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ALIGNING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEAM TO SOLVE A HEALTHCARE CUSTOMER’S LONG- STANDING PAIN POINT

Strategic Account Management Association

Pfizer is the winner of the 2021 SAMA Excellence Award for “Innovative Value Co-Creation.” The winners of the 2022 Excellence Awards will be announced at the SAMA Annual Conference May 23-25 in New Orleans. By Emily Williams, Strategic Account Manager , Pfizer.

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10 Trends – Annual International Marketing Benchmark by PM Forum and Meridian West

Red Star Kim

Over 70% anticipate a downturn in the economy in 2023 compared to 2022, but respondents believe that professional services will be more resilient than other sectors. I’m surprised at inward looking nature of the highest-ranked factors and how low both technology and innovation appear to be on firms’ agendas. The figures were 2.3%

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Flow Metrics for the Win — Planview Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™ on Value Stream Management

Planview

Category creation can be a long, winding, and rewarding road. Then I put two-and-two together and noticed that Carey was the daughter of Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber and excitedly took the call. My first experience with it was back in 2006 when I took a call from Carey Schwaber of Forrester. At the time, I was a Ph.D.

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Nurture a change management movement – From “Let it go” to “Let it grow”

Red Star Kim

Some tactics for engaging employees on the change journey : Co-create a vision Explain the challenge or the opportunity. Particularly asking “How will this affect me?”. Lewin, an early writer on individual change, talked about the need to “unfreeze” people from the way they usually behave. So we can engage emotions.

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Rethinking Budgeting: Key Takeaways From the 2023 GFOA Conference and Who to Follow

Envisio

The overall focus at this year’s GFOA Annual Conference in Portland was on adopting innovation and growth mindsets. The creation of the white paper was also informed by leading local government practitioners at the ICMA 2022 Annual Conference and in collaboration with the GFOA. “We There is no perfect place to start.

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Top 50 Customer Success Influencers 2022

SmartKarrot

Here’s our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers list for 2022 celebrating the inspiring visionaries and trailblazers who are helping shape the field and its future evolution. So, without further ado, here’s SmartKarrot’s Top 50 Customer Success Influencers for 2022 (presented in no particular order). Lincoln Murphy. Sue Nabeth Moore.

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Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum

Red Star Kim

Providing regular research updates about contacts, organisations and sectors can help identify topics for discussions and innovative ideas. Some firms provide templates of different types of KAM meeting types.