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October 30 Palladium Group Announces Advisory Board for the Palladium Execution Premium Community (XPC) http://ping.fm/OUXSsThe Execution Premium Community is the premier global online membership community of strategy and performance management practitioners.
I am honored that they have announced my seat on the Board of Advisors, joining Drs. Kaplan & Norton and other industry and government leaders. See below and online as well @ Reuters, BusinessWire, or Yahoo.
To learn more about the Palladium Execution Premium Community, please visit http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/communities/xpc. August 14 Interviewed by Infosys on "Predictive Analytics: What Makes Enterprises More Competitive?"Interviewed by Infosys on "Predictive Analytics: What Makes Enterprises More Competitive?"
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Follow @joeyfitts www.twitter.com/joeyfitts July 23 There's No 'One Version of the Truth' in Educating OurselvesThanks to Gary Cokins for the honorable mention in his recent blog post. Gary commented on Craig Schiff's recent article on how NOT to get your team up to speed on business performance management.
See my response: "There's No 'One Version of the Truth' in Educating Ourselves" @ www.joeyfitts.com/blog and share how you learn. See all my updates @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joey-Fitts/107024483577 January 31 May 2008 Audio book Versions Launched Business Finance Magazine Book Pick Stanford University Bookstore "Bestseller" November 30 April 2008 - Launching the book!April 2008 - Launching the Book!
We launched the book in the United States on both coasts. The East Coast launch was at the World Innovation Forum on April 8-9th 2008 in NYC (as a part of Gary Hamel’s lunch presentation).
The West Coast launch was a presentation at Stanford University’s Stanford Executive Briefing on April 16th 2008. The DVD of the Stanford launch presentation is available here.
We were fortunate to be listed as a Stanford University Bookstore bestseller in May 2008. Additionally, we were honored to see Drive Business Performance reach Amazon’s top 50 business book in its first week of availability.
November 16 Presentation at the Microsoft BI ConferenceRoom: 606/607 10/8/2008
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session Code: BV211 Presented By: Bruno Aziza, Joey Fitts, Jeff Allen Today’s executives are expected to drive results faster than ever before. In this session, Drive Business Performance authors Joey Fitts and Bruno Aziza will provide explicit steps to improving performance management within your own organization. They will describe how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, with first-hand examples from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA.
You will learn: • How performance management can deliver competitive advantage, • How to diagnose your organization’s performance management capabilities, • What it means to effectively manage performance and • What you specifically need to be able to do to improve results. July 11 Worldwide Partner Conference presentationWe will be delivering a repeat of our session "A New Day for BI" tomorrow (Thur.12 2007) in Room 205 at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver Colorado. Please find below the session description:
IW010 A New Day for Business Intelligence
Speaker(s): Bill Baker, Joey Fitts, Karl Leigh
Session Type: Session
Suggested Roadmap(s): Enterprise
Track(s): Information Worker Solutions A “new day” for BI has arrived and represents new ways for partners to deliver dramatic customer value and significantly grow their business in the process. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is quickly approaching and this is your opportunity to learn why the analysts call it market disrupting and partners are betting the farm on Microsoft. This session communicates Microsoft's BI vision and strategy, market and partner opportunity, and the product roadmaps encompassing technologies like Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 and the 2007 Office system. Walk away with an understanding of how Microsoft is changing the BI market place and what specific steps to take to capitalize on the significant opportunity. This session also features a case study showcasing the success a Gold Partner has had using Microsoft's Business Intelligence Platform to build a strong and growing practice. June 07 Stratature Acquisition AnnouncementIt's finally announced! The word went out today to our partner community @ 1pm PST: Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Stratature, a privately held company based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and a leading provider of master data management (MDM) software. This announcement builds on the relationship Microsoft and Stratature have already established, and will accelerate Microsoft’s delivery of technology in the MDM market; it represents the culmination of a company-wide effort across the Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office SharePoint technology groups to deliver on a unified Master Data Management solution. Stratature is recognized as a leader in the Master Data Management market, and Microsoft values their experience, the products they have created and the services they provide. With Stratature, Microsoft can now offer increased MDM capabilities as an integral part of Microsoft Office System applications and servers. In the meantime however, if you have any questions or if you would like to speak to a Microsoft spokesperson about this acquisition please contact Joey Fitts (joeyf@microsoft.com). FAQs can be found @ http://www.stratature.com/SOFTWARE/FAQs/tabid/259/Default.aspx September 25 Revenue Growth in Analyst Reports Signals Momentum for Microsoft BIStrong customer and partner support leads to analyst recognition of Microsoft's BI significant growth and momentum.
September 24 EMEA All Up Partner & Field BI Solution Sales TrainingI am presenting the Microsoft BI partner opportunity at most locations for this tour. Hope to see you in person at these informative events! Registration info is below. SEPTEMBER 19 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 OBJECTIVE This is a friendly reminder to mark your agendas and join us for a one-day course on Microsoft Business Intelligence with a focus on Performance Management. Learn how to effectively position and demonstrate the entire Microsoft Business Intelligence offering. COVERED TOPICS Explore the market opportunity that exists in Business Intelligence and Microsoft’s vision and product roadmap for BI. Learn about the components in Microsoft’s BI product offering and how to position them effectively as a combined solution. See the new Business Intelligence demo image and role based scripts built on scenarios for 3 roles: Business Analyst, VP of Sales, and Sales Representative. After lunch the focus of the day will narrow to look at Performance Management. What is Performance Management? What problem is it geared to solve? What is PerformancePoint Server and how does it address this need? We will then close with a discussion of the partner opportunity in Performance Management at Microsoft. WHO SHOULD ATTEND
IW & App. Plat SSP, Communication and Collaboration SSP, IW TSP, Data TSP, MBS/Dynamics SSP or Partner Sales Managers, OBA SSP, OBA TSP, IW and BI PAMs, Account Managers or Account Technical Specialists wanting to better understand Microsoft’s overall BI value proposition will find the morning very useful.
