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KM World about TIMAF: “Best-practice breakthrough”

Hugh McKellar, editor in chief of KM World Magazine, read the ‘TIMAF Best Practices Sneak Preview’ and wrote an article about it.

Some quotes:

“(…) it was a treat to see an early pre-publication copy of Best Practices in Information Management from The Information Management Foundation (TIMAF). It is, quite frankly, the best collection of case studies and solutions I’ve run across and will be an invaluable resource for KMWorld readers when it’s officially released in May. The reports are solid, practical and real-world examples of how to do things right.”

“Without question, the collection represents some of the best independent thinking in the field, and a small sampling includes: Alan Pelz-Sharpe on how to successfully procure information management technology, Martin White on using key questions to identify the correct information management requirements, Mary Lee Kennedy and Bob Boiko on staged information integration, Ann Rockley on intelligent content strategies, Apoorv Durga on the value of standards in content technologies, and Stephanie Lemieux and Seth Earley on taxonomies and content management.”

“Similar initiatives have been undertaken by other groups in the past but have fallen by the wayside because the principals have lost their enthusiasm and/or motivation. I don’t believe that will happen this time, because of the caliber and commitment of the people behind TIMAF.”

Read Hughs full KM World article

Call for Sponsors

The publication date of the Best Practices Volume 1 edition is getting closer by. We plan to present the edition at the JBoye10 event in Philadelphia, PA (USA) May 4th 2010.

We strongly believe this Best Practices edition will help putting information management on the agenda of boards and decision makers. At least it’s a first step. So far we have received great proposals for articles and enthusiast reactions from people across the globe.

Since TIMAF is a not-for-profit initiative with a handful of volunteers and some payed resources we try to find ways of finding funding to make it all happen. For this we send out this Call for Sponsors.

We invite you to sponsor the TIMAF Information Management Best Practices Volume 1 edition and get extra recognition in the market. We will publish all sponsors’ names and logos on both the paper edition and the TIMAF website. Please read the Sponsor flyer for more details.

AIIM endorses TIMAF Initiative

Today we received news from AIIM that they would like to endorse our TIMAF Information Management Best Practices edition. They are very interested in our next Information Management Framework project.

We are very pleased with this support and thank John Mancini, AIIM President, and Atle Skjekkeland, AIIM Vice President, for their enthusiasm. A mutual press release will be launched in February 2010.

TIMAF update

November 2008 we sent out the first ‘Call for Best Practices’. Being a brand new initiative, with a rather holistic approach, we didn’t expect the many positive reactions and even spontaneous contributions to this new effort of creating a framework for information management. We received proposals from experts and practitioners across the globe in several sub disciplines and from various organizations. This enthusiasm and positive response confirmed our believes that the times are there for building a framework for information management.

One half year later, in May 2009 at the Jboye09 event in Philadelphia, PA (USA), when we presented TIMAF the first time to a group of peers, the 5 Basic Principles lead to a very inspiring discussion among some thought leaders in the market. We all promised to keep this discussion alive and to pick it up at a next occasion.

At TIMAF we are building an environment for the discourse around information management, both on paper and online. With a website, a LinkedIn Group and especially a Wiki we provide online means to share experiences and thoughts with information management peers across the globe. The paper publications form a library around information management and help us to reach a broader audience.
We plan to publish a Best Practices edition every year.

We’ll keep you posted!

TIMAF Board

Bob & Erik

100th TIMAF LinkedIn Group member

Today we welcomed our 100th TIMAF LinkedIn Group Member!

TIMAF European Best Practices Award 2009

At the HartmanEVENT, October 8th 2009, Beeld en Geluid received the first TIMAF European Best Practices Award 2009 for their Waisda? project. (meer…)

TIMAF Best Practices Benelux Award

The first ‘TIMAF Best Practices Benelux Award’ will be handed out at the 8th October HartmanEVENT 2009 (Utrecht, the Netherlands). This award gives recognition to information management project across the Benelux that have succeeded in getting more value out of (enterprise) information.

We invite you to send in a Proposal for Best Practice or Presentation proposal before August 15th. All accepted proposals within the Benelux area will automatically nominate for the award.

More news on the nominations will follow soon.

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TIMAF LinkedIn Group

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This group grows by the day with new members, discussions and news.

We’d like to hear from you, so please sign-up and contribute to the discussions!

Basic Principles of Information Management

Yesterday May 6, Bob Boiko and I presented the ‘Basic Principles of Information Management’ at the J. Boye 09 Philadelphia event. These principles are the essence of The Information Management Association Framework.

Information Management (IM) is of course a big discipline. It encompasses a large variety of strategies, methodologies, technologies, and systems. However, across all organizational contexts and uses of IM, we think some principles always apply. We call these the ‘Basic Principles of Information Management’.

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TIMAF at JBoye 09 Philadelphia Event

May 5, 2009 the J. Boye 2009 Philadelphia started with a set of very interesting tutorials from experts and gurus on information management. TIMAF Editorial Board member Bob Boiko lead a tutorial on Information Strategy.

May 6 Bob and Erik M. Hartman gave a presentation about the Basic Principles of Information Management. Erik: “Originally we started with 10 principles. That became 12, then 11. But some days ago we had a good discussion about it and boiled them down to 5 principles. We think these principles are really inherent to information management.”

You can download the presentation (.pdf). We invite everybody to join the discussion on these principles. Do you miss one? Or do you think we can bring the number even a bit further down? Please let us know.

Best Practices Sneak Preview presented at JBoye Event

May 6, 2009 we TIMAF presented the sneak preview of the ‘Information Management Best Practices 2009′ edition. All attendees of the J. Boye 09 Philadelphia event found the sneak preview in their conference bag.

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1st round of Best Practices started

So far we have received many positive feedback for our initiative from people around the globe. Thanks for all the kind reactions! We feel we have initiated something that is important for many of us.

We started with the 1st round of best practice reviews. With contributions from the USA, India, Australia, and Europe. From companies and case studies like HP, Motorola, University of Washington, Wipro, CMS Watch and others. And from various sub disciplines.

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Call for Best Practices

Information Management Best Practices
International Edition, Part 1, 2009
The practical guide to Information Management

Bob Boiko & Erik M. Hartman, Chief Editors of the Information Management Association, invite you to contribute to ‘Information Management Best Practices’, a publication of Van Haren Publishing in co-operation with Hartman Books.

Have you experienced the merits of a specific approach to information management strategy, methodology, technology or tools? If so, here is an opportunity to share your knowledge with a global audience in ‘Information Management Best Practices’.

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