Professional Development News & Articles

Does your startup have promise? If so, consider applying for SeedStart Media 2011, a 12-week summer program designed to provide seed funding to technology companies to build a product and launch their company. The summer program takes place in New York City and works to further develop the entrepreneurial sector and spirit of the Big Apple.

It’s the third week of the new year. If we’re being honest, some of those delusions, I mean resolutions, have already been put in the recycling bin for next year’s list. Now that you’ve put those annoying annual promises aside, instead of shedding pounds, consider packing on some new valuable skills to improve your career prospects.

Working with contractors or 3rd parties, like any relationship, is a two-sided affair. Here are some tips for keeping your Web projects running smoothly.

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…