Events

Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures

February Event Review: “Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures” with Dan Roam, Founder and President of Digital Roam Inc. by Dan Galatin February 2013 Dan Roam, Founder and President of Digital Roam Inc., presented at the February 6th meeting of the SVPMA.  Dan discussed and demonstrated how we can quickly and easily visualize the essentials…
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5 Easy Steps to Make Your Customer Communications 30 to 50% More Influential

 By Michael Cannon We have all seen the research reports from IDG, AMA, etc. that say about 50% of our customer communications, content and sales conversations, are not relevant to their needs, and that over 50% of the content Marketing

“Improving Products – Synergies from Business Development and Product Management”

“Improving Products – Synergies from Business Development and Product Management” with 1)An Le, VP Business Development, Yammer, 2)Ani Chaudhuri, Entrepreneur & Founder/CEO, Whodiniand 3)Blaine Mathieu, Chief Product Officer, Mindjet. Moderator, Timm Hoyt, Head of Strategic Alliances, Brocade. By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah January 2013 Event This month’s event featured a three-person panel that had experience working with…
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Focusing on the End User: Product Management and User Experience: From Actuation Consulting’s ProdBOK® Series. This is part one of a two part interview.

By Greg Geracie As Editor-in-Chief for The Product Management and Marketing Body of Knowledge (ProdBOK) I have the privilege to work closely with many of the leading minds within product management and across the adjoining disciplines. Today I want to share a recent conversation I had with Rich Gunther, president of the User Experience Professionals…
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Meeting Archives 2012

Meeting Archives 2012 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 20202019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 DecemberCreating…
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Lean Resources and Grand Ambitions: The Danger of Wearing Multiple Hats (on Product Development Teams)

By Greg Geracie In the recent Study of Product Team Performance©, 2012 we asked survey respondents what role they played in their organization. We then asked if they were playing multiple roles on the product team. The actual question was “If you play multiple roles, which best describes your secondary role?”

Creating New Products – A Case Study on Application of Proven Principles that Work

“Creating New Products – A Case Study on Application of Proven Principles that Work” with Alexander Cowan, CTO, Leonid Systems By Cindy F. Solomon December 2012 Event At the December 5, 2012 meeting of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association meeting held at Tech Mart in Santa Clara, Alexander Cowan, CTO, Leonid Systems presented “Creating…
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Product Management: Lessons Learned in the Trenches

Product Management: Lessons learned in the trenches with 1) Alan Lewis, Principal Product Manager, Move.com, 2) Darayush Mistry, Sr. Director of Product Management, Salesforce.com and 3) Miriam Geller, Director of Product Management, Yahoo! Mail. Moderator, Mike Freier, President, SVPMA and Product Management Consulting Group By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah November 2012 Event SVPMA’s Monthly event featured a…
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Gamification – more than just points, badges and leaderboards!

By Lesley Brownlie Gamification is becoming a much more common business practice. The definition of gamification is intentionally broad since there are many different ways of incorporating game design thinking and techniques into non-game contexts. Gamification can be applied to: · external business processes (customer engagement) · internal business engagement (employee productivity) · personal behavior…
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Marketing the Experience: Applying Product Management Concepts to Services and Events

“Marketing the Experience: Applying Product Management Concepts to Services and Events” with Dr. Juan P. Montermoso, President at Montermoso Associates  By Dan Galatin October 2012 Event Juan Montermoso, President at Montermoso Associates and Professor of Practice in Marketing at Santa Clara University, presented at the October 3rd meeting of the SVPMA.  Dr. Montermoso discussed new elements…
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