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CIDM e-newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 6
June 2002
A monthly e-newsletter from the
Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM)
JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD, CIDM Director
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com
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News & Events
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Join our Single-Sourcing/Content-Management Benchmark
To become a sponsor, visit
www.infomanagementcenter.com/ssbmark.shtml
or contact .
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JoAnn Hackos and the CIDM invite you to Content Management
Europe: Strategies for Single Sourcing
on October 14-15, 2002 at the
Grand Hotel Mercure Royal Crown in Brussels, Belgium
More information coming soon!
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JoAnn Hackos and the CIDM invite you to Best Practices 2002
on September 29-October 2, 2002 in Galveston, TX
For more information, visit
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com
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Upcoming Workshops
The CIDM sponsors the following workshops between July and October 2002.
Sign up now:
Managing Your
Documentation Projects
Bill Hackos, PhD,
July 15-16, 2002, Dallas, TX
Developing a
Single-Sourcing Strategy
JoAnn Hackos, PhD,
July 18-19, 2002, San Jose, CA
Structuring
Information for Online Success
Henry Korman, RA,
August 5-6, 2002, St. Paul, MN
Developing a Strategy
for Minimalism: Creating Manuals People Will Use
JoAnn Hackos, PhD,
September 5-6, 2002, Greenville, SC
User and Task
Analysis for Information Design
Bill Hackos, PhD,
September 18-19, 2002, Arlington, VA,
October 8-9, 2002, Boston, MA
For more information on these and other workshops,
visit the Seminars in Usable Design Web site at
http://www.comtech-serv.com/workshops/index.shtml
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Responses to Accidental Reuse
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com -->
In the
May 2002 issue,
discussed why accidental reuse
doesn't work. Instead, information developers and instructional designers need to have a plan
in place to develop content for reuse by design. The following are responses to
the article.
Read
the responses
If I Could Show Them How, They Would Understand!
Robert N. Phillips
CEO, Lasotell Pty Ltd.
http://www.lasotell.com.au
How often do you hear people who are trying to provide
documentation make that cry? Let me tell you about one of
the most underused tools on our Lasotell computers, Lotus
ScreenCam.
Read
the full article
Is Documentation Your Company's Core Competence?
Vesa Purho
Development Manager, Nokia
What is a core competence? Is documentation your company's
core competence? These questions need answers when management is cutting costs
and thinking about what tasks can be outsourced rather than handled by in-house
staff. Management tries to pinpoint the core competencies that are required to
keep ahead of the competition. Eventually, they will also evaluate the
documentation-related competencies. This article briefly discusses the meaning
of a core competence and provides some insight on when documentation can be a
core competence and when it cannot.
Read
the full article
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The Center For Information-Development Management
The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) is an
organization of information-development, training, and support managers across
the United States and internationally. The CIDM is directed by Dr. JoAnn
Hackos, international leader in the management of the design, development, and
dissemination of information to customers and employees. Under her leadership,
the CIDM conducts benchmark studies among member organizations and elsewhere,
sponsors research into information development and its management, gathers and
disseminates results and resources through newsletters, the Web, seminars, an
annual conference, and research white papers. The CIDM facilitates the sharing
of information among the most skilled managers in the information industry.
If you are interested in reading more in-depth articles, you
should consider subscribing to the Best Practices newsletter at
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/masterindex.shtml.
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