Speaking Engagements

Diane Krakora

In addition to her success with Amazon Consulting, Diane Krakora is regularly featured in industry publications such as Channel Insider, Software Sales Magazine, The Channel Advisor, EchannelLine, Portal Magazine and Silicon Valley Business Journal, giving expert advice with a fresh and sometimes renegade perspective of the reseller industry. Her comprehensive understanding of multi-channel strategies, entrepreneurial drive and results-oriented focus make her a highly sought after and popular guest speaker at events on a range of topics.

To view Diane's executive bio click here.

Potential speaking topics include:
  • Increase sales through leveraging partners
  • When to use channels in early stage companies
  • 5 lessons learned in effective partnering
  • Influencing influencers
  • Being relevant: the ROI of channels and alliances
  • Sales or marketing, where do partnerships live?

Beth Vanni

Drawing on over twenty years of experience optimizing partnerships for high technology companies, Beth Vanni is an award winning speaker and sought after expert in all aspects of optimizing alliances and refining channel strategies. Her keen insight, upbeat style, and colorful anecdotes engage audiences time and time again.

Potential speaking topics include:
  • Strategies for leveraging two-tier distribution to grow your channel
  • Sales engagement models & partnering success at the field level
  • Managing channel conflict - best practices
  • Engaging professional services with channel partners
  • Building a really effective partner program - avoiding pitfalls and creating value

If you are interested in engaging Beth, Diane or anyone on the Amazon Consulting team, please submit a description of the request to info@amazonconsulting.com

Upcoming Events >

Elevate the Impact of Your Partnerships
Thursday, March 24, 2010, 11:00 AM (Pacific)
March Webinar: Is your organization channel Tolerant or Reliant on partners, or partnering Centric? Are you a partnering Novice or Accomplished? We will discuss the characteristics, challenges and initiatives for growth at each stage of partner maturity.

Join us to learn from these companies how to elevate the impact of partnering in your organization.
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Industry News >

IBM Releases Details of CFO Study
On March 2, IBM announced the findings of a major new study of over 1,900 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior finance executives from 81 countries and 35 industries, worldwide, which reveals that more than 60 percent of CFOs plan major changes to respond to the new economic climate. The 2010 Global CFO Study executive summary, videos of interviews with top CFOs, and a download of the full report are available at the link below.
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