Books / Special Reports:

• Global Higher Education Technology Transfer Office Benchmarks A unique benchmarking source that digs deep into meaningful data dealing with the day-to-day operations of TTOs ... more »

• Global Higher Education Technology Transfer Office Outreach & Marketing Activities This condensed report focuses solely on internal and external marketing efforts, developments in PR, and the partnerships formed by tech transfer offices ... more »

• Global Higher Education Technology Transfer Office Staffing & Compensation This condensed report focuses solely on the staffing, salary, and budget concerns of technology transfer offices ... more »

• International Survey of Research University Leadership: View of Technology Transfer and Sponsored Research Offices This in-depth report includes comprehensive data compiled from leaders of 53 offices of sponsored research and technology transfer ... more »

• invention evaluator Get a high-quality, objective analysis of your technology or IP, and an assessment of its commercial potential -- in just 10 business days ... more »

• Performance Improvement, Efficiency, and Staffing Strategies Increase the flow of innovations and invention disclosures by implementing program management strategies that will boost your TTO's performance ... more »

• Performance Improvement, Efficiency, and Staffing Strategies, Volume II Increase the flow of innovations and invention disclosures by implementing strategies that will boost the overall performance of your staff and your TTO ... more »

• Tech Transfer Performance Improvement Bundle Two valuable resources that will provide you with top-notch strategies guaranteed to boost your staff's and TTO's productivity ... more »

• Technology Transfer Tactics Best Practices Compendium The Technology Transfer Tactics Best Practices Compendium is packed with detailed tips, tactics, ideas, expert guidance, and nuts and bolts solutions ... more »

• The Tech Transfer Book of Best Practices The Tech Transfer Book of Best Practices is full of how-to strategies and case studies covering the most critical challenges facing tech transfer profession ... more »

• The Tech Transfer Library - Volume II This series of convenient reports is filled with case studies, best practices, expert guidance, and how-to strategies in 8 critical areas ... more »

• The Tech Transfer Library -- Volume I This series of convenient reports is filled with case studies, best practices, expert guidance, and how-to strategies in 7 critical areas ... more »

• The Tech Transfer-Economic Development Connection The Tech Transfer-Economic Development Connection is full of creative strategies for bolstering your university’s economic development engine ... more »

Certification Programs:

• Certified Research Developer Program A program designed to show how to better focus your research on initiatives that have the greatest promise of becoming value-added commercial endeavors ... more »

Distance Learning:

• A Step-By-Step Guide to Business Planning for Tech Transfer Organizations Here’s a chance for your entire staff to take a course in crafting business plans the way today’s early-stage technology investors want to see them. ... more »

• Achieve Success By Taking a Business-Minded Approach to Tech Transfer This program discusses how a business-minded shift can impact your internal operations, and bring critical improvements in performance and results. ... more »

• All Access Pass This program gives you and your staff a complete arsenal of tech transfer benchmarks, best practices, and success strategies – at your fingertips 24/7 ... more »

• Benchmarks and Metrics for Gauging Your TTO's Economic Development Impact See how tech transfer leaders from three distinctly different universities are tracking and documenting their contributions to economic growth ... more »

• Best Practices for Choosing and Using a CRM System for Your Tech Transfer Office Learn from two CRM (Customer Relationship Management) experts as they give advice on choosing and using a CRM system for your Tech Transfer Office ... more »

• Best Practices for Fast-Tracking Your U.S. Manufacturing Waiver Application for Federally Funded IP Please join Ami D Gadhia, JD, LLM, CLP, as she shares her insight and details successful strategies to taper down the months-long application process ... more »

• Best Practices for Managing Your Innovation Showcase to Attract Licensees, Investors and Entrepreneurs We've recruited two experts from The University of New Mexico’s tech transfer arm, STC.UNM, to lead this one-hour best practices webinar ... more »

• Best Practices in IP Portfolio Assessment and Triage One of the most challenging issues for technology transfer professionals is choosing which technologies to shelve and which to move through the pipeline. ... more »

• Beyond Internships: Creating a Student-Based Workforce in Your TTO Learn to create a finely tuned and well-oiled intern program that brings huge rewards to both the TTO and the students ... more »

• Budget and Productivity Hacks for University TTOs Our experts will reveal their best “hacks” to create a budget, staffing plan, and meet productivity expectations in light of unplanned resource constraints ... more »

• Building a Powerful, Engaged Network of Commercialization Partners: Spotlight on Tech Launch Arizona Take an in-depth look at how TLA’s Commercialization Partners play a vital role in ensuring that discoveries are developed into start-ups ... more »

