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John Mancini

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker, and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. John is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. Recent keynote topics include: The Stairway to Digital Transformation Navigating Disruptive Waters — 4 Things You Need to Know to Build Your Digital Transformation Strategy Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve Viewing Information Management Through a New Lens Digital Disruption: 6 Strategies to Avoid Being “Blockbustered” Specialties: Keynote speaker and writer on AI, RPA, intelligent Information Management, Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation. Consensus-building with Boards to create strategic focus, action, and accountability. Extensive public speaking and public relations work Conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends. Expert on inbound and content marketing, particularly in an association environment and on the Hubspot platform. John is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, and holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

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Capture and Imaging  |  Document Management  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Things to Consider When Choosing an Application to Scan and Capture Documents to SharePoint

1. Do you need a scanning application or a capture application? The marketplace is filled with applications that provide a means to convert paper to digital form, and I like to divide the offerings into two distinct silos: scanning applications and capture applications. If all you need to do is load paper and scan to a document library, and your volume is fairly light, scanning applications provide a simple, easy to use interface for these types of operations. Capture applications focus on efficiency, standardization, and automation. They provide enhanced feature sets like 2D barcode reading, zone OCR, data extraction, enhanced backend integration, and more. There is a gray area between the two silos, as most scanning applications have some basic capture features. Choose wisely young Luke Skywalker, and if you can, select an application that can live in both silos.

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Capture and Imaging  |  Enterprise Search  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Capture and Search Strategies for SharePoint

There are many methods of capture and search that have been refined to allow users to find the right information they're looking for in traditional document management. Below are eight methods that are useful in SharePoint. Some of them are common to all document management systems, and some are specific to SharePoint.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  |  Enterprise Search  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Things to Do to Make Content More Findable in SharePoint

SharePoint supports document searching out-of-the box, but with some simple customizations, you can greatly improve the findability of documents.

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Compliance  |  Information Governance  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Ways SharePoint Helps in Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance

1. Learn how to manage risks and compliance. Managing business risk and achieving regulatory compliance are among the greatest challenges that enterprises face. There is increasing pressure to comply with evolving legislation, mandates, standards, and regulations designed to protect against an array of risks that span different industries, disciplines, governments, and geographies. Yet in many organizations, compliance and risk management have been treated as silos of responsibility, supported by reactive point solutions that can introduce new cost burdens and complexity. Constant fire drills, regulatory pressure, organizational anxiety, and even outright confusion are not uncommon. Despite large investments in this area, executives believe their organizations have inadequately addressed the processes and systems dealing with risk, compliance, and security.

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Electronic Records Management (ERM)  |  Metadata  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

8 Reasons You Should Consider Automatic Classification and Automatic Metadata Tagging in SharePoint

It should not be of great surprise to anyone that Microsoft’s plan for SharePoint is to provide the foundation for access to all information in the enterprise. With SharePoint’s tightly coupled integration with the Office product, SharePoint’s popularity in collaboration, and openness for developers and integrators, SharePoint is positioned to touch every single byte in your corporate network. Therefore based on what SharePoint’s future looks to be, the importance of being able to manage your data within SharePoint properly is very important. So, are you having problems in the areas below? If you are, then you seriously need to stop relying on your users to tag your content.

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Archiving  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

8 Steps to an Effective ECM Archive Migration

With the vast number of disparate systems in an organization, along with their relative complexity and enormous amounts of data, ECM migrations can be daunting. This brief list of eight considerations in undertaking an ECM migration is meant to provide a common-sense approach to addressing the process.

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