BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "it" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127 SUMMARY:Taming the Content Beast: Content Strategy and Mod LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada DESCRIPTION:Bob takes you step-by-step through a proven system to solve the hardest CM issues. Throughout your two day intensive sessions you will bui ld your own content strategy and model using proven best practices and Bob' s own industry driving methodologies. \n \n****$1495 Canadian / $1345 US ** ** \n \nDay 1: Learn the "Business Smarts" required for a successful conten t management strategy: \n \n - Set goals that benefit your company's bottom line \n- Build a realistic business case to meet the goals \n- Get suppo rt from above and from the business units \n- Get the funding you need \n - Avoid departmental wars \n \nDay 2: Learn the "Nuts and Bolts" of conten t modeling, the key to linking business goals with technology: \n \n- Bala nce the sources and consumers of content \n- Balance the Web against other delivery channels for your content \n- Create a content domain to limit s cope creep \n- Devise a set of content types for content organization cont ent creation, storage, and delivery \n- Define taxonomies and other access structures to organize and target your content \n- Design for future grow th and inevitable change \n- Determine how to reuse content and display it on Web pages and beyond \n- Use XML and database technologies to store an d publish content \n \n"Provided tools to be able to look at information m anagement in the larger context of organizational goals." --Alan Rosenthal, Microsoft \nCorporation \n \nLeading the workshop is information manageme nt professor and long-time consultant Bob Boiko. Bob (literally) wrote the book on content management, The Content Management Bible (2004, Wiley & Son s) is in its second edition and has become the gold standard for content ma nagement professionals. Bob's dynamic presentation style keeps him consiste ntly on the list of most-requested speakers at IT and business conferences. His methodology has been applied to organizations of all sizes, from small non-profit organizations to major corporations in North America, Europe an d Asia. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071110 SUMMARY:CSI Annual Conference 2007 LOCATION:Arlington, Virginia, USA DESCRIPTION:CSI 2007, held November 3-9 in Arlington, VA, delivers a busine ss-focused overview of enterprise security. 2,000+ delegates, 80 exhibitors and features 100+ sessions/seminars convene to provide a roadmap for integ rating policies and procedures with new tools and techniques. Register now using code: CSI2007 and save $100 off the conference or get a Free Exhibit ion Pass at www.csiannual.com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614 SUMMARY:Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference LOCATION:Nashville, Tennessee, USA DESCRIPTION:You've read their books. Now you're ready for more. Come and jo in the conversation at the Voices that Matter: Web Design Conference coming to the Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville this June! You’ll learn from and ming le with the industry’s most respected authors and meet peers from all over the globe who are passionate about Web design! \n \nhttp://www.voicesthatma tter.com/webdesign2008 \n \nCircle these dates on your calendar—June 10-13, 2008—and reserve your seat early to join us for the most well-rounded Web design event you’ll find anywhere! Get your difficult questions answered an d gain insights from the industry’s brightest thinkers and practitioners du ring four days of entertaining, informative, and inspiring sessions. You’ll engage in thought-provoking discussions and participate in interactive net working activities to enhance your subject matter expertise and hone your p rofessional skills. \n \nTwo tracks (one creative and inspirational, one strategic and practical) mean there's always a session for you: whether yo u're looking for the up-in-the-clouds ideas that'll transform your work whe n the conference is over or the down-to-earth techniques that'll make your job easier every day. \n \nDon’t miss it! Save June 10 – 13 for the Voices that Matter: Web Design! Guarantee yourself a seat where you’ll come face- to-face with world class authors including: \n• Dan Brown \n• Curt Cloninger \n• Zoe Gillenwater \n• Robert Hoekman , Jr. \n• Jeremy Keith \n• Steve Krug \n• Penny McIntire \n• Sandra Niehaus \n• Joshua Porter \n• Garr Reynolds \n• Nathan Shedroff \n• Aarron Walter \n • Charles Wyke-Smith \n• And many others! \n \nTo request more information, visit the online brochure at http://www.voicesthatmatter. com/webdesign2008, call 617-848-7026, or email Barbara.Gavin@PearsonEd.com. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR