InSites Consulting starts conversation coaching spin-off B-Conversational

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Anke Moerdyck

In order to cope with our current growth, we decided to start a spin-off to inspire and coach companies on conversation management. We are delighted to announce today that Steven Van Belleghem, author of ‘The Conversation Manager’ and ‘The Conversation Company’, has accepted to take on the lead of this spin-off called B-Conversational. Steven will step down as manager of InSites Consulting to fully focus on this new challenge leading our first spin-off. As an active shareholder of B-Conversational, InSites Consulting will make sure that both companies will remain strategically aligned whilst both can focus on their specific expertise to fuel further growth.Read more

Smart(ees) Consumer Collaboration!

Posted on June 18, 2012

Despite all the buzz around the Dutch football, over 60 people from varying backgrounds (pharma, media, fmcg, government…) found their way to our Dutch office to join our Smartees last Tuesday! People gathered for lunch and a chat before we all headed into the conference room to start the sessions. Ramon Pardo, head of the Dutch office, welcomed everyone and challenged the audience with 3 statements to think about during the presentations.

#smc2011be: Power To the People

Posted on December 5, 2011

At the annual Stichting Marketing Congress (find keynotes here) in Ghent, Belgium, Steven van Belleghem was privileged to share his vision on collaboration, crowdsourcing and new powerlaws that have developed since the rise of the people’s internet (check out this The Standaard article, Dutch). Social media is a big catalyst in the process of giving the consumer a voice but they go beyond just that: think of the Arab Spring, think of news stories that first break via Twitter. In his talk, Van Belleghem poses the idea of structural collaboration instead of giving the consumers a voice in just some campaigns, as part of strategical public relations-purposes.
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Where to meet us in November?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Anke Moerdyck

10 November 2011: Youth Marketing (UK). The annual Youth Marketing conference brings together leaders in the field to analyse the latest trends, share insights and impart knowlegde. Joeri Van den Bergh, Gen Y expert joins the conference in London.

10 November 2011: Debate at the Belgian book fair (BE). Steven Van Belleghem will moderate the debate between Jo Caudron, Marc Michils and Clo Willaerts during ‘Media anything, anytime, anyplace’.

13 November 2011: ESOMAR Qualitative Conference (AT). Joeri co-presents with Simona Sbarbaro of MTV Networks Italy. ‘We got a crush on you(th)!’, involving influential Gen Y’ers from 15 global cities to learn why something is cool.Read more

Research Communities Smartees at #insites

Posted on June 21, 2011

Last Thursday at our head office in Ghent, we organized a Smartees about research communities. The day had a double agenda, literally. The morning we talked about research communities and the impact and possibilities for marketers, we dedicated the afternoon for researchers. In the morning we proudly had Steven van Belleghem, Tom De Ruyck and Thomas Troch presenting, in the afternoon, Prof. Dr. Niels Schillewaert presented about online research and the enacting of stakeholders, followed by Tom and Thomas, again. In this article, you’ll find the presentations and a take-away from what is said and done.

Join our Communities Smartees

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Anke Moerdyck

Are you ready to join the conversation? Join our Communities Smartees on Thursday 16 June in our Ghent office. This time we go beyond the basics of Communities and give you insights into new cases, applied gamification, new techniques of our ForwaR&D Lab and how to engage your company in the community. To make sure you get the right take-aways for your team, we set up a morning session for marketers and an afternoon session for researchers.

As always, our Smartees offer time to network with your colleagues from across the industry. They’re free and you’ll leave with plenty of tips and practical strategies to get a community working in your organisation. Sign up today to be sure of your place.

New blog for the Conversation Manager

Posted on January 17, 2011

2010 has been a great year for our Conversation Management team, and we want to continue building upon that spirit in 2011. That’s why we set-up a new website for the Conversation Manager, your inspiration platform based on the bestselling book by Steven Van Belleghem.

What’s new?

We’ve set up a specialist team to bring you daily inspiration in the field of Conversation Management and beyond. It’s our ambition to become a true connection point for fresh insights, industry cases, book reviews, congress reports, interviews and everything in between.

But above all, we would love to hear what you expect from us, so that we can optimally cater to your needs: What does the Conversation Manager mean for you, and how can we be of true value? What content would you like to see, which burning questions do you have…?

We strongly believe that we can make it happen together, and you can help us as well. We’re still looking for motivated guest bloggers in the team. It would be an honor if you would join us, just send us an email.

Talk a look at the website and let’s us know what you think of it.

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