Video: French, Chapple & Valuch discuss Social AR

One of the most-requested topics at the Analyst Relations Forum last year was how to combine Social Media and Analyst Relations. At the AR Leaders’ Forum the following day, we agree on Social AR as one of three priority topics to discuss in 2014

Because of the wide-spread interest for this topic, we  hosted a free webinar on Thursday 30th of January with a panel which included Barbara French (Sr Director, Analyst Relations, Corporate Communications at Juniper Networks), Patricia Valuch (Analyst Relations Communications Specialist at Symantec) and Duncan Chapple (Managing Director at Kea Company). This panel gave their views on the Social AR field, and discuss best practices.

In the first half of the call Valuch discussed social media and the analyst ecosystem today, and outlined the best practises for strategy and planning. Her experiences of planning initiatives and interactions were focussed by questions from the participants on the call.

In the second half of the call, Barbara French joins the call to review the foundational issues for integrating AR with social media. She explains how Juniper’s AR team was able to learn from the rest of the firm’s social media work, but still needed to develop an  understanding of the analysts and their real world influence that’s quite separate from their online profile.

Duncan Chapple

Duncan Chapple is the preeminent consultant on optimising international analyst relations and the value created by analyst firms. As SageCircle research director, Chapple directs programs that assess and increase the business value of relationships with industry analysts and sourcing advisors.