Ignite Advisory Group Blog
Six MORE Tips for Holding Hybrid-Attendance Customer Advisory Board Meetings
by Rob Jensen | Mar 9, 2022
While the Covid pandemic may be (finally!) waning or even (hopefully!) coming to an end, we’re seeing a somewhat delayed and mixed reaction from some of our clients. While many eagerly look forward to resuming in-person customer advisory board (CAB) meetings, others...
A Customer Advisory Board Meeting with No PowerPoint? Here’s what to do Instead
by Rob Jensen | Feb 16, 2022
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...
Outsourcing Customer Advisory Board Management: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
by Rob Jensen | Feb 2, 2022
Visualize this scenario: you’re a top executive of a major technology firm or service provider. You’re about to walk into a meeting with your very best customers and/or partners—the revenue from whom will absolutely make or break your company’s business plan for the...
Ryder Describes Five Keys to Customer Advisory Board Program Success
by Rob Jensen | Jan 19, 2022
When it comes to learning best practice advice towards optimally managing a customer advisory board (CAB) program, you would be hard-pressed to find a better source than Ryder. After all, the successful Fortune 500 company has been running four distinct CABs for over...
Not a One-Time Event: How to Make Your Customer Advisory Board an Ongoing Program
by Rob Jensen | Nov 24, 2021
One of the most important concepts to learn – and communicate to your members and internal executives – is that your customer advisory board (CAB) should not be established as a “one-time” meeting or an “event.” Doing so implies that your program is attempting to...
Customer Advisory Board Members Not Showing Up to Meetings? Top 5 Reasons Why (And What You Can Do About Them)
by Rob Jensen | Oct 27, 2021
Well-run customer advisory boards (CABs) usually get a high percentage of member attendees at meetings (either in-person or virtual). And why not – these engagements should offer your members the opportunity to learn about potential solutions to shared challenges,...