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Content Management Professionals
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Press releases:
September 28, 2006 -- CM Pros Participates in World Usability Day
April 18, 2006 -- Optaros and Astoria Software to Sponsor Spring Summit
February 07, 2006 -- CM Professionals Launches Africa Community
January 17, 2006 -- Global Content Management Experts Elected to CM Pros
November 28, 2005 -- Content Management Professionals Featured in Prestigious 2005 EContent 100 List
October 06, 2005 -- CM Professionals Launches Communities in Australia, Canada West and Benelux
September 26, 2005 -- CM Professionals Benelux van start tijdens ECMplaza 2005 op 5 oktober
August 17, 2005 -- CM Professionals Launches Chapters Program
August 10, 2005 -- CM Professionals Announces New Sponsorship Programs
August 8, 2005 -- CM Professionals to Guest on "Content Management LIVE!" Radio Broadcast
August 3, 2005 -- CM Professionals Announces Fall 2005 Events
May 11, 2005 -- CM Professionals Announces Management Committee and Executive Director
February 15, 2005 -- CM Professionals Announces Second Semiannual Member Summit
January 20, 2005 -- CM Professionals Elects First Board of Directors
October 19, 2004 -- Gilbane Content Management Conference to Host CM Professionals’ First Summit
September 28, 2004 -- CM Professionals to Hold 2004 "Summit"
September 20, 2004 -- New Content Management Professionals Organization Announced Today
Silver Spring, MD, 28 September 2006--Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced its participation in World Usability Day (WUD). The 36-hour event takes place Tuesday, 14 November 2006, with events taking place around the globe. WUD promotes the values and benefits of usability engineering and user centered design, under the philosophy that everyone has the right to have things that work better.
CM Pros is partnering with the Society for Technical Communication to participate in a global online card-sort exercise. Card sorting is a quick, inexpensive, and reliable technique that allows information architects and usability professionals to create structures for print and online information, as well as suggestions for navigation and menus. The WUD card sort exercise will be carried out by participants on five continents, with a view to demonstrating regional differences in how people think about a single subject.
Rahel Anne Bailie, a member of both CM Pros and STC and driving force behind Intentional Design, chairs a committee of members from Canada, the US, Hong Kong, India, Poland, and the UK. "Working with such an international committee definitely enriches the organizing process, and will ultimately enrich the card sort exercise. With the input of the various members, we are thinking about issues that might have otherwise gone unnoticed."
An important aspect of the exercise is having a sound taxonomy to use for the card sort. "A well-built taxonomy helps visitors to find relations between content items that otherwise would not be possible - that is, not without a lot of manual (and in the long term, impossible) labor for editors. Of course, a taxonomy must be created with the mental model of visitors in mind, rather than the organization’s point of view. This is a very important rule in usability," says CM Pros' president, Erik Hartman. Hartman is President of the CM Pros Board of Directors and Director of Hartman Communicatie.
About CM Professionals: Founded in 2004, with over 800 members, CM Pros provides information, expertise, and support to global content management practitioners and related professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, educational events, and advocacy of respected practices, the association fosters a better understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
August 16, 2006Silver Spring, MD, August 16, 2006 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced the theme of its sixth Summit: Content Management and the World Enterprise. The full-day event takes place Monday 27 November 2006, co-located with the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies at the Westin Copley Place hotel in Boston, MA, USA.
“As information technology advances, there is a huge need for organizations to understand how to organize, manage and integrate content into enterprise applications,” says Frank Gilbane, President & CEO of Gilbane Group, Inc.. “The only way this need can be met is through well-informed content management professionals, sharing their experiences and expertise. This is why CM Pros is so important, why the summits are so valuable, and why we are happy to support the CM Pros Summits alongside our conferences. This year’s theme complements our program and the growing interest of conference attendees in content globalization issues."
Designed to support business leaders as they grapple with an evolving global marketplace, the CM Pros Fall 2006 Summit addresses the growing requirement for multinational strategies, including language translation and content localization. CM Pros anticipates a record-breaking response to its Fall 2006 Summit Call for Papers, as well as an unprecedented number of attendees. This year’s Summit presenters will engage participants in a full complement of interactive sessions including keynote presentations and panel discussions as well as expert, facilitator-led roundtables and workshops.
“In content management terms, globalization is a mix of localization, content re use, and organizational and procedural challenges,” said Erik M. Hartman, President of the CM Pros Board of Directors and Director of Hartman Communicatie. “At this Summit, many content management experts from all over the world will share their knowledge about these challenges with the Summit attendees.”
Online registration for the Fall 2006 Summit is now open. Onsite registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. on 27 November 2006. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members and register online by 30 September, 2006 are eligible for a discounted Summit/Membership package which includes $100 off the price of registration, a free one-year CM Pros membership, and $150 off the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies.
About CM Professionals: Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 850 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
April 18, 2006Silver Spring, MD, April 18, 2006 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that Optaros and Astoria Software will support its Spring 2006 Summit as the event’s exclusive sponsors. CM Pros Spring 2006 Summit will be held 23-24 April 2006, co-located with the Gilbane San Francisco event.
Focused on the theme “Content Management and the Customer Experience,” this Summit -- the fifth since the organization was founded in Fall 2004 -- features three keynote sessions: Engaging Customers with Actionable Content by Bill Trippe of Bluebill Advisors; Content Management in Call Centres: Delivering a Great Customer Experience by James Robertson of Step Two Designs; and Developing a Customer-Centric Model for Content Management by Ann Rockley, past president of CM Pros and president of The Rockley Group.
“It's important that both content management practitioners and content management suppliers continue to communicate and address the issues, concerns and successes along with sharing experiences and best practices," said Eileen O'Rourke, Marketing Director at Astoria Software. “CM Pros plays a critical role in providing leadership and a forum for this exchange, and Astoria is proud to participate as both a content management community member, and as a sponsor of this year's Spring 2006 Summit."
Astoria Software, Inc. is a leading provider of XML content management solutions for the dynamic publishing of critical information and documents. As the only software system that enables component-based management and re-use of structured content at the smallest element level, Astoria helps streamline a customer's author-to-publish process for improved productivity and enhanced content quality while reducing the time and cost to publish. The company's customers are progressive organizations who publish complex business critical information and documents that change constantly, such as Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, Siemens Medical Solutions, General Electric Medical and Cessna Aircraft.
