January 2007 Archives

You won't want to miss our 3rd Annual Gilbane San Francisco 2007 Conference. In addition to our in-depth coverage of information technologies and content management strategies, we are pleased to have the LISA Forum USA co-locate with our event, providing expanded coverage of content globalization issues. Both programs are now available at http://gilbanesf.com/.

Gilbane Conference tracks include:

- Web Content Management (WCM)
- Content Management (ECM)
- Enterprise Search & Information Access
- Collaboration, Enterprise Blogs & Wikis
- Publishing Technology, Strategy & Best Practices
- Plus the LISA Forum on Content Globalization

The conference program schedule, tutorial, track and session descriptions are all available on the conference site. Here are some useful links:

Complete conference schedule:
http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html

Pre-conference tutorials:
http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_preconference-tutorials.html

Conference session descriptions:
http://gilbanesf.com/gilbane_session_descriptions.html

The complete LISA program description:
http://gilbanesf.com/LISA_forum.html

Registration information:
http://gilbanesf.com/registration_information.html

Don't forget there are early bird discounts.
See you there!

FatWire hosts the second in a series of webinars on overcoming obstacles to delivering relevant customer experiences online.

February 1, 2007, 1:00 pm ET
Take Your Customer Experience to the Next Level, Part 2: Small Content Changes, Big Impact

Gilbane Group's Mary Laplante and FatWire's Jeff Ernst use results from a survey on customer experience management to drive a how-to discussion on testing your own site's relevancy quotient.

Register for the webinar.
Participate in the survey.

As Frank mentioned on our main blog:
The conference track descriptions and the conference session schedule have now been published. Complete tutorial and conference session descriptions will be published soon, along with the speaker list.

Track descriptions:
http://gilbanesf.com/con_program.html

Conference schedule:
http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html

Frank Gilbane participates in AIIM NE's annual panel of experts discussing ECM success strategies, key technologies, and state of practice.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
Newton Marriott, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton/Auburndale, MA

Details and registration

June 5-6 Event Focused on Latest Techniques for Managing Enterprise Content; Call for Speakers due January 29th
Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Gilbane Group, Lighthouse Seminars and CMS Watch today announced that the second annual Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies Washington D.C. will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. June 5-6, 2007. This is the industry’s most comprehensive forum for bringing together both government and industry executives to share content management best practices. Information is available at: http://gilbanedc.com/.

The Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies will focus on concrete lessons learned and best practices for industry and government specialists alike. The Conference is chaired by Tony Byrne, founder of CMS Watch, an authoritative, vendor-neutral source for comparative evaluations of content management and search technologies.

"Washington, DC is perhaps the most content-rich city on earth," said Byrne. “Among associations, non-profit organizations, publishing firms, consultancies, universities, and of course the federal government, we see enterprises generating much more digital content than they have systems today to adequately manage. This conference can help them get a much better handle on the problem.”

Content technologies for managing documents, websites, and records have grown in utility and sophistication. New technologies can enable searchers to find and retrieve information on a scale unheard of just five years ago. In the meantime, emerging standards in industry and government are supporting greater content exchange and systems interoperability. By attending The Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies, attendees will learn about:

* Enterprise Content Management technologies, business applications, and solutions
* How to get your Content Management project funded
* Best practices in content governance and web operations management
* Content technologies and 508 compliance
* New standards in content interoperability
* Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Content Management
* Latest Search and text-mining technologies: beyond the hype
* Comparative approaches for using XML to manage authoritative content
* How different enterprises have successfully implemented records management solutions
* What lessons can be drawn from hard experience
* Role of new media technologies - blogs, wikis, and RSS
* The future of web publishing
* How non-profits, associations, publishing, and other firms are managing growing volumes of content successfully.

“Gilbane Conferences draw attendees from a broad range of vertical industries and applications, which benefit from sharing strategies and proven practices, as they are all focused on managing information,” said Frank Gilbane, Gilbane Group CEO, “Expertise and information exchange between government and industry is especially fruitful to both, and facilitating this is a main focus of our Washington conference.”

The 2007 CM Pros Spring summit will take place on April 13, the day after the Gilbane Conference and LISA Forum in San Francisco. Plan now to attend. Details are available on the CM Pros website.

The Spring CM Pros Summit focuses on how to effectively manage content management projects. Because many factors impact content management systems—including significant financial costs, stakeholders from all levels of an organization, new business processes as well as complex tools and technologies—the stakes and risks are high. Effective project management increases the likelihood of successfully implementing a content management system that meets your business requirements, on schedule, and on budget. This summit will cover how to effectively plan, manage, and implement complex content management projects. The goal is to give participants a range of tools they can use for their projects.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
CM Pros is looking for moderators to lead roundtable discussions and instructors to lead hands-on workshops that meet the overall theme of the conference (Managing Content Management Projects). Specifically, we're interested in sessions dedicated to:

* Managing project stakeholders—Who are the key stakeholders in a content
management process? How do you create buy-in and manage expectations? How do you manage the organizational and people changes required to implement this technology?

* Creating project roadmaps—What are the elements of a content management implementation project? What are the best practices and processes? How do you develop business cases and return on investment models, identify and manage risk, define and manage quality metrics?

* Understanding tools, technologies, and best practices—What are the nuts and bolts required of a content management system? What are the qualities of an effective implementation that embrace best practices and deliver on the promise of content management?

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
CM Pros welcomes submissions at all levels; many of the conference attendees are experts in their fields, while some are new to content management. Submissions must meet all the requirements. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed. All sessions must be submitted in the requested abstract formatand must be original work of professional quality. See the submissionschedule below.

NOTE: Marketing/promotional presentations will not be considered.

The application must contain the following:

* Moderator name and complete contact information (email, phone, mailing address)
* Roundtable or workshop title
* Short Description, 100-word (suitable for marketing purposes)
* Long Abstract, 300-500 word (suitable for marketing purposes)
* List of keywords (10 words max.)
* Estimate of technical knowledge required of attendees
* Submission schedule

To be considered, send your submission to summit@cmprofessionals.org.

Application Deadline: January 22, 2007, noon EST.
Acceptance Notification Due: January 24, 2007

SUBSTITUTIONS
Presenter substitutions are not permitted, except in the case of anemergency and are subject to CM Pros' prior approval. In the event apresenter cannot fulfill his/her commitment, the presenting company will notbe guaranteed a speaking spot for an alternative representative.