Comments on: Rant on: vendor presentations http://technosavvy.org/2008/03/05/rant-on-vendor-presentations/ Great teaching and learning with technology Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:23:43 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brian http://technosavvy.org/2008/03/05/rant-on-vendor-presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-46317 Brian Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://technosavvy.org/2008/03/05/rant-on-vendor-presentations/#comment-46317 Tim, Back at my last job I loved the "never listen" calls that went like this: Caller: Hi, I'm Bob and I specialize in writing Cold Fusion apps! Me: We don't use Cold Fusion here, we never will, and besides, I don't make purchasing decisions for... Caller: Great! When can I stop by to present a long Powerpoint with lots of bullet points?! B Tim,

Back at my last job I loved the “never listen” calls that went like this:

Caller: Hi, I’m Bob and I specialize in writing Cold Fusion apps!

Me: We don’t use Cold Fusion here, we never will, and besides, I don’t make purchasing decisions for…

Caller: Great! When can I stop by to present a long Powerpoint with lots of bullet points?!

B

]]> By: Doug Johnson http://technosavvy.org/2008/03/05/rant-on-vendor-presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-46316 Doug Johnson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:33:17 +0000 http://technosavvy.org/2008/03/05/rant-on-vendor-presentations/#comment-46316 Hi Tim, Great post. I have had the same reaction! Check my advice to vendors: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2006/5/11/advice-to-vendors.html Maybe we could go into sales training and make a fortune! Doug Hi Tim,

Great post. I have had the same reaction! Check my advice to vendors:

http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2006/5/11/advice-to-vendors.html

Maybe we could go into sales training and make a fortune!

Doug

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