Last week at BE Conference I was chatting with a Gartner Consultant about ProjectWise and the intense need for project teams to collaborate and share work. Searching my mind for a simple, contextual, and compelling articulation of ProjectWise value my eyes wandered (as they often do when I go into "think" mode) and I found myself staring out of the convention center window at the Baltimore skyline. Then it hit me, bang…
I almost missed this article in ENR last week. "Some Skepticism Greets AIA Job Collaboration Documents"
It seems that on some levels *formal* collaboration remains a scary prospect. It seems that *informal* collaboration remains the only popular way to "get it done" - all the usual "...don't rely on this, that, and the other" caveats take care of our fear and reduce our exposure to risk. …
Every year for the past four years at BE Conference Malcolm Walter (our COO) has featured four projects and celebrated the ROI realized by the projects using our technology.
Malcolm is a numbers guy - he loves numbers - almost as much as he loves infrastructure, and his presentation is generally filled with pretty cool stuff; this year was no different. Titled "ROI3 (ROI cubed)" Malcolm's latest presentation…
Last night was the night at BE Conference to celebrate the work of our users. For the first time in a few years we didn't have a "celeb" MC and our very own VP of Corporate Marketing stepped up to the plate.
It was Chris's first BE Conference and he was excellent! He was funny, compelling, and relaxed on stage to set the tone for the award presentations. He was also awesome collaborating and singing…
This morning we kicked off the 2008 BE Conference in Baltimore, the theme: Best Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure. It's quite a departure from previous years' agenda which sought to provide users with an abundance of hands-on training. Our focus this time around is less about "hands-on" and more about "all-hands" - collaborating through shared stories of success.
The morning opened to…
...Collaboration!
We do a lot of work with Microsoft, and for good reason; our users use a lot of Microsoft software. And as Bentley is the premier provider of software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, Microsoft is an ideal partner for us. So I guess you could say we collaborate; we share the load to deliver better software solutions for our users, and we have fun doing it. We also get to make new acquaintances…
My Name is Joe Croser and I am the Global Marketing Director for Bentley's Platform Product lines, and Subscription offerings. My Blog aims to provide readers with frank discussions of collaboration issues and my personal view on them.
Blogs are often judged by their level of authenticity and the absence of marketing content. I will make every effort to shape this Blog accordingly. However, and I don't mean to…