“After participating in several CM Pros Summit events, Optaros decided to sponsor the upcoming event in San Francisco. Managing content and optimizing the customer experience are two important focuses for enterprises today,” said Seth Gottlieb, Content Management Practice Lead at Optaros. “Optaros understands the value of bringing business users together to share best practices and opportunities in these areas. With the right vision, the flexibility and agility of open source software can be leveraged to achieve great results at minimal cost.”
A leader in helping enterprises understand open source CMS alternatives and delivering business-focused solutions, Optaros is a consulting and systems integration firm that provides services and solutions that maximize the benefits of open source software. Bringing together experts in creating enterprise IT solutions and experts in the power of open source, Optaros plans and builds business systems that give you better value today and increased control in the future.
“Through its events programs, CM Pros offers an unparalleled opportunity to become better content management practitioners,” said Erik Hartman, current president of the CM Pros Board of Directors and director of Hartman Communicatie. “This year’s program offers 11 in-depth sessions from 15 speakers – some of the world’s leading content management experts – demonstrating CM Pros’ unique ability to foster education and knowledge sharing.”
Registration for the Spring 2006 CM Pros Summit is currently available online, and onsite registration will open at 1:00 p.m. on 23 April 2006. View the detailed program at www.cmprosold.org/events/summit/program.html. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Summit/Membership package.
About CM Professionals: Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 600 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, April 4, 2006 - Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that the theme of its Spring 2006 Summit, to be held 23-24 April 2006 co-located with the Gilbane San Francisco event, is Content Management and The Customer Experience.
"Content management is no longer just a means to capture, manage and publish content, nor is it simply a piece of software," said Theresa Regli, Taxonomy and Content Management Expert at Molecular and longtime member of CM Pros. "Rather, content management has become the indispensable lifeblood of the customer experience - the means by which the right content is delivered to customers at the ideal moment of their interaction with a business." The Spring 2006 CM Pros Summit will kick off with a keynote session on Engaging Customers with Actionable Content by Bill Trippe, Senior Editor of The Gilbane Report, followed by two presentations: A User-Centered Approach to Content Management Design by Theresa Regli; Benefits of a User-Centered Approach to Information Architecture by Joan Lasselle and Mira Wooten of Lasselle-Ramsay. Rounding out the day are two breakout sessions: Microformats and the Future of Syndication from Nate Aune of AdaptiveWave and Portals: From Idea to Reality - the Dangers of the Current State of Portals in the Marketplace, facilitated by Tony Byrne of CMS Watch and Janus Boye of Boye IT. The day’s closing keynote features an address from James Robertson of Step Two Designs on Content Management in Call Centres: Delivering a Great Customer Experience. Day two of the event begins with two roundtable sessions: interactive development of the Content Lifecycle Poster facilitated by Erik Hartman of Hartman Communicatie BV and Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler. and Best Practices vs. Practicalities: Qualitative Decisions for Delivering the "Best" Content to Customers, facilitated by Rahel Anne Bailie of Intentional Design Inc. and Trevor Paterson of CHC Helicopters. Two parallel breakout sessions - The Importance of the Community in Open Source Content Management Systems by Renaud Richardet of Wyona Inc. and Achieving Structure in Enterprise Content from Peter Meyer of Elkera Pty Limited - will enable attendees the opportunity to examine in detail these important issues. Ann Rockley, past president of CM Pros and president of The Rockley Group, offers the event’s closing keynote: Developing a Customer-Centric Model for Content Management. "Organizations create huge amounts of customer facing content and they are putting a lot of time and effort into managing their customer relationships. Yet customers continue to have difficulty finding the right content at the right time in the right format - and the cost of customer support is soaring," said Ann Rockley. "Organizations have web and enterprise content management strategies, but no clear strategy to ensure that all their customer-facing content is effectively unified into a customer-centric content management strategy. My keynote will examine how a customer centric model for content management can support the customer experience at every touchpoint." Underscoring the many valuable benefits of CM Pros membership, CM Pros members will receive with each USD $145 Summit registration a USD $150 discount coupon for the Gilbane San Francisco event. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Summit/Membership package. "Through its events programs, CM Pros offers an unparalleled opportunity to become better content management practitioners," said Erik Hartman, current president of the CM Pros Board of Directors and director of Hartman Communicatie. "This year’s event features speakers from six countries - some of the world’s leading content management experts - demonstrating CM Pros’ unique ability to foster education and knowledge sharing." For more information and to register for the conference, please visit CM Pros.The Spring 2006 CM Pros Summit is sponsored by Astoria Software and Optaros.
About CM Professionals: Founded in 2004, CM Pros - which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 700 members - provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, February 7, 2006 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that another geographic community has been formed under its member-driven committee process: The CM Pros Africa Community, in which Rana Allam, David Pearson and Eric Osiakwan populate the group’s start up leadership.
The CM Pros committee process -- which enables members to formally organize in groups based on geographic location or common interest in a particular topic -- empowers any group of at least three members to form a committee by issuing a call for participation to the entire membership. A steering committee -- elected by community members at the group’s first meeting -- oversees the creation and progress of subcommittees and strives to advance the mission of the committee. CM Pros communities may host events and meetings as well as engage in working activities, such as by publishing newsletters or contributing white papers to CM Pro’s growing Knowledge Resource library.
The stated purpose of The CM Pros Africa Community is to provide African content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, and for promoting and professionalizing content management in Africa. The CM Pros Africa Community will also serve as a central resource for local media comment on the content management industry and -- like the other CM Pros communities -- promote CM Pros mission and objectives within the African continent. The group will take a particular interest in Africa’s unique problem of internet access. Their first meeting is scheduled for February 16, 2006 via online conference.
"Increasing Africa’s knowledge of and participation in the online world is critical to bridging the continent’s digital divide," stated David Pearson, co-founder of The CM Pros Africa Community. "We’re committed to increasing the visibility of internet-based business paradigms in Africa."
Participation in CM Pros communities offers members the opportunity to build professional networks through face-to face-interaction, intensive collaboration, and unification in a common purpose: to support content management professionals as they strive for excellence in this increasingly important discipline.
