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For the past seven years, the Financial Times ranked The Ivey Business School as the #1 Executive Education provider in Canada and among the top 25 in the world. Ivey recognizes that today's business leaders need a cross-enterprise perspective to spur growth, innovation, productivity, and globalization. Ivey Executive Development programs prepare managers to address today's challenges and lead initiatives that increase the performance of their entire organization.Like any world class institution, Ivey works hard to develop long-term working relationships with senior decision makers. We believe that The Access Group's unique methodology gives us significant and fitting exposure to these senior executives. The informal format stimulates a unique kind of interaction; one that opens up numerous forms of exchange and allows us to get a better perspective of the challenges facing businesses today. The Access Group approach gives participants a great opportunity to network and gather information and ideas that are both current and relevant.
We enjoy working with the Access Group team. We find them reliable and trustworthy. We recommend them without hesitation to any organization breaking into new industries and companies. We gladly attach our brand to their various projects and activities.
Grech Associates Executive Search Inc. partners with growth companies and businesses in transition. We are a research-based firm with expertise identifying and recruiting the country's most accomplished change agents and business builders. With a focus on Director to C-level search, we have been a key force in helping Canadian technology companies and professional services firms grow and prosper - locally and internationally. As the Managing Director, I am always in search of new ways to add value for our clients and engage prospective customers. I'm proud to have had the opportunity to sponsor a number of Access Group roundtables. I find these sessions to be an excellent opportunity to grow existing relationships and start new ones . Their unique roundtable format provides a collegial environment where our clients can meet other senior executives and exchange ideas on highly relevant trends and challenges. Prospects and clients alike provide the same feedback, time and time again: The Access Group's format adds real value and allows everyone to network in a friendly, peer-to-peer environment. I am proud to recommend The Access Group to any organization seeking to test their strategies, build relationships with prospects and customers while showcasing their own subject matter expertise.
Second City Communications is the corporate services division of The Second City that serves a wide range of client organizations, including: Google, Motorola, Sony, RIM, HP, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Kellogg School of Management, JP Morgan, Nike, Boston Consulting Group, Pepsi, Ebay, Major League Baseball, Scotiabank, University of Chicago, Kraft, Abbott Labs, US Army, Allstate and Starbucks. SCC has offices in Toronto and Chicago and draws on an network of over 150 corporate learning facilitators, writers and performers.
I have participated both as a guest and as a sponsor of The Access Group Roundtables. Second City Communications finds The Access Group's "innovative" methodology in attracting senior decision makers and providing them with an opportunity to share ideas about their challenges works very well.
More importantly, we find both the executives and sponsors attending leave with a new and fresh perspective about the issues ahead and a clear understanding of possible solutions. Today, understanding how to best serve customers is becoming more complex. The Access Group forums provide an opportunity for organizations to get unique insights into the areas of risk and opportunities facing their target customers. What I find unique about The Access Group is that they are committed to growing our business beyond simple sponsorship opportunities. This group continuously delivers qualified leads to help us increase our market share.I have no doubt The Access Group will be an asset to any organization committed to increasing its sales and market share.
The executive round-table provided tangible results towards our goals of advancing Adobe's understanding of this large market segment and identifying qualified prospects for our current set of solutions. Being in a room and participating in candid discussions with that many high-level executives is a rare opportunity to gain valuable insight into the challenges they face and how they prioritize them. We were able to validate our understanding of manufacturer's current requirements as they relate to Adobe's focus and how they are likely to evolve.
"When Siemens Business Services sponsors an event, we look for a partner that can tailor the event to our needs. We want three things:
Compelling content that draws senior executives from our target market,
An opportunity to develop an intimate working relationship with the attendees, and Great execution.
Our customers need to have an outstanding experience worthy of the Siemens brand.
The Access group excelled in all categories with "Bridging the Gap - Manufacturing Innovation Roundtable". They exceeded our expectations on all fronts. We had a full house with very senior people. Everyone walked away feeling enriched. We initiated many new executive relationships..."
