L@C TV: Philippe Jeanmaire vidcast

Here’s a short interview with Philippe Jeanmaire.

From the L@C session “Pitching to Win”:

Persuading people. How do you convince your investors to put money in your company? How do you convince that big prospect of yours that your proposal is actually not expensive at all but very good value? How do you convince the market that your latest widget will be a hit?

With the bid for 2012 Olympic Games as a background Philippe Jeanmaire will cover the 9 typical “mistakes” – what you should not do. Then we will look at way to make a difference. This may give you ideas to promote new concepts and business opportunities to investors, customers and others. Or how to find capital for your venture.

After being a global consulting partner with Deloitte and spent more than 15 years in Australia and US, Philippe has also previously created the French subsidiary of a global communication consultancy. He is now launching a new venture “Team Performance” to help leaders and their teams accelerate the achievement of results through new ways of thinking, being, communication and doing. Philippe will draw on his experience both from launching a brand new small venture in France as well as from his previous international business experience.

Web: www.team-performance.biz

More on SalesChannel Europe

Here’s the CEO Europe text in English:

To help you to turn your opportunities into success stories, we send you with our New Year Greetings 2007 the interesting and stimulating e-book ” 10 Ways To Find More Prospects ” written by one of our certified top executives, David Ednie, who is internationally acknowledged as an expert in Sales Performance Motivation, International Sales and Sales Channels. David has over 20 years International business experience, working in culturally diverse markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Emerging Markets of Central and Eastern Europe. David is an Australian national and is based in Paris, France for many years.

L@C member David Ednie featured on CEO Europe

Happened to see in the latest mailing from CEO Europe a name I recognized: David Ednie (thanks Jean-Paul for making sure I didn’t miss it!).

David runs the consulting company SalesChannel Europe and has recently published an ebook on, yes, sales.

Here’s what CEO Europe has to say:

Pour vous aider à transformer vos opportunités en succès, nous vous envoyons avec nos meilleurs vœux pour l’année 2007, un ebook intéressant et stimulant : « 10 méthodes pour trouver de nouveaux prospects ». Il est rédigé par l’un de nos cadres dirigeants certifiés, David Ednie, qui est reconnu internationalement comme un expert dans les domaines de la motivation des forces de ventes, le commerce international et les canaux de vente.

David a plus de 20 ans d’expérience, acquis sur des marchés aux cultures différentes en Europe, au Moyen Orient, en Afrique et dans les marchés émergents d’Europe Centrale et de l’Est. David est australien et vit à Paris, en France.

Pour télécharger gratuitement ce livre (en anglais uniquement) , click here

“Leverage Your Client’s Supply Chain. The idea here is to prospect amongst your client’s customers, suppliers, partners or competitors. In other words, look for sales opportunities in your client’s “business eco-system”. Let me give you 3 simple examples of how you can do this…..”

Pour accéder à la short bio de David Ednie , cliquez ici

Pour lire nos derniers testimoniaux clients et candidats : cliquez ici

Nous vous souhaitons bonheur et réussite pour cette nouvelle année !

Here’s the SalesChannel Europe site (where you can get the free ebook):
http://www.saleschannel-europe.com/

The Long Tail

Previous event, April 2006

medium_Erik_Larsson_200px_1_.jpgErik Larsson, Vice President of Marketing at Netcentrex, talks about the concept of the “Long Tail” and gives us the short tale of how new technology will shift away from a focus on a small number of mainstream “hits” at the head of the demand curve (80/20) rule and towards a huge number of niches in the tail of the curve.

Download the podcast (37MB, 1h18).

“The Long Tail”, first coined by Chris Anderson in Wired Magazine in October 2004:

Wikipedia entry

Original Wired article

Is Software as a Service (SaaS) disrupting the online business world?

— Wednesday January 31, Rob Steggles:
— Is “Software as a Service” (SaaS) disrupting the online business world?

You don’t need a big pc any longer? Death of the desktop? Final liberation from Microsoft’s license payments? Return of the dinosaurs (centralised computing)? Only pay for what you really need and use instead of paying hefty annual fees?…. There are many ways to look at Software as a Service, a reincarnation of the rumoured-defunct ASP model.

Presented by Rob Steggles, Marketing Director for NTT Europe Online (previously Verio), http://www.ntteuropeonline.com/. Rob works with many software companies to deliver software online ‘as a service’, including aggregators, innovators and software companies that are just plain scared of SaaS. (Rob was also recently instrumental in making NTT Europe the only really European partner to Microsoft for SaaS.) Rob explains how SaaS affects software companies and how it will change the industry. What IS this SaaS thing? Why does it matter? Should I do it? How is it different from ASP (well, there you have it!!)? What are the pitfalls and the advantages?

– Wednesday, January 31
– Lunch starts at 12.15-12.30 and ends at 14.00
– Inscription: By email only and I will confirm.
– Pre-registration required

Long lost friends

Perhaps not so long and not so lost, but all the same. Susan Lucas-Conwell was (even though she might not know it) one of the “spiritual inspirations” of Lunch at the Circle. I happened to find this video interview with her where she talks about her current role as Executive Director of SVForum (previously SDForum), a Silicon Valley networking and educational organisation.