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Information Management
News
Volume 6, Issue 7
July 2006
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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Registration is open for the 2006
Best Practices conference to be held September 18–20,
2006, in San Diego, California. The program is available online.
PTC
Webinar
Join us for the PTC Webinar series: Employing
Best Practices and Tools for DITA Success. For more information
visit the PTC
web site.
Comtech
Services Releases DITA User Guide
We are accepting orders for Introduction
to DITA: A Basic User Guide to the Darwin Information Typing
Architecture. Order
your copy today!
Host
a Workshop
Organizations that host a workshop in the JoAnn
Hackos Workshop Series receive four registrations for the
price of one. Find
out how to become a host.
Trisoft releases Trisoft InfoShare 3.4
For information on this major release from Trisoft,
read
the announcement.
PUBSNET
Documentation and Training Conference 2006
7th Annual Documentation and Training Conference
hosted by PUBSNET to be held October 3–5. For more information
visit the Conference
Website.
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Upcoming Workshops
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DITA:
Getting Started
Jen Linton,
July 25–26
San Diego, CA
XML
for Writers
Kylene Bruski,
September 13–14
San Diego, CA
DITA
Boot Camp
JoAnn Hackos, Jen Linton, Kylene Bruski
August 21–25
Wakefield, MA (Boston area)
For more information on these and other workshops,
visit the JoAnn
Hackos Workshop Series web site.
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Cooperating,
Coordinating, Collaborating – Which Model Fits Your Organization?
JoAnn Hackos, PhD
CIDM Director
www.infomanagementcenter.com
Collaboration is the theme for the Best Practices 2006 conference
in September. The theme has generated considerable enthusiasm among
CIDM members, covering everything from teamwork among information
developers to initiatives involving training, support services, partners,
and customers. The presenters document exciting possibilities for
extending the influence of technical communication in the global enterprise.
Read
the article
More articles
The Rise of the Globally Integrated Enterprise
Taj Whitesell, CIDM
In his article “The Globally Integrated Enterprise,”
Samuel Palmisano, Chairman of the Board and CEO of IBM, talks about
how the idea of the multinational corporation is no longer compatible
with the realities of 21st-century global business. We should not
apply today’s ideas about the corporation to the future but
rather look at the emergence of what Palmisano calls the Globally
Integrated Enterprise.
Read
the article
CIDM Wants Your Organization!
Bill Hackos, Comtech Services
No, we don’t really want your organization. We just
want to know how your group is organized. We are updating our organization
White paper and we need your input. In the days before the world became
flat we classified writing groups as centralized or distributed. If
you have ever been involved in a management discussion with JoAnn
or me you know what these terms mean. Now with a history of acquisition,
outsourcing, offshoring, and other collaboration, things are getting
complicated.
Read
the article
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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 facilitates the sharing of
information among the most skilled managers in the information industry.
For more information, visit www.infomanagmentcenter.com.
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