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From Gartner: Five Laws for Exploring Virtual Worlds

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Hat tip to Jay Moonah for the pointer to this Gartner article about virtual worlds. but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner's five laws for exploring virtual worlds at the enterprise level. By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500. enterprises) will have a ???

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Data-Enhanced Learning Management & Certification for Associations

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” – Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research. It can also provide valuable data on course completions by day, week, and month and by payment types such as comp, paid, and discount coupon. “Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.”

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Customer Experience Plays Marketing as a Long Game

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According to Gartner , the technology and research consulting firm, 90 percent of organizations now have a CX officer or an equivalent position. Gartner identifies these qualities as key to delivering value: A customer journey mapping process that extends beyond acquisition and purchase through the life of the relationship.

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Solving the Salesforce Talent Gap

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In 2020, Gartner ranked Salesforce the #1 CRM for the 8th year in a row, with greater market share than the next nine competitors combined. The Trailblazers Community sets Salesforce apart from many other cloud technologies as a way to connect with other Salesforce community members and often open doors to new job opportunities.

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Surveys: Collect and Act on Your Data in 2021 and Beyond

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Online qualitative tools (open-ended questions that collect ideas and opinions, or “soft data”) can be just as informative as a quantitative tool. or multiple choice questions (e.g., from this list, pick up to three organizations other than this one that you belong to). However, don’t be trapped by convention.

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

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It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. Photo by OxMour. Maybe I'm jaded. But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment. Plateau of Productivity.

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Some lessons from the “enterprise”

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For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. The striking thing: open source software wasn’t on their list. And that’s because in the enterprise world, for the most part, open source software is a given part of the mix. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list.

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