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Generally, companies have their trade show timeline mapped out like a well-oiled machine. And generally, this machine follows a meticulous six month plan. The Six Month Timeline 6 months out: Overview and analyze shows from previous years and set new goals. What worked well? What could be better? 5 months out: Determine your budget, and based on your goals select shows and booth spaces you think would best fulfill those objectives. 4 months out: Evaluate your current booth and technology, and if looking for a change, reach out to some different companies about construction. 3 months out: Choose your booth […]

Beginning Oct. 26th and ending the 29th, Jive will be in booth 28 at the ACUTA Fall Seminar in Boston. It’s not too late to sign up with ACUTA’s onsite registration, so we hope you’ll come swing by and say hello!

The Utah Valley area is a growing, exciting place to be. There’s always something novel to get caught up in–concerts, hiking, camping, theatre, museums, and unique days like Passport to Provo. A few weeks ago, some of the Jive marketing team (affectionately known as Marketeers) participated in Provo City’s attempt to break a world record.

Why do we attend tradeshows? Because we aren’t happy? Because we’re bored? No. Because we’re looking to progress. Happiness—whether in your…

Over the summer, the FCC Board of Commissioners made major changes to the E-Rate program, which will affect all participating schools and libraries. While some of these changes will increase the availability of certain technologies, it’s important to know that funding for other services will be gradually phased out.

What do all superheroes have in common? Awesome powers, secret identities—and cool communication devices! Here’s a rundown of your favorite superheroes’ communication devices and how Jive’s hosted solution offers similar superpowers through our advanced features.

The Jive team is heading off to New Orleans in a few days for Cloud Partners 2014 on September 8th-10th. We’re excited to hit the Big Easy with a bang! We’ve got three days of meetings, networking, and maybe even an exciting giveaway…or three! Jive will be meeting with different partners during the event and would love to meet with you as well! Contact your Jive channel manager to schedule a meeting with Jive during the event and be entered to win an exciting giveaway. What is Cloud Partners? The cloud has changed everything in the channel—business models: sales cycles, […]

Those of you who golf know that it’s one of the most difficult sports to master, requiring the highest level of mental strength. Why? Well, besides the many components in your swing that have to align perfectly just to make contact, there’s the fact that our minds are our worst enemy.

It’s hard to escape at least some exposure to the phenomenon that is sweeping the world one ice-filled bucket at a time. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has taken over a substantial piece of real estate in social media, news outlets, and late night talk shows. At this rate, it’s likely that every publicly recognizable figure will participate—if they haven’t already—in this challenge before we hit Labor Day.

Businesses blame their lack of trade show success on many different factors. We didn’t provide a giveaway. Our booth wasn’t exciting enough. Etc. etc. but