“We are delighted to expand to another continent,” proclaimed Scott Abel, a newly-elected member of The CM Pro Board of Directors and keeper of TheContentWranger.com. "The establishment of the CM Pros Africa Community is an important next step in our mission to develop and support a truly global association of content management professionals."
Reinforcing the organization’s increasing relevance, CM Pros today also announced that its membership now exceeds 600 content management professionals. Prompted by the organization’s comprehensive array of member benefits, an average of more than 50 new content management professionals join CM Pros every month.
About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 600 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, January 17, 2006 — Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that Mary Laplante and Scott Abel have been elected to the 2006-2007 CM Pros Board of Directors and that Janus Boye and Mollye Barrett have been elected to serve on the organization’s Management Committee, as director of member relations and director of communications, respectively.
The CM Pros Board of Directors and Management Committee are nominated and elected in an open process by the members of the organization. Scott Abel and Mary Laplante were elected to replace two outgoing Board members -- Frank Gilbane and Ann Rockley -- whose terms expire this month. Directors Seth Gottlieb, Erik Hartman, and Samantha Starmer remain on the Board until January 2007.
As Vice President of Consulting Services with Bluebill Advisors and senior editor of The Gilbane Report, Mary Laplante offers more than 20 years in business and marketing in the content management arena. As the first executive director of the organization now known as OASIS, she offers CM Pros first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing an early-stage not-for-profit professional association.
A technical writing specialist and content management strategist, Scott Abel helps organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish, and archive their information assets. Scott is actively involved in the content management arena and a frequent contributor to a wide variety of magazines, newsletters and industry conferences. His blog, TheContentWrangler.com, is a popular web destination for those interested in content management.
A director of content management with more than two decades experience in writing, Director of Content Management at Ken Cook Co., Mollye Barrett has been a professional writer for more than 25 years including eight years as a content management consultant. Ms. Barrett joins CM Pros Management Committee as director of communications.
Janus Boye, who has been elected to serve as CM Pros management committee’s director of member relations, is managing director and founder of Denmark-based Boye IT, a vendor-neutral consultancy focused on content management. In addition to his consulting activities, Janus is also a contributing author to the CMS Report from CMS Watch and principal author of the forthcoming Enterprise Portals Report. He is also the conference chair of cmf2006, an international content management event bringing together users, consultants and vendors.
"Collectively, these four individuals offer the organization nearly a century of content management experience," said outgoing CM Pros president, Ann Rockley. "We are both delighted and fortunate to have these four well-known industry specialists to help shape the organization's future."
Established in October 2004 with founding support from more than 100 content management professionals, this is CM Pros second annual election. Over the past 15 months, the organization has grown to more than 600 members and continues to expand rapidly. The newly elected directors will be seated officially at their first Board meeting on Friday, January 20. CM Pros members express their sincere appreciation for outgoing directors Frank Gilbane and Ann Rockley, who will support the new directors by participating in this and several subsequent Board meetings.
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About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 600 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, November 28, 2005 — EContent Magazine has selected Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, for inclusion in the EContent 100, the list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry. The annual list features the top 100 organizations with “winning strategies and solutions that define the digital content industry.”
“Making the EContent 100 is quite an honor,” said Ann Rockley, president of CM Pros and president of The Rockley Group. “CM Pros’ inclusion in the EContent 100 reinforces that content management is not only a technology but a multi-dimensional discipline. This recognition underscores the value that we content management professionals contribute to successful content management projects.” “This achievement is impressive, especially for an organization that is just over one year old,” said Seth Gottlieb, treasurer of CM Pros and Director of the Content Management practice at Optaros. “But then – currently over 500 members strong – we’ve experienced greater than 400% growth in our first year, and that’s proof enough of CM Pros’ relevance to the industry.” Opening today in Boston, the Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit – an exclusive members-only event co-located with the well-respected Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies – will offer more than seven intensive sessions on content personalization and customization. “Through its well-rounded conference programs and scope of work, the success of CM Pros – including being featured in the EContent 100 – testifies to the increasing significance of this organization,” said Frank Gilbane, director of CM Pros and publisher of The Gilbane Report, a newsletter reporting on content management technologies.About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 500 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, January 17, 2006 — Silver Spring, MD, January 17, 2006— Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that Mary Laplante and Scott Abel have been elected to the 2006-2007 CM Pros Board of Directors and that Janus Boye and Mollye Barrett have been elected to serve on the organization’s Management Committee, as director of member relations and director of communications, respectively. A member-driven organization, the CM Pros Board of Directors and Management Committee are nominated and elected in an open process by the members of the organization. Scott Abel and Mary Laplante were elected to replace two outgoing Board members Frank Gilbane and Ann Rockley – whose terms expire this month. Directors Seth Gottlieb, Erik Hartman, and Samantha Starmer remain on the Board until January 2007. As Vice President of Consulting Services with Bluebill Advisors (www.bluebilladvisors.com) and senior editor of The Gilbane Report (www.gilbane.com), Mary Laplante offers more than 20 years in business and marketing in the content management arena. As the first executive director of the organization now known as OASIS (www.oasis-open.org), she offers CM Pros first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing an early-stage not-for-profit professional association. A technical writing specialist and content management strategist, Scott Abel helps organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish, and archive their information assets. Scott is actively involved in the content management arena and a frequent contributor to a wide variety of magazines, newsletters and industry conferences. His blog, TheContentWrangler.com (www.thecontentwrangler.com) is a popular web destination for those interested in content management. A director of content management with more than two decades experience in writing, Director of Content Management at Ken Cook Co. (www.kencook.com), Mollye Barrett has been a professional writer for more than 25 years including eight years as a content management consultant. Ms. Barrett joins CM Pros Management Committee as director of communications. Janus Boye, who has been elected to serve as CM Pros management committee’s director of member relations, is managing director and founder of Denmark-based Boye IT (www.boyeit.dk), a vendor-neutral consultancy focused on content management. In addition to his consulting activities, Janus is also a contributing author to the CMS Report from CMS Watch (www.cmswatch.com) and principal author of the forthcoming Enterprise Portals Report. He is also the co-founder of the Danish Content Management Forum (www.cmforumdk.com), a venue for content management practioners. “Collectively, these four offer the organization nearly a century of content management experience,” said outgoing CM Pros president, Ann Rockley (www.rockley.com). “We are both delighted and fortunate to have these four well-known industry specialists to help shape the organization's future.” Established in October 2004 with founding support from more than 100 content management professionals, this is CM Pros second annual election. Over the past 15 months, the organization has grown to more than 600 members and continues to expand rapidly. The newly elected directors will be seated officially at their first Board meeting on Friday, January 20. CM Pros members express their sincere appreciation for outgoing directors Frank Gilbane (www.gilbane.com) and Ann Rockley, who will support the new directors by participating in this and several subsequent Board meetings. About Mary Laplante https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/laplante.html About Scott Abel https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/abel.html About Janus Boye https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/boye.html About Mollye Barrett https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/barrett.html About CM Professionals Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 600 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 500 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, November 1, 2005—Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international professional association for content management experts, today announced that it has finalized the program for its Fall 2005 Summit and that a Scandinavia chapter is in formation.
