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Centre of Excellence - make progress on your evolution, with your peers
13th July 2021
Centre of Excellence - make progress on your evolution, with your peers
The five activities in Jinfo's Focus on Centre of Excellence will enable you to join many of our customers in developing strategy, resilience and value for information expertise. In this Community session, you'll have a chance to compare notes, objectives and results with your...
Centre of Excellence - examples of Pillars of Service and Known Fors
15th June 2021
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Centre of Excellence - examples of Pillars of Service and Known Fors
Jinfo customers have used the activities in our Focus on Centre of Excellence for nearly 10 years to take ownership of the future. Use the five activities in the Focus to design your own Centre of Excellence, or to revise your existing strategy to our research-proven approach.In this Community...
Scorecards - how information teams are designing and using them
25th May 2021
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Scorecards - how information teams are designing and using them
The concept of using scorecards to support product evaluation, communications with stakeholders and licence negotiations is an exciting topic for many information professionals.In this Community session, we discussed how scorecards are developed and used in a variety of environments.Download this...
Negotiation clinic - role-play and Q&A
13th April 2021
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Negotiation clinic - role-play and Q&A
This session involved role-playing different negotiation scenarios, plus discussion and Q&A with participants to consider a variety of approaches to points of negotiation.If you missed the session, download the anonymised notes today. Be sure to register for future “negotiation...
Usage data in contract negotiations
23rd March 2021
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Usage data in contract negotiations
We know that usage is only one component of what constitutes “value” but it is a very important component. But many content portfolio managers have difficulty:Getting reliable usage dataUsing data in “apples to apples” comparisonsInterpreting data to clarify the value of a...
Pricing models for information and data licensing
2nd March 2021
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Pricing models for information and data licensing
If you license external information and data into your organisation, you’ve likely encountered a wide range of pricing models, supplier requirements and unique use clauses.This Jinfo Community session, part of our Focus on Content Portfolio, provided a forum for us to discuss:Current...
State of the Industry, 2021
16th February 2021
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State of the Industry, 2021
Download the deck and anonymised notes from Jinfo's Community session, "State of the industry, 2021". Topics include:The "new normal" and how it affects your operations (or not)New definitions of value, and how to measure itWhat next-generation product evaluation and...
Negotiation clinic - raise your concerns, hone your skills
8th December 2020
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Negotiation clinic - raise your concerns, hone your skills
The nuances and economic variables affecting information and data licences are unique compared with other procurement categories. What’s more, with 2021 looming, everyone anticipates their negotiations to be more challenging than ever.By popular demand, we ran this Community session as our...
How have your needs for product evaluation changed?
5th November 2020
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How have your needs for product evaluation changed?
Information teams are busier than ever. Meanwhile, business needs and use cases for information products are more complex, and the marketplace changes all the time. This Community session brought together information professionals from a range of industries, Jinfo analysts responsible for...
Using the value chain to strengthen your negotiating position
20th October 2020
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Using the value chain to strengthen your negotiating position
Before beginning any negotiations with vendors, you must know the specific value that information products, services and expertise bring to your organisation. Using value chain analysis to prepare for your discussions with vendors will allow you to find: Proof-points to share with suppliers...
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What clients say about Centre of Excellence:
"My colleagues and I used your Known Fors activity, and we now have a vision as to who we are going to be. We already achieved ROI... a sincere thanks!" Director of Research and Information Services, international law firm
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- Research update - design your strongest future as a Centre of Excellence
Thursday, 3rd June 2021 - The Information Centre of Excellence – a flexible model of value, resilience and strategy
Tuesday, 25th May 2021 - Research update - one step at a time towards developing scorecards
Thursday, 20th May 2021
Articles:
- Centre of Excellence (step three - envision your Known Fors)
Thursday, 10th June 2021 - Centre of Excellence (step two - create your Pillars of Service)
Wednesday, 26th May 2021 - Centre of Excellence (step one - map your services to the model)
Tuesday, 25th May 2021
Reports:
- Community deck - scorecards - how information teams are designing and using them
Wednesday, 2nd June 2021 - Community deck - negotiation clinic - role-play and Q&A
Monday, 26th April 2021 - Community deck - usage data in contract negotiations
Thursday, 1st April 2021
- Centre of Excellence - make progress on your evolution, with your peers (Community) Tuesday, 13th July 2021
- Centre of Excellence - examples of Pillars of Service and Known Fors (Community) Tuesday, 15th June 2021
- Scorecards - how information teams are designing and using them (Community) Tuesday, 25th May 2021
- Centre of Excellence (step three - envision your Known Fors) (Webinar) Thursday, 10th June 2021
- Centre of Excellence (step two - create your Pillars of Service) (Webinar) Wednesday, 26th May 2021
- Centre of Excellence (step one - map your services to the model) (Webinar) Tuesday, 25th May 2021
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