Conferences

Best Practices is the premier annual conference for managers of information development, training, and support. You learn from your colleagues the best ideas and innovations in the industry. You discover how organizations are pursuing social media, dynamic publishing, content management, enterprise-wide information creation through wikis and blogs, and much more. You have the opportunity to interact with a community of peers, all of whom are struggling with many of the same challenges that you are. You learn about the experiences of managers and organizations that have introduced amazing innovations or seen significant increases in effectiveness and productivity.

September 13–15, 2010
Hampton, Virginia

For more information: Best Practices Website

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Content Management Strategies/DITA Europe first introduced the international DITA standard to the European community of information developers. It brings together managers, information developers, technology specialists, and tools vendors to exchange their hard-won knowledge and experience. Participants return year after year to learn how best to implement content management systems and the DITA standard in their organizations. Veterans help those just starting out or just beginning to explore their options profit from the challenges they have overcome and the learn from both their successes and pitfalls.

November 15-16, 2010
Vienna, Austria

For more information: DITA Europe Conference Website

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Content Management Strategies/DITA North America first introduced single sourcing, content management, and the DITA standard to information-development world. This conference brings together managers, information developers, and technology specialists so that they can learn from one another how best to implement content management. In its 13th year, CM Strategies attracts an audience interested in improving the quality of information they deliver to customers at the same time that they increase the effectiveness and productivity of their organizations. Participants learn from the experiences of colleagues, both successes and pitfalls. Through the exchange of knowledge and innovations, everyone increases their understanding of the challenges of management content through the sound use of technology and critical process improvements.

April 4–6, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland

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