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Introducing our new UK Chapter Co-lead: Anja Steinmann

By on Tuesday 29th October 2019 in IIAR, IIAR News, IIAR UK 0
Anja Steinmann / IIAR UK Chapter Co-Lead

I am extremely pleased to announce Anja Steinmann (LinkedIn, @AnjaSteinmann) as the new IIAR UK Chapter Co-lead. Anja is currently part of the Global Analyst & Consultant Relations team at BT and a seasoned AR pro, with a breadth of experience working in-house and as a freelancer in AR, media relations and marketing.  Besides having worked in the IT industry most of her career, Anja is also an entrepreneur, having leased and re-launched a restaurant in her home country Germany. 

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Ask not what the IIAR can do for you…..

By on Friday 10th May 2019 in IIAR, IIAR News 0

No doubt you are well aware of how that phrase finishes but I am sure you are aware of the purpose of this post – becoming an IIAR Board Member. If you have ever wondered what you can do for the IIAR then becoming a board member is a great way to shape the direction of analyst relations globally, learn new skills, work with some great people and you have until 1700 BST on Wednesday 15th May 2019 to take that chance.

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IIAR Webinar: the state of Advisor Relations: Europe (13 Dec) and North America (14 Dec)

By on Wednesday 6th December 2017 in IIAR News, IIAR SAR, IIAR US Chapter, IIAR Virtual Chapter, IIAR Webinar, ISG 0

IIAR Sourcing Advisory GroupWith profound and rapid changes taking place in the Outsourcing Services industry, what does the present and future look like for the sourcing advisory firms and those executives who manage relations with advisors. ISG estimates 30+ new Advisor Relations positions for 2018. One of the feeding grounds for Advisor Relations is Analyst Relations.  Roles are morphing into “Influencer Relations” positions.

To this end, IIAR (International Institute of Analyst Relations) has created a Sourcing Advisory Relations (SAR) Working Group, led by Wendy Shlensky / VP Analyst and Advisor Relations, HGS (LinkedIn, @WLS26)  and  Ed Gyurko (LinkedIn, @edgyurko).  The goal of this workgroup is to provide education and networking for analyst & advisor relations professionals. Continue Reading →

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Stay tuned for the IIAR Analyst Relations Professional and Team of the Year 2017…

By on Tuesday 11th July 2017 in AR, AR Best practices, ARPOTY, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year, IIAR Press Release 0

IIAR AR Professional of the Year

The IIAR AR Professional of the Year 2017 survey run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations is going to be announced tomorrow, Wednesday 12th July 2017 at 2000 BST during the 2017 IIAR Summer Party, sponsored by TCS!

Who will succeed as top AR professional current title-holder Signe Lonberg?

Which AR team will take the title from the current holders IBM?

Is the ‘responsiveness’ of AR professionals to industry analysts requests and needs still the single most important determinant of AR performance? As well as announcing the best AR team and the best AR Professional of the Year, this year’s survey will also provide unique insights into the evolution in analysts’ perception of AR performance.

Analysts have now voted… No drum roll yet – as we’re not ready to announce the winner just now, but we will tomorrow evening during the IIAR Summer Party at the Shangri La at the Shard – promise!

Make sure you register if you’d like to attend as the event is strictly by invitation only!  

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Meet the 2016 IIAR board

By on Thursday 24th December 2015 in IIAR, IIAR Board, IIAR News, IIAR Press Release 0

IIAR Logo SmallTo ensure continuity in the new year, the IIAR board opted to open two positions for 2016, to replace Debleena Paul and John Gallaher who both wished to step down.

The board would like to thank them for their support in 2015 and is looking forward to John and Debleena’s continued engagement.

Two candidates have stepped forward for those positions and therefore were confirmed immediately. From January, the new board for the next 12 months is presented below. Continue Reading →

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IIAR Election Results – The New 2015 Board

By on Wednesday 17th December 2014 in IIAR, IIAR Board, IIAR News, IIAR Press Release 0

IIAR Logo SmallThe IIAR is delighted to announce the election results of its new Board Members for 2015. Following a transitional board meetings in January the new board will be effective for 12 months.