The CM Pros Scandinavia Community will provide content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, promoting and professionalizing content management in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In accord with the CM Pros community process, at least three CM Pros members are spearheading the startup: Janus Boye, Flemming Kristensen, Kaj Noppenau Sørensen, and Stig Andersen.
“We are eager to support local members of the increasingly important content management community,” said Janus Boye, founder and managing director of Boye IT. “The CM Pros Scandinavia Community will provide content management professionals with regional networking opportunities, ,as well as advance the CM Pros international mission within these countries.” The CM Pros Scandinavia Community will be launched at the cmf2005 conference in Aarhus, Denmark on November 8, 2005.
The final program for the CM Pros Fall 2005 Summit -— to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28 —- illustrates the organization’s unparalleled body of knowledge. Focused on the theme "Enabling Content Personalization through Content Management," the first keynote, delivered by Tony Byrne of CMS Watch will detail different types of personalization and describe what has to happen behind the scenes for them to work properly. This session will highlight some of the technical challenges that can challenge content personalization projects, and offer a review of “light-weight” alternatives to user empowerment.
The second keynote -— presented by Ann Rockley of The Rockley Group —- will describe how personalization depends on the ability of a system to take a user profile and user requests and produce applicable content. Reinforcing how critical content modeling is to supporting dynamic assembly of content components, this session will provide an understanding of how to define content requirements, determine how content should be structured, identify the appropriate level of granularity, and how content models work with content management systems to support personalization.
Five concurrent interactive roundtable sessions will afford attendees the opportunity to collaborate with subject matter experts on a variety of timely topics, including The Relationship Between a CMS and the Organization’s Intranet; Managing a Hybrid CMS Across the Enterprise; Taxonomies for Personalization; Workflows for Personalization; and Selecting a Content Management System.
“With a program of unparalleled depth delivered by the industry’s thought leaders, the CM Pros Fall 2005 Summit will directly and meaningfully contribute to our attendees’ needs for practical knowledge,” said Laura Walker, executive director of CM Pros. “If you’re involved in content management, you should not miss this exclusive event.”
About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 500 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, October 10, 2005 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international professional association for content management experts, today announced the speaker line-up for its Fall 2005 Summit, to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28.
The Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit will kick off with a keynote session on Content Management Systems and Personalization by Tony Byrne of CMS Watch (http://www.cmswatch.com), followed by a second keynote on Content Modeling to Support Personalization by Ann Rockley of The Rockley Group (www.rockley.com). Theresa Regli of Molecular (www.molecular.com) and Seth Earley of Earley & Associates (www.earley.com) will deliver two perspectives on Taxonomy for Personalization, Alex Povzner of SiberLogic (www.siberlogic.com)will cover Knowledge Discovery through Semantic Content Management, Heather Hedden of Hedden Information Management (www.hedden-information.com) will address A-Z Indexes for Content Searching , and Ben Martin of Industrial Wisdom (www.industrialwisdom.com) will discuss ERP – It Ain’t Shrink-Wrap: Where Customized Software Necessitates Customized Content. In five concurrent roundtable sessions, Lynda Moulton, LWM Technology Services (www.lwmtechnology.com) will help participants understand The Relationship Between a CMS and the Organization’s Intranet; Leonor Ciarlone of Bluebill Advisors (www.bluebilladvisors.com) will discuss the challenges of Managing a Hybrid CMS Across the Enterprise, Theresa Regli and Seth Earley will facilitate discussion about Taxonomies for Personalization, Seth Gottlieb of Optaros (www.optaros.com) will lead a dialog on Workflows for Personalization and Erik Hartman of Hartman Communicatie (www.hartman-communicatie.nl) will guide participants on Selecting a Content Management System. Underscoring a key benefit of CM Pros membership, members receive a $150 discount coupon for The Gilbane Conference on Content Management (www.gilbane.com/conferences/overview.html) which begins the day after the Summit at the same venue. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Membership & Summit package at $195. On the morning following the Boston Summit, CM Pros members will gather for a new member orientation and committee and workshop meetings, during which the organization’s dedicated and hardworking members will collaborate on deliverables such as white papers and case studies. Reinforcing the organization’s increasing relevance, CM Pros today also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. “We’ve experienced an exciting period of growth,” said Laura Walker, executive director of CM Pros. “That growth is testament that our new Community program—as well as the superlative industry expertise we’re delivering through our fall events—offers tangible benefit to content management professionals.” About CM Professionals Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 500 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, October 6, 2005 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced that three geographic communities have been formed under its new member-driven committee process: The CM Pros Australia Community, The CM Pros Canada West Community and The CM Pros Benelux Community.
