FYI: new and noteworthy.
 

• Taking the next step: CI at the forefront, SCIP’s European Conference.
• 2003 award nominations.
• SCIP home page in German.
• Member activities.
• Growing the CI function within your organization. 
• International Spy Museum opens to the public.
• Fall Academy of Competitive Intelligence scholarship deadline.

 
 
 
Taking the next step: CI at the forefront, SCIP’s European Conference.

The web page for the SCIP European conference is now up. This three day conference includes a unique combination of workshops, presentations, and a moderated open exchange among your CI peers. Join presenters from Israel, Switzerland, Canada, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, UK, and South Africa for this unique blend of international CI communication.

The SCIP European Conference committee has created a concept that offers the best of what has been a rich educational tradition -- great workshops, first-rate speakers -- and added two exciting new elements. First, on Thursday evening the European platform session is structured to allow you and your colleagues in the competitive intelligence world an opportunity to exchange ideas on the future of the profession and how you see SCIP's role in that profession. Then, the entire session on Friday is devoted to an open exchange on a list of important issues. It's your chance to hear from experts, yes, and at the same time to have your specific questions answered in an arena of open exchange. Be ready for a new kind of learning that is at once exciting and practical -- a session by and for CI professionals from all industries and in all kinds of jobs. http://www.scip.org/brussels

 
2003 award nominations
 
All SCIP members have the privilege of nominating individuals for the Meritorious, Fellows, and Catalyst awards. Now is the time to start thinking of a deserving fellow SCIP member who should be nominated for one of these awards. Descriptions are posted at http://www.scip.org/about/awcrit.asp .
 
 
SCIP home page in German.
 
The SCIP home page now sports three flags on the upper right corner. They link to a German language SCIP home page.
 

Member activities  

Ken Sawka is now President of Shearwater Consulting, ksawka@shearwaterconsulting.com.
 
Matthew Blagg has published an article ‘Know your market” which describes the advantages of CI, in RealDeals Online, a leading venture capital magazine. http://www.emeaconsulting.com/News/Real_Deals.pdf
 
 
Growing the CI function within your organization  

Inmagic is sponsoring a free online seminar ‘Growing the CI Function Within Your Organization’ on August 7^th at 1:00 pm EST. Led by Richard MacRae, President and founder of Mc3 Intel and former information officer for the Canadian Armed Forces, this seminar will show you how, through a combination of long-term strategies and short-term tactical initiatives, competitive intelligence will help improve an organization’s bottom line and improve your visibility in your organization.
 
Topics covered include:
- Identify the key obstacles to longer-term competitive intelligence buy-in.
- Assess what CI products and projects work.
- Balance strategic (decision support) intelligence with tactical (sales support) intelligence.
- Successfully plan and execute effective and efficient CI projects.
- Measure and track your CI ROI.
- Publicizing your CI’s ROI in your organization to gain executive visibility.
 
The web link for this seminar is http://www.inmagic.com/ci/260


International Spy Museum opens to the public.

Check out the cool website of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC www.spymuseum.org. It’s worth sitting through the introduction. The museum opened its doors to the public on 19 July 2002 and has triggered considerable publicity.
See CNN's AP News coverage at:  http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/07/15/spy.museum.ap/index.html
Also see. http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/13/spy.museum/index.html. 
 

Fall Academy of Competitive Intelligence scholarship deadline.

ACI has announced the availability of a scholarship for the Fall 2002 semester. The ACI scholarship is designed to help currently unemployed CI professionals looking to advance their careers in this field by enabling them to complete the full 9 course ACI certification program. For further information on the ACI scholarship, please visit www.academyci.com/News/scholarship.html. The spring scholarship was awarded to Ruth Castleberry, who competed with applicants from around the world.