Here is the third installment in our post-conference series, staring Shaun Walker from DotNetNuke. It is one half of session T8, Open Source Tools That are Changing the Content Technologies Landscape. Enjoy!
Open Source Web Content Management Strategies
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Next in the Post-Conference Content Queue: A guest post from Sue Anne Reed, who just enjoyed her first conference through a separate contest held by speaker Robert Rose. She'll wrap up an awe-inspiring series of notes, which transcribe the sessions she attended.
Stay Tuned!Today we highlight the T9. Semantic Technologies – Foundation for Smarter Online Business session at Gilbane San Francisco.
This session takes place on May 20th at 2:00pm PST.
We are seeing the emergence of a new class of both enterprise applications and web-based businesses in which semantic technologies play a core role in delivering value to the user. These new applications are based on analytic intelligence about the nature and context of the information at play in their domain, while at the same time taking the intentions and context of the user into account. In this session, you will hear from leading practitioners about how they are engineering content enhancement, semantic search techniques, and contextualized user interaction designs to deliver smarter products and services to users.
Moderator: Hadley Reynolds, Research Director, Search & Digital Marketplace Technologies, IDC
Speakers:
Marc N. Haines, Senior IT Architect, Ictect
Nosa Omoigui, Founder & CEO of Nervana, Inc
Brooke Aker, CEO, Expert System USA
Have questions about this session? Ask Hadley Reynolds, the track chair and moderator.
Today we highlight the Integrating External and Internal Social Efforts to Maximize Business Performances session at Gilbane San Francisco.
This session takes place on May 20th at 11:40am PST.
C6. Integrating External and Internal Social Efforts to Maximize Business Performance
Some organizations have deployed enterprise social software to address both external and internal use cases, but few have created linkages between the two. This session uses customer case studies to demonstrate the business value created by integrating external and internal social collaboration efforts and to highlight some of the related challenges.
Moderator: Larry Hawes, Lead Analyst, Collaboration & Enterprise Social Software, Gilbane Group
Speakers:
Ken Efta, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Allysis
David Rosenberg, Vice President & Development Lead of Internet Services, Edelman
Randy Ziegler, Director of the EMC Community Network, EMC
Have questions about this session or the Customers & Engagement track? Ask Larry Hawes, the track chair and moderator.
Workshop A: Insider's Guide to Selecting WCM, Collaboration, and Social Software
Instructor: Tony Byrne, Founder, Real Story Group, CMSWatch
Workshop B: Learn to Develop an Actionable Intranet Strategy
Instructor: Scott Liewehr, Senior Analyst, Web Content Management, Gilbane Group
Workshop C: Managing Smart Content: How to Deploy XML Technologies across Your Organization
Instructors: Dale Waldt, Senior Consultant, XML & Content Technologies, Gilbane Group Geoffrey Bock, Senior Analyst, Collaboration & Social Computing, Gilbane Group
Workshop D: A Methodology for Web Governance
Instructor: Lisa Welchman, Partner, WelchmanPierpoint
Workshop E: Proving the ROI of a CMS
Instructors: CM Pros Members
Workshop F: The State of the CM Union
Instructors: CM Pros Board Members, Lisa Welchman, Partner, WelchmanPierpoint
Today we highlight the Building Robust Content Assets session at Gilbane San Francisco.
This session takes place on May 20th at 2:00pm PST.
T10. Building Robust Content Assets
Robust content can drive many processes designed to realize savings in time and costs and enable high quality, accurate information. Building robust content requires an understanding of the business drivers for your content and the systems that are used to create and manage it. Migrating legacy content to a robust environment will entail adding detail and value to the content before it can enable these benefits. This session focuses on the challenges and goals for creating robust content.
Video Introduction to the session.
Moderator: Dale Waldt, Senior Consultant, Gilbane Group
Speakers:
Andrew Striemer & Chad Miller, Robert Half International
"Pain Free Content Migration at Robert Half International"
Deane Barker, Content Management Practice Director, Blend Interactive
"The Mysterious Art of the Content Inventory"
Dick Weisinger, Software Technologist, Formtek
"Building a Global View of Your Organizational Data"
Have questions about this session or the Content Technologies track? Ask Dale Waldt, the track chair and moderator.
Today we highlight the SharePoint Search – Evaluating Options and Alternatives session at Gilbane San Francisco.
This session takes place on May 20th at 8:30am PST.
T4. SharePoint Search – Evaluating Options and Alternatives
With the upcoming release of the lastest versions of SharePoint and Office, many firms are taking a new look at their search strategies in light of the changing offerings from Microsoft. In this session, leading Sharepoint experts will discuss the new look of search in SharePoint and offer their guidance about how to go about building a search strategy that makes sense in light of the goals of the business, the many search systems installed, and the future directions in the technology.
Moderator: Hadley Reynolds, Research Director, Search & Digital Marketplace Technologies, IDC
Speakers:
Miles Kehoe, Senior Strategist & President, New Idea Engineering
Jeff Fried, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
Have questions about this session or the Customers & Engagement track? Ask Hadley Reynolds, the search track chair and moderator.
Today we highlight the Customers & Engagement Track Keynote at Gilbane San Francisco. This session takes place on May 19th at 11:00am PST.
The Customers & Engagement track kicks off appropriately with a focus on our collective audience: the consumer. The experts on this panel have dedicated their careers to understanding the mindset of users, creating top-notch customer experiences both on and off the web, and engaging customers and prospects alike. The intent of this session is twofold: 1) to open the minds of attendees to the perspectives of the audiences they serve, and 2) to learn, through the course of dialog, the techniques and best practices of creating a world-class customer experience.
Moderator: Scott Liewehr, Senior Consultant, Web Content Management, Gilbane Group; President CM Pros
Speakers:
Donna Rossi, VP Global Customer Experience Management, Western Union
Kumar Vora, Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise, Adobe
Shannon Ryan, CEO, non~linear creations
Michael Fisher, Senior VP Sales & Marketing (Americas), Alterian
Have questions about this session or the Customers & Engagement track? Ask Scott Liewehr, the track chair and moderator: email or DM at http://twitter.com/sliewehr
Our contest launches on Monday, and we'll have a few Conference Plus Packages to give away as well as some Conference Only passes. In addition to the regular "Luck of the Draw" methods of winning, this contest will also have non-luck aspects to it. I am excited to announce that Bloggers will stand to benefit most this time around, with plenty of incentives to create content in order to win. Check out the rules ahead of time (those wishing to participate in the Blogging feature will need to register with me). The contest is open to everyone able & willing, and could be expanded in scope depending on participation!
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