The CM Pros committee process -- which enables members to formally organize in groups based on geographic location or common interest in a particular topic -- empowers any group of at least three members to form a committee by issuing a call for participation to the entire membership. A steering committee -- elected by community members at the group’s first meeting -- oversees the creation and progress of subcommittees and strives to advance the mission of the committee. CM Pros communities may host events and meetings as well as engage in working activities, such as by publishing newsletters or contributing white papers to CM Pros growing Knowledge Resource library. Steering committees for The CM Pros Canada West Community and The CM Pros Australia Community have been formed. In Australia, co-chairs David Warwick and James Robertson are joined by Lauren Bryan and Matthew Harris. In Canada West, chair Rahel Anne Bailie is joined by Nenad Furtula, Fred Hoeflok and Jeff Sinclair. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Australia Community is to provide Australian content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for examining content management topics of interest, promotion of content management in Australia, educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. The CM Pros Australia Community will also provide a central source for media comment on the content management industry and forward the CM Pros international mission statement and objectives within Australia. Their next meeting is scheduled for October 17, 2005 in Middle Park, Victoria. "Web content management remains a rapid growth segment in Australia and it is rare in its capacity to pull together professionals from a broad cross-section of the business community from content creators, publishers, marketers, company executives, designers, programmers, integrators and vendors," stated David Warwick, co-chair of The CM Pros Australia Community. "The CM Pros Australia Community offers significant networking and information sharing potential that does not exist in any other Australian professional forum. Without any promotion, our growth in a matter of weeks to 28 members highlights the pent-up demand in our corner of the world." The stated purpose of The CM Pros Canada West Community is to provide a local forum where professionals engaged in content management can learn and share information about content management to further the body of knowledge in this field. The group’s kick-off program meeting was held on October 3, 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the group convened around the theme "Putting the Content Back into Content Management." "Content management is the next big efficiency initiative since the Web," said Rahel Anne Bailie, chair of The CM Pros Canada West Community and president of Intentional Design (www.intentionaldesign.ca). "Content management is already making a big difference to companies who have implemented it -- implemented it properly, that is -- and will have a huge impact across all industry sectors and sizes. We can’t afford not to have a forum where professionals of all stripes -- practitioners, vendors, and the business sector -- can come together to discuss strategies and emerging best practices." The stated purpose of The CM Pros Benelux Community is to provide content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, promoting and professionalizing content management in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. The CM Pros Benelux Community will also provide a central source for media comment on the content management industry and forward the CM Pros international mission statement and objectives within Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Furthermore the group will assist new communities in other European geographies with their start-up activities, as well as engage in ongoing knowledge exchange and networking programs with them. The group’s first meeting was held October 5, 2005 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, at which time a steering committee was elected among candidates Daniëlle Kolmer, Maarten Korz, Adriaan M. Bloem and Erik M. Hartman — all of The Netherlands — and Peter Hinssen of Belgium. "This new community enables innovation and knowledge sharing within a regional group of individuals that share interests and experiences," declared Maarten Korz of De Lage Landen Financial Services (www.delagelanden.com) in The Netherlands. "The combination of an international organization and a high degree of topical and local activity gives CM Pros members the breadth and depth we need to be effective content management professionals within our region." Erik M. Hartman is one of the founders of CM Professionals and currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors. "It was a real honour to be the only European member who has been voted as a Board Member, and I always wanted a Benelux Community for content management professionals. As the international organization matures, it’s time to focus on local Benelux activities." Participation in CM Pros communities offers members the opportunity to build professional networks through face-to face-interaction and intensive collaboration. These first three CM Pros Communities united more than 100 members in a common purpose: to support content management professionals as they strive for excellence in this increasingly important discipline. "CM Pros Communities enable more frequent, directed and meaningful member interaction," affirmed Frank Gilbane, a member of the CM Pro Board of Directors and CEO of Bluebill Advisors (www.bluebilladvisors.com), and publisher of The Gilbane Report (www.gilbane.com). "Our unmatched knowledge exchange programs facilitate an overall increase in the degree of quality content management professionals can achieve for their customers and employers." Reinforcing the organization’s increasing relevance, CM Pros today also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. "We’ve experienced an exciting period of growth," said Laura Walker, executive director of CM Pros. "That growth is testament that our new Community program -- as well as the superlative industry expertise we’re delivering through our fall events -- offers tangible benefit to content management professionals." About CM Professionals Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 500 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. Join CM Pros on the Web at www.cmprosold.org.Silver Spring, MD, August 17, 2005—Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced its new member-driven committee process including a framework for the formation of regional chapters.
The CM Pros committee process—which enables members to formally organize in groups based on geographic location or common interest in a particular topic— empowers any group of at least three members to form a committee by issuing a call for participation to the entire membership. Within thirty days, the group hosts its first official meeting at which attendees elect a steering committee populated by at least three members of the group, one of whom serves as chair.
The steering committee oversees the creation and progress of subcommittees and strives to advance the mission of the committee. CM Pros committees may host events and meetings as well as engage in working activities, such as by publishing newsletters or contributing white papers to CM Pros growing Knowledge Resource library.
Named "The CM Pros [REGION] Community" or "The CM Pros [TOPIC] Community," the program is supported by CM Pros increasingly robust portfolio of services, including mailing lists, community-specific web pages, and support for events such as meetings and CM Pros Summits.
"CM Pros fosters knowledge exchange in the content management community," said Seth Gottlieb, Treasurer of CM Pros and Director of the Content Management Practice at Optaros. "By offering a practical approach to more frequent member interaction, the CM Pros committee process will help increase the organization’s day-to-day value."
"As an active member of the CM Pros community, I am thrilled that the organization has taken this step," said Rahel Bailie of Intentional Design in Vancouver, Canada. "This new committee process ensures that each and every member can receive direct benefit from their involvement."
Participation in CM Pros committees offers members the opportunity to build professional networks through face-to face-interaction and intensive collaboration. More than twelve regional groups plan to organize by the end of 2005, a number that is anticipated to double within a year.
"This new program enables innovation and knowledge sharing within small groups of individuals that share interests and experiences," declared Maarten Korz of De Lage Landen Financial Services in the Netherlands. "The combination of an international organization and a high degree of local and topical activity gives CM Pros members the breadth and depth we need to be effective content management professionals."
About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 400 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. On the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, USA, 10 August 2005—Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced two new programs that enable broader participation in the association’s many activities.
Beginning with its fall 2005 event schedule—the first of which is the European Content Management Summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on October 5—CM Pros invites any individual or organization involved in content management to sponsor a CM Pros event. The $1000 sponsorship fee underwrites the cost of meeting space and refreshments and offsets the administrative costs associated with the events.
To ensure that each sponsor receives adequate promotional visibility, only up three sponsors will be accepted for each event. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, CM Pros Event sponsors will be listed in select event promotions identified for each event, such as messages to the CM Pros and other mailing lists, advertisements, the conference program, and signage at the event.