• Case Study of University of Maryland’s “Mini I-Corps” Program: Vetting and Preparing Faculty Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups in Less Time with Less Money This case study of UMD’s Intro to I-Corps program will show you how to launch a similar initiative at your university ... more »

• Certified Research Developer Program A program designed to show how to better focus your research on initiatives that have the greatest promise of becoming value-added commercial endeavors ... more »

• Checklist for Drafting and Negotiating Robust Patent License Agreements This program will take you through an airtight checklist that ensures every agreement extracts maximum value and leaves minimal room for disagreements later ... more »

• Combatting Heightened Cybersecurity Risks to University-Based IP Due to Remote Work Explore IT and cybersecurity risks and requirements associated with research activity, and apply them to your institution’s processes and remote workforce ... more »

• Considerations for Establishing an In-House Legal Team for Your TTO This program will address how the in-house patent group is run, the limitations of in-house patent counsel’s work, and other key factors to consider ... more »

• Create A Winning Incentive System for Tech Transfer Staff This program explores an innovative incentive program that can help TTOs expand, stay healthy financially, and maintain a virtually turnover-free zone. ... more »

• Creating Win-Win Incentive Plans for Tech Transfer Staff: The Emory University Model Dr. Sherer will share the evolution of Emory’s current incentive plan and quantify its results with statistics that show its value ... more »

• De-Risk Your University IP by Mobilizing a Community-based Evaluation Team Hear directly from U of Utah’s interim director James E. Thompson, who will walk you through each stage their unique process ... more »

• Disclosure Assessment and Triage: "An Innovative Model for Patent Decision Making" Many TTOs are now being confronted with the need to downsize their patent portfolios and prioritize their most ‘licensable’ technologies. ... more »

• Drafting Technology Listings for Marketing University IP: A Webinar Workshop A step-by-step process for preparing an effective marketing brief and leveraging its power by incorporating it into a comprehensive marketing strategy ... more »

• Dramatically Boost Disclosures by Utilizing Proven Technology Scouting Methods Technology scouting has been successfully used in the private sector to mine university innovations and secure valuable research for corporate pipelines. ... more »

• Empowering and Supporting Women and Underserved Populations in University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Our speakers will discuss their respective programs, bringing underserved communities to the commercialization table and positive change to their campuses ... more »

• Ensuring Cybersecurity to Protect University IP Assets Mike Cullen, Baker Tilly’s higher education and research institution cybersecurity and IT leader, will provide a crash course on cyber threats and solutions ... more »

• Establishing a Robust Student Innovation Ecosystem: Spotlight on USC Stevens Center for Innovation Get a detailed look at USC Stevens’ student innovation and entrepreneurship programs, so you can adapt their successes at your university ... more »

• Establishing an Effective Royalty Audit Process for University IP Licenses Explore best practices and key insights to help you initiate an effective royalty audit process ... more »

• How Johns Hopkins Maintains Support for Student Entrepreneurs During the Shutdown: A Case Study Webinar This program will explore the John Hopkins roadmap and guidance, so any team can build a best-fit solution for their student entrepreneurs ... more »

• How Notre Dame’s IDEA Center Took University Start-Up Formation from Puny to Powerhouse: A Case Study in Performance Improvement Learn how the IDEA Center was conceived, implemented and coordinated to attract record numbers of entrepreneurial-minded students and faculty ... more »

• How to Outsource and Offshore TTO Activities for Huge Savings and Efficiency Gains With a variety of risk-reward structures that can limit out-of-pocket costs, offshoring and other outsourcing options are gaining favor. ... more »

• How to Successfully Rebrand Your TTO: Lessons Learned from UNH Innovation A complete rebranding of a university’s research commercialization activity is tough – but it can be a powerful engine that pushes a TTO to new heights ... more »

• How University TTOs Can Slash Patent Expenses While Improving Patent Quality Prosecution costs are at the very top of every TTO's patent expense list – and that means your office has a big opportunity to reduce costs ... more »

• Improve the Quality of Invention Disclosures through Researcher Outreach and Education Ensure that the disclosures you receive are consistently well drafted, so you can focus on the ones with the greatest chance at successful commercialization ... more »

• Improving Data Integrity: Boost TTO Operations and Gain Reliability in Your Invention Management Database This program will show you how to significantly improve data collection and reporting to enhance your office’s performance ... more »

• Improving Disclosure Triage: Proven Methods to Assess Commercial Viability of University IP Learn how to perform comprehensive evaluations of university IP, improve your existing process, and use the analysis to identify commercialization hurdles ... more »