  Debleena Paul (@Debleena_Paul, LinkedIn) Industry Analyst Relations Lead at SapientNitro Europe: Location, UK.
Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn) Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at T-Systems International. Location, France.
Ludovic Leforestier Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), AR Director – firm wide at BearingPoint. Location, UK
John Gallagher (LinkedIn), Director at Brunswick Group. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Robert De Souza (@robert_desouza) Director – Advisor Relations at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Location, UK.

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“Wet Paint” ~ Refreshed IIAR Website

By on Friday 3rd October 2014 in IIAR, IIAR News 0

Refresh_1The IIAR is excited to announce the launch of our newly designed, fully refreshed, version of this IIAR Blog/Website, which goes live over this weekend, (4th and 5th, October 2014). Hopefully the transition will be smooth and the IIAR web presence will have a fresh new look over this weekend. Please excuse interruption in normal service during the change-over and any “construction in progress” pages, they will be updated soon. If you have any questions or feedback please feel free to contact us at info (at) analystrelations (dot) org

We hope you like it ! 

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The IIAR UK Summer Networking event is back in 2014: Bigger and Better than ever!

By on Thursday 26th June 2014 in IIAR, IIAR Networking Event, IIAR News 1

IIAR Summer Party 2014 at The Grange, LondonFor this year’s IIAR 2014 Summer Party and Networking Event we have exclusive use of a stunning penthouse bar overlooking London (right next to St Paul’s Cathedral). With 80+ analysts attending (and growing), no queuing for one-on-one meetings and drinks plus food all evening why endure the conference scene?

When: 15th July 2014 at 5pm (UK) until late

Where: Central London overlooking St Pauls. Free for IIAR Members, register (here). £75 for non-members, fully redeemable against membership. Full details here.

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First German IIAR Stammtisch kicks off

By on Tuesday 17th June 2014 in AR, AR Best practices, IIAR, IIAR AR café, IIAR Germany, IIAR Networking Event, IIAR News 0

The first German IIAR Stammtisch will kick off on Tuesday, 24th June, at 5pm CET at Cordobar, located in the famous Glockenback district of downtown Munich on, at Ickstattstraße 1a.

This is a must-attend event for Analyst Relations professionals working in Germany, or with German-focused analysts. The IIAR is building a community of AR pros in Germany and we’re getting together to network and discuss German-specific elements of AR. Continue Reading →

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IIAR Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2014 – and the winner is…

By on Friday 11th April 2014 in AR, ARPOTY, IIAR, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year, IIAR News 9

IIAR AR Professional of the YearSo here’s what you’ve all been waiting for – perhaps you’re wondering, “Is it someone I know? Could it be me?!” Well, before we get that far, let’s take a good look at ourselves to determine if we deserve the recognition or not.

As mentioned in the previous post, analysts did get the opportunity to give feedback not just on what AR pros do well and how well they do it, but also on what they don’t do well. Here are some examples of – ahem – bad practices which we are sure none of the top AR pros would ever engage in… Continue Reading →

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Announcing the 2014 IIAR Analyst Relations Team of the Year

By on Monday 7th April 2014 in ARPOTY, IIAR, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year, IIAR News, IIAR Press Release 36

IIAR AR Team of the Year 2014

Working for a large IT or Telco vendor brings many perks but it’s not all plain-sailing. Having worked for the likes of HP and IBM, we know a thing or two about life in the megavendor fast lane: long hours, multiple internal stakeholders to please, ever-increasing targets to meet, ever-decreasing resources at your disposal, and of course even larger numbers of analysts with more varied coverages to service.

