Ignite Advisory Group Blog
Who from Your Company Should (and Should NOT) Attend Your Next Customer Advisory Board Meeting
by Rob Jensen | Feb 26, 2020
We are often asked by customer advisory board (CAB) practitioners who from their companies should be invited to attend their initial or next CAB meeting. The question is often a tricky one for CAB managers, who may be getting internal interest in their meetings, and...
Post-Customer Advisory Board Meeting: Five Action Tracking Must-Do Tips
by Rob Jensen | Jan 29, 2020
Of all the recommended post-customer advisory board (CAB) meeting deliverables (meeting report, ongoing engagement plan and action tracker), we not only get a lot of questions about how to prioritize, manage and track resulting meeting action items, we see companies...
Customer Advisory Board Conference 2019 Recap – Here’s What You Missed
by Tatiana Falconi | Dec 18, 2019
The annual CustomerAdvisoryBoard.org conference took place December 5th, 2019 in Boston. Over 50 customer advisory board and marketing professionals joined the annual conference to hear and share customer advisory board strategy and best practices. Here’s what each...
Why Interview Customer Advisory Board Members? 8 Tips for Success
by Rob Jensen | Aug 27, 2019
When guiding our clients to establish and manage their customer advisory board (CAB) programs, we’re sometimes asked about the need to interview CAB members in advance of an upcoming meeting. After all, as CAB managers may attest, they “already know” the challenges...
Customer Advisory Board Member Gifts: 5 Tips to Consider
by Rob Jensen | Jun 27, 2019
Ignite is often asked about providing gifts to members for their customer advisory board (CABs) participation. On the one hand, it’s a nice idea and a way to thank members for their commitment to providing guidance to your company. On the other, it’s certainly not...
What’s in a Name? Three Tips for Setting a Powerful Customer Advisory Board Theme
by Rob Jensen | May 14, 2019
When creating and designing a customer advisory board (CAB) initiative, one aspect that tends to get overlooked or undervalued by CAB managers and executive sponsors is the creation of the program theme. In fact, many companies simply name their customer advisory...