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Why this workshop?
A systems integrator
we recently heard said "All too often Portals are the question, but Content
Management is the answer." Companies may be seduced by slick looking interfaces
that promise to deliver you the information you need at a glance, or at most
with one search query.
Often, companies buy-in to the CM vendor story as well; that keeping a website
or intranet coherent and up to date is as easy as uploading the umpteenth press
release via a simple web interface.
Some of the most important problems in project have much more to do with content than technology, and with organization and communication rather than with CM product features. Questions such as the following keep project leaders awake at night:
A lot of these problems could be avoided by better preparation, modeling the flow, and communication within your organization.
These and other questions will be discussed during our 1-day Content Management Workshop with Bob Boiko. Bob has more than 20 years experience helping organizations to create, manage, and distribute their content more efficiently. He will present a number of valuable concepts and practices and illustrate them in real-life exercises. The workshop is CMS-system independent, but the insight you gain, will help you to better make decisions on any CMS you decide to build or buy.
Included in the workshop is Bob's "Content Management Bible", targeted background-material and an exercises book compiled by Bob Boiko.
Who should attend this seminar ?
In this part of the workshop, we will become acquainted with each other through the CM project that we have been part of. Each of us will attempt to state 5 sentences that define the CM project that is of most interest to us.The 5 sentences are:
In this part of the workshop, I will present some of the key concepts of content management and the problems they lead to. I will begin with a brief overview of each key concept and the challenge it presents to your organization. Then you will work through an assessment of the magnitude of the challenge in your organization and some first steps of how to confront it. We will deal with these concepts and the issues they present:
In this part of the workshop we will focus on the design and implementation of the system you need to construct to gather and prepare content for your system. While this part of the CMS is often undervalued, if it is not well constructed, the rest of the system cannot function. I will begin with an overview of the structure of a collection system in the context of a full CMS. You will then spend some time working through the appropriate design and technology behind your own collection system. The topics we will cover in this part of the workshop include:
In this part of the workshop, we will focus on how to structure a content-base for management and end user access. Iwill begin with an overview of what it means to model content and how you can begin. Then you will work through your own content model and link it to the collection system you have previously designed. The topics we will cover in this part of the workshop include:
In this final part of the workshop, we will focus on the next steps you might take in your own CM Project. I will present two methods you can use to move forward with your project regardless of what stage is at. For each of the two methods, I will present abrief overview and then you will do some preliminary work from the perspective of your own organization. The methods we will focus on are:
Bob Boiko is founder and president of Metatorial Services Inc. He has almost 20 years of experience creating Web, hypertext, and multimedia systems and tools for some of the world's top technology corporations (including Microsoft, Motorola, and Boeing).
Author of software guides, technical papers, columns, magazine articles, and the book "Content Management Bible," Bob is a well known writer and commentator. Bob is internationally known for his lectures and workshops.
Bob has extensive expertise in content and knowledge management, authoring, multimedia design, Web publishing, and tool construction. He has undergraduate degrees in physics and oceanography and a graduate degree in human communication.
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