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SUMMARY:TechForum - Strategic Alliances: Changing the Game or just Moving the Pieces?
DESCRIPTION:While alliances can add valuable synergy to your organization, an unbalanced partnership can also produce undesired complexities. How can you best leverage your strategic alliances to ensure win-win outcomes?  
John Sheridan, President and CEO of Ballard Power Systems will address the opportunities and challenges offered by strategic business alliances. Drawing on his diverse experiences as COO of Bell Canada, CEO of Ballard and his ongoing participation as a board member in numerous organizations, John will use examples of strategic alliance successes and failures to highlight helpful lessons for both small as well as larger organizations. 
You will gain a perspective on –
When to seek a strategic alliance
Ways to level the playing field in negotiations
Keys to generating positive, win-win outcomes
Essential formal – and informal – elements of successful alliances
Steps you should take now 
Visit http://www.bctia.org/files/BIOS/Bio_TechForum_-_John_Sheridan_-_Apr_14(3).pdf to read John's biography.

URL:http://techvibes.com/event/techforum-strategic-alliances-changing-the-game-or-just-moving-the-pieces
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