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Your Partner Strategy: Partner Types, Requirements and Criteria Review

Impartner

In this installment, we examine ways to help you better understand the types of business partners that exist today, the ones that are best suited to your business, and the best ways to attract their interest.

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Build and Maintain Your Alliance Business Plan From Early Stages Onward

Peter Simoons

Tip 11: Build and Maintain Your Alliance Business Plan from Early Stages Onward. So you and your prospective partner have agreed to enter into an alliance and do business together. Now what? What are you going to do together, and how are you going to do it? These questions will be answered effectively with a business plan.

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Ecosystems, Design, and Glocalization: A Multi-Level Study of Technovation

TIM Review

Business ecosystems form around problems to solve and pain to soothe. James F. Moore. Management scientist, coined “business ecosystems”. Introduction. Business ecosystems are prominent in both theory and practice.

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Building the Boards We Need

Board Source

For almost 30 years, I’ve been part of a sector-wide conversation about the lack of diversity on nonprofit boards and the need to do better. In retrospect, I realize that our initial arguments were grounded primarily in a belief in the importance of representation. We also frequently cited research that demonstrated that diverse groups made better decisions, and argued that as the population was becoming more diverse boards needed to follow suit or risk missing out on large groups of potential b

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING?

Be Partner Ready

As Yogi Berra once said “ if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else ” That’s why the BePartnerReady.com® process starts with setting an intention for corporate partnerships. There’re 3 good reasons to set an intention: 1. Focus. It gets you focused on a clear outcome so you can concentrate all your energy on that, and avoid distractions and so-called ‘opportunities’ that throw you off course.

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Nudging Kids to Their Highest Potential

INSEAD Knowledge

How a top global NGO uses behavioural science to support parents and educators in some of the most challenging contexts.

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Powerlinx: Where Business Meets Business (BmB)

Powerlinx

When we think of B2B business interactions, they usually consist of a one-way street type of relationship. At the very best-case scenario, it involves a business making a commercial transaction with another. But the need for more business collaboration, amid rising pressures to deliver high quality services/products on a timely manner paved the road to a more comprehensive way of doing business, namely the fastest, most efficient of them all.

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21 Partnerships People You Should Follow on LinkedIn

Crossbeam Blog

Beauty brands have influencers, travel destinations have influencers, and, yes, even B2B SaaS partnerships have influencers. ??.

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Video is Critical for Business Continuity and Productivity in a Hybrid Workplace

Frost & Sullivan

Multifunctional, comprehensive video solutions will help businesses build a more connected, collaborative remote workforce, finds Frost & Sullivan. SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 1, 2021 – The pandemic has dramatically and forever changed the role of collaboration technologies in organizations. With video usage expanding by more than 350% compared to the pre?

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How to Build Competitive Channel Programs: Advice from 7 Channel Experts

The tech world is crowded. And that means the stakes for channel management have never been higher. How do you cut through the noise? Are SPIFFs, business plans, and marketing development funds really worth it? Get real-world, boots-on-the-ground insight into what it takes to build a partner relationship management motion that attracts, trains, retains, and motivates the right partners.

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Why Do Innovation Outposts Fail?

INSEAD Knowledge

The steps multinationals can take to create a brokerage environment that fosters innovation.

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On The Three Principles of BmB Opportunities

Powerlinx

Unlocking the full value of two businesses partnering on an opportunity relies mainly on three short, simple and clear principles, which need to be present in order to drive that opportunity towards success, leveraging from the first Business Meets Business (BmB) platform. Construct Synergy. 1 + 1 = 3. When a business works with the right strategic partner, both parties bring something to the table that the other cannot.

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Complimentary access! SiriusDecisions Channel Marketing Strategies Research Brief: Social Media and the B-to-B Channel

Mindmatrix

Social media in b-to-b channels is also experiencing a similar transformation from tactic to strategic game-changer. Today, the average partner receives a barrage of social media offers from suppliers, meaning that channel marketers cannot afford to adopt a shotgun-like approach. In our blog this week, we explain how b-to-b suppliers can better align social media activities to support channel demand creation programs, and contribute to pipeline and revenue growth.

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Top 5 Trends for Environment & Sustainability in 2021

Frost & Sullivan

The theme for World Environment Day – 5 th June 2021 is ecosystem restoration and the day will also celebrate the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. The last 18 months have been the most challenging to society, industry and commerce and as we embark on the path of recovery – the broad consensus is to build back better, stronger and most importantly greener.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Fintech Partnership Series: Defining Joint Solutions

Vantage Partners

You’ve decided you want to build a new solution with another company. Conceptually, you and the partner agree on what each company will bring to the table. Now, you need to define the solution and each company’s contribution at a deep enough level to negotiate a contract. Start by anticipating execution challenges. We can guarantee you one thing — during the duration of the contract, something meaningful (macroeconomic environment, market dynamics, company priorities, the solution itself, the sa

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The Need for Simple and Efficient Solutions in Modern Supply Chain Complexity

Powerlinx

Today’s modern supply chains are not linear, but dynamic and multi-directional – and the digital solutions currently available to supply chain professionals only enhance that fact. The ability to do business overseas via virtual, instantaneous communications has allowed companies over the past few decades to increasingly outsource their production and distribution, leading to lower production costs and higher revenues, all while creating a globalized economy that is more vast and incredibly intr

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The Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned

Planview Blog

Most organizations are on a transformation journey of some kind, including Planview. It can be challenging to expand Agile practices beyond IT and development teams. Planview is committed to helping our customers with this transition and to that end, Chief Product Officer Patrick Tickle and I recently presented a webinar on “ Leading an Agile Transformation.”.