• Incentivizing University Faculty for Commercialization Activity This program will help you introduce and implement an incentive plan that brings both a positive shift in faculty relationships and a positive return ... more »

• Invention Assessment and Triage: Improve Your TTO’s Process and Optimize Resource Allocation During these lean economic times, it’s imperative that you improve your TTO’s assessment and triage processes and optimize your resources. ... more »

• Invention Disclosure Management: Proven Strategies for Boosting Quantity and Assessing Quality A collection of distance learning programs that target key disclosure management challenges ... more »

• IP Portfolio Management for University Technology Transfer Offices: Assessing, Identifying and Nurturing the Winners This collection will provide you with practical strategies and “how-to” advice on your top portfolio management challenges ... more »

• IP Valuation Workshop for Tech Transfer Professionals This is filled with practical guidance that will help you overcome workload pressures and more efficiently apply your limited resources to IP that matters. ... more »

• Johns Hopkins University’s FastForward U: A Case Study in Comprehensive Support of Student Entrepreneurship This program will shed light on JHU’s efforts, successes, failures and future plans for their student innovators ... more »

• Lessons Learned from Small Tech Transfer Offices That Pack a Big Punch Two TTO directors from small offices will present strategies for stretching your budget and your staff, and boosting your TTO’s deal flow ... more »

• Managing Material Transfer Agreements: Key Practices for Saving Time and Money Learn how the Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization tackled its MTA workload, culminating in this time- and money-saving solution ... more »

• Managing TTO Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Planning for Future Disruptions During this program, TTO directors will share what their offices are doing to cope and how they’re planning for future or continuing disruptions ... more »

• Managing University Patent Annuities: How to Save Money While Increasing Productivity Take a look at the specifics, the costs, and the pros and cons of the various patent annuity management and maintenance choices available to TTOs ... more »

• Marketing Writing Workshop for Tech Transfer Professionals This how-to, focused workshop will teach you to apply customer-centric marketing writing techniques and effectively convey your innovation’s true value ... more »

• Matchmaking for University Start-Up Leadership: Laying the Groundwork for Harmonious CEO/Faculty Founder Relationships This webinar will help lay the groundwork for attaining a harmonious leadership match very early in the business development stage of university start-ups ... more »

• Material Transfer Agreement Management: Negotiation Strategies to Strengthen Legal Protection and Gain Efficiency During this program you'll hear from two experts from the University of Iowa who have successfully addressed the MTA challenge ... more »

• Maximize Your TTO's Patent Budget through Effective Use of Patent Counsel Learn creative strategies for immediate bottom-line benefits, significantly reducing your legal bills while improving the overall quality of patent filings ... more »

• Nail It and Scale It: Ohio State's Cutting-Edge Commercialization Model This one hour program will detail Ohio State's “nail it and scale it” method and highlight Innovation Gateway’s fresh approach to IP commercialization ... more »

• Optimizing Tech Transfer Office Operations This collection will guide you through creating Standard Operating Procedures for your office, and provide best practices for improving your data integrity ... more »

• Patent Prosecution Cost-Saving Strategies: Increase Your TTO’s Filings Without Increasing Your Budget This program is filled with practical advice from two experienced patent prosecutors whose practices specifically focus on the needs and concerns of TTOs. ... more »

• Patent Prosecution: Best Practices for Reducing Costs While Improving Patent Quality There are many strategies to reduce your legal bills while improving overall patent quality. Learn to reduce the cost of patent research and filings. ... more »

• Performance improvement strategies and techniques for tech transfer offices Streamline processes, cut paperwork, speed response time, and boost staff productivity to yield more license agreements and dramatic increases in revenues. ... more »

• Planning and Assessment for Safely Re-Opening On-Campus Tech Transfer Office Operations Our experts will discuss the ongoing effects of the shutdown on their TTOs and their assessments and plans for transitioning back to campus ... more »

• Post-License Monitoring and Support: Performance and Revenue Enhancement Strategies (and When All Else Fails How to Pull the Plug and Take Back Your IP) This expert panel shows you how to discover missing dollars using systematic, thorough auditing while maintaining positive relationships with licensees. ... more »

• Pre-Accelerators: How to Improve the Care and Feeding of On-Campus Entrepreneurs This case-study style session that will give you a bird’s eye view into the VCU Pre-Accelerator’s inner workings and critical success factors ... more »

• Preparing for Patent Litigation: Practical Strategies for University Tech Transfer Offices Our team of litigation experts will share their best tactics for mitigating the impact on your day to day IP commercialization activities ... more »

• Proven Strategies for Rebranding and Revitalizing your TTO Save $115! This collection focuses on standout rebranding projects from the University of New Hampshire and the University of Virginia ... more »

