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User groups: For the love of the industry
In a new podcast from the Honeywell User Group last June, the present and past chairmen of the user steering committee discuss their work forming the program.
David Otto and Randy Underwood make some points that can apply to any user group, not just HUG. While you are there to gather information and learn, keep in mind that you should also use the opportunity to feed information back to the sponsoring company. Here are some suggestions they made:
1. Don't be shy about talking to the sponsor. Make sure the people you see from the sponsoring organization know what is on your mind. Take advantage of the opportunity to talk to sales people and engineers that you don't have contact with normally. Watch for steering committee members too. They're just as important.
2. Companies gather many new product ideas from these meetings. If you have things to say, good and bad, about specific products, the meeting is the time to deliver the message.
3. If you have an idea for a paper or presentation, run it by a steering committee member. Most new papers are discovered at these meetings.
4. Say thanks to any steering committee members you see. They don't get paid and do a whole lot of work. They really do it for the love of their industry.
User groups: For the love of the industry
August 21, 2007
In a new podcast from the Honeywell User Group last June, the present and past chairmen of the user steering committee discuss their work forming the program.David Otto and Randy Underwood make some points that can apply to any user group, not just HUG. While you are there to gather information and learn, keep in mind that you should also use the opportunity to feed information back to the sponsoring company. Here are some suggestions they made:
1. Don't be shy about talking to the sponsor. Make sure the people you see from the sponsoring organization know what is on your mind. Take advantage of the opportunity to talk to sales people and engineers that you don't have contact with normally. Watch for steering committee members too. They're just as important.
2. Companies gather many new product ideas from these meetings. If you have things to say, good and bad, about specific products, the meeting is the time to deliver the message.
3. If you have an idea for a paper or presentation, run it by a steering committee member. Most new papers are discovered at these meetings.
4. Say thanks to any steering committee members you see. They don't get paid and do a whole lot of work. They really do it for the love of their industry.
Posted by Peter Welander on August 21, 2007 | Comments (0)
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