"Exciting, informative and enlightening round table discussion regarding Supply Chain and Manufacturing challenges. It was our pleasure to be a participant and sponsor of your most recent "kitchen round table". As a first time participant in such an event I did not know what to expect. The realities were that the round table dialogue was an excellent venue for Subject Matter Experts, Industry Leaders and Academics to brainstorm and evaluate various solutions to complex industry sector challenges. This half day conference managed to gain insights into industry related matters in a constructive manner with an aim of sizing up potential solutions in an efficient matter. The intellectual horse power that Access Group managed to gather for this "round table" was simply terrific. No matter what industry you are currently involved with as a Leader--we highly recommend this venue for you, your clients and your up & coming leaders."
As marketers, access to the current challenges facing our customers as well as an understanding of their priorities is crucial to enabling our sales force to build meaningful relationships with them. The Access Group provides sales executives with superior access to decision makers in priority target markets. I've held two successful kitchen table conversations with The Access Group. They have a unique ability to consistently attract 'C' level executives to events and use a unique model which enables vendors to have access to current challenges facing customers. This enables sales representatives to build strategic and meaningful relationships with 'C' level executives in their target markets. I strongly recommend The Access Group to any other organization who is committed to getting superior access to decision makers in their target markets. Using The Access Group gives any vendor a competitive advantage over others.
"I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and your partners for a great event. Thanks! Great job on getting the right level of folks out to the event - especially the Line of Business contacts. Great job on putting together the focus group concentrating on the young 18-25 year old segment of the market. Great job on all the logistics, the thank you cards to the panelists, etc. And great job on selling out the event to capacity."
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) is Canada's leading technology alliance. Because our members are action-oriented businesses, we respond with action when specific services or activities are requested.
As the "Traditional Champion" of Canadian research and development, CATA Alliance's mission is to stimulate global business growth through the forces of Canadian innovation, entrepreneurship and strategic partnership.
Over the last year, The Access Group has worked with CATA members to help them break into target markets and get access to senior decision makers.
We have found The Access Group has a unique methodology in putting together interactive forums, serving as a powerful venue to attract and enable senior executives to speak to each other about their challenges and arrive at actionable steps for future success.
This unique model can add significant value to any organization looking at growing its market share within existing accounts and breaking into new markets.
I have no hesitation in recommending The Access Group to any company President looking at testing their strategy and growing their revenues.
"As a consultant/sponsor of a recent Access Group executive forum, I can honestly say that this was a very worthwhile. The subject matter was very material for the executives in attendance and the forum was very well run. I believe the future of marketing for professionals lies in networking, referrals and helping others. This forum, plus the associated "lead exchange" will definitely help our firm grow."
"The Access Group's Executive Roundtable provided a forum for Adobe to meet with SVP's of the top Canadian banks in a open environment so that we can better understand their issues and the problems they are trying to solve. As a result of participating in the event I was able to obtain follow on meetings with key contacts at the banks to engage in further discussions."
I wanted to personally thank you for a hosting a successful event. These kitchen-table conference are a great concept and key events for our Marketing Strategy. I think that this was a stepping stone and I look forward to working with you again.
"The manufacturing industry is a vibrant business sector that is a key success factor in the Canadian economy," said James Salter, Marketing Manager, Mid-Market Verticals, Microsoft Canada Co. "Microsoft is committed to working with Canadian manufacturing companies to understand and address their needs. Industry roundtables like this event from The Access Group are a great way to get insights into current business challenges faced by manufacturing executives."
Thank you for the kind comments and please feel free to invite me to future executive panel discussions. I did enjoy the session and as I said in my closing remarks, I gathered new information and validated, in a few cases even altered, some existing perceptions. I found the session was very beneficial both intellectually and from a networking perspective. The attendance was very impressive and as we discussed I believe a breakfast session modeled like the one yesterday held would be very beneficial to SAP and a New York or Charlottesville banking audience.
Regards, Tom
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