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Chief Information Officer Cites Excellent Networking & Content

Introduction

This case study of City of Portland is based on a October 2014 survey of GIL 2014: Silicon Valley customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Problems that plague today’s “traditional” trade show and conference include:
- Content is a one-way push from the podium with little interaction or Q&A
- Presentations produce too few action items and takeaways – too theoretical

Use Case

Rated the networking at Frost & Sullivan’s GIL 2014: Silicon Valley as the greatest.
Recommends that other organizations send 2 team members to Frost & Sullivan’s GIL.
Rated the value of the content they received at Frost & Sullivan’s GIL 2014: Silicon Valley as very timely and relevant.

Results

Agreed that the unique interactive structure of Frost & Sullivan’s GIL 2014: Silicon Valley led to the following:
- Access to best practices
- A forum which allows them to get real solutions to their business challenges
- More value overall
Was able to generate 5 real business and personal relationships at Frost & Sullivan’s GIL 2014: Silicon Valley.
Agreed that they would be more likely to inquire about their services in the future if a solution provider sponsored Frost & Sullivan’s GIL 2014: Silicon Valley.
Would very strongly recommend this event to their colleagues and/or peers.

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Chief Information Officer Cites Excellent Networking & Content

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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