We’ve updated the public google calendar for April & May meetups due to the Anzac weekend in April.
The new dates are Thursday May 2nd & May 30th.
Our next session is March 21st.
Updated April & May #prodanon dates
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February’s Product Anon gets social – Feb 21
We’re a social bunch to begin with but at our next session we’ll go meta & be social while talking social & product management.
Will being social make you a better product manager? Have you found it valuable or yet another distraction?
Join us to talk about the ways you can use social products & strategies to make your product better while being a better product manager. Share your tips on using social media & other products.
Different location!!! We’ll be at Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St (near the corner of Bourke & Spencer). We’ll be in one of the function rooms. Go down the escalator, head to the left side of the bar where the tables are. The function rooms are behind sliding doors in the dining area. Reservation is under Jen’s name.
6-6:30p – drinks & chat
6:30p – talk starts
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Decompressing from the job or the importance of breaking from the daily grind
Brought to you by Chris Dahl, co-founder of Nitro Inc. on the 24th of January at our last Prod Anonymous session.
This was a great session that available as a PDF: Importance of Breaking from the Daily Grind to jog your memory for good suggestions if you attended, or to get across the topic if not.
One of my key takes out from this session was to take a day month as a holiday – clear you mind of the noise and you will come back more refreshed and more motivated for the rest of the month!
Add Product Anonymous events to your calendar automagically
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Scroll below to where you see the calendar & click on the Google Calendar icon at the bottom of the embedded calendar. That should open your Gcal so you can add it.
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Within Google calendar, go to Other Calendars on the left side of your screen. Click the downwards arrow next to it & select Add by URL. Cut & paste the ical link below. Ignore the ‘Make calendar publically accessible’ tickbox because we’ve already done that! 🙂 Click Add Calendar & you should be good to go.
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Product Innovation Seminar on Friday 18th
Just hearing about this so it’s a bit of a late notice but:
Key Results of the 2012 Dutch [Product Innovation] Competitive Performance Assessment Study.
Friday Jan 18th 1-2pm
Who: Professor H.J. Hultink (Erik Jan). Professor of New Product Marketing. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Where: School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. RMIT University. Level 11, Room 10, Building 80, 445 Swanston Street (80.11.10).
This seminar examines the performance of Dutch companies, their innovation practices, and their associated innovation performance. The lessons emanating from these findings are presented and implications for Australian innovators discussed.
Brief Bio:
Erik Jan Hultink is a Professor of New Product Marketing at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. His research focuses on launch and branding strategies for new products. He has published on these topics in such journals as the Journal of the Academy in Marketing Science, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management. He was ranked number six in the list of the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholars, and selected as the most productive European researcher publishing in the Journal of Product Innovation Management. He is co-founder and board member of the Dutch chapter of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). He regularly consults companies on the topic of new product launch, and frequently appears on the Dutch television and radio commenting on the success and failure chances of new products.
Thurs Jan 24- 1st Product Anon of 2013
Hope everyone had an awesome break!!
If you were at our end of the year drinks, you might have heard about the January topic being planned. I think we may have persuaded Chris to kick off the year after a few drinks were had 🙂
Please join us Thursday the 24th for a drink, a chat and Chris Dahl on the importance of taking a break:
Why Product Managers need regular escapes from the daily grind
Whilst the Product Manager role wears multiple hats, it’s critical that it has a primary focus on the future direction of the product (i.e. new opportunities, innovative feature competition doesn’t have).
This can prove to be a challenge for Product Managers when you have the daily grind of e-mail, customer requests & calls, and prioritisation. It’s important for us to recognise these distractions, and ensure we don’t let them inhibit innovative and high-value product development.
Location confirmed as Bull & Bear on Flinders Lane
RSVP now!
End of Year meetup – Nov 22
Make sure you come out to the last Product Anonymous of the year on Thursday 22nd of November to meet some fellow product folk, people interested in product mgmt & creating products.
We’ll be at the Carlton Hotel up on the roof – provided it’s good weather – or inside if the weather isn’t great.
We’re looking for people interested in talking or leading discussions at next year’s monthly meetings. Contact usat @product_anon or info@ our domain.
Product Camp Melbourne Wrap Up
Did you miss camp? Or want to relive it all? Either way, Nat has posted a great summary of the day over on the Product Camp Melbourne site.
Don’t forget to contribute to the Day in the Life of a Product Manager infographic by answering 6 quick questions. We didn’t have the chance to get to some of the ‘numbers’ questions during that session so please contribute now. We’ll publish the infographic here & on the camp site.
Thanks again to the camp sponsors PageUp People & Brainmates & migoals. It was an awesome day & we’re looking forward to the next one!
Were you at Product Camp Melbourne?
We need your help to finish the day in the life of a product manager infographic! Please answer these 6 quick questions!
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Why you should be attending Product Camp Melbourne
Product Camp Melbourne is coming up on Saturday the 20th. If you’re interested in product management, product marketing or how to build a great product (no matter what your title is), you should attend.
Why?
As someone who’s attended 6 product camps over the years, I’d recommend attending because:
- you get to meet people who have a clue what you do! wow!
- you get to have interesting conversations with these people who get what you do AND often have the same issues you do!
- you’re going to learn something new
- it’s free
- it’s life affirming!
- you may find a new job
- you might be able to recruit your new staff or co-worker
- you can share your own experiences via conversations between sessions, during session discussions or even host a topic (see the Product Camp website for info)
If you want more proof, check out this great video recap of the Mind The Product Conference. This is a London based gathering for Product Managers & echoes my thoughts whenever I see a lot of PMs gathering!
Hope to see you on Sat 20th!