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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061020
SUMMARY:Enterprise Information Architecture
LOCATION:Seattle, Washington, USA
DESCRIPTION:Benefits
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\nThis advanced information architecture seminar co
 mbines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to ad
 dress a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified in
 formation architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to:
\n    * Dev
 elop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a sin
 gle cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units.
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   * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one cont
 ent-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that co
 ntent.
\n    * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stor
 ed in organizational "silos".
\n    * Better implement an enterprise-wide i
 nformation architecture through appropriate research and design methods and
  improved governance.
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\nSeminar Schedule and Outline
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\nRegistratio
 n and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and fin
 ishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll co
 ver these topics:
\n    * Overview of enterprise information architecture (
 EIA)
\n    * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other technique
 s for unifying departmental content
\n    * EIA from the bottom-up: content
  models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page
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   * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results
  consistently
\n    * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an e
 nterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managin
 g it in a distributed corporate environment
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\nWhat's Included
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  Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings,
  software products, and other useful resources.
\n    * A variety of opport
 unities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with
  Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information arch
 itecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers
  is invaluable.
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