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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 149  
In This Issue
SCIP 2009 Board Election Results
Success! A great start for the first annual Women’s CI and Leadership Symposium
Honor those who have made a difference
Exhibitors: Gear up for SCIP 2009!
Participate in Member-Get-A-Member 2009!
SCIP Announces Upcoming Education Events
Chapter News
Board to Receive JCIM Report in December
CI News Tops 500
Opportunity to Provide Online Education
FYI: New and Notable
SCIP 2009 Board Election Results
by Ken Garrison

SCIP would like to announce the results of the 2009 Board Election.
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Success! A great start for the first annual Women’s CI and Leadership Symposium
by Ellen Naylor

This was a truly unique SCIP event. I have never experienced so much sharing and interaction--even at a local chapter meeting. We had about 30 attendees, including speakers so we were an intimate group.
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Honor those who have made a difference
Nominations are open for SCIP’s 2009 awards program
by Erik Glitman

Please take a moment to consider those among your colleagues in the field of competitive intelligence that have made a difference: contributed articles, presentations, volunteered for a SCIP sponsored professional development program, developed a local chapter or international affiliate. Nominations are now being accepted for the following: Catalyst Awards, the Meritorious Award, and Fellows.
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Exhibitors: Gear up for SCIP 2009!
by Hilarie Hoting

It’s time to start planning for the SCIP 09 Conference in Chicago next April – we have heard from exhibitors at SCIP 08 in San Diego and remain committed to making next years exhibition and conference an excellent opportunity to showcase your services.
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Participate in Member-Get-A-Member 2009!
by Tina McRae Phelps

The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) acknowledges that our most valuable sales force is you: our member. Now we are calling upon you to help us grow in 2009. By recommending a colleague, you’ll be rewarded in may ways
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SCIP Announces Upcoming Education Events
by Sandra Skipper

Training: Competitive Financial Intelligence December 2 - 5, 2008 Fast-paced and highly interactive, this example-laden course will equip you to dissect domestic and international financial statements – Profit and Loss Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flows – and discover a) just how well your competitor is actually performing, and b) what future strategic moves are financially feasible. Analyzing financial statements is a key – but too often omitted – skill required for effective competitive intelligence. In just two days, Dr. Rogers’ enthusiastic up-to-date presentations, reinforced with actual in-class case studies, will provide thorough in-depth grounding in statement analysis and the skills to expose secrets your competitor would prefer you not know.
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Chapter News
by Dionedra Dorsey

Greater Washington Chapter Annual Holiday Networking Dinner – December 3, 2008 Every year the Greater Washington SCIP chapter takes an opportunity to get together for good food and good conversation in December. This year we are glad to have the SCIP Board of Directors and Staff joins us as well. We will be getting together for dinner at Joe Theismann's Restaurant in Old Town Alexandria.
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Board to Receive JCIM Report in December
by Martha Gleason, SCIP Board Chair-Elect

CIF Foundation Board of Trustees reviewed a preliminary report on the JCIM during its September board meeting. The board asked for several clarifications and the final report is expected to be presented and discussed at the in-person meeting on December 3 at SCIP headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

 

CI News Tops 500
by Bonnie Hohhof

The CI news section on the SCIP website main page contains daily postings and links to new blog entries, site material, and articles on competitive intelligence. This “News” section provides you with screened access to the world of CI conversations. Started in May 2008, this section now contains over 500 blog and article postings. Take a look at what individuals from all areas are saying about competitive intelligence.
 

Opportunity to Provide Online Education
by Sandra Skipper

SCIP seeks proposals to develop and deliver an online primer on CI basics. The primary audience for the course would be those who are currently non-SCIP members. The level would be basic, with the goals of introducing the concepts of CI and SCIP as an organization to new audiences. For more information please click here.


 

FYI: New and Notable
by Bonnie Hohhof

Want to learn more about Internet resources or how competitive intelligence is mentioned in articles and web sites? Need to upgrade your search capability or find an information vendor? Check out these links and descriptions.
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