The topic we hear analyst relations (AR) professionals and other vendor staff talk the most about is Gartner. There is always something brewing about the Gartnerians’ business model, research methodology, product management and policies that gets under the skin of AR pros around the globe. While there is widespread feeling in the AR community that Gartner does not listen to us, we think that a productive use of an hour is participating in the Gartner Quarterly AR Call and telling the Gartner executives exactly what is on your mind. With new heads of HTTP (Michael Yoo) and AR programs (Jeff Golterman), we think that AR pros should give these executives the benefit of the doubt that they will listen to well reasoned observations with positive suggestions about how to correct the situation.
If you were not able to attend the last AR teleconference, click Notes from Gartner’s June 19, 2008 Quarterly AR Call – Themes are royalty, expanded editorial calendar, org changes to read our detailed notes and analysis.
—- Text from Gartner’s email —-
Gartner Quarterly Analyst Relations Call – 9 September 2008
- Tuesday, September 9, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
- Tuesday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Who Should attend?
- Vendor analyst relations professionals
- Vendor marketing professionals
- Vendor public relations professionals
What should I expect?
One week before the call, dial-in details, agenda and speakers will be e-mailed to you and posted to the Vendor Relations page on gartner.com. www.gartner.com/it/about/vendor_relations.jsp
A replay will also be available after the call for those who cannot attend.
Please forward your ideas for topics for future calls to GartnerARNewsletter@gartner.com.
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Do you think Gartner purposely schedules these during Forrester events?
I was thinking the same exact thing! yes, they probably do!