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Communications by and for the members of the Greater Seattle Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA), International. The chapter's Web site is at http://www.armaseattle.org. Earliest messages are at the bottom; later ones were added above them. Read from the bottom up.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Region Message for November
Hello!
I hope that those of you who attended ARMA International’s conference in Chicago made the trip home and have been working over the past month to implement all those great ideas that were presented! There were many great presentations to choose from, including 2 from GNW members: Andrew SanAgustin and Kyle Stannert. Both of these gentlemen had fantastic presentations and some great information to share, be sure to attend if they come to your chapter.
Andrew and I have both had a theme in our recent region messages, hopefully by now you’ve identified that our theme is building blocks and the many variations they come in. I remember the building blocks from when I was kid (wooden and probably loaded with lead paint) in various shapes and sizes including the most popular one shaped slightly like a bridge. They still exist today, you find them every once in a while in daycares and playrooms but more and more they are being replaced by Legos (insert trademark here!). Those fancy things come with more parts then you care to imagine and if you lose one part can you still make the Batman figure correctly or enough that a 5 year old won’t know the difference between the one that you made and the picture on the box?
What does this remind me of? Technology. Obsolete wooden blocks replaced by shiny new pieces of plastic. I still need to know how the obsolete wooden discs work because I’m going to come across them at some point in time. But at the same time I need to know how the shiny new world of cloud computing or social media work because that’s where my organization is going. The technology portion of our records management building block is the most changing and diverse, but also can be the most interesting. And of course ARMA has many fantastic resources from books and webinars to networking that can help us with this building block.
So whether you are dealing with those wooden blocks of years ago (hopefully sanded and repainted with environmentally friendly paint) or trying to figure out all those shiny pieces and why is there one left over, be sure to have the technology portion of your platform well supported!
Hope you are enjoying your autumn.
Jennifer Winkler
GNW Region Manager
I hope that those of you who attended ARMA International’s conference in Chicago made the trip home and have been working over the past month to implement all those great ideas that were presented! There were many great presentations to choose from, including 2 from GNW members: Andrew SanAgustin and Kyle Stannert. Both of these gentlemen had fantastic presentations and some great information to share, be sure to attend if they come to your chapter.
Andrew and I have both had a theme in our recent region messages, hopefully by now you’ve identified that our theme is building blocks and the many variations they come in. I remember the building blocks from when I was kid (wooden and probably loaded with lead paint) in various shapes and sizes including the most popular one shaped slightly like a bridge. They still exist today, you find them every once in a while in daycares and playrooms but more and more they are being replaced by Legos (insert trademark here!). Those fancy things come with more parts then you care to imagine and if you lose one part can you still make the Batman figure correctly or enough that a 5 year old won’t know the difference between the one that you made and the picture on the box?
What does this remind me of? Technology. Obsolete wooden blocks replaced by shiny new pieces of plastic. I still need to know how the obsolete wooden discs work because I’m going to come across them at some point in time. But at the same time I need to know how the shiny new world of cloud computing or social media work because that’s where my organization is going. The technology portion of our records management building block is the most changing and diverse, but also can be the most interesting. And of course ARMA has many fantastic resources from books and webinars to networking that can help us with this building block.
So whether you are dealing with those wooden blocks of years ago (hopefully sanded and repainted with environmentally friendly paint) or trying to figure out all those shiny pieces and why is there one left over, be sure to have the technology portion of your platform well supported!
Hope you are enjoying your autumn.
Jennifer Winkler
GNW Region Manager
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Intensive UW eDiscovery Certificate Program
There is an important informational meeting regarding the intensive UW eDiscovery Certificate Program that will take place on TUE, Nov. 13, 6-7 pm, downtown Seattle, at Puget Sound Plaza - 1325 Fourth Ave., Suite 400.
Most of the instructors in the program will be there to talk about the field and the program. Hope to see you there - Take a look at the link for more information and share this with your friends, colleagues, or anyone you think may be interested.
Thank you!
Andrew J. SanAgustin
Region Coordinator
ARMA Great Northwest Region
eDiscovery Program
Most of the instructors in the program will be there to talk about the field and the program. Hope to see you there - Take a look at the link for more information and share this with your friends, colleagues, or anyone you think may be interested.
Thank you!
Andrew J. SanAgustin
Region Coordinator
ARMA Great Northwest Region
eDiscovery Program
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