Conference expounds future of CMS

Antoine — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:56:20 +0000

The content convergence and integration conference was a mind-blowing excursion into the wild terrains of content management. For those confused by the conference title, let me tell you the gist of it (from what I could gather).

We live in the information age, yet for the most part organizations fail to use content as a commodity and a valuable asset. As writers, we need to impress upon decision makers that the strategic use of content can indeed achieve the goals of the company, and is not a superfluous add-on. Furthermore, we can leverage social media and new ways of organizing content (such as folksonomy and dynamic publishing) to create a heightened user experience that goes beyond the traditional user manual. Oh, but for more conservative companies, the traditional manual works just fine.

Well, there’s more to it than that – a lot more. Presentations ran the gambit from DAM to DITA to XML and everything in between. It was a pleasure to volunteer at the event and work with the fine folks at the Strategy A consulting group, who were responsible for organizing and running the show.

Content Convergence & Integration 2008

Antoine — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:35:06 +0000

This conference kicked off in Vancouver today and is the place to be if you’re facing content management issues in your professional life as a technical writer, or if you want to stay on the leading edge of developments in the field. Each day has a specific theme. Day 1 (today) is about content, day 2 about technology, and day 3 about user relationships. I’ll be volunteering there the whole day tomorrow, and will tell you all about it later (if you’re going, be sure to say hello).

Highlights? The future of XML publishing, the new Quark dynamic publishing demos, social media, mobile content management , and of course, the fabulous food.

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Conference expounds future of CMS

Content Convergence & Integration 2008