ProClarity Partners, Partners interested in Business Scorecard Manager, ProClarity and Performance Point Server, existing BI Partners with solutions on Analysis and Reporting Services , partners interested in proposing Microsoft’s Performance Management offering.
WHAT WILL I RECEIVE?§ A clear overview of Microsoft’s global business intelligence offering.
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| IW004 Microsoft Business Intelligence: Learn how Microsoft's big BI bet puts money in your pocket! | Level: |
| The Microsoft foundation for ubiquitous Business Intelligence is now in place. - AMR research, October 2005 Learn how Partners are developing solutions to meet customer demand, sell more seats of software and keep consultants billable by developing solution offerings which support Microsoft BI. Cash in on Microsoft's huge BI bet - leverage a full spectrum of new products which comprise the complete and integrated corporate performance management solution: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005, Proclarity, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Sharepoint 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. What's missing? Your solutions! | |
| Timeslot: 7/11/2006 17:00 - 18:00 Room: 104 AB | |
Co-presenting with Atanu Banerjee on the Office Client Development (Duet & LOBi)
| CD007 The Office System Solution Platform: Bridging the Results Gap | Level: |
| Bridging the results gap with smart clients, SharePoint, Duet and more. Come learn how using the Office system as your solutions platform can help you build solutions that connect users to critical data, add structure to business processes, and allow businesses to capture more opportunities. | |
| Timeslot: 7/12/2006 17:30 - 18:30 Room: 259 AB | |
We're highlighting some great new content & partner solutions, as well as introducing new offers & giveaways at the above sessions - so signup for the sessions & be sure to stop by & say "Hi"!
Joey
Video: Microsoft's All Up BI story for partners
Talking about Project Mendocino: Media Library
Don't know about Mendocino? Get up to speed fast with this publicly available video... and stay tuned for a great deal more partner information on the Mendocino front coming very soon - now's the time to get ready!
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Project Mendocino: Media Library
EMEA BSM Tour - New Dates!
Customer/Partner event: • Netherlands (March 17) • Norway (March 20) • France (March 21) • UK (March 22) • Switzerland (March 23) Training : • France (March 23&24)
• UK (March 21&22)
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March 21: 8:00-17:00, March 22: 8:00-16:00 |
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Parity Training – Holborn Training Center – Alton House – 5th floor, 177 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA |
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US BSM Tour - New Dates!
UPDATED - more chances to learn Business Scorecard Manager 2005 in the US!
I am pleased to announce that we are offering additional BSM training to our partners in the US! This is a great chance to get all your BSM questions answered & develop the skills necessary to meet customer needs. Signup with Krim Stephenson today!
Mason, OH 2 day 3/13,14
San Francisco 2 day 3/27,28
Bellevue, WA 1 day 4/3
Irvine, CA 1 day 4/7
Wash D.C. 2 day 4/10,11
Irving, TX 2 day 4/26,27
Alpharetta, GA 2 day 4/27,28
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· Learn basics of scorecarding and performance management
· Understand how to design, develop and deploy BSM scorecards
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UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUS POST:
I am pleased to announce that we are offering additional BSM training to our partners in the US! We're fortunate to have two of our most highly regarded BSM training experts, Bruce Alpert & Tim Kashani, deliver this training. This is a great chance to get all your BSM questions answered & develop the skills necessary to meet customer needs. Signup with Krim Stephenson today!
Chicago 1 day 3/3
New York 2 day 3/9,10
Mason, OH 2 day 3/13,14
San Francisco 2 day 3/27,28
Bellevue, WA 1 day 4/3
Irvine, CA 1 day 4/7
Wash D.C. 2 day 4/10,11
Irving, TX 2 day 4/26,27
Alpharetta, GA 2 day 4/27,28
Goals
· Learn basics of scorecarding and performance management
· Understand how to design, develop and deploy BSM scorecards
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We are also offering additional BSM training to our partners in the US. We're fortunate to have Bruce Alpert & Tim Kashani, two BSM experts, deliver this training. This is a great chance to get all your BSM questions answered & develop the skills necessary to meet customer needs. Signup today!
March 3rd Chicago
March 9-10 NYC
March 13-14 Atlanta
March 13-14 Cincinnati
March 28-30 San Francisco - not yet confirmed
March 30-31 Dallas
April 3 Bellevue
April 7 Irvine
Europe BSM Readiness Tour
Bruno Aziza (BSM product mgr) & I will be traveling to the below locations in Europe Mar.17 – 24th in support of the BSM Partner Readiness Tour. We want to be sure we get as many partners up to speed on BSM as possible & also look forward to scheduling separate partner meetings with while in these local regions as well. The tour is focused on partner readiness & will prove to be a valuable resource to partners who are taking BSM to market.
Our primary focus in the seperate meetings is on helping to close BSM business in 2H06 & we have resources to help make this happen for qualified opportunities. We would also like to plan for FY07 success & will coordinate with local PAMs to help drive the planning.
Dates & locations are confirmed, venues TBD
March 17 Netherlands
March 20 Italy
March 21 Norway
March 22 France
March 23 UK
March 24 Switzerland
Besides that we have EXTRA training (2 days) for France on Mar.23rd & 24th, and UK on Mar.21st & 22nd. Plan ahead to send technical & consulting resources to these training sessions. I hope that we can have many partners attend these sessions!
In Tokyo week of Feb.13th
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