Why Join CIDM?

Although you and your department will receive many member benefits, such as a free newsletters, two conference registrations for the annual Best Practices Conference, discounts on workshops, consulting, and white papers, as well as access to the member's web site with archives of past newsletter articles, the greatest benefit will come from the contacts you will make with colleagues in information development.

• You will be able to network at CIDM conferences and year round with information-development leaders from organizations such as Cisco, Dell, HP, Lucent, Microsoft, and many more.
• You will be able to learn what innovations other organizations similar to yours are making through CIDM newsletters, conferences, and in person.
• You will hear presentations from managers, rather than vendors or consultants looking to make a sale at CIDM's three annual conferences.
• You can attend CIDM conferences and be assured that attendees are looking for ideas rather than looking for jobs.
• You will have instant access to get advice from managers around the world through the CIDM listserv.
• You can learn what events are going on in the information-development world through CIDM newsletters and the web site.
• You will have the opportunity to further your career by speaking at CIDM conferences and submitting articles to the CIDM newsletter.

By joining CIDM, with your organization, you will be joining the international community of leaders in information development.