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Five Community resources people are talking about
One of the most powerful elements in Community is learning from peers — discovering what tools they find valuable. Today we highlight recent resources that have garnered positive feedback and comments among the Community. If you missed these posts the first time around, check out what people are saying and how it can help…
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Announcing the 2022 Master Anaplanner of the Year!
Congratulations to Anaplan’s 2022 Certified Master Anaplanner of the Year, Asslam Umar Ali from Fortescue Metals Group! Asslam is a Principal Performance Management professional with over 15 years of experience. He currently manages the enterprise planning program including the Center of Excellence at Fortescue Metals…
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Creating communities of champions
Last week we gathered in San Jose, CA for Anaplan Live! 2022. It was a week filled with learning, inspiration, and connection. Check out the highlight reel to experience the energy for yourself! The best part? Meeting many of you and connecting with familiar faces. Thank you to everyone who attended in person and to those…
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Announcing the 2022 Center of Excellence Leader of the Year!
Congratulations to Anaplan’s 2022 Center of Excellence Leader of the Year, Hayli Hay from Autodesk! Hayli is Autodesk’s Center of Excellence (CoE) Leader who oversees the success of 34+ models across multiple finance and sales organizations ensuring that the CoE is strategically aligned with ever-changing business…
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We are LIVE!
Hello, Anaplanners! This week we are thrilled to be in-person with our customers, partners, and community at Anaplan Live! in San Jose, CA. We know not everyone could make it to the live event — don't despair! We're bringing you all the important updates and news, so you, too, can feel the energy and excitement. Together,…
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Anaplan Live! in-person in less than two weeks!
Anaplan Live! is quickly approaching and the Community team couldn't be more excited to connect in person with those of you able to be in attendance! Here are a few highlights and updates we are excited to share. We’re thrilled to provide real-time opportunities to learn from expert UX Designers both within Anaplan and our…
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Community update: Navigation and Support improvements
In Community, we’re continuously looking for ways to improve member experience —providing an engaging space for connection, learning, and solutions. From the latest UX Designer hub Spotlight to a new Center of Excellence customer story to an ever-expanding ‘How To’ repository, we’ve got you covered. Most recently, we’ve…
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Connect with Community at Anaplan Live!
By now you’ve heard — Anaplan Live! is coming to San Jose June 21-23, 2022 and we are so excited to see you in-person! The Anaplan Live! theme, Fearlessly Forward, brings focus to accelerating decision-making with confidence, and the Community team is excited to offer specific activities and opportunities for you to…
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Together for mental health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month Anaplan joins the National Alliance on Mental Illness to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public, and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families. In 2021 more than 80% of U.S. workers reported mental health challenges (*58%…
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Five Community resources people are talking about
One of the most powerful elements of Community is connecting and learning from peers — discovering what tools they find valuable. Today we highlight recent resources that have garnered positive feedback and comments among the Community. If you missed these posts the first time around, check out the feedback and how it can…
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Five inspiring years in the Anaplan Community!
This month we celebrate five years since the launch of the official Anaplan Community! From 2013 to 2016, Community forums served as a place for connection, conversation, and trouble-shooting — but we envisioned more. More learning, more sharing, and more opportunities for collaboration were just what the ecosystem needed…
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Why Anaplan solutions are critical to global climate change challenges
Author: Asslam Umar Ali, Manager Financial Performance Management at Fortescue Metals Group The green economy of the future: More data, planning rigor, and technology support Climate change is the most critical challenge of our generation — it also provides opportunities for businesses to create economic value. Clean…
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In case you missed it: UX Designer Hub event recording
Last week, I sat down with Felix Bein, @BCSFB Certified Master Anaplanner & Manager | Enterprise Performance from Deloitte, and Taylor Giesler, @taylor.swisher Manager from Lionpoint Group for a conversation about UX Designer tips and tricks. During the hour-long session we touched on: * Transitioning from Classic to UX…
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Announcement: Community Advancement
The Anaplan Community offers several ways for members to progress and advance not only within the Community, but within the greater Anaplan ecosystem. Some members interact regularly with others, providing answers to questions and sharing out of their own experiences. Others opt to leverage their passion for Anaplan by…
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Career advice for new Anaplanners
As our customers continue to realize increasingly more value from Anaplan and work to bring their Connected Planning visions to life, the need for certified Anaplan talent is more critical now than ever. This creates a unique opportunity for those looking to make a career change and capitalize on this period of…
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New: Persona Hub Event Series – March 29th
I’m thrilled to announce our new Event Series dedicated to all things Personas! As many of you are aware – we have been unveiling multiple Persona-Based resources via Community over the past few months. What better way to celebrate these hubs and our incredible Community Members – than with a fun event! On Tuesday, March…
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#BreakTheBias with Master Anaplanner Sonal Tripathi
This week the Anaplan Community blog is featuring employee, customer, and partner thoughts on how to #BreakTheBias in recognition of International Women's Day 2022. Today we welcome Master Anaplanner Sonal Tripathi to the blog. I am Sonal Tripathi, a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Anaplan Analyst with Adobe with a…
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#BreakTheBias with Master Anaplanner Alexandru Pavel
This week the Anaplan Community blog is featuring employee, customer, and partner thoughts on how to #BreakTheBias in recognition of International Women's Day 2022. Today we welcome Master Anaplanner Alexandru Pavel to the blog. The most efficient way to fight and break gender bias or any other biases in our workplaces is…
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#BreakTheBias this International Women's Day
Today, International Women's Day (IWD), is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The campaign theme this year is #BreakTheBias. The IWD website explains, “Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists…
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We are looking for your Anaplan expertise!
