by Rob Jensen | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog, Meeting Preparation
After over a decade of working with Fortune 500 and leading growth companies, we’ve facilitated hundreds of successful customer advisory board (CAB) meetings. Those companies who invest the time, resources and budget to create a successful CAB program and meetings are...
by Rob Jensen | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog, Customer Advisory Board Best Practices, Facilitation, Meeting Preparation
While PowerPoint is an excellent business tool to communicate ideas, its pervasive, constant use has weakened the impact it once had. While professionals may feel naked in front of an audience without it, spectators often lose interest quickly—if not outright groan...
by Rob Jensen | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog, Create a CAB, Meeting Preparation, Strategy & Design
Most B2B executives acknowledge the importance of engaging with customers. After all, there is much to gain by asking your best customers their feedback to your products and services, their suggestions for additional, unfulfilled needs, their perspectives on their...
by Rob Jensen | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, Customer Advisory Board Best Practices, Meeting Preparation, Virtual Meeting
With customer advisory board (CAB) meetings taking place virtually now and for the foreseeable future, CAB managers and executive sponsors should take steps to ensure these meetings deliver utmost value to their members and their own host companies. While preparation,...
by Rob Jensen | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Meeting Preparation
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...
by Rob Jensen | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Customer Advisory Board Best Practices, Meeting Preparation
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...