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Less Marketing, More Consulting — How To Win Projects Within Your Network with Stuart Friedman: Podcast #19

Consulting Success

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

Projects have ranged from database management and data survey to impact assessment and market research. These students coordinate the activities of five innovators while reporting to the Director of Operations on the Executive Board.

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Charlie the Farmer; Do What You Do Best

Martinka Consulting

They have 10 large greenhouses, acres of crops, and quite a few employees, in their year-round operation. In the summer they work the farmers market circuit, selling thousands of pounds of produce a day. Farmers go to University seminars and those seminars are always three years behind what the farmers are doing every day.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for? In 1987, ZS was employed by a large U.S.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The program of the event includes seminars, interactive panel sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities. The attendees of the event will have a chance to explore the recent trends and changes in applying conversational AI within the European market. You can check the list of participants on the event’s website.

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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

Harvard Business

At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. Let’s go back to our seminar list and take one of the responses: “achieve $100m net revenue.”

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How Businesses Are Reducing Their Energy Costs and Building Resilience - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS

Harvard Business

A Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report, sponsored by Siemens in conjunction with a national series of seminars focused on energy innovation, found that approximately 90 percent of executives feel significant pressure to reduce their energy spend, and more than 80 percent said fluctuating energy prices are a challenge.

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