POI has been immensely beneficial to us. From the share-groups, to the summits, to 1:1 conversations with you and Sarah, we’ve gained so much insight into best practices and strategic direction for our new RGM team. When we’re faced with a difficult decision like vendor selection/implementation or when we are unsure of best practice like RGM benchmarks for KPIs, our first thought is POI will be able to help us! What we’ve gained from being a part of this group is worth significantly more than the investment.
In terms of reasons why to be in person for the summits, here’s what comes to mind:
-Between meetings and after meeting conversations to network and ask questions of others in the industry
-More attentive audiences and better flowing conversations within the room
-The ability to put a name and a face together
-Opportunities to have fun at the happy hours/events later in the evening and make friendships
“We’re already getting a ton of value from our new POI membership especially from our European and International teams. Really helping on the training front and allowing them to see the bigger picture, the industry picture.”
“First of all I wanted to thank you for all the time and effort you put into this week’s summit. I found the information that was presented and available at the summit to be very valuable as we move forward in to the world of TPM and eventually into TPO and beyond. Thanks again for your leadership on this subject and I look forward to working with you in the future.”
“Overall, I thought the inaugural POI conference was a great experience. There was a lot of knowledge sharing from the podium, as well as people there demonstrated a sincere desire to establish productive networking opportunities. I know those who attended from my group came away with pages and pages of notes, plus several good contacts for future networking. We plan to take advantage of the new educational opportunities from POI, as they become available. I have never seen anything like POI before!”
“It was two days well spent at the POI Trade Promotion Optimization Summit in Chicago. Your team did a really nice job of getting a diverse and engaging set of speakers for the event. We truly enjoyed the total engagement with both our CPG peers, academicians, industry experts and Retail leaders. The “ROI” on time spent was very good!”
“The Summit was great – I have a lot of information to bring back and share with my teams.”
“The P-O-I Spring Summit exceeded all of my needs from a retail merchant’s perspective. The rich content, and collaborative environment allowed me to create new relationships with suppliers, and build on existing relationships around new concepts for mutual growth!”
“Great conference! Fantastic mix of industry and vendors — really well put together. I am excited for Dallas!”
“Great conference! Ideal mix of industry and vendors, well organized, lots of energy and fantastic networking opportunities. I am excited for Dallas!”
“We appreciate the hospitality of you and your team that was extended throughout the POI Spring 2015 Summit. We were able to connect with some key individuals during the event and had a very open dialog about topics that are very important to us, which makes the investment of time worthwhile. Thanks again, we look forward to seeing you at the Fall Summit.”
“Yet another great conference. Each summit continues to add more and more relevant content. The POI Summit is the only conference I attend because it offers a wide array of subjects and depth. I especially like the forward thinking you bring every year with agenda items that don’t just reference where we have been but rather where we are headed. Thanks again for all you hard work!”
“Thank you very much for inviting PepsiCo Nutrition to the POI Spring Summit. All our attendees were impressed with the sessions and made important industry connections (including vendors) we only would have learned about through your conference. Thank you again for the invitations and the insights.”
“Thank you again for a fantastic Spring POI event. It was the best event to date based on the great feedback from our network — very exciting. It was a pleasure to speak again at POI. Thank you for the opportunity, and continuing to drive the right topics for our industry.”