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Get noticed! How to enhance your PM personal brand
PMs work HARD. Do you ever wish you got more recognition for your herculean efforts? Annoyed that others seem to get more attention despite doing less? Stop complaining and do something about it!
Successful PMs have a mix of analytical and interpersonal skills - a combination that can be hard to find. Surprisingly, the "soft skills" can be the hardest to master. In this session you'll learn concrete and specific examples of how to enhance your personal brand as a PM - from using body language cues to self-promotion.
These tips can help you reinvent yourself in the eyes of…
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The Product Manager Pathfinder: Building and Growing High Performing Product Management Teams
This session will help you build and effectively manage a product management team. We will also discuss ways to empower your product management team to lead high performing product teams.
Product Management is a critical function for product-driven organizations that want to create new revenue streams and a sustainable competitive advantage. A recent CBS news report shows that Product Management is recognized as the fourth most important corporate job in the U.S., with only CEOs, Executives and General Managers higher on the list.
In my experience, companies often confuse and misuse Product Management. These companies risk building the wrong product,…
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The Confident PM
Before you can be a rock star or even an opening act, product managers need core confidence in themselves and their professional abilities.
This means know how to do the hard stuff like product requirements and personas – as well as - the soft stuff like dealing with difficult people and communicating effectively.
Come discuss with peers and learn from studies and expert experience about the fundamental elements that give Product Managers confidence to do competent, rewarding work. Create an action plan to kick up your own or your product management team’s confidence starting now.
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Agile & B2B Product Management – A Marriage Made in Heaven
This discussion will settle all the debates and ambiguities on product managers vs. product owners. It will answer the $1 million question: are both roles necessary? And most importantly, you’ll gain insights on how to structure your team for optimal performance without adding headcount.
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Product Managers and the FDA
What is the role of the Product Manager in Medical Device or other FDA -regulated environment?
How can operating in a regulated environment make you a better product manager?
Which Product Management skills are particularly valued by the FDA?2 votes -
Hammers, Anvils, and Hot Iron - Forging Partnerships
All product managers need to build relationships with internal and in many cases external partners. When engaging with business units like sales or finance or when you engage with partners who are building your products, or (gasp!) who are buying/distributing them - you need to keep everyone on your side. What are some of the key parts of making these relationships work. How do you form the partnerships? How do you build off of relationships handed over to you? What do you do to maintain, build on, and leverage relationships in the product arena when you need them the most?…
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GTD while remaining happy
What does it take to get things done while remaining happy, centered and unruffled by the ups and downs of life? And how can you remain focused while working in a career such as product management that requires you to balance a hundred different things? Drawing from several philosophies, including mindfulness, Getting Things done, and understanding of your brain at work, I present a set of tips and tricks to help you get started, and a path to progress further as you go along the path to happiness in your career.
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How To Attract More Of The Right Employees In Only Four Hours: Applying Your Marketing Skills To Hiring Talent
The economy is heating up, and great marketing and product management practitioners have a number of options, from client-side roles to agency roles to consultancies to big data startups. Hiring managers need to compete for top talent. But curiously, many dash off job descriptions that put readers to sleep rather than entice them. And many have recruiting processes that resemble a black hole more than an engaging two-way discussion. Then they are disappointed when they fail to attract and land the ‘right’ people.
This session will help you to become more authentic and predictive in your recruiting, to attract the…
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The Product Management X-Factor: How to be a Rock Star
Product managers are asked to be strategic, tactical, technical, and business-oriented at the same time. Despite our diverse backgrounds, some product managers seem to be more effective than others, rising to the top as "rock stars." Join ProductCamp Austin founder Paul Young for a discussion about what makes regular product managers into stars.
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