Peter, your comments re: blogging were great.... For those who might not
understand the potential impact, I'd have to say that a fair amount of the
competitive research I'm able to do involves bloggers and those with web
journals who speak without restraint about their organizations or
organizations for which they do not work......

Doug Allen, CRM+, CDIA

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kurilecz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Legal ISG, The Conference, and Education in General

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:12:51 -0800, Patrick Cunningham <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> A couple thoughts...

>
> As for the Conference, I'm troubled when someone says "I can't find
> anything of use to me". ... And frankly, whether or not you work in a
> particular specialty, there should be topics upon which you can build
> knowledge that you can share with your organization, or simply add to
> your RM toolbox. You don't know what you're going to be doing next
> year or even five years down the road. If your present job dries up,
> don't limit yourself to the industry (or the role) where you are.
> Wouldn't you rather go to a job interview where you can say, "Well,
> I've never directly managed those records, but here are the top three
> records issues that I'm aware of in this industry." Or, "Instant
> messaging was never used in my former company, but if you consider IM
> to be a record, here's a couple strategies to deal with it." Breadth
> of knowledge is just as important as depth of knowledge.


Patrick hits the nail on the head with the above. one of the things that I
like about our profession is the transferable skillset. Thirty years ago if
you told me I would be sitting down and regularly discussion issues with
computer folks I would have laughed.  Our profession gives us the
opportunity to move around and move up. Off the top of my head I can name
several folks who have switched industries during their RM career and are
thriving.

Breadth of knowledge is important which is one reason why I continue to RAIN
. How many folks read the story about blogging in last night's posting? How
many ignored it saying that doesn't apply to my organization? Well let me
say that organizational blogs are the next item on the horizon right behind
IM that RM and IT together will have to address.

 Patrick mentioned 'takeaways' how many folks do a conference report for
management when they return from the conference. The organization is
investing in  you and they want to know that the investment is paying off.

What a great discussion


Peter Kurilecz CRM CA

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