New SCIP CI Partner Program.
SCIP is pleased to introduce a new affiliation program, the SCIP CI Partner Program. The Partner program is designed to provide special recognition and special benefits to product and service provider firms and organizations that actively participate in and expand the CI community, as well as foster the Society's objectives. The SCIP CI partner program is a major step forward in creating a working partnership to bring CI, SCIP and SCIP CI Partners into the forefront of the greater business community. Check the CI Partner Program web page for more detailed information or call us (703-739-0696) and we will be glad to answer your questions.
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Have you placed your CIM reference directory order?
Placement in the CI reference directory is a must for every firm that sells to the CI market. All SCIP members located around the globe will receive this pull-out section in their regular July/August issue of CI Magazine. Thousands of CI professionals will have your company information at their fingertips. (See a sample layout.) To place an entry for your company, go to the SCIP website and click on the big red "CI Directory" box. Orders must be placed by June 27. Cost? US $199. Questions? Contact Carolina Olivieri.
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Feeding the CI monster with Nexcerpt.
by Krista Bradford
“Feeding the monster” is a phrase used by reporters to describe the process of generating enough stories to feed the insatiable daily news cycle and to keep their bosses satisfied. A similar beast can be found in the world of CI and any failure to feed him early and often places your CI practice and your client at risk. The reasons for issuing frequent, if not daily, intelligence bulletins are many. There is a way to offer intelligence in the here-and-now by using a remarkably simple yet elegant web-based information retrieval and publishing service called Nexcerpt.
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The intelligent use of business analysis.
SCIP European Conference
by Carolina Olivieri
How global are you? Join some of Europe’s brightest business minds at the SCIP European Conference, The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis, from 22-24 October 2003 at the Thistle Tower Hotel in London, UK. SCIP’s European conference will provide a unique forum for individuals to discuss how CI is collected, analyzed, and utilized, and to improve business decisions.
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Intellectual property protection.
by Amy Zecher
Why is there a strong link between competitive intelligence and intellectual property? Intellectual property (IP) is considered any intangible asset that consists of human knowledge and ideas. For some companies over the past several years, IP has become one of their most valuable assets. But IP has also become more visible, especially in the courts. Having a CI team that can conduct due diligence for a company has become extremely important, especially in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors.
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Annual conference call for papers.
by Jon Lowder
In the next few weeks SCIP will be launching a Call for Papers for the 2004 International Conference and Exhibition to be held in Boston, MA, USA on March 22-25, 2004. The theme for this conference is "CI is the Future." The final stages are being completed and the proposal form will be on the SCIP website shortly. If you are interested in submitting a proposal and would like to be personally notified when the process is open, please send an email to Jon Lowder at jlowder@scip.org with the subject "Call for Papers Notification."
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Patinformatics: identifying haystacks from space, part 2.
by Anthony Trippe
Part 1 looked at the general idea of patinformatics and discussed various elements of the intelligence cycle with regards to patent analysis. Part 2 focuses on data and text mining as they apply to patents and present some thoughts on a linear workflow for patinformatics.
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CriticalEYE subscription discount.
SCIP has finalized its affiliation with CriticalEYE: the Corporate Intelligence magazine for Europe, bringing the strategy process to life with dynamic articles and case studies in all industry sectors from internationally recognized contributors. This affiliation provides a 20% subscription discount for SCIP members (please quote promotion code SCIP001) available until the end of July 2003. CriticalEYE provides an insight of the value intelligence can bring to the strategic decision making process with dynamic content and case studies, to enable you to further illustrate, to those outside of Competitive Intelligence, the value your profession brings to a business. For more information, visit either the SCIP website or www.criticaleye.net.
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Book review: Google Hacks.
by Russ Singletary
This new book, on what is arguably the best search engine, is timely for those of us with clients grown adept at self-service Internet research. Calishain and Dornfest present “100 industrial-strength tips and tools” to unearth the gems hidden within the Google mine.
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FYI: new and notable.
by Bonnie Hohhof
Internet resources:
- Search engines: news and updates.
- Internet sites with information you can use.
- New products.
- Searching reviews and tips.
- General readings of interest.
- Articles mentioning CI.
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