Events

Comfortable Networking Techniques That Will Make Your Career

June Event Review: “Comfortable Networking Techniques That Will Make Your Career” with Theresa Lina Stevens, founder and president, Lina Group Inc. By Geoff Anderson The June SVPMA monthly event was about 75 minutes of an engaging presentation and discussion on the topic of networking, something that is essential to helping you grow throughout your career,…
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Product Management for the Internet of Things (IoT)

May Event Review: “Product Management for the Internet of Things (IoT)” with Daniel Elizalde, Founder of TechProductManagement By Dan Galatin Daniel Elizalde presented a fascinating talk on what it takes to manage products for the Internet of Things at the May 3rd meeting of the SVPMA.  There is a tremendous amount of hype surrounding IoT,…
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Workshop – Making Your Professional Reputation Shine

April 2017 WorkshopMaking Your Professional Reputation ShineJamie Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer at NetskopeResources:Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk on body languageDeborah Gruenfeld’s talk#Workshop #Communication #Tools #Leadership #Thought_Leadership #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Marketing #Org #Strategy #Growth

Owning and Expanding Your Executive Presence

April Event Review: “Owning and Expanding Your Executive Presence” with JD Schramm, Ed.D., Class of 1978 Lecturer, Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business By Vinesh Thakur How do we identify a leader?  Why would we spend time and money just to hear him/her talk?  What is it that makes them different?  In the April…
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Storytelling for Maximum Influence: How to Tell Great Stories that Will Enroll Stakeholders in Your Product Vision

March Event Review: “Storytelling for Maximum Influence: How to Tell Great Stories That Will Enroll Stakeholders in Your Product Vision” with Dan Kimble, CEO of Resonance Executive Coaching By Geoff Anderson The session began with an exercise: first turn to your neighbor and articulate something you are passionate about (it could be anything).  The second step…
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Advocacy Marketing and its Value to Product Management

February Event Review: “Advocacy Marketing and its Value to Product Management” with Dan Lindblom, Board of Directors at Customer Stories By Vinesh Thakur We live in a commodity driven business world that is run by social media.  Every purchase on Amazon is dictated by customer reviews and star ratings associated with every profile.  This business…
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Rules for Disrupting Sleepy Markets

January Event Review: “Rules for Disrupting Sleepy Markets” with Guru Chahal, VP of Products at Avi Networks By Dan Galatin Guru Chahal gave an informative presentation steeped with knowledge from practical experience at the January 11th meeting of the SVPMA.  Somewhat unusually for this type of talk, Guru’s focus was not on how to launch…
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Meeting Archives 2016

Meeting Archives 2016 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 2020 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000…
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Minimum Lovable Products

December Event Review: “Minimum Lovable Products” with Glen Lipka, Head of Magic (PM/UX) at Engagio By Vinesh Thakur At the December 7th session of SVPMA, Glen Lipka, Head of Magic (PM/UX) at Engagio talked about what it means to make a product “Lovable.”  Glen has had the opportunity to build a product from scratch multiple times,…
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Guest Post: How do you become a Chief Product Officer?

By Peter Franks Of all the C-level functions, the Chief Product Officer role is one of the newest and most important.  Within my own headhunting career, the role has emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the searches we are most frequently asked to undertake.