CM Pros Fall 2006 Summit
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August 16, 2006

"Content Management and the World Enterprise" Is Theme of November 2006 CM Professionals Boston Summit

Silver 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 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.

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CM Professionals Launches Regional Communities
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CM Professionals Launches Communities in Australia, Canada West and Benelux

The Association for Content Management Professionals Goes Global

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.

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CM Professionals Benelux van start tijdens ECMplaza 2005
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CM Professionals Benelux van start tijdens ECMplaza 2005 op 5 oktober

Zaltbommel, 26 september 2005 - De internationale vereniging Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) geeft op 5 oktober 2005 de aftrap van CM Pros Benelux Community, een regionale chapter die actief zal zijn in Nederland, België en Luxemburg. CM Pros Benelux vertegenwoordigt alle CM Pros leden uit deze regio en wil het vak van de content management professional verder helpen promoten en professionaliseren.

CM Professionals heeft in een jaar tijd al bijna 500 leden over de hele wereld aan zich weten te binden. Dit zijn allemaal content management professionals die op zoek zijn naar kennis en ervaringen over het content management domein. Inmiddels zijn er al een aantal chapters opgericht in de Verenigde Staten, Canada en Australië. In 2005 wil CM Pros meer dan twaalf regionale groepen oprichten, met een verdubbeling in elk volgende jaar. Met CM Pros Benelux is de oprichting van de eerste Europese chapter een feit, de volgende zal nog dit jaar in Denemarken worden opgericht.

De CM Pros leden in Nederland en België hadden de behoefte om een eigen regionale community op te richten. "Dit nieuwe chapter maakt het mogelijk om innovatie en kennis te delen binnen een hechte groep van mensen met dezelfde interesses en ervaringen," aldus Maarten Korz van De Lage Landen Financial Services. "De combinatie van een internationale organisatie met specifieke regionale onderwerpen geeft leden van CM Pros in de Benelux nu net de verdieping die we nodig hebben als content management professionals." Erik M. Hartman is als 'founding father' en vice-president van CM Professionals erg actief voor de internationale vereniging. "Het was een hele eer om als enige Europeaan te worden gekozen in het bestuur. Maar altijd had ik voor ogen om voor de Benelux een community van content management professionals op te richten. De internationale vereniging is goed op weg, nu is het voor mij tijd om meer aandacht te besteden aan Europa en de Benelux".

CM Pros Benelux biedt leden de kans hun netwerk uit te bouwen tijdens diverse ontmoetingen en een eigen on line platform. Zo zullen er jaarlijks white papers worden uitgegeven met daarin onder andere best practices die op de regionale situatie zijn toegespitst. Verder wil CM Pros Benelux ook internationaal een rol spelen door deel te nemen aan diverse werkgroepen in internationaal verband.

De CM Pros Benelux Summit vindt plaats in het WTC Rotterdam op 5 oktober, aansluitend op ECMplaza 2005, hét evenement over Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Om 18.00 uur wordt er een welkomstdiner georganiseerd voor CM Pros leden en genodigden. Daarna zal CM Pros President Ann Rockley alle aanwezigen welkom heten en content management goeroe Bob Boiko inleiden. Bob Boiko is de schrijver van de Content Management Bible, een standaardwerk in de content management literatuur. Bob vertelt een verhaal over de eigenschappen van een content management professionals onder de titel 'What does it mean to be a CM Pro?. Na deze keynote wordt in groepsverband gesproken over een aantal onderwerpen die de leden zelf hebben aangedragen.

Ook de overige nationale en internationale sprekers van ECMplaza zijn aanwezig op de CM Summit. Al met al een unieke gelegenheid om kennis en ervaringen met elkaar uit te wisselen in het bijzijn van content management goeroes. CM Pros leden die de CM Summit willen meebeleven, kunnen zich registereren via www.cmprosold.org/events/summit/#05rotterdam. Wie nog geen lid is van CM Professionals, kan zich aanmelden op www.cmprosold.org. Omdat dit de laatste week is vóór ECMplaza, krijgen leden van CM Professionals krijgen 50% korting op het evenement!

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Over CM Professionals

CM Professinoals werd opgericht in september 2004 door 30 content management experts en heeft op dit moment al bijna 500 leden over de hele wereld. Deze internationale vereniging biedt informatie, expertise en ondersteuning aan content management professionals en de organisaties waarvoor zij werken. Door kennisuitwisseling, samenwerking aan de ontwikkeling van best practices, een reeks educatieve evenementen en informatiebronnen zoals een content management glossary en een kennisbank. Met dit alles wil CM Professionals content management internationaal verder professionaliseren en bewustzijn kweken over het belang van deze discipline.

Het bestuur bestaat uit de President Ann Rockley (Canada), Vice President Erik M. Hartman (Nederland), Secretaris Samantha Starmer (VS), Treasure Seth Gottlieb (VS) en Director Frank Gilbane (VS). Het bestuur wordt ondersteund door Executive Director Laura Walker (VS) en een Management Committee. Bezoek de website op www.cmprosold.org.

(Directe link naar de aankondiging van de CM Pros Benelux Summit op http://www.cmprosold.org/events/summit/#05rotterdam).

Over ECMplaza 2005

ECMplaza 2005 is hét evenement over enterprise content management (ECM). Tijdens het programma van dit jaarlijks terugkerende congres en expositie informeren nationale en internationale sprekers het publiek over de laatste ontwikkelingen en inzichten op het gebied van ECM. CM-coryfeeën als Bob Boiko, Ann Rockley en Martin White vertellen u meer over digital asset management, content reuse, compliance, portal, kwaliteitsrichtlijnen websites en nog veel meer. Bezoek de website op www.ecmplaza.nl.

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Neem voor meer informatie contact op met:

Erik M. Hartman
Vice President
CM Professionals
+31 418 680 720
vicepresident@cmprofessionals.org

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CM Professionals Launches Chapters Program
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CM Professionals Launches Chapters Program

Professional Association for the Content Management Community to Support Local and Topical Member Groups

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.

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CM Professionals to Guest on "Content Management LIVE!" Radio Broadcast
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CM Professionals to Guest on "Content Management LIVE!" Radio Broadcast

Content Management Experts Share Knowledge on My Technology Lawyer Radio Show

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)

About TheContentWrangler.com

The Content Wrangler.com rustles up useful articles, case studies, white papers, reviews and news you can use to get a handle on the content you create. Discover new strategies that can help you plan and implement a successful content management initiative, gain insight from best practices, case studies and lessons learned from those who have made the big mistakes; the ones you’ll want to avoid. Register as a member of The Content Wrangler.com and receive special offers from software vendors, invitation to webinars, and discounts on trade shows and conferences. The best thing about it—it’s free! Register today! Visit http://www.thecontentwrangler.com.

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.

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CM Professionals Announces Fall 2005 Events
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CM Professionals Announces Fall 2005 Events

U.S. Event to Focus on Enabling Content Personalization through Content Management

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.

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CM Professionals Announces Management Committee and Executive Director
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CM Professionals Announces Management Committee and Executive Director

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:

• Patricia Kelley, content architect at Allstate Insurance - Director of Marketing
• Erik Hartman, president of Netherlands-based Hartman Communicatie BV - Director of Member Relations
• Glen Secor, senior consultant and legal analyst with The Gilbane Report -  Legal Advisor
• Hilary Marsh, president of strategic online consultancy Content Company Inc. - Director of Communications

"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.

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