Articles By Jim Roddy

  1. The Best Business Advice You've Ever Received: RSPA INSPIRE Edition 2/23/2015

    One of my favorite articles posted recently on the Business Solutions website is What’s The Best Piece Of Business Advice You’ve Ever Received? Five channel executives weighed in with guidance that would benefit any business leader.

  2. RSPA INSPIRE 2015: Heath Says Channel Leaders Need To Find “Bright Spots” 1/27/2015

    If it’s true that great conference speakers cause the attendees to act constructively, then Chip Heath, the featured presenter at the RSPA INSPIRE 2015 Conference in Maui, HI, has proven to be a great speaker. Many of the 100+ channel executives attending this conference said Heath has taught them principles and actions they told me they will implement at their businesses.

  3. RSPA INSPIRE 2015 Preview: Best Quotes From Heath's “Decisive” 11/18/2014

    When the RSPA (Retail Solutions Providers Association) announced that Chip Heath, co-author of business best-sellers Switch and Made to Stick, would be the featured speaker for the INSPIRE 2015 conference, I was super excited. To be able to spend a couple days with one of the world’s leading minds in business is a rare opportunity. And to do that at the Grand Wailea Resort in Maui makes it even better.

  4. ASCII Announces Atlantic City Success Summit Awards 10/24/2014

    On Thursday evening the ASCII Group announced the winners of the ASCII Success Summit “Best of Show” Awards for its Atlantic City conference held October 22-23.

  5. From ASCII Atlantic City: The Perpetually Valuable MSP 10/24/2014

    “Thought leadership” is a phrase thrown around rather casually by companies and marketers, especially in the IT channel. True thought leadership includes having genuine, original ideas and then presenting those concepts to everyone in your constituency.

  6. Video: Datto Crowned 2014 ASCII Cup Winner During Spectacular Ceremony 10/24/2014

    Ever since I attended my first ASCII Cup ceremony, I had difficulty articulating the incredible energy and pomp-and-circumstance around the award. Typically when an IT vendor is presented a channel award, they receive polite applause and a plaque or crystal trophy of some sort.

  7. From ASCII Atlantic City: The MSP Evolution 10/23/2014

    I really liked the slide titled “The MSP Evolution” presented by Shannon Mayer (pictured), the channel engagement manager for LogMeIn, at the ASCII Success Summit in Atlantic City on October 23.

  8. From ASCII Atlantic City: 5 Great Quotes, 2 Helpful Business Continuity Tools 10/23/2014

    Back in late May, Business Solutions published an article titled “How To Sell Backup? Stop Pitching Fires, Floods, And Famine” based on a presentation by Rob Rae, the vice president of business development at Datto, at the ASCII Success Summit in Columbus, OH.

  9. From ASCII Atlantic City: Top 5 Tech Trends Of 2014 10/23/2014

    One of the reasons I enjoy attending channel conferences is the opportunity to hear from a variety of perspectives. You think you’ve heard every angle on our industry, but then someone explains their perspective and you think about the IT channel in a different way.

  10. From ASCII Atlantic City: 5 Marketing Tidbits For Solutions Providers 10/23/2014

    I was thrilled when I saw that Herman Pool was scheduled to present at the ASCII Success Summit in Atlantic City on October 22. I have previously described him as “a whirling dervish and marketing master on stage” and he didn’t disappoint, delivering sound advice to the nearly 100 solutions providers in attendance at Bally’s Atlantic City.