• Proven Strategies for Reducing TTO Patent Expenses without Sacrificing Quality This series targets key areas within your patent budget that should be redlined for cost and quality reviews. ... more »

• Rebranding and Revitalizing Your TTO: U.Va. Innovation Case Study Our expert faculty will explore how the UVA Patent Foundation navigated to a new model for supporting innovation within and beyond the university ... more »

• Recession Survival Strategies for TTOs: How to Grow Despite Budget Cuts and Economic Mayhem The most successful organizations adapt effectively to changing market conditions, new competition, new regulations, and fickle marketplace desires. ... more »

• Shifting Your TTO from a Technology-Driven to a Needs-Driven Model Joseph J. Kalinowski will provide you with a two-pronged, focused outreach plan that targets both industry and your researcher community ... more »

• Social Media For TTOs: Best Practices for Branding, Relationship-Building and Marketing Innovations This session will delve into proven strategies and best practices for social media brand-building, tech marketing, and relationship-boosting ... more »

• Standard Operating Procedures for TTOs: How Consistency Can Improve TTO Performance and Productivity This program will take a deep dive into the best practices for formulating and implementing SOPs and what the pitfalls are of doing business without them ... more »

• Strategies for small tech transfer offices: Doing more with less With small budgets and few staff, it takes a different set of strategies and skills to produce big-time results in small tech transfer offices. ... more »

• Student Innovation: Tapping Into the Gold Mine of On-Campus Talent Two programs focussed on student-focused innovation and business development, and how your university can create an ecosystem of experiential learning ... more »

• Student IP Ownership Rights: University Policy and Practices This program will explore scenarios in which students may create intellectual property and the tools used to manage these assets ... more »

• Successful outsourcing for tech transfer organizations Learn how to implement an effective outsourcing strategy to reduce your backlog of invention files, get more deals done, and boost faculty relations. ... more »

• Successful Transition of University IP From Discovery to Market: Case Study of the Johns Hopkins D2M Project During this program, Johns Hopkins staff will share their success and the inner workings of the Johns Hopkins "D2M Project" ... more »

• Successfully Monetize Your Dust-Collecting Patents During this program you’ll hear how UNeMed created a lucrative quarterly review process to oversee and maximize every patent’s value ... more »

• Tech Launch Arizona's Asset Development Program: A Case Study Webinar This program will provide a roadmap for creating an effective asset development program at your university ... more »

• Tech Transfer Performance Improvement Bundle Two valuable resources that will provide you with top-notch strategies guaranteed to boost your staff's and TTO's productivity ... more »

• Tech Transfer Primer for New Staff and Faculty Joe Runge, JD, will tap his many years of experience to bring you, your faculty, and your staff this thorough introduction to technology transfer ... more »

• Technology Commercialization Roadmap By using Technology Commercialization Roadmaps, tech transfer offices are seeing a 90% licensing rate of patented inventions – well above national averages ... more »

• The "Need to Knowledge" Stage Gate Model for Objective Assessment and Efficient Advancement of University Innovations Learn about this proven model and get actionable takeaways you can put into practice to help advance your most promising innovations ... more »

• Time Saving Tactics for Technology Transfer Professionals: Achieve Success While Doing More with Less Clear a path toward a more effective, efficient TTO by making better use of your limited time and devoting more hours to revenue-generating activity. ... more »

• TTOs: Fast-Track Your Innovations This program can help transform your organization into one that delivers what your customers want and speeds those customer-driven innovations to market. ... more »

• University Hyper-Local Innovation Ecosystems: How to Grow & Leverage Your Strategic Potential Join our experts as they deliver an in-depth look on how to create, strengthen, and sustain a vibrant Hy-LIE in your university community ... more »

• University Technology Commercialization Boot Camp This 13-session collection is a crash course in successful technology transfer featuring 25 of the country’s leading experts and TTO veterans ... more »

• Using Customer Discovery Techniques to Validate Your University IP's Commercial Viability During this program you'll get detailed guidance on implementing the customer discovery process within your university ... more »

• Virtual Engagement Strategies for TTOs: Scaling Up Online Connectivity Now and Building Future Resiliency This program will explore virtual engagement strategies that can serve your urgent needs for continued outreach ... more »

Monthly Newsletters:

• Technology Transfer Tactics monthly newsletter Technology Transfer Tactics monthly newsletter provides in-depth guidance designed to hasten and streamline the commercialization process ... more »

• All Access Pass This program gives you and your staff a complete arsenal of tech transfer benchmarks, best practices, and success strategies – at your fingertips 24/7 ... more »