How would you assemble your "dream team" for strategic content portfolio management?

Alongside your colleagues, and regardless of your priorities (see our self-assessment worksheet), your team should also consist of external members, both formal and informal.

If you cultivate an external "dream team" you will get:

• Fresh ideas and input for different ways of looking at a problem
• A sounding board for vendor relationship management and stakeholder engagement
• Direction of what "best practice" might mean in your organisation.

We can be both a facilitator for, and part of, your team:

Jinfo Community - industry dream team

Participants in the recent Community session on "Usage data in contract negotiations" formed an industry-wide dream team, and came away with new ideas and insights into planning, managing and negotiating contracts for third-party information. See the anonymised report of our robust discussion.

You can join the dream team in April's Negotiation clinic - role-play and Q&A, which is included in your Jinfo Subscription.

Jinfo Consulting - upskill and strengthen

We recently created a series of tailored workshops on best practices, supplier relationship management, and developing scorecards for one of our consulting customers.

Through these workshops, this particular team achieved these goals:

• Level-setting skills across the team
• Establishing shared frameworks for portfolio and relationship management
• Comparing their practices to industry standards and trends.

We can do the same for your internal team, if you contact us about Consulting on Content Portfolio.

Let us help you imagine, build and cultivate your dream team. If you're responsible for content licensing, make Jinfo part of your team.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research and Head of Consulting

Early results on the Jinfo Survey on empowering end-users:

• Ensuring they use quality resources
• Keeping up with demand for new/different topics and access points
• Improving our communications to influence them.

• There's still time to participate in the Jinfo Survey on empowering end-users – take 10 minutes and do it today.

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What's New at Jinfo

• Report: Community deck - usage data in contract negotiations (1st April 2021)
• Community: Negotiation clinic - role-play and Q&A (13th April 2021)
• 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 »

Subscription Tip: Missed a Community session? Our robust dialogue is captured in anonymised notes and published as a Jinfo Report. Tap into the wisdom of your peer group, even if you can't attend the live session.

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.

Blog

• Research update - bridging the gap between buyers and suppliers on 25th March
  One of Jinfo's key roles is to act as a bridge between buyers and suppliers of information. To help inform these discussions, take part in our survey on empowering end-users.
  
  
• Research update - our Community is your community, especially if you license content on 11th March
  Concerned about trends in content licensing? Jinfo Community sessions connect you with peers facing the same challenges, in a unique, confidential environment. Access Community, along with all our Content, with a Jinfo Subscription.

"Our [content portfolio] briefing updated our knowledge of best practice – documenting our product evaluations properly, working with end-users to help them understand the difference between licensing and purchasing, and establishing consistent processes across the team. The reminder to re-invest in the basics is so helpful, especially from an external party."
Global administrator of information contracts, consulting firm
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