The Business Case For Web Content Management...and Why Plone

Each situation is unique based on specific organizational needs and issues. Although the benefits may be difficult to quantify at times, at some point, your company will simply decide that, ROI or not, it can't live any longer with the (likely growing) pain of not effectively managing your content.

Crouch, David. SlideShare (2008). Presentations>Content Management>Business Case>Plone

Comparing Open Source CMSes: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone

Open source content management systems (CMS) are particularly attractive to the nonprofit community because of their cost-efficiency, but what do these systems actually do? And what are the differences between the most common CMSs? We’ll compare Joomla, Drupal, and Plone for typical nonprofit needs.

Quinn, Laura S., Ryan Ozimek, David Geilhufe and Patrick Shaw. NTEN (2007). Presentations>Content Management>Software>Open Source

How to Run a Successful DITA Pilot Project

How do you mitigate the risk of a major technology change such as DITA? This presentation shares lessons learned in the first DITA pilot project at IBM Internet Security Systems. How to pick the right opportunity for a user assistance pilot project. How to specify appropriate proof-of-concept requirements. How to use a wiki and collaborative walkthroughs to transfer knowledge and set standards.

Wallis, Mark. STC Proceedings (2009). Presentations>Project Management>XML>DITA

Single Sourcing with Flare: Best Practices

In this session, attendees will learn how to use MadCap Flare to develop multiple documents and/or online help systems from a single project and how to share content across multiple projects. Learn how to create multiple online help systems and/or print documents from the same content. Learn how to reuse content developed in multiple applications. Learn how to reuse content in multiple topics and across multiple projects.

Deloach, Scott. STC Proceedings (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Single Sourcing>Madcap Flare

Best Practices in Managing Knowledge: Benchmarking Knowledge Management Within and Between Organizations

Benchmarking comprises prioritisation of strategic improvement need (the why), measurement (the what) and practices (the how). Re-measure tracks performance improvement.

Searles, Bruce and Fiona Stewart. APQC (2006). Presentations>Knowledge Management>Assessment

Evaluating DITA-Enabled Content Management Systems  

This presentation describes how authoring DITA topics and managing those topics in a content management system (CMS) will contain translation costs while improving overall information quality. This is not a recommendation for any particular product. It is a guide to how one group built their candidate list and computes return on investment.

Adams, Ann H. XML.org (2007). Presentations>Content Management>DITA>Assessment

Painless XML Authoring?: How DITA Simplifies XML

Structured writing requires an analysis of content and a reorganization into the smallest possible coherent topics.

Doyle, Bob. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Content Management>XML>DITA

Just Put That In The Zip Code Field: The Ins and Outs of Content Modeling

How closely does the content in your CMS resemble the logical content you planned on? # Different systems have vastly different content modeling.

SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Information Design

Developing A Unified Content Model

A unified content strategy is: a repeatable method of identifying all content requirements up front; creating consistently structured content for reuse; managing that content in a definitive source; assembling content on demand to meet your needs. A unified content model is the framework that supports your strategy.

Rockley, Ann. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Content Management>Content Strategy>Planning

Centralized Translation Processes: Overcoming Global Regulatory and Multilingual Content Challenges

Accurate translations of clinical trial documents play an important role in meeting global product demands. Mistakes from poorly done translations can result in product delays, cost overruns, malpractice or product liability lawsuits, and confused subjects / patients.

Kassatkina, Inna. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Content Management>Translation>Biomedical

Running an Efficient CMS Evaluation and Procurement Process: Hands-on Tips, Insider Knowledge and Advice

Why is getting the process right, so important? Value for money, project success, Return on investment.

Tintori, Piero. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Content Management>Software>Assessment

Analyzing Your Deliverables: Developing the Optimal Documentation Library

Web 2.0 includes: wikis, podcasts, blogs, widgets/gadgets, social networks … and combinations of all the above. Not everyone contributes equally – Creators (18%), Critics (25%), Spectators (48%). But all are important.

Bleiel, Nicky. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Content Management>Documentation>Help

Managing a Documentation Project: A Guide

This a short video overview of managing a documentation project. It's something we put together as a test of some of the functionality of Techsmith's Camtasia software.

Pratt, Ellis. Cherryleaf (2009). Presentations>Documentation>Project Management

Wicked Problems and SharePoint: Rethinking the Approach 

SharePoint can neither create nor destroy organizational chaos, but does an excellent job of reflecting the level of organizational chaos that existed at the time of deployment. The “SharePoint paradox” and paths to SharePoint wickedness. The power of Issue Mapping and IBIS based collaboration. How to leverage the best of SharePoint and Issue Mapping.

Culmsee, Paul. SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Information Design>Microsoft SharePoint

Back to the Basics: SharePoint Fundamentals 

Information for administrators of Microsoft SharePoint servers.

Oleson, Joel. SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Software>Microsoft SharePoint

Alfresco As SharePoint Alternative: An Architecture Overview 

Provides an overview of Alfresco, an open-source alternative to Microsoft's SharePoint content management system.

Barmash, Jean. SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Microsoft SharePoint>Alfresco

Alfresco Share for Streamlining Project Management And Collaboration 

Alfresco integrates easily with existing behaviors, is nimble enough to be adapted to fluid processes, facilitates project communication, and proactively provides the right information to the right people.

Toub, Joshua and Josh McJilton. SlideShare (2009). Presentations>Content Management>Project Management>Alfresco