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Bob Boiko and Erik Hartman are at the J Boye Conference in Philadelphia and they want webmasters, knowledge managers and anyone and everyone who works with information to step up and think of themselves as information managers -- and tell everybody.

An open expert roundtable at the J. Boye conference. Panelists included Lisa Welchman, Welchman Pierpoint; Tony Byrne, founder of CMS Watch; Martin White, principal of Intranet Focus; and moderator and conference host Janus Boye.

Here's a quick review of the discussion held at the roundtable.

Bob Boiko, author of Laughing at the CIO and a speaker at the 2009 J. Boye conference in Philadelphia, advises information managers to get comfortable with saying no. You don't do it by practicing in front of a mirror, even if you're shy. Instead, you practice laying the groundwork to justify the no. In the process, you'll make better decisions and work with more effective people.

Yes, we know we have already mentioned the J. Boye Conference coming up in Philly this May. It's just that... some good conferences are really worth mentioning more than once. And this one fits the bill. If you are looking to get more information on web content management and all that comes with it, then this conference is definitely one to attend.

Continuing professional education can be one of the tools to make you more valuable and marketable in these uncertain economic times. Here’s an opportunity to learn more about SaaS Enterprise Content Management at a webinar hosted by SpringCM and Forrester Research.

Is Enterprise Content Management (ECM) an infrastructure platform or an application? What are the advantages and limitations of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in ECM? These questions and more are to be covered at this webinar.

We have a couple of interesting conferences that are happening late this month and early March. Designed for the enterprise, these conferences tackle the tough issues of corporate communications and Enterprise 2.0.

They are flying through our inboxes as fast as hamburgers get flipped at MacDonald's. So we thought we better bring a few to your attention so we can read the rest of our email. The list of webinars that follows run the gamut of application development with Alfresco and IDV Solutions to content management with SharePoint and SaaS to Social Media Marketing - there's even a Twitter one for all your Twitter junkies.

We may want to slow down and start to enjoy the holiday season, but that may not necessarily be our reality. The webinars included here include a range of topics designed to help you do business better. From managing your paper documents and records, to implementing social media practices, to getting people to sign up for your newsletter -- there's a little something for all.

With the holiday officially upon us now -- did someone say Advent Calendar? -- you may be saving all your money to buy an Xbox or a WII. But if you aren't, or you are one of the fortunate few to have tons of money to spend, we have a few conferences that might be tempting.

Harsh economic times are safe havens for those in the legal industry. So many desperate acts, so little time to search and discover each one.

Such little time is driving up legal costs and stretching companies’ resources thin. So much so, that many enterprises choose to simply settle cases in order to avoid the costly and, often, painful process altogether. While many eDiscovery solutions have conveniently popped up in the marketplace in time for financial meltdowns, it’s not always easy for companies to decide what to do and how.

CMS Watch to the rescue. They have added a new course called The Fundamentals of eDiscovery to their curricula of online courses.

Time again to bring you a list of upcoming webinars that may send you straight to the executive office. Learn a little something new and impress the boss, or just the guy sitting next to you who thinks he knows it all.

This time we have have views into open source Web CMS and Enterprise CMS, publishing with XML and developer looks into the world of Alfresco content management.

Yes it’s true. We are suggesting you forget about that diamond necklace or that life subscription to GQ magazine and spend your money on a conference or two. Forget about Christmas. It’s highly overrated anyway.

Now conferences, that’s the ticket. Need to get some good networking done, learn some new tips and tricks for content management, Web 2.0, social media, maybe cloud computing. After all, we spend three quarters of our lives working. Here are a few that might tempt you…

Wondering what’s going to happen to the ECM industry next year? AIIM offers you its look at the upcoming ECM trends.

Facilitating compliance and eDiscovery will be two of the top IT business problems, if not the top problems, says AIIM. Add to that the current economic conditions and cost-cutting initiatives as a top priority, and you’ve got yourself a (free) must-see Webinar.

AIIM and IBM invite you to join them for a discussion about the following trends and more to help you plan for a successful 2009:

• Compliance and eDiscovery: Enterprise content management investments will increase to offset external litigation support costs.
• SharePoint will continue to explode: Get organized or pay for it down the road.
• ECM as a shared service.
• Searching, or rather finding, information will continue to improve.
• Renewed interest in business process management (BPM)

When: December 10, 2008, at 2:00 PM ET
What: Webinar on Enterprise Content Management (ECM) in 2009
Where: Registration is open here

Always wanted to write a cool, customized Alfresco app, but didn’t know where to start? Put your worries to rest. There is now a way to learn all things related to Alfresco Enterprise CMS customization. You can even teach yourself how to roll your very own REST API — it’s all in the book.

Alfresco development and customization secrets are revealed in Alfresco Developer Guide, a new book from Packt about customizing Document Management and Content Management capabilities on the Alfresco platform — with actions, Web scripts, Web forms, workflows and more.

In the world of search, all that once was lost can now be found. Be it through Google Search, semantic search, green search or using your nose to sniff through the web-o-sphere, search functionality and optimization is the latest and greatest trend.

Capitalizing on this, O’Reilly introduces a new conference, simply called Found.

Touted as a search acquisition and architecture conference, Found has been scheduled for June 9-11, 2009, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, CA.