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Digital Service Innovations Power the Global Homes and Buildings Industry Post-COVID-19

Frost & Sullivan

The global H&B industry is expected to reach $1.26 trillion by the end of 2021, an uptick of 2.5%, reveals Frost & Sullivan. Santa Clara, Calif. – June 03, 2021 – Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the global homes and buildings (H&B) industry finds that although the effect of the pandemic was severe in traditional markets such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, and building automation, technology-based software markets flourished.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Ep. 163 – SADA Systems COO, Dana Berg

COO Alliance

Our guest today is COO Alliance Member, Dana Berg the COO of SADA Systems. . As Chief Operating Officer, Dana Berg is driven by the singular mission of identifying and implementing innovative solutions that create competitive advantages for our customers. With over 20 years of experience in the information technology field, he has developed a passion for building and leading high-powered teams that deliver customer-centric services with consistency and quality.

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Digital Transformation in The new Normal Post-COVID

TRG Blog

Digital transformation is not new. It has already started several years ago, way before the COVID-19 pandemic even occurred or the new normal sets in. However, many companies today are still reluctant to embrace such change. There is still the belief that to begin digitising, a company requires big budgets and skillful talents.

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How to Write OKRs: What to Avoid and What Really Works

Planview Blog

One of the biggest challenges that organizations face when adopting the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) system is how to write OKRs. Whether you’re a Planview LeanKit or Agile Program Management solution customer that would like to take advantage of the OKRs functionality we launched recently or you are simply interested in learning more about OKRs, here are some pointers for writing effective Objectives and Key Results.

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Payment Integrity Solutions Enable Healthcare Plans to Optimize Processes and Maximize Returns

Frost & Sullivan

External prepayment processing experts decrease incorrect payments in high-cost inpatient and outpatient facility claims, finds Frost & Sullivan. SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 2, 2021 – Payment integrity solutions are evolving in terms of technology, strategy, and services for higher claim accuracy. As administrative and clinical claims processes become more complicated, nuanced, and costly to navigate, third-party technologies and expertise are needed.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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The Top Ten List that Every Top COO Needs

COO Alliance

When it comes to running a business, a top ten list is what every COO needs. What kind of top ten list, though? Put simply, it’s a list of the core projects you need to get done. It’s built into sections, prioritizing projects in a way that helps you get them done. Here’s how it works: Limiting it to Ten. At your next quarterly or annual strategic planning meeting, consider making a top ten list of the core projects you need to work on.

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Partnership automation is for content creators, too, says FitHealthyMomma Tami Smith

Impact

There’s a lot of research to show that partnership automation helps brands grow by making it possible to scale, diversify, and optimize their partnership programs. But automating partnerships isn’t just smart for brands. It’s also smart for agencies , publishers , and individual content creators, too. In fact, for anyone thinking about diving into the partnership economy as a content creator or blogger, automation can remove some of the most intimidating hurdles.

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Fundamentals of Cloud | Public v Private, SaaS v Hosted, Multitenancy

TRG Blog

No longer a novel technology, cloud is increasingly becoming the mainstay of the modern enterprise IT architecture. Nonetheless, navigating a myriad of cloud-related concepts can still prove challenging.

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Cinemo Receives 2021 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award

Frost & Sullivan

Based on its recent analysis of the global automotive in-vehicle multimedia software market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Cinemo with the 2021 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award for its Cinemo Play Anywhere™ pioneering rear-seat entertainment system. Software-based and hardware agnostic, this multi-seat in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system dramatically changes the passengers experience on any seat of the car.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Top Remote Desktop Software Vendors

Channel Insider

If everyone read the instruction manual for the newest device purchase, the world might be a happier place. Clients would be more informed and capable of solving technical issues, vendors could scale down support centers, and tech forums might become lonely places. In a world where time is money and everyone seems to be on information overload, reading the instruction manual isn’t always an option.

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Tenego Academy Unravels Channel Basics for Any Tech Company Thinking About Partners for the First Time

Impartner

Channel 101 is a new editorial project that covers the basics of channel planning, program creation, partner recruitment and more. Working with Tenego Academy, an Irish company that works with channel practitioners to help them design, build and then manage world-class channel programs, Impartner has created a series of blogs that provide companies of any size or maturity with answers to key questions.

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When Do Managers Have an Information Advantage Over Analysts?

INSEAD Knowledge

The role of network centrality in timing buybacks.

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