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March Webinar: Designing Rich Dashboards - Challenges & Best Practices

2012-02-20T19:01:10.731Z

Join us on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 11:00 am for the second instalment in our UX webinar series. In March, we will be tackling the topic of dashboards. Our session, entitled “Designing Rich Dashboards – Challenges & Best Practices”, looks at how dashboards can be effectively designed to not only help users understand and interpret complex data, but how they can help guide users into making smart decisions.

INM's Creative Director, Raluca Ene, and UX/UI Designer Kent Rahman are teaming up their expertise to look at some of the challenges that go into building great dashboards and they'll dive into the best practices of creating solutions that are both engaging and effective.

SOSgarde iPhone app is now available in the App Store

2012-02-16T13:56:38.303Z

The SOSgarde app is now available in the Apple App Store. This new iPhone app, built by INM for SOSgarde, lets busy parents access thousands of local babysitters and nannies anytime, anywhere. Parents can simply enter their residential postal code and pull up a short list of sitters from their local neighbourhood. They can then view the sitters’ detailed profiles, choose the one that best fits their needs and phone or email the sitter directly from the app to make arrangements.

To learn more, read the full press release. To download the app, visit the App Store.

INM and Kalmbach Package 37 years of Astronomy Magazine on DVD

2012-01-31T14:02:59.482Z

Astronomy lovers across the globe can now clear their archive issues out their basements and off their bookshelves. All 450 issues and 23 special editions of the world’s best astronomy magazine are now available as a searchable DVD collection.

INM worked with Astronomy Magazine publisher, Kalmbach Publishing, to package the issues as one collection. INM’s technology was used to make the magazines searchable and viewable on-screen. Readers can browse the entire collection as they would on paper, or can search the full collection by keyword or phrase. They can even save their favourite issues on their hard drive or print out specific articles.

For more details about this project, read the full press release.

“The Complete Collection” of Astronomy Magazine is available in the Kalmbach Bookstore for $149.

FGMDA Architects Choose INM

2012-01-18T17:07:01.748Z

Montreal-based architecture firm, Fournier Gersovitz Moss Drolet Architects (FGMDA), has chosen INM as part of the team behind its new branding and website revamp project. INM is working with local graphic design agency Bertuch to put a new face on the firm’s web presence. The new website, which will debut in early Spring, will better reflect this young and dynamic firm. The site will deliver stronger information architecture, clearer navigation, better project imagery and more information about the team.

INM President Returns to Judge MBA International Case Competition

2012-01-04T15:38:21.823Z

For the sixth consecutive year, INM President and Co-Founder, Vahe Kassardjian, will lend a hand and serve as a judge at the 31^st annual John Molson MBA International Case Competition.

This competition will bring together 36 teams of MBA students from the world’s top business schools, including groups from Canada, France, New Zealand and Israel. This event provides students with a unique opportunity to perfect their presentation and strategic thinking skills, while formulating recommendations for real-world business cases. The theme of this year’s competition is “Innovation”, and the competition focuses on the challenges and opportunities presented in a business world that strives for continuous improvement.

Each year, senior business executives lend their expertise to serve as judges, using their unique backgrounds, experience and perspectives to critically assess the participants' presentations.

The competition runs from Tuesday, January 3, 2012 through Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in downtown Montreal.

INM and Kalmbach Deliver 75 Years of Model Railroader Magazine on DVD

2011-11-25T15:46:19.267Z

INM recently completed its second project for Kalmbach publishing. After our successful first project earlier this year, “Trains Magazine Complete Collection 1940 – 2010”, INM has helped Kalmbach Publishing Co. deliver another great collection.

“75 Years of Model Railroader” is a searchable, DVD-based archive of over 900 issues of Model Railroader, the leading authority on building and operating layouts for model trains.

The collection includes over 100,000 pages of content that was digitally scanned and captured for on-screen delivery in its original format, exactly as it appears on paper. Each issue is full of step-by-step instructions, how-to projects, color photos, product reviews and expert tips.

Readers have full access to 75 years of model railroading history at their fingertips. With just a few clicks, readers can search by keyword, author, month, year or subject and pull-up content on-screen to read or print on their local system.

Learn more about the project by reading the full press release.

