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STC’s 55th Annual Conference

Ann Rockley will be presenting "Building Your Content Management Skills" and "Vendor Panel: Successful Content Management" at the STC’s 55th Annual Conference, June 1-4, 2008, Philadelphia, PA
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Special Libraries Association 2008 Annual Conference

Ann Rockley will be presenting "Content Management JumpStart: Steps to Implementing a Successful Content Management System" at the Special Libraries Association 2008 Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2008, Seattle, WA
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Web Content 2008 Conference

Charles Cooper will be presenting "Not Just a Pretty Face" at the Web Content 2008 Annual Conference, June 17-18, 2008, Chicago, IL
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X-Pubs 2008 Conference

Charles Cooper will be presenting "How to Master Taxonomy and Information Architecture" (Session and followup Workshop) at the X-Pubs 2008 Conference, June 22-24, 2008 London, UK
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DocTrain Life Sciences Conference

Ann Rockley will be presenting "Structured Content Beyond the Label" and "Making Content Portable Across the Enterprise" at the DocTrain Life Sciences Conference, June 23-26, 2008, Indianapolis, IN
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IPCC 2008 Conference

Steve Manning will be presenting "Dealing with Content Structures and Standards in Professional Communication" at the IPCC 2008 Conference, July 13-16, 2008, Montreal, QC
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From the Rockley Blog

Second Life - Use the metaphor to your advantage

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Charles Cooper

Before I leave SecondLife for a while, I thought I’d give the good people at WWF a few pointers for their SecondLife island. more...

Put it in Second Life – or how to hide information

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Charles Cooper

In a previous entry, I promised that I’d discuss methods of helping your users to find information, but I just had to take this little detour to show how choosing the wrong technology to display your information just hides it.

Yes, I’m talking about Second Life. more...

Second Life - Oh look! A Customer!

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Charles Cooper

If your company is involved in Second Life, is there a way to get something out of it? more...

Change Blindness - “you see, but you do not observe”

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Charles Cooper

In a recent article in the NYTimes , Natalie Angier discussed the issue of ‘change blindness’ - our inability to notice changes in a complex visual field - even if we’re paying attention. more...

Think like a user

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Charles Cooper

Although we attempt to think about users as we create information, too often we end up forgetting about them as we put that information together in the form of some type of document. more...

The full definition of Content Management

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Steve Manning

The next time you start a conversation about Content Management with someone, start by trying to gain an understanding what they think content management is. You might be surprised. more...

DITA Backlash?

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Steve Manning

Did I catch your attention with my deliberately provocative title? Is there a DITA Backlash?

I don’t think so. Not at all, really. But I have seen a couple of blog postings lately that underscore the statement that DITA is not for everyone or for every situation. more...

Will CCM ever become ECCM?

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Ann Rockley

What is the future role of component content management, niche market or enterprise? more...

Publications

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy


"This book is destined to become the industry standard for implementing content management"

Judith L. Glick-Smith, Amazon reviewer

Buy it...

For more information see the book website.

 

Component Content Management Report


Content Component Management Report

CMS Watch and The Rockley Group Inc. have announced that they have established a strategic alliance to create a new CMS Watch report evaluating Component Content Management technology. The forthcoming report will help enterprises sort through the complexities of choosing the right tool for managing discrete components of content in a multichannel world.

For more information, please refer to www.cmswatch.com.

 

Leadership

OASIS

Co-Chair DITA for Enterprise Business Documents Subcommittee
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/BusDocs

 

Content Management Professionals
Founding Member
Ann Rockley President 2005
www.cmprofessionals.org

Society for Technical Communication

Ann Rockley Fellow 2005
www.stc.org