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ANNOUNCE: New Content Management Professionals Organization Announced
Today

Introducing CM Professionals: A Content Management Community of Practice

Silver Spring MD -- 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."

³We also envision a variety of members-only services, including a
newsletter, professional discounts and summit-type gatherings devoid of
marketing hype,² says Tony Byrne, CMS Watch editor and CM Pros treasurer.

³CM Pros will raise awareness of content management as an essential
discipline that builds value, both financial and human, for companies and
organizations,² 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, ³We 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.²

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.

Media Contact:
Bob Doyle, executive director
+617-876-5678
media -at- cmprofessionals -dot- org
http://www.cmprofessionals.org

09/21/04-09/27/04
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ANNOUNCE: Managing Reuse: A Content Management Perspective¹ - free webinar

Content management expert and president of The Rockley Group, Ann Rockley,
will discuss key considerations to be made when implementing and managing
reuse, and provide tips and guidelines on avoiding problems.

This session will cover:

*    Ways to reuse content
*    Opportunistic
*    Systematic
*    Nested
*    Cloning

*    Issues of:
*    Granularity
*    Searching for and reusing fragments

*    Managing reuse through:
*    Workflow
*    Education

Enrollment is limited, and you are encouraged to register today at:
www.siberlogic.com/webinar

Date:  September 29th, 2004
Time:  1:00pm ­ 2:30pm EST
Location: The web (all you need is a web browser and a connection to the
Net)

REGISTER TODAY: www.siberlogic.com/webinar
 
09/14/04-09/21/04
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REMINDER: LavaCon is a "Go" !

For everyone monitoring hurricane Ivan, the storm is predicted to hit land
in the Florida panhandle, well east of New Orleans.

And although the media is having a field day talking about the worst-case
doomsday scenario for New Orleans, the conference hotel says they will get
some trailing-edge rain and wind, but nothing like Florida/Alabama will
get, and most of THAT will be gone by the end of this weekend.

After that, Weather.com predicts BRIGHT SUNNY SKYS for all of next week!

See you at the welcoming reception,

Jack

LavaCon 2004: Managing Projects in a Recovering Economy
September 26-30, New Orleans, Louisiana
www.lavacon.org         888-378-2333 Ext 2

09/15/04-09/22/04
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STORY: SnagIt - Get Anything Off the Screen

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Dan the technical writer loved using SnagIt.  He loved that he could grab
anything off the screen - he could get scrolling Web pages, any specific
region of the screen, any software application and anything on the Web.

He loved it so much that barely a day went by that he didn't think of it.
Which sometimes led to trouble ...

Near the end of an extremely boring and amazingly long staff meeting,
Dan's boss asked, "What's the most important part of your job?"

"SnagIt," Dan said quickly.

His boss continued as if he hadn't spoken.  "That's right - teamwork. 
What facilitates teamwork?"

"SnagIt," Dan answered.

His boss shot him a look. "How's that?" he asked.

"SnagIt's in the toolbar of all the MS Office products - that's teamwork.
And it's important because it makes me fast - and that's important," Dan
replied.

As his boss paused, Dan said, "Anyone who doesn't have SnagIt, come to my
desk ... MEETING ADJOURNED!"

Everyone fled, whispering their thanks to Dan. 

