This is a short post. And I’m not going to get a soapbox and rant, nor will I try to educate or share my views. This is a short post.
It’s fall, and Product Camp season began last month starting in Atlanta, New York and Salt Lake City. But, the real camping season picks up speed starting this weekend with upcoming events in So. California (Orange County,) San Francisco, Seattle, Rocky Mountain, Chicago, Minneapolis and welcoming Nashville. (Apologies if I forgot any.) Make plans to attend a PCamp near you by visiting the “master” schedule list at: http://www.productcamp.org/schedule/
If you are planning to attend – and there really is no reason you should not attend at least one - or present or simply don’t understand the concept and why you should engage, please visit some of my past posts on product camps on this site:
Looking in from the outside, it’s time for product professionals – both management marketing types – to take control of their own careers and growth. Product Camps are OUR venues to do both
(and women, ping me to discuss the “Rainbow Chuck Initiative!”)
In the next few weeks, there are several opportunities to attend a ProductCamp. Maybe this is your first? If so, there are several primer-type articles out here and here.
Whether this is your first, third or tenth camping trip, you should ask yourself the same question – how do you prepare for a ProductCamp? Should you volunteer? Should you create a presentation? Will any of my colleagues be there?
A guest post by Barry Doctor, product marketing manager at Katun, Inc., and lifelong observer of cool gadgets and tech toys, who is green with jealousy of those who obtain these toys in their early stages.
While it is the goal of some product managers to simply obtain enough time off to properly enjoy the holidays – rest, relax and recharge. Others wish for more QA resources and a CEO that shares a change in company direction more than 6 weeks before launch of that major new product. Others were hoping for a job or an acquisition. Since fulfillment of these abstract items is particularly difficult, we’ve chosen some unique, obscure products that solve a market problem or cause a product manager to exclaim “that’s cool” out loud. (more…)
Some days I don’t get it. Nope – not at all, not even a little. I’ve tried, but it just isn’t working for me.
Why do we ask our “customers” what improvements we should make in our products and/or marketing? They saw enough value in what we do to already have made a purchase. They opened their wallets. Unless we never want to grow, we obviously need to find the next victim, I mean prospect to approach. This is not our customer, it is our market. (more…)
I’m turning this post upside-down inside of outside-in. What? Huh? I hear you, but be patient for a minute and I’ll explain.
I have had the pleasure – and honor – of developing a presentation for another Product Camp with my colleague Jim Holland. Jim and I have known each other for several years, and from the beginning the synergies were amazing. Really, that isn’t just a line.