"Every CM Professional’s event offers an unparalleled opportunity for knowledge sharing," said Erik Hartman, Vice President of the CM Pro Board of Directors and President of Hartman Communicatie. "By offsetting event costs, our new sponsorship program will enable CM Pros to invest in broader promotion of the events, reaching people who may not yet know about us." In related news, CM Pros now accepts monetary donations from its members. Through its new CM Pros “Benefactors�? program, the many members who cannot actively participate in the organization’s activities due to conflicting professional and personal commitments are now able to effectively contribute to the organization. CM Pros Benefactors receive recognition in the form of a personalized thank you letter from the Board of Directors and a listing on the CM Pros website. Available at three levels of contribution—Silver ($250), Gold ($500) and Platinum ($1000)—funding realized through the Benefactors program will be used for the organization’s discretionary program costs, such as hiring clerical assistance for CM Pros events.
"As one of the first members of CM Pros, I am committed to its success," said Lisa Welchman of Welchman Consulting. "I'm happy to have the opportunity to lend my support."
DONATE NOW AT http://www.cmprosold.org/membership/help_us_grow/About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 400 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. On the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, USA, 8 August 2005—Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced its participation in "Content Management LIVE!" a six-part radio series broadcasted on the My Technology Lawyer Radio Show.
Airing air every Tuesday at 1PM (EST) through September 6, 2005, each show features special guest experts who discuss topics related to content management such as the community’s professional association, the business case for content management, technical writers, moving to structured content, and overviews of authoring tools and content management systems.
"Listeners will learn what content management is, why it's important, who's doing it and why," says Scott Abel, a content management strategist and owner of TheContentWrangler.com. "Taking advantage of radio programming is just another way we can help spread the word about the importance of managing content as an asset."
The first show, "Managing Content as an Asset – Making the Business Case for Content Management," aired Tuesday August 2, 2005. My Technology Lawyer Radio Show host Scott Draughon and CM Professionals members Scott Abel and Rahel Bailie of Intentional Design discussed content and why it needs to be managed just like other organizational assets.
The second show in the series, "CM Professionals: Who Are They And What Do They Do?," airs Tuesday August 9, 2005 at 1PM (EST) when host Scott Draughon will talk with Scott Abel and CM Professionals’ Executive Director Laura Walker about the people involved in the rapidly-growing professional association for content management practitioners.
The My Technology Lawyer Radio Show, now in its third year of production, is a live call-in show hosted by attorney Scott Draughon and is aimed at business professionals who need to better understand hot technology topics and their implications. The show is syndicated by Q2 Media and is streamed via the MyTechnologyLawyer.com website to nearly 7,000 listeners weekly.
"Helping business leaders understand the need for, the risks of, and the implications associated with content management is what this series is designed to do," says host Scott Draughon. "Bringing industry leaders together to illuminate complicated technology topics for makes sense and broadcasting this information on the radio makes it possible for us to get the message out in simple, easily digestible, bite-sized chunks," Draughon says.
The complete "Content Management LIVE!" schedule includes:
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 1PM EST
Topic: CM Pros: Who Are They And What Do They Do?
Guest: Laura Walker, Executive Director, Content Management Professionals
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1PM EST
Topic: Technical Writers: Creators of Structured Content
Guests: Suzanna Laurent, Society for Technical Communication and Lisa Bronson, TECHWR-L
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1PM EST
Topic: Moving to Content Management: Creating Structured Content
Guest: Pamela Kostur, The Rockley Group
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1PM EST
Topic: Authoring tools for Creating Structured Content
Guest: Karl Matthews, Adobe FrameMaker Group Product Manager
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 1PM EST
Topic: Content Management Systems
Guests: Mary Laplante and Leonor Ciarlone, BlueBill Advisors/The Gilbane Report
Additional information
· Listen to "Content Management Live!" via streaming audio: www.mytechnologylawyer.com/cmp.
· Request weekly show reminders via email: radio@MyTechnologyLawyer.com.
· To ask a question of the guests in advance, send email to radio@MyTechnologyLawyer.com.
· To ask a question during the broadcast, call +1 866-MTL-SHOW (toll free in the US)
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About CM Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 400 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. On the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, USA, 3 August 2005—Silver Spring, MD, August 3, 2005—Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced a series of events scheduled for Fall 2005. Building on the success of two previous events, this year’s schedule includes the Content Management Summit to be held in conjunction with ECMplaza in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on October 5, the Content Management Face-to-Face to be held in conjunction with the Content Management Forum in Aarhus, Denmark on November 8, and the Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit to be held in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28.
“Increasingly, content personalization and customization are recognized as critical elements of both customer retention and operational efficiency,�? said Laura Walker, Executive Director of CM Pros. “With our theme of ‘Content Personalization and Customization,’ the one-day Boston Summit will address how important effective content management is to enabling this critical capability.�?
The Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit will kick off with an industry keynote, followed by roundtable discussions and workshops that will provide insights into the most effective ways to author or collect, store, manage and correlate data and content to facilitate customization and personalization. Using automated or manual rules-based processing, content can be matched to user, application or delivery channel, often without additional data collection/gathering.
“Through its events programs, CM Pros offers an unparalleled opportunity to become better content management practitioners,�? said Ann Rockley, President of the CM Pros Board of Directors and president of the Rockley Group. “With our membership populated by the world’s leading content management experts, CM Pros provides a unique forum for education and knowledge sharing.�?
Underscoring the many valuable benefits of CM Pros membership, CM Pros members will receive with each Summit registration a €100 discount coupon for ECMplaza or Content Management Forum or a $150 discount coupon for the Gilbane Conference. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Summit/Membership package. Those who register by September 1 — members and non-members alike — qualify for a $25 discount.
On the morning following the Boston Summit, CM Pros members will gather for a new member orientation and committee and workshop meetings, during which the organization’s dedicated and hardworking members will collaborate on deliverables such as white papers and case studies.
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About the Gilbane Conference: Produced by Lighthouse Seminars, and The Gilbane Report, the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies in Boston will focus on the broad range of content technologies available for enterprise applications, including widely deployed technologies like content management and enterprise search, as well as the use and applicability of newer technologies for corporate content applications, especially blogs, wikis, RSS, and "rich internet" applications. On the Web at www.gilbane.com/conferences/Boston_05.html.
