Introducing MER ’12</h1> <article> <h1>Introducing MER ’12</h1> <p>tbritton — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:46 +0000</p> The MER is the only conference exclusively focused on addressing the key operational, technical, and legal issues associated with the life-cycle management of electronic records. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=281">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Important News about our Closing Keynote Session 26</h1> <p>bethany — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:48:08 +0000</p> Judge Paul Grimm will not be participating in our closing Keynote, titled “The Disposition of “Stuff” – Three Judicial Perspectives” due to an illness. We are delighted to report, however, that Judge Peter Flynn has agreed at the last minute … <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=233">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>A “MERmento” Compliments of HP</h1> <p>bethany — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:19:35 +0000</p> Thanks to our friends at HP, each MER 2011 registrant will receive the latest edition of “Information Nation”-gratis-as a “MERmento”. Randolph Kahn, Esq. is presenting the opening Keynote session at this year’s MER, titled “The Action Imperative: Make Your ‘Everest’ … <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=136">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>For those interested in learning more about the MER Conference…</h1> <p>Bob Williams — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:34:32 +0000</p> Bob Williams video on You Tube </article> <article> <h1>Session 26 – Closing KEYNOTE: The Disposition of “Stuff” – Three Judicial Perspectives</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:49:57 +0000</p> There are three operational reasons why the disposition of Stuff (no longer needed e-content) is a very important issue. - There is so much e-stuff - with an ever-increasing rate of growth, - The cost of storing e-stuff is skyrocketing - with unsustainable budgetary impact, and - The operating risks of having unwanted e-stuff are unacceptable - and contrary to good governance. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=128">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 25 – Utilizing Marginal Utility to Assess Legacy Data Sets</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:48:00 +0000</p> All organizations have Stuff – data they no longer use, no longer need, or can no longer access. Accumulations of such legacy data create storage, records management, and legal risks and costs for the organization. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=126">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 24 – The Big Organizational Void: Why RIM Programs Will Continue to Fail Until We Rethink Who is Really Responsible for Corporate Governance</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:46:38 +0000</p> Existing structures have not kept pace with the complexity and difficulty of managing information. Each year, although we spend more on hardware and software, we continue to wallow in a plague of information mismanagement. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=124">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 23 – CASE STUDY: Towards the Future – City of Toronto Digital Preservation Initiative</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:45:00 +0000</p> This session is a case study of the 2010 City of Toronto (www.toronto.ca) initiative to address long-term preservation of and access to the city's growing volume of digitized and born digital records and information assets. The City of Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario, and the largest city in Canada. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=121">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 22 – What’s the Use? Managing Records of Social Media</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:19:09 +0000</p> All organizations and individuals use social media to communicate in a variety of ways: - From... disseminating information - in an essentially Web 1.0 manner, - Through... using that information interactively - which can range from two-way communications between the sponsor and a targeted community to actually transacting business, - To... using the technology to enable new ways of doing business - and even new businesses. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=119">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 21 – Mock Hearing on the Disposition of Computer Tapes – You Render the Verdict – American Idol Style!</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:17:28 +0000</p> Hon. James Francis IV, Anne Kershaw, Steven Teppler, Esq., & David Lewis, PhD The Case: Class Action Wage/Hours Claim vs. Big Company. Plaintiffs claim: They were improperly denied overtime pay for the time spent on the job waiting for their … <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=116">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 20 – CASE STUDY: 3M Company’s Enterprise Email and Records Management Solution – Reducing the ECM Landfill!</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:15:15 +0000</p> 3M Company spent years searching for the right ECM, email, and e-discovery solution to accomplish the company's goals for compliance, as well as reducing discovery and IT costs. With 30,000 users who will eventually use the system, ensuring user acceptance and minimizing user disruption were critical requirements. Learn about the solution 3M selected. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=114">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 19 – A Practical Approach to Managing Social Media Content as Records</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:13:23 +0000</p> Many organizations have moved beyond experimenting with social media tools to incorporating them into business processes. As a result, both commercial services and enterprise social content tools are significantly changing the ways organizations do business and interact with their constituents. As the amount of content generated by these tools increases, so does the need to manage them successfully. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=112">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 18 – Managing Personal Data in International Retention Schedules, Discovery, and Transfers</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:11:47 +0000</p> Last year, the European Commission, and a number of other non-U.S. legislative and administrative bodies around the world issued guidelines impacting management of records classified as "personal data." This session will provide guidance for your organization to navigate more safely the cross-currents of global data privacy and transnational records management and disclosure. <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=110">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 17 – Records Management Improvements in SharePoint 2010</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:09:04 +0000</p> Is your company largely a conglomeration of "silo" business units and departments where implementation of the records management policy and retention schedules is so manual and decentralized that it feels like each employee is "doing their own thing with their own information?" <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=107">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> <article> <h1>Session 16 – Cloud Control: Achieving the Right Level of Information Governance</h1> <p>bethany — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:07:46 +0000</p> So many organizations are already in – or headed for – "the Cloud". By 2020, more than a third of the digital universe will live in or pass through the Cloud. Unfortunately, most organizations are unprepared to meet the new RIM risks associated with the Cloud – and mitigating these Cloud risks is more difficult than for internally managed information. The difficulty is two-fold . . . <a href="http://blog.merconference.com/?p=105">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> </article> </main></body></html>