

Global Product Management Talk
ProdMgmtTalk
#ProdMgmtTalk Professionals forwarding the movement for product excellence by design. Discussions about the art, craft and discipline required for products that contribute value. All aspects of customer development, user experience, product innovation, design, development, marketing and scaling. @ProdMgmtTalk Founded by @CindyFSolomon talking with thought leaders from Silicon Valley and beyond. @StartupProduct @ProductSummit Syndicating The Everyday Innovator with Chad McAllister.
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Oct 15, 2012 • 55min
Compelling User Stories w/ Teresa Torres, VP Products
Teresa Torres, Vice President of Products at AfterCollege, Identifies Best Practices To Ensure That User Stories Communicate The "Why" Behind The Requirement
Teresa says, "I'm looking forward to discussing the impact of user stories with the Global Product Management Talk community. The broadcast is a great opportunity to raise visibility of product managers and the function of product management to guarantee that more big ideas turn into great products."
Host, @CindyFSolomon joined by co-host, Roger Cauvin @RCauvin
Resources: http://bit.ly/OEcevS

Oct 1, 2012 • 56min
From Idea to Reality w/ @GlenLipka, VP UX @Marketo
Glen Lipka, Vice President of User Experience, Marketo, Discusses How Product Management, User Experience (UX) And Engineering Teams Can Work Together To Achieve A Great Product Outcome
Glen says, “My view of an ideal structure for the product team is flat so that everyone is working as peers together to collaborate with specific responsibilities. I look forward to sharing my experience as first employee at Marketo with the #ProdMgmtTalk community."
Host, @CindyFSolomon joined by co-host, @TaariqLewis
Background Resources: http://bit.ly/PC6srt

Sep 24, 2012 • 60min
Persona Based Product Marketing w/ @Marisa_Kopec
Marisa Kopec, SiriusDecisions’ Product Marketing and Management (PMM), Discusses Best-In-Class Practices For Incorporating B-to-B Personas Into Customer Centric Product Strategy
Marisa says, "I'm looking forward to discussing personas with the Global Product Management Talk community. Product managers are responsible for identifying various customers/buyers and users' perspectives and isolating appropriate personas to forward product requirements and marketing strategy."
Host, Cindy F. Solomon @cindyfsolomon is joined by co-host, Therese Padilla @theresepadilla
Resources: http://bit.ly/RTo3ON

Sep 10, 2012 • 46min
Gestalt Product Strategy with Prabhakar Gopalan @pgopalan
Prabhakar says, "The Global Product Management Talk has become the de facto weekly "go-to" digital event to hear thought leaders discussing new ideas and concepts about the emerging profession of product management. It makes perfect sense to discuss a theory of perception in the context of product strategy."
Host, Cindy F. Solomon is joined by Lydia Sugarman as co-host
Our speaker, Prabhakar Gopalan, is Austin's expert on strategy, an entrepreneur and a product guy. Prabhakar is the founder of Simple Idea Labs, and kanban2go.com is one of their first experiments. Prabhakar writes and talks about products, strategy and chaos. Opinions expressed here do not reflect those of his employers.
Resources: http://bit.ly/PlW9ua

Aug 27, 2012 • 55min
How Product Management Can Break or Make Your Company
David Fradin says, "The Global Product Management Talk is a great vehicle for discussing the product management foundations (process, people and information) a company must provide, to build great products and services. Looking forward to joining in the conversation to share my view!"
Background Resources: http://bit.ly/NX1e7Y

Aug 20, 2012 • 55min
Trends & Changes In Prodmgmt, ProdMrktg and ProdMgmtTalk!
Host, Cindy F. Solomon and co-host, Adrienne Tan reminisce about the year of Global Product Management Talk podcasts, discuss trends and changes in professional product management, and talk with Bill Reed a bit about his upcoming full hour discussion on Advances in Product Marketing.
Host, @CindyFSolomon, San Francisco, CA joined by @brainmates co-host from Australia
Background resources: http://bit.ly/MYIJOz
Thanks to this week's sponsor: The Association of International Product Marketing and Management http://www.aipmm.com

Aug 13, 2012 • 52min
Live From Agile 2012 W/ NickMuldoon, Agile Evangelist @NJM
Nicholas Muldoon, Agile Evangelist At Atlassian, Discusses Product Management For Agile Software Development Teams Live From Agile 2012 In Dallas, Texas @NJM
Nick says, "Looking forward to learning of the challenges the global product management community faces in regards to adopting Agile and responding to customers. Going to be great to be answering these questions from Agile 2012, the largest Agile conference in the world!"
Host @CindyFSolomon joined by co-host Adrienne Tan @brainmates
Background Resources: http://bit.ly/MiPdrp

Aug 6, 2012 • 50min
Product End Of Life: Killing A Product / Retiring Gracefully
@JohnNewbury, B2B Marketing Professional, Leads Discussion On The End Of The Product Life Cycle: How To Deal With Product Obsolescence In The Retire Stage
John says, "I'm really delighted to be joining the Global Product Management Talk to lead this discussion, having co-hosted several times. ProdMgmtTalk is such a unique forum for Product Managers, with high-quality insight from a truly global audience. Talking about how to manage a product's end of life stage should enhance everyone's product chops."
Host @CindyFSolomon is joined by co-host @GregGehrich
Background resources: http://bit.ly/SXHiVd

Jul 30, 2012 • 48min
Why Exceptional Product Managers Have Many Mentors
Hector Del Castillo, PMP, CPM, CPMM says, "I'm looking forward to this important discussion with the Global Product Management Talk since I speak with professionals seeking to advance their product management careers on a daily basis. I'm delighted to join other participants in the ProdMgmtTalk community who already serve as mentors, perhaps in an informal way, by generously sharing their expertise and contributing to the visibility of the product manager's role in successfully guiding products throughout the entire product lifecycle process."
Host @CindyFSolomon is joined by co-host Teresa Torres @ttorres
Resources: http://bit.ly/NRSmA6

Jul 23, 2012 • 51min
Innovation: Result of Intersection of Invention & Value
Innovation: The Result of the Intersection of Invention and Value w/ Jose Briones, PhD @brioneja
Jose says, "The Global Product Management Talk is an innovative attempt to enable real time participation simultaneously on open platforms using Twitter, Skype and BlogTalkRadio. I look forward to discussing how companies define innovation and what systems are currently in place to support and manage development of innovation throughout the entire process during #ProdMgmtTalk."
Co-host @Therese Padilla, President @AIPMM joins @CindyFSolomon for this discussion
Background Resources: http://bit.ly/MAlud5