The Internet Partner Forum is sponsoring a panel at the 5th annual Internet Strategy Forum Summit. The panel is called “Adventures in the Internet Presence Ecosystem: ROI for Enterprise Tools & Platforms”. Panelists are featured from ISITE Design (IPF Founding Company member), Covario, Site9 and StrongMail.
Internet Partner Forum Sponsors Cre8Camp Portland
July 15, 2008The Internet Partner Forum (IPF) has agreed to be one of the cash sponsors of the first Cre8Camp Portland, a nonprofit unconference for creative industries professionals happening on Saturday, July 26th from 10:00am to 3:00pm at souk in downtown Portland.
Cre8Camp is a creative twist on the BarCamp unconference concept that technical professionals have rallied around over the past few years.
This is a natural way for the Internet Partner Forum to support our core agency constituents. If your company is interested in supporting the Cre8Camp Portland nonprofit community effort, additional sponsorships are available. See the Cre8Camp Portland site for more information.
Cre8Camp was co-founded by Steve Gehlen, founder of the IPF.
Next up: A roundtable discussion about comparative business benchmarking
May 2, 2008The next IPF meeting in Porland, coming up on May 29th [revised date], will be a roundtable discussion about comparative busnes benchmarking needs for companies within the Internet presence ecosystem. During the series of IPF formative meetings in 2007, feedback from those in attendance indicated a desire for this.
Details about the meeting, which will include a special guest, will be sent via email to the IPF Portland list. If you would like to be included in the invitaton, you can opt-in to the list via our interactive dialog courtesy of IPF Founding Company member i-OP.
New blog launched to discuss the Internet presence ecosystem
May 1, 2008Today I launched my personal blog called “Internet Presence Ecosystem“, which will feaure insights and observations on the people, companies and business relationships that enable and facilitate Internet presence for medium-to-large organizations.
Client-side panelists reveal suggestions for agency & vendor partners at February meeting
February 29, 2008A panel of Internet strategists from Umpqua Bank, LaCrosse Footwear, Mentor Graphics and the Portland Trailblazers (all members of the Internet Strategy Forum) answered key questions about what makes great agency and vendor partners at the February meeting of the Internet Partner Forum.
IPF Founding Member companies ISITE Design, OakTree Digital and Volt Techncial & Creative Communications were joined by representatives from several other companies including Summit Projects, HMH, SplashCast, viaLanguage and EasyStreet.
Below you can listen to MP3 audio of the 4 panelists answering the question “What separates great agencies and other vendors from the rest of the pack?”(IPF Member companies receive the entire podcast of the event).
> Audio clip of answer from Dan Harbison of the Portland Trail Blazers
> Audio clip of answer from David Hawkins of Umpqua Bank
> Audio clip of answer from Ron Fuller of Mentor Graphics
> Audio clip of answer from Katie McDonald of LaCrosse Footwear
Panel for 2/20 meeting finalized with addition of Umpqua Bank Brand VP
February 8, 2008We have finalized the panel for the meeting on February 20th at 6:00pm with the addition of Umpqua Bank’s David Hawkins, VP of Brand.
This is part 2 of our series “What Clients Really Want from Partners”. At the meeting in December the group consenus was to do the same topic, but this time invite some mid-size companies on the panel vs. the very large companies on the December panel.
So the final panel is:
Early bird pricing ends on 02/12.
I this looks interesting and you would like to attend, you can register here.
February meeting will feature client-side panelists from mid-size companies
January 18, 2008By popular request at the end of the Internet Partner Forum event in December, the next meeting will cover the same topic: ”What Clients REALLY Want from Vendors”, but this time will have panelists from mid-size client companies.
The meeting is set for Wednesday, February 20th at 6:00pm at the Living Room Theaters with the following panelists:
Once again the client-side panelists will discuss candidly with the product and service providers in the audience what they think separates the great partners from the rest of the pack. This led to some great dialog at the last meeting.
You can add this event to your Outlook or other iCal-compliant calendar and register to attend here.
OakTree Digital joins as first Founding Company Member of Internet Partner Forum
December 7, 2007OakTree Digital, a full service interactive firm in Portland, OR, is on-board as the first Founding Company Member of the new Internet Partner Forum. We invite others to join OakTree in supporting the start of what could be a unique and valuable organization in the industry. Special thanks to John Schmitt and the rest of the crew at OakTree Digital.
For more information on the limited-time opportunity to be a Founding Company Member, see the interim IPF site.
Internet Partner Forum Launch Meeting a Success
December 6, 2007The inaugural meeting of the Internet Partner Forum on Wednesday December 5th was packed with attendees from agencies, development shops and other product/service vendors at the Living Room Theaters in Portland, OR. Over 45 people registered.
The client-side panelists from Nike, Intel, Providence Health and Portland General Electric answered a lot of great questions as the shared their experience and opinions on what makes for great partner agencies and other vendors. In fact, there are some links below to audio clips of the panelists answering a key question.
I saw good examples of attendees meeting other attendees who provide complimentary services and could do possibly do business together at some point. That is one of the primary objectives of the Internet Partner Forum.
See below for photos as well as video and audio clips from the meeting.
If you would like to hear about future meetings and are not already on the IPF mailing list, please use the contact dialog on the interim IPF web site.
Below you can listen to MP3 audio of the 4 brand-side panelists answering the question “What separates great agencies and other vendors from the rest of the pack?”
> Audio clip of answer from Tim Pacholke of Nike
> Audio clip of answer from Rob Rollinger of Intel
> Audio clip of answer from Lisa Gloor of Providence Heatth & Services
> Audio clip of answer from Richard Myhre of Portland General Electric
ABOVE: a sub-30 second video clip showing the meeting room
ABOVE: the room was full, with over 45 people registered
ABOVE: the client-side panelists from Nike, Intel, Providence and PGE are members of the Internet Strategy Forum
ABOVE: panelists Richard Myhre from Portland General Electric and Lisa Gloor from Providence Health & Services
ABOVE: Panelists Rob Rollinger from Intel and Tim Pacholke from Nike.
ABOVE: networking with a panelist from Intel
ABOVE: networking among Internet service and product provider attendees
Tonight’s Internet Partner Forum Meeting
December 5, 2007The Internet Partner Forum meeting tonight starts at 6:00pm at the Living Room Theaters, SW 10th & Stark in downtown Portland. Some limited seats will be available at the door. Depending on when you read this, you may still be able to register online here.
