• WEBINAR: Applying CI to Build Sales Force Effectiveness
  September 5 - 5, 2008
  WEBINAR Drawing on his experience of working as a sales person for Fortune 500 companies as well as his experience in developing CI programs that serve the sales force, Stephen Schulz will describe how sales people apply information in order to make each sale and their expectations for working with CI. He will further describe some of the analysis and insight tools and deliverables you can provide as well as strategies for getting “quick wins” and spotting leadership opportunities to work more effectively with the sales force.
• Training: Fundamentals of Competitive Intelligence
  September 8 - 9, 2008
  This full-day workshop will offer those professionals new to competitive intelligence (CI) a comprehensive introduction to CI. The presenters will develop a working definition of CI and discuss CI ethics. Attendees will learn what primary and secondary resources are available and the techniques necessary to access them. As an attendee, you will also learn how to analyze and manage data effectively once it has been collected. Classes will be held at the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA.
• Training: Starting and Managing a CI Function
  September 10 - 11, 2008
  This two day course is designed to help attendees learn how to develop and implement a CI function that avoids generating more nice-to-know information, and instead helps participants envision, develop, staff, resource, maintain, and, most importantly, benefit from, a CI function that offers true decision-support and insights with the active participation of company decision-makers. Because no two CI functions are alike, it is important that individuals embarking on the development of a CI program learn how to: Build a business case for their company’s new CI function and win executive approval. Identify the unique intelligence requirements of the company and understand how those requirements influence CI function organization, design, placement, and staffing. Learn the unique aspects of managing the CI function, including enforcing legal and ethical guidelines and measuring the CI function’s value. Course attendees will leave with a sound basis for developing a CI function for their companies that will allow them to avoid common mis-steps, and design a function that reflects their companies’ unique needs and circumstances. Please note: Participants will need to bring note-taking paper, pens and highlighters to class.
• Toronto Chapter Meeting
  September 11, 2008
  Participants will learn how to assess the landscape of the industry they compete in to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities.
• Iowa Chapter Meeting
  September 11, 2008
  How can CI professionals leverage networking technologies to find intelligence and contact customers, distributors, suppliers, and peers?
• Chicago Chapter Meeting
  September 15, 2008
  
• Wisconsin Chapter & AMA Joint Full Day Workshop
  September 17, 2008
  
• SCIP Italia Meeting
  September 18, 2008
  
• Greater DC Chapter Planning Meeting
  September 18, 2008
  
• Dallas Fort Worth Chapter Meeting
  September 24, 2008
  
• St. Louis Chapter Meeting
  October 2, 2008
  Competitive Intelligence has been used for years in large companies that have the resources to hire full-time staff and consultants to perform the service.
• Atlanta Chapter Meeting
  October 14, 2008
  
• WEBINAR: Increasing Your Intelligence ROI
  October 14 - 14, 2008
  There is a wealth of information from SCIP and other sources about the “how to” of CI – tools, techniques, sources. But what about the “why to”? More and more, CI professionals are being asked to provide hard evidence that what they do is directly creating value for the organization. In this webinar, we’ll explore some ways to approach this problem.
• Puget Sound Chapter Meeting
  October 16, 2008
  
• SCIP Iowa Chapter & SLA Joint Meeting
  October 31, 2008
  

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• Competitive intelligence
  When I was informed that my primary task at ReadyTalk would be garnering competitive intelligence (CI) for the web conferencing industry, I was intrigued by the idea but did not know what to expect. To my surprise I discovered that CI is much bigger than I had imagined. It is a multibillion market and with today's ever changing business environment it is as important as ever. (blog) Paul Newpher, August 27, 2008. More >
• Competitive intelligence analysis: Google Insights for search
  Insights for Search is one of the most awesome research tools you'll use. In the final post in this series we cover Google Insights from Search and go back to good old keywords and mining search behavior by our customers to find actionable insights. (blog) Avinash Kaushik, August 27, 2008 More >
• CI oversight - paranoia and limits
  There is a great "conversation" going on in the Competitive Intelligence world over the ethical requirements that law firms should require their CI professionals to uphold. CI professionals in the legal environment usually hit the "ethical" line long before they hit the "legal" line when it comes to CI information gathering. (blog) Greg Lambert, August 25, 2008 More >
• Evaluation of competitive intelligence effectiveness
  Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG Ltd) proposed migration from market research to business intelligence with special emphasis on competitor intelligence. Evaluation of the effectiveness of CI also utilizes the implementation and application used by Shell. (content may not be original) (blog) N.A. August 25, 2008 More >
• Getting comparative intelligence, analytics and business strategy the sneaky way
  In my role I look at a lot of Government websites. Most of our niches have public bodies overseeing them and you can get everything from digital strategy documents, linking strategy, and development plans onto analytics data. (blog) Rob Bothan, August 25, 2008 More >
• Time to get into the competition
  Long-term visionary planning involves strong competitive analysis, a rigorous understanding of your particular marketplace and its future, an even more rigorous understanding of what consumer or business problem you're solving and a thorough knowledge of what the end game is. (article) Tony Wanless, August 25, 2008 More >
• What are lawyers' limits?
  Competitive intelligence (CI) is a systematic method of collecting and analyzing information on individuals, business entities and competitors. Evidence shows that law firms are taking CI seriously. More law firms are hiring professionals trained in the gathering and use of CI, and at least one vendor offers a software program that compiles legal, financial and business content combined with tools to create informative and tactical reports. Much has been written in the business world about the ethical obligations in the gathering and use of CI. But what about the legal world? To what ethical principles should lawyers adhere? (article) Melissa Ruman Stewart, August 25, 2008 More >
• Business, listening strategically
  Competitive intelligence, is a systematic process for monitoring sources and gathering information. That information is aggregated, processed to bring out the important points, and distributed to others who can use it to make decisions. The final step in the strategic listening chain is to provide feedback to those who provided raw information, and to get feedback from those who used the processed information (or intelligence) we provided. (blog) Robert Abbott, August 24, 2008 More >
• Paranoia and law firm CI
  Although I appreciate and sympathize with these discomforts, I cannot support the conceit that lawyers and their employees will behave professionally and appropriately only when their good taste, common sense, and morals are even more highly regulated by local state bar associations. (blog) Ann Lee Gibson, August 24, 2008 More >
• Best of intelligence insights: part 1
  One of the temptations in the intelligence field and many other disciplines or activities is the desire to constantly discover more and learn more. I thought it was a good time to review and state what are in my opinion the best intelligence insights I have come across so far. (blog) Joseph D'Andrea, August 23, 2008 More >