIAR blog.
The IIAR has just published a summary of best practices papers and added a new editorial calendar detailing papers that we plan to publish in coming months. Papers are free of charge to all IIAR members – to access them, just go to Library – > Best Practice White Papers and Teleconferences -> White Papers. Feedback …
The IIAR is looking for a new secretary to continue supporting its development.
Gartner just released the successor (but not a replacement) to the Hype Cycle: the Gartner IT Market Clock The press release is here: Gartner IT Market Clock Tell us what you think and how it will impact you!
Brad Holmes, VP Technology Research with Forrester Research, will be the guest presenter at the next IIAR London Forum on November 19th. In addition, before the main session Jonny Bentwood will be holding a tutorial on using social media tools. Forums are open to all IIAR members. A limited number of guest places are available …
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At Gartner’s AR Forum in Orlando last week, guest speaker Joshua Reynolds from Hill & Knowlton gave a presentation about social media trends and analyst relations, and provided some up to date statistics on how AR impacts sales. For those AR managers who didn’t make it to Orlando, Gartner just posted Josh’s presentation at its …
The IIAR will be holding a couple of informal gatherings at Gartner’s EMEA Symposium in Cannes, for those interested in networking with AR peers and finding out more about the Institute. These include a breakfast meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday November 4th, hosted by Ludovic Leforestier, and a dinner meeting at 7:30 p.m. on …
For those attending the Forrester Services and Sourcing Forum in London this week, IIAR board member Ed Gyurko will be at the event and is happy to meet up with members or those interested in finding out more about the IIAR.
Come and join the IIAR for an early celebration of Christmas at our next AR Café in Central London from 6:00 p.m. onwards on December 3rd. Members, non-members and analysts are welcome. For more details and to RSVP, please contact IIAR Secretary Hannah Kirkman at hkirkman (at) analystrelations (dot) org.
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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