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CIDM Information Management News January 2010: Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events

CIDM Conferences

 

CMS/DITA North America Conference 2010
April 19-21, 2010
Santa Clara, California

Best Practices Conference 2010
September 13-15, 2010
Hampton, Virginia

 

Upcoming Workshops

 

There are no workshops scheduled at this time.

 

For more information on these and other workshops, visit the JoAnn Hackos Workshop Series web site.

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.

 

Webinars

 

Improving Content Collaboration Using Content Management Webinar

Presented by: Charlotte Robidoux of Hewlett-Packard Company & Suzanne Mescan of Vasont Systems

As organizations get larger and work forces become more dispersed or home-based, it becomes harder to get the right people to collaborate on new or revised content. It’s important to get input about the content from the right people at the right time to ensure accurate, usable documents for customers. A content management system can facilitate collaboration between writers, subject matter experts, and editors. This webinar will take place on January 6, 2010, 1pm Eastern.

To register for this webinar click here!


Planning Collaborative Work so that Teams Remain Efficient

Presented by: Charlotte Robidoux & Bobbi Gibson of Hewlett-Packard Company

Is the refrain, "Who has time to plan?" familiar in your organization? Do authors maintain that working on their own is the only surefire way to be efficient? Do they claim that working in XML takes more time? Struggling with writers over project planning and coordinating activities is not a new problem. Nor is it unusual to hear protests about authoring tools. Documentation managers are all too familiar with authors skipping the planning process, owning complete documents, and detecting flaws in the tools. But single sourcing complexities only invigorate these struggles. From information modeling and metadata to figuring out how to map, share, and optimize content, single sourcing fundamentals—both planning and collaborating—can add overhead to projects. Despite apparent inefficiencies, effective planning and collaborating can optimize reuse and impact ROI. This session provides various approaches to effective planning and collaborating to ensure reuse efficiency.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


XML Webinar Series: Transforming XML—Understanding the Mechanisms Used to Conditionally Process and Transform Your Documents

Presented by: Hal Trent & Frank Miller of Comtech Services

In the third installation of the XML series, you are shown the importance of XML tagging in creating audience specific documentation in a cost effective environment. We will discuss a series of use cases where XML tagging has played an important role in meeting timely deadlines by just having your information structured in XML.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


XML Webinar Series
Listen to both recorded webinars for only $125

Presented by: Hal Trent of Comtech Services

In the first of two webinars in this XML series, you get a high-level overview of the different pieces that comprise an XML document. You will be introduced to the building blocks of XML: elements, attributes, DTDs, and schemas. This webinar will prepare you for the second webinar in the series, Publishing XML (Understanding what happens when you produce a final document).

In the second of two webinars in this XML series, you are introduced to the transforms and stylesheets necessary to publish XML documents. You will gain the technical knowledge necessary to structure and style XML content for delivery to HTML and PDF. The Oxygen 10.2 editor will be used for demonstrations throughout the webinar. Each participant will receive the XSL-FO style sheet for PDF output and XHTML style sheet for web out used in the demonstration. The style sheets can be used by the participants in the Oxygen 10.2 DITA-OT or in the DITA OT downloaded from source forge.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


Getting Your DITA Project Started

Presented by: JoAnn Hackos of Comtech Services and Bill Gamboa of Vasont Systems

Your content management system is nearly up and running. You've created project folders and instituted naming conventions for your DITA topics. You are ready to begin a Pilot Project but you don't know where to start. In this webinar, Dr. JoAnn Hackos, leading expert on topic-based authoring and DITA, leads you through two critical steps to a successful DITA project.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


Strategic Content is Good for Business: How DITA and SharePoint Work Together for Information Sharing

Presented by: JoAnn Hackos of Comtech Services and Su-Laine Yeo of JustSystems

The goal of better-managed content is now much easier to achieve ... even on constrained budgets. DITA (the Darwin Information Typing Architecture standard) is rapidly being adopted as a proven foundation for content. And Microsoft SharePoint has made basic content management features accessible to hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide. Whether you're in HR, legal, marketing or other departments, this webinar will teach you to leverage DITA and SharePoint for cost-effective information sharing.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


Your Terminology is Your Brand: Keep it Consistent and Under Control

Presented by: JoAnn Hackos of Comtech Services and Sophie Hurst of SDL

You will learn how misusing terminology in your source content can have a dramatically negative impact on both your translations and your company’s brand. JoAnn and Sophie will also discuss the importance of terminology management throughout your organization in support of potential of automated translation.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


Vasont Webinar: Translation Roundup: Ways to Better Manage Your Global Content

Presented by: Nic McMahon of Lionbridge and Bill Gamboa of Vasont Systems

Vasont Systems and Lionbridge team up to provide ways to corral your content for more consistent content delivery and efficient translation management. Recorded July 20, 2009, 1pm Eastern.

To listen to this recorded webinar click here!


 

Other Events

 

SDL Innovate 2010
February 9-10, 2010
Santa Clara, California

Intelligent Content 2010
February 25-26, 2010
Palm Springs, California

Software User Assistance 2010
March 21-24, 2010
Seattle, Washington

CMS/DITA North America Conference 2010
April 19-21, 2010
Santa Clara, California

Lisa Forum 2010
April 13-14, 2010
San Francisco, California

Tech Comm Summit 2010
May 2-5, 2010
Dallas, Texas

Best Practices Conference 2010
September 13-15, 2010
Hampton, Virginia

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