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Text Box: August 09 Newsletter

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Text Box: Inside this issue: ILPMA August event New job offerings This month’s article: “win/loss analysis” Upcoming local/global events Text Box: Contact us: editor@ILPMA.org www.ILPMA.org

Upcoming Global/Local events:

 

Oracle Agile PLM

September 8, Ramat Ilan

 http://www.systematics.co.il/hebrew/events/conference/agile2009/Oracle-AgilePLM2009conf.html

 

O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo

September 8, Washington

http://www.gov2expo.com/gov2expo2009


In-novation
September 13, Avenue, Ben Gurion airport
http://conventions.themarker.com/kenes.asp?rId=232

World Innovation Summit
September 14, Tel Aviv
http://www.worldinnovationsummit.com/

The 13th Annual Journey Conference 2009

September 15, Tel Aviv

http://www.journey.co.il/

 

Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference

September 21-23, Portland, Oregon

http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/MNBC/

 

BIOTECHNICA 2009

October 6-8, Hanover, Germany

http://www.biotechnica.de/homepage_e

 

Jeff Pulver’s 140 Characters Conference
October 7-9, Tel Aviv
http://140conf.com/

5th Annual European PLM Summit

October 15, Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany

http://www.plmsummit.com/

 

The Life Sciences & Healthcare Venture Summit
October 27, New York
http://www.youngstartup.com/lifesciences09/index.php

 

PDMA 33rd annual international conference
October 31 – November 4, Anaheim, California
http://conference.pdma.org/

 

Business of Software 2009
November 9-11, San Francisco
http://www.businessofsoftware.org/

Watec Israel 2009

November 17-19, Tel Aviv

http://www.watec-israel.com/


Know about a global/local events that can be useful for ILPMA members? This is the place to promote these events!!!
Please send the event details to: editor@ILPMA.org
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· Product Manager/Marketer - LavieTimetech (16/8/09)

· Director Product Line Manager—Communitech (HR) (3/8/09)

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ILPMA August event


In our last event, Nir Gordon from SIT Company presented the SIT method for innovation.
Here is the link to the wonderful video demonstrating the disadvantages of a focus group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4Ugw0lQ4Q

For your convenient, Nir’s presentation is available in our website at: http://ilpma.org/Past events.html
Text Box: Call for speakers: Are you interesting to present in our next events? Have an interesting story from your professional experience? Please send your presentation abstract to: editor@ILPMA.org.

This month article:

Win/Loss Analysis: A Proven Program for Winning More Business
By Richard M. Schroder, August 17, 2009

 

Have you ever wondered what you could do in order to “win” a sale? How your competitor acted differently, and why did you lose?
A win/loss analysis enables you to understand the reasons and actions led to that situation by interviewing independent third party prospects after buying decision has been made.


Richard M. Schroder is president of Anova Consulting Group, a market research and consulting firm focuses on performing win/loss analysis for companies in the financial and HR services industries.

 “Win/loss analysis offers companies a significant accumulative advantage over the competition, the benefits of which can grow substantially over time. By committing to a continuous and unbiased prospect feedback loop that can be shared with all areas of an organization, companies can more accurately make enhancements at all levels.”

Read the full article here.