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Finding the Opportunity in Information Chaos

Information is the lifeblood of your business. It's also everywhere; on mobile devices, laptops, in apps and the cloud. Sometimes this information is well managed, but for many, information is everywhere and barely controlled. This problem – and opportunity – will only get worse (and better).

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Mancini’s Law and the Impact of InfoChaos

We had a terrific time at The AIIM Conference 2014 -- such awesome attendees and sponsors. We are grateful for the trust they all put in us to take 3 days out of their schedule and share with us and with each other - more on that in my next post.

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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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The 3 Disrupters That Are Driving the Era of InfoChaos

In my previous post -- Welcome to the Era of InfoChaos: How Will Your Organization Adjust? -- I discussed the colliding forces of Information Opportunity and Information Chaos. In this post, I want to discuss how we wound up in this strange place of incredible opportunity and risk.

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Welcome to the Era of InfoChaos – How Will Your Organization Adjust?

The game has changed. Information is the world’s new currency. Read just about any business publication, and you will quickly conclude that how an organization manages its information assets is now just as fundamental a source of competitive differentiation as to how it manages its physical assets, its human assets, and its financial assets.

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15 Great How-to Guides and Checklists to Help You Survive InfoChaos

Information (documents, emails, videos, podcasts, voicemails, texts, tweets, Facebook posts, LinkedIn conversations, customer analytics, etc.) surrounds us. We rely on this information for entertainment and to do our jobs. Access by employees to information and manipulation by companies of their customer information to serve customer needs is THE competitive advantage today. Better information equals better results. The problem? That information is everywhere and not always managed effectively. By managed we mean channeled towards some business outcome. We use the phrase “Information Chaos” to describe this ongoing and accelerating state of massive information disruption. Take back control and tame your Information Chaos with this round-up of the best free content on Intelligent Information Management. Enjoy! 1. Build an Effective Social Business Strategy in 8 Steps Can you share information without compromising security or control? All it takes is one rogue Twitter or Facebook post to deliver a significant blow to your brand image. While you can’t be cavalier about who says what in your organization’s name, neither can you lock down access to social media outlets. So what's the solution? Establish a social media policy to proactively guide your employees on leveraging social business while protecting your organization. DOWNLOAD

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10 InfoChaos Insights from the Big Bang of Social, Economic, Political and Evolutionary Change

As many of you know, well-known futurist Thornton May (and a former AIIM Board Chair) is one of the keynote speakers at The AIIM Conference 2014 (April 1-4, in Orlando). Thornton is one of those keynote speakers you won’t forget – suffice it to say, he is not a shy person! I usually start my research for introductions at Conferences not by looking at all the boring CV/Resume data points about schools and jobs, but rather by looking at things a speaker has actually said and whether these things jar my conventional assumptions. With Thornton, there is no shortage of great quotes.

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