Dan knew his boss couldn't complain - he was a SnagIt-lover himself.

~~~~~~~~~~

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09/16/04-09/22/04
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ANNOUNCE: Unified Content Management: Automating the Content Lifecycle
with Ann Rockley

Learn how you can improve your content processes and increase overall
ROI from your enterprise content, with an effective, optimized
information      . Join Ann Rockley as she outlines a best-in-class
approach.

Effective, streamlined content processes CAN be achieved!

Attend this free online seminar if you are:

*    Overwhelmed with demands to create, manage, and distribute content
*    Caught in the Content Silo Trap
*    Tired of manual efforts to re-use or re-purpose content
 
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 10:00 am, Pacific Daylight
Time
(GMT -07:00, San Francisco), Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 1:00 pm, Eastern
Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York)
 
Panelist(s) Info: Ann Rockley, President of The Rockley Group Inc.; Chip
Gettinger, Vice President of Product Marketing, Astoria
 
Duration: 1 hour
 
Cost: Free
 
Join us for a fast-paced online discussion on unifying your content
processes, with a useful step-by-step approach and real-life examples of
enterprise benefits. The program includes a review of theh Top 10
questions
to consider when evaluating a Unified Content Management technology
provider. All you need is a web browser and a connection to the internet!
 
Join us:
Tuesday, September 28, 2004. 10 am Pacific Time (15.00 GMT)
Teleconference:    800.259.0251 or +1.617.614.3671
Teleconference Pass Code: 91301784
 
URL:
https://astoriawebevents.webex.com/astoriawebevents/onstage/g.php?d=663068377&SourceId=Rockley0904










About The Rockley Group: The Rockley Group Inc. are specialists in
Enterprise Content Management and Information Architecture for content
management.
 
The Rockley Report is our new quarterly journal that publishes original
material related to content management. Our first issue is available at
www.rockleyreport.com <http://www.rockleyreport.com/> . The current issue
focuses on information architecture for content management.
 
www.rockley.com <http://www.rockley.com/> , 905-415-1885
 
09/12/04-09/19/04
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ANNOUNCE: Enjoy a Special Discount on Technical Communication Courses
 
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Explore a cornucopia of career-building courses this fall from the
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As an STC member, you are entitled to a special $50 discount on all
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* Introduction to Project Management
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* Foundation Skills of Technical Writing
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09/12/04-09/19/04
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ANNOUNCE: WebWorks Multi-Author Solutions: Fully Automated, True
Single-Source, Total ePublishing

Demands on writing groups to produce quality content continue to
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for RHFM users.


06/09/04-12/31/05
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TRAINING: LEARN WHAT STRUCTURED FRAMEMAKER CAN REALLY DO WITH XML!

"FrameMaker and XML"
Special Workshop scheduled only in Pittsburgh PA
September 29-30, 2004
9:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.
$650 for the two-day, hands-on workshop!!
Held in Canonsburg PA (approximately 25 minutes from PIT airport)

This customized workshop is an accellerated and shortened workshop
designed for presentation in Pittsburgh.  Students will work in
FrameMaker and other applications, turning XML into documents and
documents into XML.  This workshop shows you how the XML "round trip"
really works!

The components of FrameMaker structured applications will be explored.
Students will work in EDDs/DTDs and learn what it takes to move to
structured document publishing.  During the training, students will take
a stab at document analysis and producing a structure from scratch.
We'll also investigate implementations of existing "structures" like
ATA, DocBook, and DITA.

Email mailto:info -at- travelthepath -dot- com and request the PDF overview of this
workshop.

This is the final call for attendees for this upcoming Pittsburgh
workshops. We are looking for a few more students to round out the
group.

Training brought to you by:
Bright Path Solutions
PO Box 14265
Research Triangle Park NC 27709-4265
http://www.travelthepath.com


09/06/04-09/13/04
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FRAMEMAKER TRAINING -- SF Bay Area, Newark, Dallas & Phoenix
Instructor: Shlomo Perets,  http://www.microtype.com/seminars.html

REDWOOD CITY, CA (SF area): [10% early registration discount ends Sept 10]
   Using FrameMaker (hands-on), Oct 11-12;
   Structured FrameMaker : Authoring (hands-on), Oct 13;
   Structured FrameMaker : Developing EDDs (hands-on), Oct 14-15;
   Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, Oct 16

NEWARK, NJ:  [10% early registration discount ends Sept 17]
   FrameMaker Template Design, Oct 18-19;
   Single Sourcing with FM, Oct 20;  FM-to-PDF Adv. Tech., Oct 21-22

DALLAS, TX:  [10% early registration discount ends Oct 29]
   FrameMaker to-PDF Advanced Techniques, Nov 29-30;
   Single Sourcing with FM, Dec 1; FrameMaker Template Design, Dec 2-3;
   Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, Dec 4

PHOENIX, AZ:  [10% early registration discount ends Nov 5]
   FrameMaker Template Design, Dec 6-7;
   Single Sourcing with FM, Dec 8;  FM-to-PDF Adv. Tech., Dec 9-10


08/28/04-09/04/04
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