ECMINSTITUTE News

National Semantic Web Educational Program

2009-07-08T22:35:00.005-04:00

ECMINSTITUTE is sponsoring a series of training seminars focused on the Semantic Web. Starting on July 28, 2009, Clark and Parsia will demonstrate NASA’s POPS Expert Locator software to government members of KM.gov. The purpose of POPS is to integrate NASA’s information about its nearly 70,000 combined civil service and contractor workforce in one place, linking the relevant, related information to form a comprehensive data service for staffers, workforce planners, analysts, and related personnel. POPS delivers an easy to use, effective application for expertise location and workforce analysis in a cost-effective manner by reusing existing information sources, and integrating them using RDF and other semantic web technologies. POPS provides access to the resulting information aggregation via jSpace, which is a visual query builder and Linked Data browser for SPARQL and other RDF query languages.

Idea Tuesday: Helping Government Change Through Knowledge Management

2009-02-12T23:22:00.008-05:00

Over two dozen federal agencies including the US Army, Navy, Air Force, FBI, NASA, and FAA attended the Idea Tuesday collaboration web conference on February 3, 2009. Entitled "The Federal Knowledge Management Initiative Roadmap."

Mr. Neil Olonoff of KM.gov summarized the status of the effort to form an official center for Knowledge Management (KM) in the Federal Government. The mission of the KM Center is to enact policies, standards, and practices to help improve knowledge management throughout government and prevent future disasters such as 911, Katrina, and the Shuttle failure. The presentation is available in Slideshare.

As one non-government attendee distinctly summarized the experience:

“I am very excited that the government is looking at KM as a disciplined approach to managing the vast amounts of knowledge resident in the heads of vast numbers of federal employees and mired deep within the virtual chasms of the government's online presence. It is incredibly exciting to be on the ground floor of what will surely make an incredibly positive impact on our country.”

Idea Tuesday is a weekly event open to all professionals in the Enterprise Content and Knowledge Management Industries.

IdeaNotes: Open Source Knowledge Sharing!

2009-01-04T18:07:00.013-05:00

"IdeaNotes provide an open source, electronic journal application for capturing ideas, best practices, and web links" CLICK HERE

What are IdeaNotes?

IdeaNotes are electronic text messages representing short written descriptions of ideas, best practices, and web links. IdeaNotes function as "idea collectors" within organizations capturing thoughts, professional advice, and personal experiences as they occur during the workday. Unlike popular messaging systems such as Twitter, IdeaNotes are completely community-driven and incorporate open source spreadsheets for capturing and storing messages.

Try it Now!

To see it in action, sign into your Google account and click the "IdeaNotes" tab within any community.

Live Web Conference Tuesday, December 16th at 1:00pm EST

2008-12-15T18:00:00.001-05:00

	IDEA Tuesday is a weekly online collaborative webinar focused on ECM & KM challenges. This week Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will be discussing the Next-Generation Knowledge Management.
This event is FREE and open to the public but membership in KM.gov is recommended and enrollment is limited. If you are interested in becoming a KM.gov member, please fill out this form.

Dojo Foundation Spotlights ECMINSTITUTE's New Website

2008-12-04T18:09:00.002-05:00

The Dojo Foundation - the open source developers of the popular Dojo Toolkit - selected ECMHUB as a Spotlight example showing the benefits of their Javascript technology.

What makes ECMHUB unique is the ability for the application to track the status of an entire industry through a massive mashup of blogs, news, webcasts, events, discussions, videos, and RFPs. Implementing AJAX powered through Dojo provides a single page, single click website that eliminates the need for individuals to search or aggregate industry information on their own. We believe this model, multiplied over many industries, would significantly reduce the need for generic Internet search, bookmarking, and RSS aggregation. Over time, one could imagine multiple industry hubs fundamentally changing how people view and use the Internet.

Serving Up Widgets Everywhere

2008-11-23T17:44:00.008-05:00

The ECMINSTITUTE is delivering widgets containing popular ECMHUB.org feeds throughout many communities. The widgets are custom designed and include blogs, news, events, forms, and community conference rooms. The widgets are completely portable and may be shared and embedded within web pages. If your organization, users group, or community is interested in participating, please let us know. They are completely free.

ECMHUB: Learn, Discover, Connect

2008-11-19T17:58:00.003-05:00

As industry professionals, we must constantly search for new technologies, best practices, and professional advice. The ECMINSTITUTE provides a single, unbiased resource to help ECM & KM professionals learn, discover, and connect.

Our website, ECMHUB.org, combines news and information feeds from dozens of websites into a single, point and click industry portal. We are excited to offer a community website that highlights the latest advances in Web 2.0 technologies. Explorer Blinkx displaying 54 video thumbnails, latest Slideshare slides, Youtube videos, and the FedBizOpps business opportunities all within 40 industry communities.

Live Web Conference HERE on Tuesday November 18, 1pm EDT

2008-11-10T18:07:00.000-05:00

Attend this free Knowledge Management web conference. Sign up by logging in to your Google account, navigate to the Storytelling Community, and select the Sign Up link.

Dr. John Girard will lead a live web conferencing session aimed to share narrative tools and techniques that facilitate knowledge sharing. After briefly reviewing the theory of storytelling, John will describe the types of stories available to organizational leaders. The session culminates with a case study of storytelling in action. Three stories will be reviewed with a view of determining the key elements of success. John will present a Powerpoint slideshow and take questions at the end. Total time: 1 hour.

ECMHUB.org Hosting Federal KM Working Group Web Conferences

2008-10-22T18:36:00.001-04:00

"Starting in October, 2008 the ECMINSTITUTE will host the KM.GOV web conferences. The KM.GOV represents the Federal Knowledge Management Working Group (FKWG)."

