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Friday, February 10, 2012
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ISSUE 31
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Bring Order to Data Chaos
QL2 Software tools and solutions locate and extract information from unstructured data sources - the Web, email, on-line information services, internal documents - to support business activity monitoring, competitive intelligence, business intelligence, and knowledge management applications. Click here for a free proof of concept.
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Practical professional development.
by Carolina Olivieri
Are you at the peak of your professional power? Can you demonstrate the value of intelligence for your organization? If you can't answer yes to these questions, then it's time to sign up for SCIP's Summer Symposia today. This is going to be a truly exceptional peer-driven learning experience. You will work in a challenging group environment, leveraging the knowledge of your peers, and be guided by industry experts.
Choose from Sales and Marketing, Strategy and Planning, and Intelligence Dissemination and KM. If you sign up for more than one session, the savings are significant: $795 (one), $1,395 (two); and $1,895 (three). This includes all course materials and meals (breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, and dinner).
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The seven deadly sins of business war games, part 1.
by Mark Chussil
With business war games, strategists rapidly uncover opportunities and threats that they otherwise would not have seen. Although these benefits are available, they are not guaranteed. Here are the first of 'seven sins of business war games' that you should avoid as you select and deploy your own business war games.
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Networking for CI career buoyancy.
A new SCIP webinar.
As an intelligence professional, you need many core competencies to be successful on the job. One key behavior stands above the rest to ensure your long term career buoyancy in the intelligence profession: personal influence, the ability to communicate with purpose, or better known as networking. In the May 15 SCIP webinar, you will learn about networking techniques, habits and behaviors.
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Promoting business use of CI.
Partnering with the business community.
SCIP’s business development committee met recently with several CI companies to identify how SCIP can create a stronger partnership with the vendor community. This group discussion focused on our shared interest in promoting the effective use and adoption of CI within the greater business community, as well as providing the best value possible to SCIP members. A commitment has been made to improve collaboration with CI vendor companies to achieve these goals.
We would like to hear from you! If you have any ideas or suggestions that would enhance the SCIP/vendor partnership, please send an email to Diane Giese, Chair of the Business Development Committee and Patti Steele. We welcome your participation and assistance with this SCIP initiative.
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Breaking down the barriers of information scale and complexity.
by Grey Coyle
The sheer volume and complexity of information now being produced presents an increasingly difficult task: locating the precise data needed and then extracting maximum value from the results presented, in an efficient and effective manner. Online information providers are now subscribing to tools that break down the barriers of scale and complexity by delivering CI information in a visual format that is easy to view and navigate.
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Pull-out directory in CI magazine.
by Carolina Olivieri
The July/August issue of CI magazine will feature a focused pull-out insert directory of select CI product and service providers. This directory will contain 'business card-type' entries organized by subject that can be pulled out of the magazine and keep at your desk as a handy reference tool.
For CI suppliers, thousands of CI professionals will have your company information at their fingertips with this reference section. To be a part of this listing, contact Bonnie Hohhof at bhohhof@scip.org. For only $199, join the CI Magazine Directory and target your customers today!
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Extracting CI from investor conference calls.
by Mark Coker
At least once per quarter, publicly traded companies hold earnings conference calls with analysts and investors to discuss recent results and future expectations. This guide provides a simple checklist of ten actionable tips to help CI professionals gain the most benefit from their conference call attendance.
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Patinformatics: identifying haystacks from space.
by Anthony Trippe
Information researchers, especially technical intelligence professionals, find themselves being asked to look at the bigger patent picture. Instead of trying to identify a single grain of sand on a vast beach, business decision makers are asking researchers to identify trends and provide general overviews. Patinformatics describes the science of analyzing patent information to discover relationships and trends, which would be difficult to see when working with patent documents on a one-on-one basis.
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FYI: new and notable.
by Bonnie Hohhof
Search engines: news and updates.
Internet sites with information you can use.
New products.
Searching reviews and tips.
General readings of interest.
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Advertise in scip.online.
Place your hot-linked 75 word ad in one of the most-viewed CI publications available. Graphic included. Contact Bonnie Hohhof for details.
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