Every day we are impressed by the expertise we see in the Anaplan Community — in our forums, groups, and the content you share. This year, we are looking to share a broader range of Anaplan voices in the Community — specifically, articles that focus on personal or company Anaplan-related success stories, how you overcame a…
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Introducing persona-based resources to support your individual Anaplan experience
The Anaplan ecosystem is vast, and no two experiences are alike. As an active model builder, you are at the forefront of building, delivering, and optimizing models for your organization. API and integration developers are focused on successful connections between platforms, and UX designers are aligned around the common…
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Join the User Research Program and help shape the future of Anaplan
Let's shape the future of Anaplan together! Join our User Research Program today to get started. What is the Anaplan User Research Program? Feedback from our users is critical to how we design and prioritize features -- and we've built a community of Anaplan users who directly influence the design of Anaplan. As a member,…
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2022 is an exciting year for the Anaplan Community!
This year, we find ourselves looking ahead and envisioning the art of the possible for the Anaplan Community. Everything in life must evolve and grow. Growth is not something that just comes in the form of a number—like having over 74,000 members of the Community—growth supports customer value in creating change that…
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Thank you...and Happy New Year - let's go 2022!
Just a note from @richardjones7 and I to say welcome back and we hope that 2022 is a successful and prosperous year for all our customers. We look forward to being on the journey with you. Also, thank you for being a part of this community - officially recognised at the end of last year as: * one of the fastest growing -…
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That's a Wrap!
You did it! You successfully navigated another extraordinary year while contributing to a vibrant and engaging Community experience. You are the foundation of Anaplan excellence. You show up every day with an unparalleled willingness to support your fellow members. You make Community great—and for that, we thank you! As we…
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Anaplan Live! Two day event - begins today!
Anaplan Live! kicks off today! The Community’s tenth global Anaplan Live! event brings together Anaplan leaders, experts, certified Master Anaplanners, and model builders of all kinds. For the first time, this event focuses on three specific model building roles: Aspiring Solution Architects, UX Designers, and Developers.…
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Badges Returning Soon!
Community friends—we're taking a brief break on awarding our full scope of badges to implement some process improvements. Not to worry! All badge-earning activities will continue to be recognized, recorded, and rewarded early next year. In the meantime, you may experience a delay in receiving certain badges—for example,…
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Anaplan Named a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice
Anaplan is thrilled to announce that we have been recognized by you — our amazing users, partners, and customers — as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice in two categories: Cloud Financial Planning & Analysis Solutions and Sales Performance Management. This is the second year in a row that Anaplan has received…
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Anaplan Live! returns November 9 and 10—Register Today!
We are thrilled to announce our latest Anaplan Live! on November 9 and 10! Join us virtually for two days of exciting conversations and deep-dive sessions to help realize game-changing value and drive transformative outcomes using Anaplan. Wondering how other Anaplanners are applying our latest product features in their…
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The Anaplan for All Experience
Prior to the Anaplan for All program, I worked in the healthcare field as an authorization representative. After graduating college, I wanted to pursue a career as a healthcare provider. However, after working in healthcare I realized it was not for me and began to look towards other careers. I enrolled in programming…