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Join us for another great Best Practices Conference!

Join CIDM members and colleagues at the 12th Annual Best Practices Conference in Hampton, Virginia on September 13-15, 2010. At this premier industry conference for managers representing documentation training, and support, learn how your colleagues are promoting and implementing industry best practices and responding to the economic downturn. Using a wealth of experience as a guide, you will exchange expertise and understanding to

  • respond to the current economic crisis by making difficult decisions about content priorities
  • use metrics to legitimize your organization’s value
  • respond to new product-development methodologies like Agile and Scrum
  • manage innovations that promote operational efficiencies and respond to customer needs
  • move content into a wiki environment
  • add social media strategies to your portfolio
  • extend content management across organizational boundaries

Come to the Conference Free!

CIDM members receive up to two complimentary conference registrations. You will also receive a year's worth of valuable services provided by CIDM.

Please visit the CIDM Membership homepage for details.


Rare Bird Award

CIDM is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Rare Bird Award for distinguished contributions to best practices in management of information development. The winning entry will be a best practice that can make organizations more efficient and effective for the benefit of their companies and customers.

To be eligible for the Rare Bird award, an entrant must present their best practice during the 2010 Best Practices conference. Speakers, panel discussion participants, and those participating in the Showcase are eligible.

To learn more or to enter, go to the Rare Bird page.


Join the Showcase

If you have a great idea for change or can demonstrate how a new idea has worked in your organization, propose a Showcase poster presentation for the Tuesday afternoon session.

To learn more or to submit your best practice, go to the Showcase page.


Sponsorship Opportunities

If you are interested in sponsoring an event at Best Practices 2010 please click here.


Conference Sponsors

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The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) brings together the most highly skilled and talented managers in the field of information development from across the US and internationally to facilitate the sharing of information about current trends, best practices, and developments within the industry, from information development to training and support.



From previous conference participants


“Excellent presentations with useful, relevant topic areas”


“Great sanity check. Inspired me to think about some new frontiers.”


“Looking forward to next year…”


“A tremendous opportunity to network, compare process and make new friends!”


“All sessions were extremely valuable. Great selection! Love the location. Nice combination of conference and opportunity to see a beautiful part of the country. ”


“Excellent conference! Extremely well done! ”


“Most helpful conference I’ve been to – quality and relevance of info was great. Lots of actions I can take.”


“Good format for conference. Good mix of lectures, discussions, and so much more.”


“Great topics – very informative, timely, and has given me alot to think about!”


“Great collaborative atmosphere ”


"The organization of the conference was just perfect."

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