About ECMPlaza: ECMplaza 2005 brings together the world's most accomplished practitioners and world renowned experts to share their experiences and design strategies that drive Enterprise Content Management forward. ECMplaza combines a seminar with an exhibition. On the Web at www.ecmplaza.com.
About Content Management Forum: The first annual conference on content management, intranet, portals and search brings together executives, web editors, project managers and IT professionals with users and leading consultants and vendors from across Europe. On the Web at www.cmf2005.dk.
About CM Professionals: Founded in 2004, CM Pros—which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 400 members—provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. On the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Silver Spring, MD, USA, 4 May 2005 -- Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced the appointment of its Management Committee and new Executive Director, reinforcing the organization's increasing relevance to the content management discipline.
Chartered with tactical responsibility for achieving the organization's goals, CM Pros' management committee is:
"By serving as our day-to-day team, CM Pros' Management Committee will ensure the delivery and expansion of member value," remarked Ann Rockley, President of the CM Pros Board of Directors and president of The Rockley Group Inc. "We are thrilled to have such an experienced and talented team driving our many initiatives."
In a move signaling CM Pros' continuing expansion, CM Pros also announced that Laura Walker - who as executive director of OASIS led that consortium to the forefront of e-business standards - has been appointed CM Pros Executive Director. The executive director position was previously held by industry luminary and CM Pros cofounder Bob Doyle, who becomes the organization's Technology Advisor, continuing to support and enable its member and public communication infrastructures.
"With her extensive experience in the content management industry and a professional history that ranges from graphic design to technology product marketing and e-business leadership for the Federal Reserve, Walker is uniquely qualified to represent the diverse membership of the organization," Doyle affirmed. "Laura was selected from a strong set of applicants and particularly impressed the Board with the clarity of her vision for our future."
As the organization's primary link to members and the public, the executive director translates the CM Pros mission and strategic plan into action. "Readily accessible and well-structured information is a critical success factor in every contemporary business context," declared Walker. "Because CM Pros embraces all types of content management professionals - from content authors and modelers to technologists and project directors - and focuses on a broad range of information sharing, best practices and educational programs, I am delighted to contribute to furthering CM Pros' overarching mission to advance content management excellence."
About Content Management Professionals
Founded in 2004, CM Pros -- which has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 375 members -- provides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Through peer-to-peer interchange, the collaborative development of best practices, a series of educational events, and definitive knowledge resources such as a content management glossary and resource library, the organization fosters a better public understanding of this critically important discipline. On the Web at www.cmprosold.org.
Meeting to take place in San Francisco on April 11, 2005, in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies
Silver Spring, MD, February 15, 2005 -- CM Professionals (CM Pros), a rapidly growing organization with members engaged in a wide spectrum of content management activities, industries, and geographies, today announced its second semiannual member Summit to be held in San Francisco on April 11, 2005.
The event will take place at the Palace Hotel in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies. The one-day Spring Summit will provide an open, interactive format to enable participants to get acquainted and exchange ideas with others working in similar areas of endeavor.
Activities being planned for the Spring Summit will build on the tremendous success of the first Summit (the Fall Summit held November 30, 2004, in Boston). Participants in that meeting praised the CM Professionals organization, the meeting format, and the agenda:
Participants in the Spring Summit will have an opportunity to get advice and recommendations from experts who are already well established in the field, and to exchange ideas with other professionals working in this dynamic, increasingly important community of practice, which involves creating, managing, and delivering the content that helps to drive the success of 21st century organizations worldwide.
Job titles of people participating in the highly collaborative effort known as content management include content creators and editors, project managers, graphic designers, workflow designers, Web developers, publishing specialists, tools experts, system integrators, consultants, and analysts.
The content these professionals create, manage, and publish is also extremely varied, and includes corporate knowledge bases, scientific papers, membership lists, community calendars, press releases, news stories, stock photo catalogs, movie playbills, online courses, and product documentation.
Featured events at the Spring Summit include:
“CM Professionals is growing rapidly worldwide,�? says Rockley. “The organization is committed to providing our members a voice on those topics that matter most to content management practitioners. Our 2005 mandate is to provide a solid infrastructure for sharing expertise and knowledge among members. The 2005 Spring Summit will provide a forum for participants to interact in intense, results-oriented discussions in key focus areas.�?
Cost of the Spring Summit for CM Professionals members is $120US until March 22 and thereafter $145US. For non-members, the price is $170US (which includes the CM Professionals membership fee of $50US) until March 22 and thereafter $195US. These prices include lunch and a Gilbane conference discount of $150US. For more information, see www.cmprosold.org.
About CM Professionals
CM Professionals provides information, expertise, and support to content management
professionals and the organizations they serve. CM Professionals was founded in
spring 2004 by a group of 30 content management experts from around the world
who wanted to help foster a better public understanding of this rapidly growing
field, encourage peer-to-peer participation in professional activities, and
sponsor the creation of a set of best practices written and agreed-to by those
working successfully in the field. For more information about the CM
Professionals organization, see www.cmprosold.org.
About the Gilbane Conferences and Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars produces the Gilbane conferences,
which cover “content technologies,�? including enterprise content management,
digital asset management, document management, Web content management,
enterprise portals, enterprise search, Web and multichannel publishing,
electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information
architecture, e-catalogs and more. For information about the 2005 San Francisco,
Amsterdam and Boston conferences, see www.gilbane.com/conferences/overview.html.
Silver Spring MD, January 20, 2005 -- CM Professionals, a group of content management professionals from around the world, elected its first formal Board of Directors. The new board roster includes: Ann Rockley, President; Erik Hartman, Vice President; Seth Gottlieb, Treasurer; Samantha Starmer, Secretary; Frank Gilbane.
The election marks a kind of coming of age of the organization, which was formerly launched in October, 2004. Now with more than 250 members from around the world, CM Pros is expanding rapidly. The new board -- which take the reins from an interim board -- will be charged with converting a variety of strong program ideas from members into active initiatives. Early accomplishments include a resource gallery, active mailing lists, and a successful member "summit" in Boston, USA.
