As recently noted, we're honored to announce the debut of BIZDEV: The International Association for Business Development and Strategic Partnerships™, a first of its kind trade group devoted to one of today's most in-demand fields. But what is business development exactly? And why do so many still struggle [...]
May 7, 2020
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It's official! We're honored to announce that I'll be serving as President and CEO of BIZDEV: The International Association for Business Development and Strategic Partnerships™, the trade organization serving as the voice of business development and strategic partnerships professionals worldwide. Please don't hesitate to shout if we can [...]
A Harvard University honors graduate and head of a thriving startup, 10 years ago businessman John Sileo was by all rights a smashing success. But then his entire life changed with a knock. At the door: An investigator for the Denver district attorney’s office, alleging that Sileo had [...]
Welcome to the new era of consumer engagement: Thanks to new advances in technology, shoppers can now access and consume more information, and from a broader range of mobile devices, more easily than ever before. And with more than 6.1 billion smartphones now in circulation globally, and most [...]
April 7, 2020
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So much for "status quo." As recent events remind, unpredictability is the only thing we can predict and uncertainty the only certainty for working professionals going forward. From the smallest local businesses to the largest global enterprises, ongoing disruptions will only continue to impact the fundamental way in [...]
Award-winning customer experience keynote speaker Scott Steinberg is a bestselling futurist and trends expert who's helped design leading products and services of every kind for today's most trusted household brands. His high-energy, high-impact keynote speeches, virtual presentations and online webcasts can help you capitalize on tomorrow's most important [...]
Future-proofing your business or career often sounds difficult. But more often than not, as we explained to readers of PARADE (America's largest magazine), the process of planning for tomorrow and making yourself more resilient is far simpler and less time-consuming than most would suspect. You can read more [...]
How can you build the kind of business that people love showing up to work at every day? Create a more welcoming and productive workplace? Champion a corporate culture that prizes diversity and teamwork? Our new book Building a Better Workplace - out October 16, 2008 - answers [...]
How can you create the kind of meetings and events (corporate or otherwise) that will make audiences stand up and take note? That's the question we were asked by the California Society of Association Executives recently, and answered with an end-to-end guide on how to build excitement and [...]
What do you need to know to successfully lead in business and more effectively communicate with Generation X? We had a chance to speak with several top experts and thought leaders on Gen X while researching bestselling book Millennial Marketing: Bridging The Generation Gap – and their answers [...]