I’m just back from the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Allston, Massachusetts, where, in my capacity as president of the New England Chapter of AIIM, I was able to take part in the presentation of the proceeds from the Chapter's annual golf benefit: this year to the tune of nearly $10,000.
Now, I could've written all of this down in traditional blog format, but I wanted to talk to you instead because I thought I would be better able to share how incredibly moving the whole experience was for me. So please tune into my new YouTube video and learn about what dedicated information professionals – and this singular set of educators – can do when they put their minds to it!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
ECM, BPM, and the Cloud: First Things First!
Now on my AIIM Expert Blog:
Recent conversations have left me concerned about the apparent continuing tendency of organizations to jump straight towards a cloud solution (pun intended) before ever asking their single most important question:
"What business problem are we trying to solve?”
And as I have said and written many times before, it is awfully hard to implement a system that meets your needs without first having defined what they are!
Read the complete post here.
Recent conversations have left me concerned about the apparent continuing tendency of organizations to jump straight towards a cloud solution (pun intended) before ever asking their single most important question:
"What business problem are we trying to solve?”
And as I have said and written many times before, it is awfully hard to implement a system that meets your needs without first having defined what they are!
Read the complete post here.
Friday, January 20, 2012
AIIM CIP: Must-See (Web) TV!
Hello again, my dear readers!
I have missed our informal mind-meldings these past few months as I have been heads-down developing 100+ training videos for AIIM’s new Certified Information Professional (CIP) program.
But I’m back on the air now, and I wanted to start by saying that if you haven't seen them yet, it's worth taking a few minutes to check them out – not because my face is in the corner of each one, but because AIIM is spot on in what it is trying to accomplish.
Without giving away the end, let me simply state that the organization has committed itself as never before to helping its members bridge the gap that too often exists between information technology and line-of-business executives.
Regular followers of this space will recognize this theme, as it has long been a favorite here and has been a cornerstone of my consulting, research, and writing activities for well over a decade. So that’s why I can unequivocally state that AIIM has it right! Attendees of our New England Chapter meeting yesterday heard association president John Mancini explain the major diligence that was performed in putting the CIP program together, and all that work is beautifully reflected in the end result. Truly, this is as comprehensive a take on information management as I have ever seen in one place.
Is it a deep dive into each of the associated disciplines (content, records, metadata, etc.)? No, it's not, and that's all right because it was not intended to be, and there are other programs from AIIM, ARMA, and elsewhere that cover that ground. But the CIP's very holism is the source of its core strength: nothing we do takes place in a vacuum, and all the other contexts are present and accounted for.
So yes, I was the resource behind the creation of those starter videos – and yes, our education and training activities now also include a CIP prep course that personalizes and expands upon what they contain. But none of that has anything to do with my enthusiasm for the new Certification; that's purely a function of its applicability to today's world of information management.
See you next time!
But I’m back on the air now, and I wanted to start by saying that if you haven't seen them yet, it's worth taking a few minutes to check them out – not because my face is in the corner of each one, but because AIIM is spot on in what it is trying to accomplish.
Without giving away the end, let me simply state that the organization has committed itself as never before to helping its members bridge the gap that too often exists between information technology and line-of-business executives.
Regular followers of this space will recognize this theme, as it has long been a favorite here and has been a cornerstone of my consulting, research, and writing activities for well over a decade. So that’s why I can unequivocally state that AIIM has it right! Attendees of our New England Chapter meeting yesterday heard association president John Mancini explain the major diligence that was performed in putting the CIP program together, and all that work is beautifully reflected in the end result. Truly, this is as comprehensive a take on information management as I have ever seen in one place.
Is it a deep dive into each of the associated disciplines (content, records, metadata, etc.)? No, it's not, and that's all right because it was not intended to be, and there are other programs from AIIM, ARMA, and elsewhere that cover that ground. But the CIP's very holism is the source of its core strength: nothing we do takes place in a vacuum, and all the other contexts are present and accounted for.
So yes, I was the resource behind the creation of those starter videos – and yes, our education and training activities now also include a CIP prep course that personalizes and expands upon what they contain. But none of that has anything to do with my enthusiasm for the new Certification; that's purely a function of its applicability to today's world of information management.
See you next time!
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