"I'm very excited about CM Pros and the many opportunities the organization provides content management professionals," says Rockley, president of the Toronto-based content management consultancy The Rockley Group, and a founding member of CM Pros.
"It's critical that content management professionals from around the globe come together to establish best practices, share lessons learned, and educate one another," Rockley says. "CM Pros is raising awareness of content management as an essential business discipline that builds value, both financial and human, for companies and organizations alike."
To learn more about the CM Pros election process, visit: https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/
About Ann Rockley
https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/Rockley.html
About Erik Hartman
https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/Hartman.html
About Seth Gotlieb
https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/Gottlieb.html
About Samantha Starmer
https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/Starmer.html
About Frank Gilbane
https://www.cmprosold.org/organization/elections/Gilbane.html
About CM Professionals
CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved with managing content for electronic and other media. CM Professionals collects, develops, organizes and provides access to knowledge about content management through online resources, email interaction and face-to-face summits. By identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating for respected content management practices and models, CM Professionals educates and fosters interaction among content management professionals, enterprise leadership, product vendors and university educators. For more information, please visit the website: www.cmprosold.org.
Content Management Technologies Conference and Content Management Professionals Summit co-locate in Boston with coordinated schedule and integrated activities.
Cambridge, MA, October 19, 2004 -- The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced that CM Professionals organization (CM Pros) (www.cmprosold.org) will hold its inaugural Summit in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, November 30 to December 2, 2004. The CM Pros Summit will take place on November 30 in the same location. The programs for both events have been scheduled and coordinated to complement each other. The CM Professionals Summit is patterned on other similar professional community summits. The day will focus on peer interaction to help develop and propagate best practices, as well as offer ample opportunities for professional networking. A content management specialist will facilitate each session. The sessions will be interactive meetings with no formal presentations and no vendor pitches.
CM Professionals members receive a $150 discount to the Gilbane conference. For program and registration information for the CM Pros Summit, see http://www.cmprosold.org/events/summit.html.
"We are pleased to have the CM Pros Summit take place in conjunction with our conference," said Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair. "The addition of content management experts and practitioners who are members of CM Professionals participating in the Summit will provide even more valuable interaction and enrich the educational experience of all attendees."
"Our members gather at every opportunity to push forward with our work, and the Summit is a great opportunity for lots of us to gather at once." said Bob Boiko President, CM Professionals, "Coordinating our first Summit with the Gilbane Conference will offer our members an even richer experience by enabling them to network with the broad content technology community, including vendors, analysts, and industry press."
The Gilbane conference program is entirely focused on content technologies, and includes 27 educational sessions covering today's most critical issues for businesses planning or implementing a content management strategy. The program is organized into six tracks so attendees with specific interests can easily organize their itinerary.
The Gilbane conference program is available at www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_program_Boston_04.html.
CM Professionals: A Content Management Community of Practice
Silver Spring MD, September 28, 2004 -- CM Professionals, a group of content management professionals from around the world, will hold its first CM Summit in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Boston, Mass. (U.S.).
The CM Summit is a peer-to-peer meeting. Sessions will take the form of participatory discussions – no talking heads reading slide shows – facilitated by some of the world’s top content management experts: Bob Boiko, Ann Rockley, Tony Byrne, Frank Gilbane, Erik Hartman, Mary Lee Kennedy, Brendan Quinn, Hilary Marsh, Bob Doyle, Scott Abel and many others.
Sessions at the summit will be devoted to content management practices that have been selected by members from among 25 best practice areas, including:
There will also be networking sessions, as well an open forum to discuss future CM Pros events and projects. "Birds-of-a-feather" sessions (informal gatherings of people with common interests) are planned for lunch at the Summit and for dinner at a Boston-area restaurant. Summit sessions will be videotaped and made available online to members who cannot travel to Boston.
Detailed program and registration information: www.cmprosold.org/summit/.
Fee is $100 for CM Pros members and $125 for nonmembers. Membership in CM Pros costs $50 per year.
CM Summit attendees who also register for
the Gilbane Conference will receive a $150 discount on their Gilbane Conference
registration.
Information on the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies: http://www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_Boston_04.html.
About CM Professionals
CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved with
managing content for electronic and other media. CM Professionals collects,
develops, organizes and provides access to knowledge about content management
through online resources, email interaction and face-to-face summits. By
identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating for respected content
management practices and models, CM Professionals educates and fosters
interaction among content management professionals, enterprise leadership,
product vendors and university educators.
For more information, please visit the website: http://www.cmprosold.org.
CM Professionals: A Content Management Community of Practice
Silver Spring MD, September 20, 2004 -- A group of thirty content management experts from around the world has announced the formation of CM Professionals, an international community of content management professionals whose purpose is to further best practices based on shared experiences of experts and peers.
CM Pros offers a members-only mailing list, a collaborative website, discussion forums, issue-oriented group blogs, knowledge wikis, syndicated web services, a job board, a professional directory and a calendar of face-to-face meeting opportunities.
CM Pros president Bob Boiko, author of the Content Management Bible and director of the University of Washington iSchool CMS Evaluation Lab, says, "As the first group of its kind, CM Pros is a membership organization that enables content management practitioners to share information, practices and strategies. This organization is needed to help move the discipline of content management forward, helping practitioners avoid the pitfalls and costly mistakes made by others."
"We also envision a variety of members-only services, including a newsletter, professional discounts and summit-type gatherings devoid of marketing hype," says Tony Byrne, CMS Watch editor and CM Pros treasurer.
"CM Pros will raise awareness of content management as an essential discipline that builds value, both financial and human, for companies and organizations," says Ann Rockley, author of Managing Enterprise Content and secretary of CM Pros.
CM Professionals will hold its first CM Summit, in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Boston, Mass. (U.S.A.).
Information on the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies: http://www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_Boston_04.html.
As CM Professionals grows, Boiko says, "We will work closely with other organizations that share many of our goals. We will coordinate our thinking about recommended standards for best practices with these organizations, and we hope to work closely with graduate schools that are training the next generation of information professionals."
About CM Professionals
CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved with managing content
for electronic and other media. CM Professionals collects, develops, organizes and provides access
to knowledge about content management through online resources, email interaction and face-to-face
summits. By identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating for respecte
