Presentation by AIIM First Canadian Chapter, Ottawa branch to the Digitalization Discussion Group Meeting September 20, 2011

1. AIIM Comes to Ottawa
Presentation to DDG-GDN - Digitalization Discussion Group
Cheryl McKinnon - President, Candy Strategies Inc. - cheryl@candystrategies.com
Debra Power - President, dPower Consulting - debrapower@rogers.com
September 20, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

2. Agenda
• Introductions
• AIIM History
• Mission
• Standards Research
• Participation and Education
• Canadian Chapter Activities
• Ottawa Activities 2011-12
• Questions?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

3. Introductions
• First Canadian Chapter - Founded in Toronto
• Chapter Website
• Winnie Tsang - Teranet - Chapter President
• Ottawa Branch Planning Committee
• Cheryl McKinnon - Candy Strategies Inc.
• Debra Power - dPower Consulting
• Andrew Pery - AGP Consulting
• Neil Campbell - Emerion
• Dean Fisk - Integro
• Vic Nishi - Threadline Software
• Laurie Pytura - Socialwerx.ca
• Yves Marleau - Cogniva
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

4. AIIM - Mission
• 60+ years non-profit organization helping
users understand the challenges associated
with managing documents, records, business
processes
• 34 Chapters world-wide with 75,000
members
• Committed to education, independent
market research, standards advocacy
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

5. AIIM - Mission
AIIM provides market
research and
information that:
• Empower end-users to make
smarter information
management decisions.
• Help vendors, consultants and
solution providers reduce the
amount of uncertainty
involved in developing,
marketing and selling their
products and services.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

6. AIIM - Mission
AIIM provides educational
services that:
• Help users, project managers,
and business executives become
more savvy information
managers, strategists and
technology buyers.
• Improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of sales and marketing
executives from solution
provider companies.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

7. AIIM - Mission
AIIM creates networking
opportunities and
communities that:
• Allow users, vendors,
consultants, and solution
providers to connect with each
other in a vendor-neutral and
non-profit setting.
• Provide a means for the industry
to communicate the value of
effective information
management and its impact on
organizational effectiveness.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

8. AIIM - Standards
• Standards Committees
• Promote research
into interoperability,
preservation, formats
• Standards, guidelines,
recommended
practices, technical
reports relevant to
global enterprise and
public sector
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

9. AIIM - Mission
• Our vision for Ottawa chapter?
• Monthly activities
• Newsletter and email notifications for events
in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa
• Goal of vendor neutral ECM and IM/IT education
• Forum to share experiences, lessons learned,
success stories
• Venue for professional development and networking
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

10. Local Chapter Resources
• SlideShare Event Site
• All Presentations and
Agenda Slides Posted
after each event
• http://
www.slideshare.ne
t/event/aiim-
ottawa-branch-
first-canadian-
chapter
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

11. What Is Next
• Next Event:
• October 27, 2011 - World Paper Free Day
• Guest Speaker - Mr. Harvey Spencer of
Harvey Spencer Associates
• November - Privacy in the World of
Digital Communication
• December - Holiday Season Social Event
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

12. Get Involved!
• Become an AIIM Member
• Access to toolkits, member only research, event
and training discounts, participate on
committees
• Help Organize
• Join our Ottawa planning team
• Present at a future event
• Suggest a topic, present your case study,
recommend a speaker
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

13. Thank You
cheryl@candystrategies.com
debrapower@rogers.com
Tuesday, September 20, 2011