Category: Monthly Meetings

Be the Product Go-To: How to Build a Personal Reputation for Distinctive Value

Join us online for an insightful talk by Theresa Lina, author of Be the Go-To. Discover a powerful four-step strategy to build a distinctive personal brand that will help you stand out and become highly valued in your field as a product professional. Don’t miss this chance to level up your impact! Date/Time: Wednesday, April 16,…
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Mastering Discovery for Product Success: Beyond the Requirements List

Join us online on Wednesday, March 12th at 7pm PST for an engaging talk presented by Paul Pearce, President – Americas, Great Demo! as we discover powerful strategies to uncover key business needs and drive successful, game-changing tech products. Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7pm PST online Speaker: Paul Pearce, President, Americas, Great Demo!…
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How to Tell a Product Story That Sticks, Featuring Author Donna Griffit

The Silicon Valley Product Management Association (SVPMA) invites you to an evening of networking and insights on product storytelling from author and story expert Donna Griffit.  Enjoy hors d’oeuvres while socializing and learning with fellow members of the extended product management community – product managers, sales and marketing executives, software engineers, industry thought leaders and…
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Harnessing Generative AI for Next-Gen Product Design with David Beach, Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Gen AI Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Founder at Cognittex

Harnessing Generative AI for Next-Gen Product Design with David Beach, Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Gen AI Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Founder at Cognittex Date/Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7pm PST (online via EventBrite/Zoom) Summary: Generative AI is transforming product design by enhancing ideation, accelerating prototyping, and optimizing user experience testing to…
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Career Insights from the 2024 PM Skills Benchmark Report w/ Rina Alexin, CEO of Productside

“The role of the product manager has evolved to influence every aspect of making a product successful.” ~ MCKINSEY REPORT; The Product Management Talent Dilemma Since 2018, Productside has been conducting a global survey to examine the skill levels of Product Managers across 15 dimensions and to create the Product Management Skills Benchmark report. In…
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In-Person Fireside Chat, Networking & Social Co-Hosted by Nium

In-Person Fireside Chat, Networking, and Social, Co-Hosted by Nium NOTE: Video is still being processed. (Not available yet). Join us for an evening of hors d’oeuvres, networking, and insights on AI trends and other topics in San Francisco for a fireside chat featuring three esteemed product leaders:  Abhijit Thosar: Head of Research and Design for…
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How to Decide Whether to Build, Buy, Partner, or Acquire presented by Grant W. Hunter, Co-Founder and COO, Product Growth Leaders

Building new products or new product features in-house may or may not be the right choice. There are other options, including buying the capabilities, partnering with another company, or even acquiring altogether. How do you decide? Which factors should you take into consideration beyond a pure cost comparison? In this session, we will define each…
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5 Essential Habits for Accelerating Your Product Development presented by John Sadler, Principal at TCGen and former VP/GM at Agilent Technologies

In this talk, we will explore five essential habits that can significantly accelerate product development cycles. Drawing from transformative prior work as a senior executive at Fortune 500 firm Agilent Technologies, John Sadler emphasizes the importance of continuous customer contact, prioritizing quality and cadence over scope, maintaining integration throughout the development process, fostering psychological safety…
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Product Prioritization the Correct Way presented by Saeed Khan, Founder of Transformation Labs

What do you do when everyone wants everything everywhere all at once?  How do you decide what enhancements and even bugs (since not all are deal breakers) to focus on and in what sequence?  Feature prioritization is a key activity in Product Management.  But when the topic of prioritization comes up, many people don’t actually…
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Product Planning for a v1.0 With Zero Existing Customers with Mahesh Ramachandran, VP, Product Management, OpsRamp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

It’s one thing to plan and launch new products for a market and customer base you know well and that is eagerly anticipating your new offering. What do we need to do differently when starting with a blank slate and no customers at all? Plenty, it turns out. And who better to educate us than…
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