First in a series of vignettes from a recent presentation I gave on the future of Information Management.

George Parapadakis (George.Parapadakis@uk.ibm.com) is an ECM Advocate at IBM, advising customers and partners on how to maximize the value from their ECM and BPM investments. He has also been monitoring the use of ECM technologies in the Risk & Compliance field. After 20 years in the Document/Content management and Process/Workflow industry, he’s still a believer!… George has been an AIIM member since 1995 and you can follow him on twitter as @parapadakis or hisInformationZen blog. All opinions expressed here are explicitly George’s and not necessarily those of his employer. George was one of my original 8 things guest bloggers, and his 8 Things You Need to Know about Information Risk is still one of my favorites. Check it out. —– I was watching my two teenage daughters going to extraordinary lengths preparing themselves for a friend’s birthday party. It occurred to me that it might be a good idea if we also spent some effort preparing ourselves, before joining the virtual party that is Social Media interaction. So, imagine the scenario: You have been invited for the first time to a Social Media party. It may be a TweetJam on Twitter, a collaborative wiki, your first blog or a group…

George Parapadakis (George.Parapadakis@uk.ibm.com) is an ECM Advocate at IBM, advising customers and partners on how to maximize the value from their ECM and BPM investments. He has also been monitoring the use of ECM technologies in the Risk & Compliance field. After 20 years in the Document/Content management and Process/Workflow industry, he’s still a believer!… George has been an AIIM member since 1995 and you can follow him on twitter as @parapadakis or hisInformationZen blog. All opinions expressed here are explicitly George’s and not necessarily those of his employer. George was one of my original 8 things guest bloggers, and his 8 Things You Need to Know about Information Risk is still one of my favorites. Check it out. —– I was watching my two teenage daughters going to extraordinary lengths preparing themselves for a friend’s birthday party. It occurred to me that it might be a good idea if we also spent some effort preparing ourselves, before joining the virtual party that is Social Media interaction. So, imagine the scenario: You have been invited for the first time to a Social Media party. It may be a TweetJam on Twitter, a collaborative wiki, your first blog or a group…

Here are eight recent archived “webinars” that are a must. All of them are free, you just need to log in/create an account to view them. Go to http://www.aiim.org/Events/Webinars-onDemand-Information-Management-Document-Records.aspx to access the presentations. 8 Web Presentations You Need to See1 — The Secret Ingredient in Your Information Management Success. Archiving is a foundational technology for information governance and a good starting point for making information governance actionable. This webinar focuses on the operational challenges with Microsoft SharePoint, email and file servers, and how customers can measure the cost saving they can generate through effective archiving. 2 — Get the Big Picture View of Your Customers. This webinar explains how companies across a wide spectrum of industries and from small to large can enable customer responsiveness, sales process efficiency, and electronic workflows with this key integration and cloud-based solutions. Without the need to keep and connect manual paper-based processes, you can transform disjointed customer documentation, increase productivity, and reduce cost.3 — Discover the Automation Approach that Optimizes Skilled Worker Productivity. Case management applications offer a collaborative approach that can help you reap the benefits of automation in environments where people, information, and process collide. Learn how to improve workflow, improve worker…