SCIP Oregon

First Meeting…

Posted by campsean - 25/07/08 at 07:07:47 pm

Just wanted to let you know that we’ll be having our first meeting on September 25th at 8:00am to 9:30am.

Exact meeting location is still being finalized but it will be at a location in downtown Portland.

Survey Results…

Posted by campsean - 25/07/08 at 07:07:42 pm

Thanks to all who filled out the recent survey that focused on the goals and preferences that Oregon CI Professionals had for our chapter.

Here is a high level summary of some of the findings:

• Preference was for quarterly meetings.
• Greater preference for meeting times to be from 11:30am to 1:00pm instead of 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
• Preference for holding the meetings in downtown Portland over other locations (Beaverton, Gresham, etc.)
• Strong Interest in the following topics: Analysis Models, Competitor Profiling, Early Warning Systems, Economic and Business Trends, Environmental Factors, and Emerging Markets.

SiloBreaker and GlassDoor

Posted by campsean - 16/07/08 at 11:07:21 pm

Silobreaker and Glassdoor are two sites that I’ve begun to utilize more frequently lately in an effort to get another angle on competitors.

Glassdoor is good at pulling together some raw subjective opinions about corporate leadership from current employees.

Silobreaker is good at pulling together bits of information (videos, websites, articles, etc) that some other search engines don’t pick up as readily about companies. I’ve found some significant nuggets here lately.

Tracking Competitors

Posted by campsean - 16/07/08 at 11:07:06 pm

Just came across an interesting article that was linked off of the SCIP News page.

One of the points made is that you need to make sure you look who your competitors are looking to hire as well as more traditional means of intelligence gathering.

For small and medium sized companies the job descriptions themselves can many times provide a level of interesting intelligence about future plans.

Welcome to the Home Page of SCIP’s Oregon Chapter…

Posted by campsean - 15/07/08 at 12:07:24 am

Welcome to the home page for SCIP’s Oregon Chapter. Here you’ll find information about upcoming events. In addition you’ll find news and information about SCIP and about the Competitive Intelligence Profession in general.

Our first Oregon Chapter meeting will be held in September. More news on that event coming soon.

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