The Future of Competitive Intelligence: March 4th webinar.

Michael Balog. mbalog@scip.org

The next webinar in the SCIP series will be held on March 4^th with Jan P. Herring presenting The Future of Competitive Intelligence. Jan, a SCIP meritorious award winner and former director of Motorola’s CI unit, will discuss the 10 major forces of change that will shape the CI discipline over the next decade. The likely outcome is something that we all will have stake in and, with some forethought and concerted action, we can positively influence that future. This webinar's cost is $99 for SCIP members.

By participating in this webinar you will:

• Learn about the major forces-of-change shaping our profession's future.
• Understand how those forces are likely to impact your job and organization.
• Identify actions that you might take to prepare for CI's new future.

To enhance the professional development of members, SCIP is offering this series of web seminars (webinars) that will challenge members with new thoughts, provide insights for using traditional tools and methods, and allow for professional development right from the member’s desk.


Jan P. Herring

Jan P. Herring is a recognized expert in the discipline of business intelligence and a frequent speaker at SCIP functions. He is a founding SCIP member, Fellow and 1993 recipient of the Society’s highest award, the Meritorious Award, for his contribution to both SCIP and the discipline. Mr. Herring is also the first recipient of the Faye Brill Service Award for his many years of direct and extraordinary support for SCIP.

Jan’s professional experience includes developing and managing Motorola’s highly acclaimed intelligence program, designing and assisting NutraSweet in creating its very successful program, and, in his earlier career, setting up the US Government’s first business intelligence operation. He now has his own consulting firm, Herring & Associates, which assists intelligence professionals set up and manage their own business intelligence systems, as well as improve their existing intelligence operations.


Details and logistics

The first showing of The Future of Competitive Intelligence will take place on Tuesday, March 4^th, 2003 at 2:00 EST.

For your organization to take full advantage of the SCIP webinar series, we suggest a “Lunch and Learn” approach. Gather your colleagues, meet in the conference room, and learn together. You can easily connect a projector to your computer and allow several employees to benefit from this online professional development opportunity. After the presentation, use the discussion questions to create a dialogue that will help you apply the webinar’s key topics to your organization’s needs.

Members can attend the first showing of this webinar for $99 if they register before close of business (COB) EST on March 3^rd, 2003. Individuals who participate in this first showing not only get a great deal, they have an opportunity to add to the content of the program by asking questions of the presenter that will later be distributed to the audience on a CD. After March 3rd, the price of the webinar will be $149.

Members can register for this webinar by signing up on the SCIP website or directly through Conference Archives. Each of the webinars will be captured digitally and will be available to members via the web or through an optional CD.

Copyright 2003 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, www.scip.org

scip.online, issue 26, February 24, 2003