Global Product Management Talk on The Power of Personas For Product Success

Eric V. Holtzclaw, CEO of User Insight, Discusses How to Leverage The Qualitative Research Process for Identifying Unique, Evidence-based Personas
By: Cindy F. Solomon
 
 
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April 18, 2012 - PRLog -- San Francisco - Today, the terms “User Types” or “Personas” are prevalent in the product development, marketing and research realms. But how do we create real, durable personas and what is the true value of personas for product managers and marketers?

Eric V. Holtzclaw, CEO of User Insight, will highlight the power of persona data and contrast it to the results of using traditional demographic information. We'll discuss the qualitative research process used to develop unique, evidence-based personas and how such research can be leveraged for greater product success. The discussion will touch on ways to socialize personas within your organization to bring them to life for both product and marketing teams.

Eric V. Holtzclaw, will speak at the weekly Global Product Management Talk on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the simultaneous times of 1:00-2:00 PM Pacific / 3:00-4:00 PM TEXAS TIME / 4:00-5:00 PM Eastern Time, which will be Wednsday, April 25, 2012 6:00 AM in Sydney, Australia using the hashtag #ProdMgmtTalk on Twitter.

"Personas are the foundation of a great user experience and the Global Product Management Talk facilitates an excellent opportunity to discuss how to socialize personas throughout the entire product management process.”

Video of Eric V. Holtzclaw, CEO, discussing User Insight's Social TV Experiment:

http://vimeo.com/33735173



Each week, The Global Product Management Talk features an expert guest discussing pre-posted questions with the co-hosts and Twitter participants broadcast live over BlogTalkRadio. The transcript of Tweets and podcast are available for on-demand consumption on the web, iTunes, Google Play and mobile devices.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the simultaneous times of 1:00-2:00 PM Pacific / 3:00-4:00 PM TEXAS TIME / 4:00-5:00 PM Eastern Time, which will be Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:00 AM in Sydney, Australia
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About Eric V. Holtzclaw
As Chief Executive Officer of User Insight, Eric identifies strategic service offerings and oversees operational excellence and innovation across the business. Eric’s 20+ years of experience includes work for a variety of successful Atlanta startup companies including GeoMedica, Information America, OneCoast and Prime Financial Services. He served as a key leader at both Silicon Graphics and CyberSource in the deployment of professional services organizations. In each of these endeavors, Eric played a leading role in building teams to execute product development or maintain company infrastructure and operations. Eric has been responsible for the successful launch and support of more than thirty consumer-oriented and internal-use products and services throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. In addition to his work at User Insight, Eric has served on the HCI Advisory Board for Georgia Tech, taught and mentored local university students through User Insightʼs educational partnerships, is an active member of Toastmasters International and teaches classes through MUST ministries. A strong supporter of the user experience industry and burgeoning entrepreneurs, Eric also works closely with Georgia Tech students to evaluate their research projects and serves as a mentor to several Atlanta entrepreneurs.

Contact Eric V. Holtzclaw
Georgia
Email: eholtzclaw@userinsight.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric-holtzclaw/1/146/36
Twitter @eholtzclaw

About User Insight
User Insight, a user experience strategy and consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine. User Insight gathers and analyzes the voice of the customer, providing behavioral-based data that empowers clients to develop customer-centric products, services, messages and brand experiences. Currently, User Insight has conducted research across the U.S. as well as in 15 countries for more than 300 clients spanning 25 industries. http://www.userinsight.com

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