Archive for April, 2005

Intelligence & innovation from narrative & networking

Monday, April 18th, 2005

Knowledge management initiatives are often directed towards incomplete objectives. They sometimes lack key input ingredients and, too often, they fail to balance technology with human behaviour, motivation and corporate culture. Join Alan Breakspear, President of Ibis Research Inc., for this dynamic, interactive presentation/workshop and explore ways to improve the communication ...

Order out of chaos: Creating and valuing taxonomies

Monday, April 18th, 2005

With the advent of regulatory and governance directives and the burgeoning quantity and range of materials today's enterprises are newly challenged to get a grip on the organization, management and retrieval of their critical corporate data and records. How can appropriate taxonomies, file plans and classification schemes overcome these challenges? ...

Are taxonomies worth the paper they are printed on?

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

There is nothing like a debate over the design and utility of taxonomies to get people's blood moving at the end of the day. One side will argue that taxonomies are old fashioned, expensive to create and unnecessary given today's search technology. The other camp believe that taxonomies are more ...

Cybermapping the enterprise: Cybercartography, visualization and information management

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

For cartographers, maps and mapping are more than just tools for location finding and street addresses. Cybermapping examines how �maps� are created and used in the new information era and economy to efficiently harness the exponential growth in available information. In this unique and forward thinking presentation Dr. Fraser Taylor ...

The power of information & knowledge: Fuelling change and service delivery in the Ontario government

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

Information and knowledge management play a large and evolving role in the both the public and private sectors. Governments, like their private enterprise counterparts, have embraced technology to improve the delivery of existing services. Building upon this early experience, emerging innovations have also greatly enhanced the role that information and ...

Using e-content to conduct competitive intelligence quickly and effectively

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

Many content and information professionals have responsibilities for providing research and insight on competitors, customers, markets, technologies and the regulatory environment to their clients. The remarkable rise of e-content - in terms of quality, quantity and diversity - means that users of the web and information-based services can provide faster, ...

Gaining velocity with the content management lifecycle

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

How can you effectively manage your electronic content assets to meet ever-changing business needs? Learn how the CIBC Knowledge Network (CKN) met this challenge by introducing a content lifecycle strategy to improve the management of its learning and information assets. Join Michele Fleet and Cheryl Schuster as they explore the ...

Re tooling for speed: The hype and reality of web search tools

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

New Web tools -- search engines, metasearch engines, catalogs, and directories -- meet our eyeballs on a regular basis. Many arrive with a great deal of hype, some of it legitimate, much of it exaggerated. How can we effectively assess Web search tools in order to determine if they can ...

Designing for a mobile market

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

Designing effective learning experiences for a mobile market forces a re-examination of the instructional design principles normally associated with the content development process. Several significant issues affect the design process in the new mobile learning (m-learning) world: constantly changing PDA devices, uncertainties surrounding the type(s) of content that could work, ...

Intranets As Conduits for Fusion: Merging Companies, Merging Intranets

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

The announcement that Manulife Financial would merge with two other companies to create North America's second largest insurance company triggered a merger process of another kind - an intranet merger. In this candid case study, Manulife's internal communications director and their lead consultant will walk you through the process of ...