We also know that AR programs can vary widely from one large vendor to another, which is why we wanted to provide a ranking of these firms. We initially wanted to have a ranking of the ‘top 10’ megavendors, but we soon discovered that there are not that many companies which fit the criteria. In order to keep things serious, we established a cut-off point of revenues over US$20 billion, and in order to bring as wide a bearing as possible to the term ‘megavendor’, we decided to stipulate that those vendors should sell a mix of at least three of the following: IT hardware, networking equipment, telecommunication services, enterprise software, IT services and outsourcing, Business consulting. Continue Reading →

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On the trail of the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year

By on Friday 28th March 2014 in AR, ARPOTY, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year, IIAR News 14

IIAR AR Professional of the YearIf you have ever had enough money to pay for the services of an AR agency, no doubt you will have run a survey or two to evaluate how well your AR practice is performing. However these surveys – by their nature – remain proprietary information and the industry has never looked itself in the face as a whole to see what it looks like across the board.
Enter the IIAR with the idea to run a survey of all the analysts across the globe, to see what they think en masse of the Analyst Relations community. The idea is simple: for the past few years we have run a survey among AR professionals to find out who is the favourite analyst of the year, but now the tables are turned and it’s the analysts’ turn to vote on who is the favourite AR professional of the year…

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The IIAR opens its German Chapter

By on Thursday 20th February 2014 in AR Best practices, Gartner, IIAR Germany, IIAR News, IIAR Webinar 3

As an analyst relations manager you may ask yourself the question: Should I do any specific German AR? Should I run an activity at CeBIT in Hanover, or at the Supercomputing show in Leipzig or set up exclusive f2f meetings with analysts at some location like Munich or Frankfurt, and maybe do it in local language? Should I send my stakeholders to a local analyst event like the Gartner CIO summit in Berlin?

How does the German analyst landscape look like. Which industry and analyst events are relevant? How big is the German analyst firms’ influence? Continue Reading →

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Election Results: The New IIAR Board

By on Monday 7th January 2013 in IIAR, IIAR Board, IIAR News 8

The IIAR is delighted to announce the election results of its new Board Members effective as of 7 January 2013 for 12 months.

Agi Donnithorne Agi (Agnieszka) Donnithorne (@agi_A, LinkedIn)Analyst and Influencer Relations, Account Director at LoudhouseLocation: London, UK
Caroline_Dennington Caroline Dennington (@CDennington, Linkedin)Director, Analyst Relations EMEA at SymantecLocation: London, UK
Hannah Hyman Hannah Hyman (@bgeeke, LinkedIn)Analyst Relations Manager at SAPLocation: Seattle, USA
Ludovic Leforestier Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), AR Director – firm wide at BearingPointLocation: London, UK
Simon Levin Simon Levin (@theskillsconxn ,LinkedIn)MD, The Skills Connection
Location: London, UK

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IIAR Awards Two AR Professionals with IIAR Certified Expert as it Expands its AR Professional Certification Program

By on Thursday 12th July 2012 in AR, AR Best practices, IIAR, IIAR Certification, IIAR News, IIAR Press Release 0

The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) is pleased to recognize the first two recipients – Ellie Warner and Ed Gyurko – as IIAR Certified Experts.

This marks the official launch of two new IIAR certification levels consisting of IIAR Certified Expert (CE) and IIAR Certified Fellow (CF). These qualifications are designed for Analyst Relations (AR) professionals with four or eight years plus experience respectively focused in the AR industry.

Ed Gyurko – IIAR Certified Expert, Former Board Member and Influencer Engagement Manager, Logica (LinkedIn, @edgyurko) one of the first qualifying experts said, “The new IIAR certifications will not only help provide AR professionals with a way of differentiating themselves in the marketplace, but will also help enhance the AR profession overall.”

Ellie Warner – IIAR Certified Expert, Director, Corporate Communications APJ, EMC (LinkedIn, @elliewarner) commented, “The new IIAR certifications are good for AR professionals both as individuals and as a community. They not only provide industry recognition, but also help to increase the knowledge base of the AR professional through the best practice white papers and case studies that have to be completed as part of the assessment.” Continue Reading →

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