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2016 PDMA Annual Conference: Which Top Brands Could You Cross Paths With?
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Plan to attend the 2016 PDMA Annual Conference for a rare opportunity to address the most current challenges affecting your day-to-day product development and management work with both practitioners and academics.
Leverage the conference's networking events to meet and share ideas with other attendees. Check out companies that attended the 2015 Annual Conference:
Remember: Best Rates Expire August 26, 2016.
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March Madness Fanatic? Learn NCAA Innovation Secrets at 2016 PDMA Annual Conference
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This year, NCAA March Madness Live set all-time records with 80.7 million live video streams and 17.8 million hours of live video consumption during the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, up from 17% over 2015.
Curious how these records were set? Keynote speaker Hania Jarrah Poole, Vice President Business Operations, NCAA Digital at Turner Sports, will provide insight.
Key takeaways include:
- An inside look into the innovation landscape and structure in Turner Sports
- How to create innovative digital media in an ever-changing and demanding sector
- How rapid prototyping yields real results
- And more!
The challenges and solutions Turner Sports endures with such a high-stakes product can be applied to any product development team, big or small.
Read more about Hania Jarrah Poole's keynote presentation at the 2016 PDMA Annual Conference here.
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Visions Issue 2 is On The Way - Catch Issue 1 If You Missed It
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Take a look at Visions Issue 1 feature article "When Worlds Collide" to learn new ways to brand your product through industrial and interaction design.
Author Chris Murray explains, "We have four generations colliding in our marketplace, and they are quite different. Traditional segmentation models don't necessarily work as cleanly for today's brands as they did for previous generations. Today, customers want functional features, benefits and product quality as a given."
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 Book Review: 'Design Thinking'
Teresa Jurgens-Kowal, PhD, NPDP
"Design Thinking," edited by Michael G. Luchs, K. Scott Swan, and Abbie Griffin. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ (2016). 411 + xvii pages. US$55.
In product development, design thinking is an emerging trend to enhance the customer experience with products. It increases engagement of the entire product development team with the end-user throughout the development effort. As a part of the Product Development and Management Association's (PDMA) series on new product development essentials, PDMA has recently released a reference book on this concept.
"Design Thinking" is a very dense book with lots of information and is not created for a quick read from cover to cover. Readers will find the book useful as a reference tool and should feel welcome to jump to the applicable section or chapter that addresses their current challenges.
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Highlights on PDMA Chapters and International Affiliates
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The PDMA Atlanta and Utah Chapters have revitalized this summer. In the area? Check out upcoming events below and get involved this year!
PDMA Utah: Let's Chat Road Map
Join PDMA's Utah Chapter for an evening discussion about product road mapping and supply chain vision.
Are you or will you be figuring out a path to market for a new or future product? If so, join the chapter for a panel discussion with some of the most successful product creators and distributors in Utah. They will be sharing their secrets, successes and failures. Date/Time:
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (MDT)
Location:
Church & State - 370 300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
PDMA Atlanta Networking Kickoff 2016
Join industry peers in the Atlanta area for food, drinks, and networking as summer 2016 kicks off. If you're looking to get involved with the PDMA Atlanta Chapter again, this short evening of networking provides the perfect opportunity to make introductions and get to know local practitioners with PDMA. Date/Time:
June 23, 2016 from 7:00 - 8:30pm ET
Location:
Gypsy Kitchen, 3035 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30305
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Driving Innovation by Addressing Customer Needs
More than 40 percent of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 list in 2000 were no longer there in 2010 (Source: Brian Solis' Future of Business), illustrating how important innovation is in fuelling continuous growth and business sustenance in this ever-evolving, dynamic market.
In the 2012 American Express Global Customer Service Barometer, more than 70 percent of those surveyed believed that small businesses understand customers better than large companies and know their service/product better than large companies. Respondents also noted that smaller companies provide a more personal customer service experience than larger companies and are more concerned about customer needs.
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Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM)
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The July 2016 issue of JPIM (Volume 33, Issue 4) is currently available. Access it online today.
To access the July 2016 issue of JPIM, members may log in and access JPIM articles here. Non-members may access abstracts. |
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM): "Contemporary Issues and Critical Challenges on Innovation in Services"
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Consider entering a submission to future JPIM Special Issue: "Contemporary Issues and Critical Challenges on Innovation in Services."
Specific Focus of the Special Issue
We expect that this special issue will result in seminal contributions to our understanding of service innovation management. Potential research topics for this special issue include the following. These topics are only intended to be thought provokers, and other areas and perspectives are encouraged.
- Challenges of Innovating in Services
- Service Innovation Questions
- Collaboration and open Innovation Questions
These topics are only intended to be thought provokers, and other areas and perspectives are encouraged.
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