To purchase your own copy of “75 Years of Model Railroader”, visit the Kalmbach Bookstore.

SOSsitter Chooses INM as Mobile Development Partner

2011-11-16T14:04:30.701Z

We are excited to announce that SOSsitter, the go-to site for parents looking for local babysitter or nanny services across Canada, has chosen INM as its mobile development partner.

The free mobile application, initially available for iPhone, will provide parents on-the-go with the ability to quickly and easily search for local babysitters and nannies where and when they wish. The application enables parents to search and view customized profiles that are designed for quick scanning and easy information digestion. They can then directly reach out by phone or email to prospective sitters right from the application.

For more information about the application, read the full press release.

The application will be available in Q4 2011in the Apple App Store.

Visit us at Webcom Montreal

2011-11-11T17:20:58.699Z

Are you planning to attend Webcom Montreal on November 16, 2011? If so, come by and say hello to our team at the INM booth (Booth #6). We’ll be there with Adobe showcasing the new Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform. Come by and see a demo and chat with our team.

INM President, Vahe Kassardjian, will also be co-presenting with Stéphane LeSieur from Adobe on the topic of creating and managing immersive, multi-touchpoint client workflows. This session, which will be presented in French, is taking place at 11:40 am in room 5.

Don’t forget to drop off your card at the INM/Adobe booth for a chance to win a free copy of Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium.

Sign up for our “Creating Customer Engagement” Webinar

2011-11-11T17:10:12.324Z

Join us on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 for our joint webinar with Adobe. This session, “Creating Customer Engagement” looks at how to:

Create the level of engagement that consumers are demanding
Build engaging and compelling content and applications
Reuse content across multiple channels, including mobile
Measure and optimize across devices, screens, and customer channels to deliver results

Registration is free, but space is limited.

Register now.

Download our new eGuide on Responsive Web Design

2011-10-19T17:08:16.584Z

To support for our very popular "Bridging the Gap: Designing Rich Experiences for the Desktop, Web and Everything in Between" webinar, we’ve published a new INM eGuide with the same name. With the growth in the number and types of mobile devices on the market, it can be challenging and costly for organizations to develop their web presence to work well on every device.

Download and read our eGuide to understand how you can leverage responsive web design techniques to deliver a single version of your site that works a desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet and mobile phone, without separate delivery paths.

Download the eGuide now.

Join INM on Nov. 9 for a free “Creating Customer Engagement” webinar

2011-10-18T17:06:59.819Z

INM is offering a new webinar topic. This session, "Creating Customer Engagement” is being offered on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 11:00 am and again on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 11:00 am Eastern. This webinar looks at how organizations can capture interest and convert more business by creating customer engagement, including:

Creating the level of engagement that consumers are demanding
Building engaging and compelling content and applications
Reusing content across multiple channels, including mobile
Discovering tools and technologies to help you make your marketing more agile and responsive
Measuring and optimizing across devices, screens, and customer channels to deliver results

Register Now for November 9, 2011 at 11:00 am

Register Now for December 6, 2011 at 11:00 am

Fall Events Schedule

2011-09-08T17:03:40.711Z

Although many of you may still be thinking about summer vacation, we are already busy planning our fall event schedule.

Here are some of the events that we are planning to attend:

Webcom Montreal – November 15-16, 2011 in Montreal, QC
Webcom Montreal is the largest francophone conference in North America dealing with new web technologies, strategies and trends. INM will be on-site to meet with our local clients and prospects and will be discussing its partnership with Adobe to offer services for the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform.
Salon Business Intelligence – November 22, 2011 in Montreal, QC
The Salon Business Intelligence is designed to educate and promote the use of business intelligence. It brings together presentations from executives, experts, suppliers and academics and provides a great meeting of the minds on the subject. INM team members will be on-site to talk about the role Business Intelligence plays in application and website design.

If you are planning to be at one of these events, and would like to meet up with one of our team members, give us a call at +1 514 871 1333 ext. 237 or email Andrea.Simmons@INM.com.

We are also offering a new webinar series that kicks off in September. Our first session is:

Building Your Digital Presence - September 27, 2011. Everything you need to know about building and enhancing your organization's digital presence. To learn more or to register, visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/963549424

Additional webinars will be announced shortly.