Wed.Jan 11, 2023

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8 top priorities for CIOs in 2023

CIO

Welcome to 2023. As the new year arrives, CIOs are facing a challenging to-do list as they strive to maximize IT productivity and efficiency in increasingly unpredictable times. As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting.

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The 4 Types of Role-Based Battlecards You Need to Build

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Battlecards are one of the most popular sales enablement materials businesses create today, with two-thirds of competitive intelligence teams saying that they regularly maintain competitive battlecards.

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Journey Beyond transforms its contact center to deliver better customer journeys

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Journey Beyond, a part of Hornblower Group, is Australia’s leading experiential tourism group. Headquartered in Adelaide, it operates 13 brands and experiences spanning the country. The company’s overall strategy is to “have a customer experience that’s second-to-none — from the moment they first engage with the company to plan their experience, to when they return home at the end of their travels — regardless of what Journey Beyond adventure you are booking.

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13 Steps To Build Up Your Identity on Linkedin

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LinkedIn is a powerful social networking tool that business professionals can use to grow their businesses. The goal of this post is to help business owners and professionals like you understand the impact of LinkedIn. It can build your online presence, drive attention to your brand, and even boost leads and sales. For example, did you know that 98% of salespersons with more than 5000 connections outperform their peers?

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Understanding Innovation as a Large, Well-established Enterprise

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Innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any business, especially well-established enterprises. New products and ideas are tested every day, just as new opportunities are ignored. Blockbuster thought going digital would be too expensive. Blackberry failed to adapt to the changing smartphone market. Toys R Us sued Amazon versus using them to build an eCommerce presence.

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What Role Does Big Data Have on the Deep Web?

Smart Data Collective

The Deep Web is a concept that few people understand. Even fewer people recognize the role that big data plays in shaping it. However, one thing is certain: advances in big data technology have played a huge role in driving changes in the deep web. It is a good idea for database developers, programmers, online businesses and other Internet technology professionals to learn about the impact that new developments in big data have had on both the surface web and deep web.

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Data-Driven Marketing Offers Huge Benefits for Landscapers

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Many businesses are taking advantage of big data to improve their marketing and financial management practices. Businesses spent over $14.2 billion on big data marketing in 2020 and this figure is likely to grow further in the years to come. Some of the case studies on the benefits of data-driven marketing are quite promising. One tourist company utilized data analytics to boost website conversions by 40%.

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Giant Eagle’s Kirk Ball on grocery retail innovations

CIO

Kirk Ball, Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer, Giant Eagle, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss grocery retail innovations, digital customer strategies, sourcing global talent, augmented reality and more. Watch this video: Listen to this episode: CIO, CIO Leadership Live.

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Take a Giant Leap: Build healthy financial reports for your company

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Upcoming Webinar Feb 23rd, 2023 | 1 PM ET Take a Giant Leap: Build Healthy Financial Reports for your Company Jump to abstract Webinar Abstract Say “NO” to complex financial reporting. All financial professionals know their end goal: produce financial results that are accurate, reliable, and provide actionable intelligence to make changes in the business.

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Events and Awards UK: New for 2023

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2023 sees the return of in-person events and awards. Here are the details for our packed schedule this year. January Applications launch for the 2023 Next CIO cohort on Friday 20th January. The award recognises and celebrates the best rising stars across the IT Sector in the UK. Through interviews at CIO UK, awards, and mentoring opportunities, Next CIO will help aspiring IT leaders develop their careers, build their networks, and improve their skill sets.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Data Virtualization: A Powerful Component of Your Data Fabric Strategy

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Reading Time: 3 minutes. Data virtualization makes complex data simple—placing a business-friendly layer over your data, making it easier to find, understand, and use. With data virtualization, your users focus on the data’s business value while your data engineers take care of the rest. Over the last year, TIBCO’s leading data virtualization solution has won some exciting awards and competitions.

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AI Trends to Watch in 2023

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For the last decade, AI has been accelerating at a staggering pace. According to MarketsandMarkets, the industry is expected to reach $42.4 billion in 2023. It’s clear there’s no slowing down in sight, and we’re starting to realize it with the debut of powerful new AI-powered products and services across industries. But what’s actually driving this […].

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Take a Giant Leap: Build healthy financial reports for your company

Splash BI

Upcoming Webinar. Feb 23rd, 2023 | 1 PM ET. Take a Giant Leap: Build Healthy Financial Reports for your Company. Jump to abstract. Webinar Abstract. Say “NO” to complex financial reporting. All financial professionals know their end goal: produce financial results that are accurate, reliable, and provide actionable intelligence to make changes in the business.

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Cherilynn Castleman Discusses Using Empathy and Data to Connect with Clients

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Managing Partner and Executive Coach at CGI, LLC , Cherilynn Castleman is an accomplished sales executive. She helps companies recruit and elevate underrepresented minorities and also trains women of color for sales success. She says, “I train Black and Brown women to be too good to be ignored.”. “ The more that we know about our client, the more we can be a solution partner with them as opposed to a salesperson. ” Give Us Some Background on Your Experience and How CGI Came to Be.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission