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With 90 days left to go in the calendar year, here are four actions to take to prep for a successful 2021:

1. Establish your baseline

After an eventful year, take stock in today's reality with an assessment. Jinfo Consulting offers assessments for information teams on:

• Risk
• Capacity
• Value
• Stakeholder engagement
• Service optimisation

...based on our proprietary benchmarking data.

Complete the form to request time to speak with an analyst about setting the baseline now for growth in the coming year.

2. Strengthen your team

Add Jinfo Consulting Workshops to your 2021 planning.

Many teams took a breather from development efforts in 2020, but in-person workshops and team-building are unlikely to bounce back quickly.

Don't let another year go by. Jinfo is skilled in remote development, team building and facilitation - add one or more Jinfo Consulting Workshops to your 2021 plans - complete the form on that page to request more information.

3. Exercise your negotiation muscles

Register to join the Jinfo Community session, "Negotiation clinic - raise your concerns, hone your skills" (8th December, open to all Jinfo Subscription customers).

Bring your challenges to this peer group of professionals responsible for negotiating contracts for information subscriptions and licences, and get practical feedback on how to handle tricky questions about value, pricing, and strategic supplier management.

4. Tell us what you need

Complete the form on our website to share your suggestions, requests and feedback for how we can make Jinfo more useful to you in 2021.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research and Head of Consulting

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"Use it or lose it"

Any budget you have left over... spend it now or kiss it goodbye.

Consider:

Jinfo Subscription * Consulting Pilot of Value Chain * Consulting Assessments

Or contact us to discuss your specific needs.

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What's New at Jinfo

• Report: Product review of Statista (7th October 2020)
• Article: Part 1 - key advantages; introduction; contact details (7th October 2020)
• Article: Part 2 - sources - content and coverage (8th October 2020)
• Article: Part 3 - technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration (9th October 2020)
• Article: Part 4 - value - help & training; competitors; development (12th October 2020)
  
  
• Report: Market landscape - current awareness platforms (16th October 2020)
• Community: How have your needs for product evaluation changed? (5th November 2020)
• Webinar: The importance of current awareness tracking (17th November 2020)
• Community: Negotiation clinic - raise your concerns, hone your skills (8th December 2020)
• Consulting on Value Chain: With a pilot project, you can test out Jinfo's value chain process and document exactly what it would take to analyse your value chains... and quantify the benefits. Learn more about Consulting on Value Chain »

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Subscription Tip: Meaty discussion with knowledgeable peers - join Jinfo Community sessions

Your Jinfo Subscription includes access to all Jinfo Community sessions - 60-minute, confidential web-based meetings on topics of importance to information professionals.

Missed a session? We provide anonymised notes from the discussion.

Check out the current and past listings »

 

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What are the benefits of a Jinfo Subscription?

• Saves time by using our original research and practical resources
• Gives you the tools to define, communicate and measure information value
• Helps you reinvent your information service through insight into what the best companies do.

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Blog

• Research update - transform your toughest contract renewal on 8th October
  At the end of a challenging year, rely on Jinfo's support by signing up for one of our Community sessions for peer input and advice, along with our research for applying value chain concepts to your licensing conversations.
  
  
• Research update - "What's the value?" Show the ROI on 24th September
  With all the pressures this year, you're probably having to prioritise your time more than ever. Our prioritisation worksheet can help you justify the time and effort needed for value chain analysis.

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"The team was very enthusiastic about the presentation from Jinfo Consulting. They found it insightful, it provided food for thought, and it helped us to understand our maturity. We definitely need to schedule it again."
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