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Employees who join PDMA under a Corporate Membership gain knowledge sharing with peers, recognition opportunities, tools and resources to help employee and mangement teams, timely industry information, insight to processes, and so much more.
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PIM14: Actionable Ideas and Turnkey Tools
Calling all disruptive thinkers, status-quo challengers, risk takers, and change agents - it is time to drive innovation in your organization!
PDMA's Product Innovation Management (PIM) Conference is a once-a-year opportunity to connect with the global product development community. Immerse yourself in an ecosystem of practitioners, academics and solution providers to learn how different industry verticals and global markets are driving innovation.
So why PIM?
Ready to make the leap? Register now for PIM2014: October 18-22 in Denver, Colorado and listen to keynote speakers from Intel, USC, GE and more. Follow #PIM14 on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for real-time conference updates!
 Register for PIM 2014 before August 1, 2014 , and receive a complimentary registration to the Outstanding Corporate Innovator Award dinner on Tuesday, October 21 - a $75 value. The OCI dinner provides an intimate setting for increased one-on-one networking and further access to learn from the award winners.
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Book Review: Brand esSense: Using Sense, Symbol and Story to Design Brand Identity
By Neil Gains. Review by Teresa Jurgens-Kowal, Ph.D., NPDP
 Much of the customer data gathered during the market research phases of new product development (NPD) is focused on positioning the product upon commercialization. New products attempt to solve a customer's problem while the marketing collateral yields an emotional link with the consumer. ”Brand esSense” by Neil Gains goes a step further in advising the branding decisions based on human senses.
The author identifies a logical framework for product branding involving senses, symbols, and stories. About half of Gains' book is dedicated to explaining the breadth and depth of human senses. Chapter 1, for instance, includes data demonstrating that we humans respond to our perceptions and expectations more than we do to “what's really out there” (pg. 12). Effective marketing of new products certainly relies on customer's perceptions as well.
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Free NPD-RiskAssessor™ Demo
Understanding and responding to the specifics of risks on individual NPD projects or across a portfolio of projects is major gap in capabilities for many organizations. NPD-RiskAssessor™ is a software tool and statistical model, coupled to experience tested methods and approaches, which enables the very important advancement of risk assessment and management capabilities.
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Book Review: Creating Innovative Products and Services: The FORTH Innovation Method
By Gijs van Wulfen. Review by Stephane Bardin, NPDP
 Developing new products is daunting. Yet new products are critical to the long-term success of any organization. They invigorate your product portfolio, enlarge your bottom line, and interest new consumers to discover your products. The hard reality, though, is that the failure rate of new products is somewhere between 25-45%. While the Stage-Gate system, developed by Robert Cooper, has been a very useful tool to standardize and systematize the development of new products, it remains a framework that companies have to adapt to their needs.
What the Stage-Gate framework lacks is a specific roadmap to get from the Discovery Stage to the Development Stage. That is what Gijs van Wulfen's book, Creating Innovative Products and Services – The FORTH Innovation Method, offers.
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PDMA Chapter Events
Pittsburgh Chapter July Event Highlights the Importance of Startup Accelerators
Startup accelerators are changing the local and national product development landscape and represent some of the best opportunities for innovation. The Pittsburgh Chapter reached out to current start-up community thought leaders to give insights and perspectives on the impact of accelerators.
On July 16th , the Pittsburgh Chapter hosted “What are Startup Accelerators and Why Established Companies Should Care” at AlphaLab Gear, a nationally-ranked startup accelerator.
Dr. Susan Cohen, co-author of “ Accelerating Startups: The Seed Accelerator Phenomenon ” presented the keynote address where she discussed the state of the accelerator movement across the United States.
Kit Needham, CMU Entrepreneur in Residence at Project Olympus, added to the presentation by discussing local innovation ecosystem, and where and how accelerators fit. A panel of representatives from established companies who have worked with or mentored startup companies also shared their experiences.
This event marks the fourth valuable topic that the Pittsburgh Chapter's Programming Committee scheduled for local product development professionals in the area.
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PDMA Visions Highlights PDMA's Product Innovation Management Standard
For some, the term “innovation standard” might sound as ridiculous as “jumbo shrimp” and equally as contradictory. However, PDMA's Product Innovation Management Standard can take your company's innovation to the next level through its unparalleled blend of science and practice. Help your organization along the road of ongoing improvement by defining terms and creating a roadmap for future success. For more information about PDMA's Product Innovation Management Standards, read the cover story of PDMA's newest issue of Visions .
NPDP Certified Individuals June 2014
Congratulations to the PDMA community members who earned their NPDP certification in June!
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LAST NAME |
COMPANY |
| Samuel |
Courtemanche |
Oldcastle Canada |
| Chin-Chuan |
Ho |
ChungHwa Telecom |
| Chi-Yu |
Lin |
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| Jingting |
Chen |
Advanced Digital Broadcast, Ltd. |
| Yung-Sheng |
Change |
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| Yufu |
Ku |
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| Devin |
Bedwell |
Kalypso |
| Matthew |
Scudder |
Millennium Systems International |
| Soundarya |
Matta |
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| Timothy |
Zyk |
Scottrade |
| Arianne |
Boyer |
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| Chad |
Solomon |
Innovation Framework Technologies |
| David |
Grazman, PhD |
Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International |
| Scott |
Pesta |
Kichler Lighting |
| Sheri |
Miller |
Cricket Wireless |
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