Optimizing Transitions: The Importance of Warm Handoffs for Education and Workforce Agencies
Connecting learners and job seekers to meaningful pathways requires steady collaboration between education, workforce, and training agencies. When...
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Jacob Orrin Mar 29, 2021 5:01:14 PM
— AACRAO Impact Survey, February 2021
This finding does not surprise me in my 15 years of buying and selling many seemingly promising software solutions. At the onset, the vision of a new technology offering is very compelling. It’s easy to see the value of what it could do for any organization. What’s hard is making it work for your organization and its specific set of challenges. Once the ink has dried on a partnership, the next step — the critical deployment phase — is where I’ve seen many deals fizzle out.
This happens due to a lack of support and energy spent toward solving an organization’s real challenges. These earned insights have shaped how we sell our software at Merit via Software with a Service (or SwaS). We’re committed to working in lockstep with our partners to make sure they meet or exceed their goals by offering the following:
We’ve adopted a SwaS model for all partnerships because software is more than zeros and ones. We’re driven by the belief that our own verified identity technology can be life-changing for organizations and their constituents. If you’d like to learn about how verified identity technology could help your organization, let’s connect.
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