The KMWG mission is to inform and support federal government departments, agencies, and organizations in the implementation of knowledge management (KM) activities, practices, lessons learned, and technologies. The ECMINSTITUTE will host web conferences for the FKWG every Tuesday at 1:00pm EST. If you are interested in attending, please sign up within the KM Community Page. Details for each meeting will be posted prior to the event. Please understand that this is a PRIVATE conference. Space is limited and your participation must be approved by the FKWG prior to attending.

The ECMINSTITUTE will sponsor web conferences including providing telephone, video, and screen sharing services for FREE OF CHARGE. If you are interested in scheduling your own event, please sign in to your Google account, navigate to the community of your choice, and click the "Schedule" button located in the "Activities & Sponsorship" margin.

2008-10-15T18:31:00.001-04:00

Today, the ECMINSTITUTE upgraded the ECMHUB website to include Google Knol aggregation.

Google Knol is the latest project from Google intended to build blogging into a knowledge resource similar to Wikipedia. Leveraging this initiative for the Enterprise Content and Knowledge Management industries, ECMHUB.org now embeds Knol search widgets into each cloud community. The search widget enables website participants to quickly retrieve the latest community knol articles as well as enter customized queries. The addition of Google Knol increases the total number of daily articles aggregated by ECMHUB to over 6,000.

ECMHUB: Single Page, Single Click Website Launched

2008-10-11T18:30:00.001-04:00

"The ECMINSTITUTE released today the world's largest Internet portal servicing the Enterprise Content Management industry with support of 40 individual communities with over 5,000 daily news and information-related items."

ECMHUB.org - the home page for the ECMINSTITUTE - provides 40 industry specific communities with daily feeds of over 5,000 articles including blogs, news, webcasts, events, discussions, videos, and RFPs. The website v2.0 incorporates emerging cloud and mashup technologies to deliver a single-page, single-click access to all the latest news and information within the content management industry. Unlike traditional information exclusive websites, ECMHUB.org provides a rich infrastructure for true web collaboration with free built-in 3D chat, video and audio conferencing, whiteboarding, and screensharing.

With a Google login as the only requirement to participate, the website encourages content management professionals to contribute to an ever-growing knowledge base of information. Built with the same infrastructure that Google uses, ECMHUB.org provides a scalable, single point location for professionals to meet, learn, and discover.

Integrated Web Conferencing Announced

2008-08-29T18:29:00.000-04:00

"With no software to download or install, Dimdim forever democratizes web-based live meetings. In seconds - right from your browser - you easily host or attend web meetings complete with audio and video conferencing, screen and application sharing."

The ECMINSTITUTE, in cooperation with DimDim SAAS professional services, plans to provide free web conferencing for its members with the release of its new website ECMHUB.com. DimDim is a strong competitor to Webex and Microsoft LiveMeeting offering web conferencing for 20 or less participants for free. The ECMINSTITUTE plans to incorporate DimDim into its Google App Engine infrastructure. When the website is completed, anyone with a standard Google account will have single-click access to host and participate in live web-meetings. For larger audiences, the ECMINSTITUTE will also offer an upgraded version to support up to 100 participants. These online "industry events" will appear in a dedicated area inside each community home page where organizations and sponsors can plan, schedule, and promote industry specific activities.

Cloud Tags + Virtual Communities = Cloud Communities

2008-07-11T18:26:00.001-04:00

"Second generation tag clouds crossed with virtual communities produce a whole new way to connect people together. We believe in the years to come this simplified navigation approach within the context of communities will dramatically reduce the need for traditional Internet searching."

The ECMINSTITUTE plans to introduce a cloud navigation system with its forthcoming release of ECMHUB.org. The proposed tag cloud will represent dozens of virtual communities linked together within the broader industry view of content management. Within the cloud each community including , companies, trends, disciplines, and applications will all have an associated weight, color, and text size. Similar communities will be clustered together to show implied associations. When a cloud community is clicked, a tab display will appear providing additional details include current news, events, and RFPs.

Google App Engine Infrastructure Announced

2008-06-05T18:24:00.000-04:00

	"Google App Engine lets you run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow."
To build a world-wide social computing platform for it's members, the ECMINSTITUTE announced today that it plans to build a new website powered by Google App Engine. The new website will combined several technologies including Google Docs, AJAX, and various software mashup tools into a browser-based application powered by Google App Engine.

Over 40 Companies Sign up as "Solvers"

2008-04-11T18:22:00.000-04:00

	"At the ECMINSTITUTE we attempt to remove boundaries between organizations. Instead of struggling to solve problems internally, we encourage organizations to look outward across the industry to diverse "Solvers".
During the 2008 AIIM Expo, over 40 organizations including EMC, Google, Salesforce, Oracle, Westbrook, AINS, and IIMI become official Solvers for the ECMINSTITUTE. Our Solvers participate in formal peers reviews where Seekers submit problems to the ECMINSTITUTE for unique and creative problem solving.

The ECMINSTITUTE Doors are Now Open!

2007-11-12T18:17:00.001-05:00

"The ECMINSTITUTE is founded on the premise that the most effective way to solve problems in content management is promote broad and rapid knowledge transfer collectively between organizations."

The ECMINSTITUTE open its doors for business today. As an independent Association of Content Management Professionals. We service both the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Knowledge Management (KM) Industries and our members include IT professionals from a wide variety of both private and public organizations, including specialized vendors and consultants. Our primary objective is to help organizations successfully plan, design, build, and deploy content management solutions.