Lisa Morgan to Speak at PMEC 2009

Strategic Rainmakers Founder and CEO Lisa Morgan will speak at the upcoming Product Management Education Conference (PMEC 2009) on Monday, November 16 ay 10:00 Pacific. The conference will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Morgan will address product differentiation, the mistakes companies make, and what to do about it.

For the past two decades Morgan has been a marketing consultant to high tech companies ranging from well funded startups to multiconglomerates, helping companies to better differentate themselves competitively, grow into strategic new markets, and attract merger or acquisition targets. She has also been an active journalist and industry award judge during that time, as well as the conference chair of ecommerce and Internet conferences which has given her “other side of the desk” insight into the common mistakes companies make when differentiating their products.

Information about the conference is available at http://aipmm.com/html/pmec/.

SemTech 2009: Something for Everyone Plus Discount

If you’re wondering where the Web is headed next, check out the Semantic Technology Conference aka SemTech 2009.   With six concurrent tutorials and as many as ten concurrent sessions, the five-day event which takes place at the San Jose Fairmont June 14 – 18, 2009 will reveal how technology, marketing, and business models are evolving as the Web matures.

SD Times Features Guest View by Lisa Morgan

Business executives as software programmers?  Dinner with Bill Gates?   It’s all here:  http://www.sdtimes.com/GUEST_VIEW_MICROSOFT_FINALLY_EMPOWERS_BUSINESS_MANAGERS/About_MICROSOFT/33443

Lisa Morgan Will Kick Off RMDMA

Strategic Rainmakers CEO Lisa Morgan will open open the upcoming Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association’s (RMDMA) DM Day event with  “Digital Marketing:  Trends, Strategies and Tapping into the Power of the New Marketing Technology.”  The concurrrent session will provide a non-nonsense view of recent developments, emerging concerns and common pitfalls that affect the success of multichannel marketing programs.  DM Day will be held at the University of Denver on May 13, 2009.  Interested parties can register here. 

Ms. Morgan works with technology-driven companies to define and meet strategic objectives.   Over the past two decades her clients have included corporations, vendors, service providers, event producers, agencies and publishers.  In addition to working with clients, Ms. Morgan speaks at executive and industry conferences, judges industry awards, and is an active journalist.

Ms. Morgan can be reached at lisa@strategicrainmakers.com.  Her bio is available here with more detailed information available at LinkedIN.

Portable Devices Are About to Become A Lot Cooler

As if cellular phones, PDAs and the new stripped-down versions of laptops called Netbooks don’t offer enough portability and features, guess what? They’re about to get a face lift.

Lisa Morgan Will Moderate eCommerce Leadership Panel

Strategic Rainmakers founder and CEO Lisa Morgan will be moderating a panel entitled, “Building and Keeping a Loyal Customer Base” at Infopia’s eCommerce Leadership Summit on Thursday, March 5, 2008.  Panelists will include Kelly Phillipps, CEO of Backcountry.com; Jim Thompson, CEO of Rouge IT, Todd Henley, CEO of Makai Bikes, and Best-selling Author Marsha Collier.

How to Increase Trade Show ROI Webinar

Want to get more from your trade show exhibits, speaking engagements, sponsorships and conference attendance?  If so, listen to the archive here. 

Business.com Announces “What Works for Business Contest” Winners

Business.com, the leading business search engine, directory and pay-per click advertising network, today announced the winners of its What Works for Business Contest which rewards small business for overcoming today’s market challenges.  Lisa Morgan, Strategic Rainmakers Founder and CEO, judged the Management and Start-Up Solution categories.

Strategic Rainmakers Judges SIIA Codie Awards

Strategic Rainmakers founder and CEO Lisa Morgan is judging the 2009 Software and Information Industry Association Codie Awards once again. Lisa has been an SIIA judge since 2002.  This year, she is reviewing products in three categories:  E-Commerce, Corporate Learning, and Best Business products.

Strategic Rainmakers Judges Business.com’s “What Works for Business” Contest

Strategic Rainmakers founder and CEO Lisa Morgan recently judged the Management and Start Up categories for Business.com’s What Works for Business Contest.  The What Works for Business Contest is rewarding organizations that are finding ways to thrive in today’s challenging times.  Business.com  is the leading business-to-business (B2B) search engine and advertising network.