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Intelligent Content 2010 roars into its second successful year!

Intelligent Content 2010 is in its second successful year. We have brought together a dynamic group of speakers to share their insights, case studies and solid suggestions for success.

Who should attend
Experiencing problems getting the right content in the right format out the door in a way that engages your customer? Tired of slogging away with mountains of content? Does the proliferation of channels seem overwhelming? Need to find ways of doing more with the same? Then Intelligent Content is for you. Intelligent Content 2010 is designed for:

  • CIOs
  • Content managers
  • Content strategists
  • Information architects
  • Marketing managers

If content is your focus, intelligent content makes sense for you. Check out our speakers or the conference website for more information.

Events and Information

Intelligent Content 2010

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We're concentrating on Intelligent Content 2010 right now.

For more information about the conference, visit the conference website.

Save $100 by registering early!  Register here!

Planning for Global Content Management: Ten steps to Success

In conjunction with FirstSpirit, Ann will be presenting the webinar Planning for Global Content Management: Ten steps to Success on February 18th, 2010.

For complete details, click here.

 

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Leadership

OASIS

Co-Chair DITA for Enterprise Business Documents Subcommittee
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Content Management Professionals
Founding Member
Ann Rockley President 2005
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Society for Technical Communication

Ann Rockley Fellow 2005
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From the Rockley Blog

Early Bird registration extended!

For those of you who've called and said that you haven't heard back from accounting about your travel requisition and are afraid of losing the low price registration, it's your lucky day.

We've extended the Early Bird registration deadline until January 29th.

Register here!

Hotel rooms are going quickly! Reserve now!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Charles Cooper

We've sold out of our original allocation of special rate rooms at the Parker, but have managed to get just a few more. Unfortunately, the direct link to book at the hotel doesn't know about them.

Just call (760-883-1966) or email (kfontes@theparkerpalmsprings.com) Kayla Fontes (the Parker Reservations Manager) and she'll book the room for you. more...

The Importance of Being Categorized (correctly)

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Charles Cooper

I buy a lot of books, and sometimes it can be hard to remember what I have. Especially if I’m standing in an airport bookshop and the book in my hand is one of a series. Did I already buy this one, and put it on the bookshelf to read later, or did I just read an advance chapter in a previous book? Arrgh! more...

CMS ROI Calculator Available

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Ann Rockley

We've updated our popular CMS ROI Calculator.

We first created the CMS ROI Calculator as a companion piece to our book Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy. We’ve recently revamped it to reflect current industry costs and we’ve added a new section on publishing tool costs. more...

We've solved the hotel booking problem

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Charles Cooper

We've solved the booking problem a number of you were having with the the Parker Palm Springs room registration site.

The rooms can be booked for the conference right here.

So... welcome to Palm Springs!

Are you having trouble booking your room for Intelligent Content?

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Charles Cooper

Alas, you’re not the only one.

We know some of you are having problems booking rooms at the Parker via the web. We’re sorry, and are working with the Parker to get the problem fixed.

We have a solution! more...

James Michelson Webinar on Cross Media

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Charles Cooper

We love to see our presenters busy.

Not only is James presenting at our Intelligent Content 2010 conference (on Using & Reusing Intelligent Content for Cross Media Marketing), he’s got his own webinars going on in November and December. more...

Intelligent Content 2010 roars into its second successful year!

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Charles Cooper

Intelligent Content 2010 is in its second successful year. We have brought together a dynamic group of speakers to share their insights, case studies and solid suggestions for success. more...

Publications

We've updated our ROI Calculator

Our popular ROI calculator has just been updated. The background costings and assumptions have been refreshed, and we now provide support for content delivery as well.

You can download the updated version right here.

 

New Rockley Group Publication - DITA 101

If you're in the process of implementing DITA, expect to do so in the future, or just want to learn more about it without having to wade through technical specifications, this is the book for you.

DITA 101 is designed for authors and managers. We’ve taken our years' of experience helping organizations to move to DITA and training our clients in creating DITA content and distilled it into an easy to read and understand format. Combined with our expertise in developing effective reuse strategies and adopting content management, this book covers everything you need to know to understand DITA from an authors or managers viewpoint.

Now available in hardcopy at at Amazon.com! Click here to order!

Available in hardcopy and PDF format at Lulu.com! Click here to order!

Not sure? Want a peek inside? Click here to get a copy of Chapter 3, Reuse: Today’s best practice.

 

Component Content Management Report


XML & Component Content Management Report 2009 - Click for more info

The XML & Component Content Management Report 2009 is ready!

Now it it's second year, the report adds a new section on seven XML capable publishing tools. Newly updated to reflect the latest information, and based on extensive technology research and customer interviews, this groundbreaking report evaluates twelve major CCM suppliers and six prominent XML Editor tools.

The 360-plus page Report also documents industry best practices and identifies common pitfalls to avoid when selecting and implementing a CCM system.

This Report provides you with essential background to understand the CCM space and to make the best decision for your organization.

Read Bob Glushko's review of the first edition here.

To purchase your copy, or to see a sample excerpt visit the Report page at CMSWatch.

 

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy


Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy

"This book is destined to become the industry standard for implementing content management"

Judith L. Glick-Smith, Amazon reviewer

Buy it...

For more information see the book website.