I agree completely.
I have always considered the two primary benefits of AIIM to be Networking and Education
Last week the title was:
Getting Rid of Your Paper, Or Not!
The speaker, Dick Fisher, gave an excellent presentation.
Very knowledgeable and at the same time generic.
Iron Mountain was the sponsor and also kept their part of the presentation as generic as possible.
Yes, I too was surprised.
Sadly this is not the norm.
I have sat through too many AIIM Webinars and Conferences where the speaker is giving a canned advertising talk with no value to the audience.
If your AIIM educational Webinar experience is positive or negative send your feedback to Bryant Duhon; [log in to unmask]
John Glover
Fort Docs
707-773-1257
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>From: Bernard Chester <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 23, 2008 4:28 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [RM] AIIM Wednesday Webinars
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>Nolene:
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>Look at who the speaker is, not just the sponsor. Some of the speakers are
>industry experts and their presentations can be pure education. But realize
>that the sponsors need to justify their expenditure by generating business,
>so cut them some slack when the commercial starts. Personally, I expect
>these webinars to be no worse than broadcast TV - about 25% sales - and
>don't complain unless they exceed that.
>
>Bernard Chester
>IMERGE Consulting
>
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>From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>Of Nolene Sherman
>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:09 PM
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>Subject: [RM] AIIM Wednesday Webinars
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>I regularly gets emails from AIIM (I'm not a member) regarding these
>Webinars. Many look interesting, but then I see they are sponsored by
>RIM vendors, which makes me think they are no more than video sales
>pitches. Am I off base on this? If not, is there enough neutral
>information in these presentations to make it worth my time to look at?
>
>I went to the ECM/Sharepoint seminar and was disappointed that it was no
>more than a small trade show for vendors that supplement SharePoint.
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