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Friday, February 10, 2012
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VOLUME 1
ISSUE 11
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When the market tanks, smart managers take a closer look.
SCIP European Conference, October 16-18, Brussels.
Member’s activities.
The status of CI after 9/11.
SCIP chapter meetings.
When the market tanks, smart manaagers take a closer look
Competitive Financial Intelligence (CFI) Symposium June 27-28, Chicago.
While no one likes what's happening to the US stock market these days, the news offers yet one more reason why financial decisions made on sound intelligence are becoming even more crucial. Attendance at SCIP's CFI symposium at Chicago's O'Hare Airport June27-28 shows how many companies are taking that message to heart.
At press time, the following companies were among those represented: American Council of Life Insurers, American Express, AARP, Asbury Automotive Group, Aventis, Bank of America, Beekley Corporation, The Boeing Company, Cargill Incorporated, CUNA Mutual Group, Cyberworks Japan, Dow Corning, GLAXOSmithKline, Glaxo Wellcome, ING Re, Ipsos-Reid, John Deere, Kaiser Permanente, Ligent, Ortho Biotech Protectoseal Company, Premier Inc, QUALCOMM, Inc., Quick Study Radiology, Rockwell Collins, Snap-on Tools, Vallee SA, Verizon, Williams Communications Group, Wausau Financial Systems, and World Indecome.
If you're interested in registering, go directly to www.scip.org . SCIP is offering a $695 registration rate until June 26. Contact Mike Balog a mbalog@scip.org. Since the conference is only a little over a week away, you'll need to make your hotel reservations at SCIP’s discounted room rate of $169 directly with the O'Hare Marriott by contacting Michael van Akkeren, Event Manager, (773) 714-4202; fax (773) 714-4296.
SCIP European Conference, October 16-18.
If it's Tuesday, this must be Brussels -- and it is! October 16 - 18 is the date and Brussels is the place for this year's SCIP European Conference. More specifically, you'll meet at the Management Centre Europe for three days designed to give you the kind of experience that only SCIP can offer. Yes, there will be expert speakers in a number of fields, and, as you expect from SCIP, you'll get both sound theory and useful practical techniques. And the workshops will address an array of issues.
In addition, this conference features two special sessions created by and for CI professionals. You'll find:
- a full day of open exchange designed to give you the optimum opportunity to learn from your peers, and offer your own wisdom and experience.
- an evening session to give you and your colleagues attending the conference a chance to become part of the future as you assure that SCIP, as the only worldwide membership organization of CI professionals, will be what you need to become even better at what you do.
Go to www.scip.org and register today.
Member activities.
As mentioned in previous issues of SCIP.online, we will be highlighting the activities of SCIP members. Here’s additional information:
Seena Sharp: recently conducted two full-day workshops at the annual Special Libraries Association, June 8 and 9, on "Predictive market intelligence: turn hindsight into roresight." She will also be presenting at the Institute of Food Technologists' annual conference, on "Business Intelligence in the food industry" on June 17; Annual Direct Marketing Association, "Business Intelligence: how to outsmart and outthink your competition" on June 19; and the University of Southern California Entrepreneurial Business Planning, "Business Intelligence for emerging companies: jump out of the starting gate" on June 26.
Bill Weber and Tom Waters: co-authoring an article on CI for Associations for "Executive Update", the magazine of the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, for the September issue.
If you are speaking at a conference, having a paper published, or received any other type of professional recognition, send an email to the editor.
The status of CI after 9/11.
Jerry P. Miller, the director of the Competitive Intelligence Center at Simmons College in Boston, has surveyed 119 competitive intelligence professionals regarding changes in the profession since the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The majority (89%) of respondents work in the U.S. within 26 various industries.
Practitioners have changed the way they collect information. They have noticed that gathering information from corporate Web-sites has become more difficult and people are less willing to share information when interviewed. As a result, some practitioners are going over the gray line to retrieve information.
The heightened awareness about corporate security has affected the way their
responsibilities are defined. They have heightened their security efforts and how they protect proprietary information. Corporate America has increased its use of competitive intelligence for counterintelligence and security topics and are hiring former government intelligence officers to execute their previously unacceptable skills. However, in Europe, 9/11 has had less impact where security had already been an important function, particularly in Germany. Also, 54% have re-examined the legal and ethical issues related to conducting competitive intelligence
The majority reported that research topics have expanded as additional issues are viewed as competitive. However, a major U.S. biotech firm and a major pharmaceuticals firm reported little, if any, changes. Finally, the Anthrax scare impacted the direct mail function in the financial services and consumer package goods industries.
SCIP chapter meetings.
Date: July 17, 2002
Meeting : Predictive Market Intelligence
Chapter: USA - Southern California
Speaker: Seena Sharp, Sharp Market Intelligence.
Copyright 2002 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals.
SCIP.online, volume 1 number 11, June 18, 2002.
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