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Banish your inner critic by Denise Jacobs

BY Emily Tate on August 2, 2019

What blocks us from doing our best work? This is the question that Denise Jacobs, author of Banish Your Inner Critic, asks us in the opening keynote of #mtpcon San Francisco. Read more »

Want to Speak at MTP Engage Manchester? Apply for Free Training in Public Speaking

BY Adam Warburton on July 31, 2019

Hopefully you’ve heard the news; MTP Engage Manchester will be back on 6th and 7th February 2020 – and even better than before! Last year, we had a fabulous array of speakers (you can see some of their talks here), ranging from voices from our local ProductTanks to internationally renowned speakers. All last year’s talks went Read more »

What we Learned at #mtpcon San Francisco 2019

BY Emily Tate on July 24, 2019

In the fifth year of #mtpcon San Francisco, 1,650 product people came together to celebrate our craft and learn from each other. Here is a look at what we learned from this year’s line-up of speakers: Product Challenges are Universal Mind the Product founder Martin Eriksson opened the conference by reminding us why we gather Read more »

Introducing the First Keynote Speakers for MTP Engage Manchester 2020

BY Graeme Goulden on July 11, 2019

MTP Engage Manchester returns in 2020 on the 6th and 7th February, and next year its focus will be you – your conference, built for the product community, by the product community. With such a strong product management community, we’ve chosen to hone in on you, and focus on personal and professional development and how Read more »

Negotiate Like a Pro(duct Manager) by Garry Prior

BY Adam Warburton on June 14, 2019

In this talk from #mtpengage Manchester, Garry Prior, Director of Product at THG Ingenuity, explores how negotiation is central to being a product manager, and looks into key areas to focus on during negotiations. As product people we spend our working lives negotiating internally with colleagues and externally with customers and partners. Given this, you Read more »

MTP Engage Manchester is Back Next Year - and it Will be all About you

BY Adam Warburton on June 13, 2019

MTP Engage Manchester will be back on the 6th and 7th February 2020 – and better than before. We received lots of positive feedback and suggestions of what we might do differently after this year’s event, and we’ve listened to this feedback to pull together what we hope is a conference that beats expectations. Build, Read more »

Why ProductCamp is so Valuable for Product Managers

BY Emma McLaughlin on April 30, 2019

I attended ProductCamp London earlier this month and it brought home to me why I get so much value from this “unconference” style of conference. So what makes the unconference style so useful? It reinforces that, in the product world, we all face similar challenges, regardless of our industry. No matter how much we talk Read more »

3 Reasons why you Should go to ProductCamp

BY Janna Bastow on March 19, 2019

ProductCamp is where it all started for me, and I get a particular feeling of joy when it comes around each year. These are the things I love the most about it: The Open Agenda When I tell someone about an upcoming ProductCamp often the first question they ask is “Who’s speaking?”. Most events have a Read more »

How to Further Your Product Management Career in Asia

BY Kenneth Chin on March 5, 2019

Like everywhere else in the world, digital product managers are in high demand in Asia. It’s still a relatively new role in this part of the world and the supply of local talent is limited. Not many people have heard of product management let alone know what it takes to be good at it. Like Read more »

A day in the Life of an MTP Engage Manchester Attendee

BY Adam Warburton on January 10, 2019

We’ve been planning MTP Engage Manchester for almost a year now, and we’re confident we’ve put together a conference that’s representative of this epic city and showcases the best that the North of the UK has to offer. We’re product managers who have designed the entire MTP Engage experience for product managers – so what Read more »