Thanksgiving is a time for sharing, caring and expressing gratitude. I am grateful to have so many wonderful friends in business. In the spirit of cooperative intelligence and sharing, I recently was a panelist in a SLA Competitive Intelligence division (CID) webinar on “Integrating Marketing and Sales to Capture & Deliver Intelligence.” While this is an SLA CID member benefit, all four of us panelists posted our slides on Slideshare.
I will list us in the order we presented so you have the benefit of a good flow:
Susan Berkman: Producing Intelligence for Sales & Marketing
Marcy Phelps: Competitive Intelligence for Marketing Professionals
Ellen Naylor: Collaborating with Sales
Anna Shallenberger: Research & Analyzing Competitors
Sponsored by Aurora WDC aka Arik & Derek Johnson
Likewise we just concluded a series of Colorado Future Ready blogs on SLA’s FR365 site which features a blog a day. This was initiated by Cindy Romaine, current SLA President as of Jan. 1, 2011. Here is the list and links to each of our Colorado blogs:
Introducing eBooks into the Denver Public Schools by Charles Leckenby
The Value of Information Professionals by Laura Cullerton
How Cooperative Intelligence will make you Future Ready by Ellen Naylor
Economic Gardening by Recca Larson
Collaborative Librarianship by Joseph Kraus
Take a Risk: Reap the Rewards by Shelly Walchak
In closing, here is a poem about Thanksgiving that one of my Facebook buddies shared today. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow or not, I think it presents a good way to view life!
Thanksgiving…. More Than A Day
As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,
It brings up some facts, quite profound.
We may think that we’re poor,
Feel like bums, insecure,
But in truth, our riches astound.
We have friends and family we love;
We have guidance from heaven above.
We have so much more
Than they sell in a store,
We’re wealthy, when push comes to shove.
So add up your blessings, I say;
Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.
Enjoy what you’ve got;
Realize it’s a lot,
And you’ll make all your cares go away.
By Karl Fuchs
Filed under: Cooperative Intelligence, leadership, Competitive Intelligence, cooperative, research, Denver, competitor, SLA
