Engineering Engineers:
A True Story on How to Develop a Trade
Show Intelligence Process
As featured in the January/February
edition of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional’s (SCIP) Competitive Intelligence Magazine, the
piece below, authored by JP Ratajczak, will also be included as a chapter in
SCIP’s Competitive Intelligence Foundation’s latest book,
Conference and Trade Show Intelligence.
The piece walks through the
steps Ratajczak took over two years as he worked to create an effective and
repeatable trade show intelligence process at a former employer. Included are lessons learned, best
practices, as well as a section titled “Quick Elicitation Tips for
Non-CI-Savvy Collectors.”
Ratajczak now works at
Deloitte Services and is a member of the Southwest Ohio SCIP Chapter’s
Steering Committee. He has served
in a variety of SCIP leadership positions over the past 7 years including
Chapter Coordinator for the Mercyhurst chapter and also as a Steering Committee
Member for the
Ratajczak can be reached at
jratajczak@deloitte.com.
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