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Why 'Set It and Forget It' Information Governance Matters More Than You Realize

Anyone who has ever spent an appreciable about of time working with business information knows full well that the sheer volume of content within their deployment is growing by the day. But at the same time, the variety of content is also on the rise — which can easily lead to governance issues before you know it.

Design Sprints with Miro: "Hacking" Templates to Achieve Your Goals

Ever feel like you're staring down the barrel at a difficult problem and just spinning? We did too. Enter design sprint methodology—and the daunting task of planning, organizing, and executing in an impactful way. A Miro template, plus a few tweaks, helped us minimize the overhead so that we could actually focus on the real problem at hand, rather than getting distracted by the process.

Introducing Email Notifications and Activity Reminders to Teamwork CRM

We are delighted to release the final piece of our notifications solution to Teamwork CRM with Email Notifications and Reminders. Until now, notifications were available in-app via the bell icon. To date this is how users received notifications for any changes to the deals they were following. However, there was still a notification gap to be filled. Once you were out of the application, you had no means of understanding how your deals progressed.

Raymond Lam on Boardroom Data Hosting | Convene x CSIA Webinar

For many boards, knowing where their data is stored gives them much needed peace of mind. How should boards choose how their data is stored? Raymond Lam, CEO of DrewCorp Services, points out a key thing boards need to remember. This quote is from Going Digital in the Boardroom: Considerations and Challenges, a webinar powered by Convene and the Corporate Secretaries International Association, held on January 27, 2021.

How to encourage customer self-service?

We know that companies have been trying to persuade customers to use self-service for at least the past ten years, with mixed success. Now due to the pandemic it is being adopted at unprecedented rates according to the Boston Consultancy Group. So how do we encourage customers to carry on using self-service portals when life returns to ‘normal’?

Post-pandemic trends from a futurist-what consumers and employees want next

We’ve heard it a thousand times: “the pandemic is unprecedented.” And it’s true—COVID-19 has changed the lives of billions of people around the world and many of those changes are here to stay. The good news is that the pandemic has also shown that many businesses are able to adapt and thrive. Bernard Salt AM, one of Australia’s leading social commentators on trends, business, and society, has a hopeful view for the future.

Part 1: Three Ways to Achieve Success for Your Customers...and Your Bottom Line

That’s according to the Customer Success Association who tells us that being able to prove your worth in both directions is the most crucial aspect of determining success. Monitoring the return on investment (ROI) for the customer is therefore a vital capability, and in the other direction, driving recurring revenues for your company. The CSA advises that Value Management functionality should also include.