Here’s a complete list of all our 8 things guest posts… Enjoy. And don’t forget our e-books, located HERE. Many thanks to all the contributors on this project. I appreciate your involvement and insights. For those of you unfamiliar with AIIM, we are a non-profit organization focused on helping organizations find, control, and manage their information. Whether you are a user, a hardware or software vendor, or part of the content channel, AIIM is the leading voice for the document, content, and records space. We do market research,provide training and education, and help those on the sell side of the industry connect with prospective customers. 8 Things About an Information-Driven Business 8 Reasons Large Format Scanning Should Play an Important Role in Your ECM Plan 8 Risks Organizations Can Avoid by Using a Document Management Solution 8 reasons why 2011 will be the year of CMIS 8 Things I have Learned About Effective Presentations 8 Things You Need to Know About Open Source ECM 8 Things to Consider When Evaluating a Managed Print Services Program 8 Reasons “Social Email” is The Ideal Enterprise 2.0 Enabler 8 Reasons why Santa Claus Needs Cloud-Based Document Management 8 Things the Jersey Shore Taught…

The success of any organization’s information management (IM) strategy depends on managing three different spheres of concern: people, business processes, and technology. IM strategies often fail because they do not properly address one or more of those areas which are like three legs of a stool: remove one and the whole thing falls over. The following eight points identify some key considerations for each of these legs. Each point is a distinct, major area of activity within any large-scale IM strategy. Putting sufficient effort into all of these areas will significantly improve your degree of success, but losing focus on even one of them can have a disproportionately large and detrimental impact. 8 Information Management Strategy Factors The First Leg: People 1 — Don’t Underestimate the Challenges of Changing People’s Behavior. Changing people’s behavior is the greatest obstacle to the success of an IM strategy. Behavior changes when there is motivation to do so, and when the barriers to change are removed. If people don’t believe that changing will make them more successful or make their lives easier, they won’t do it. Even when convinced of the benefits of changing, the transition must be facilitated by removing the obstacles and…

Here’s a complete list of all our 8 things guest posts… Enjoy. And don’t forget our e-books, located HERE. Many thanks to all the contributors on this project. I appreciate your involvement and insights. For those of you unfamiliar with AIIM, we are a non-profit organization focused on helping organizations find, control, and manage their information. Whether you are a user, a hardware or software vendor, or part of the content channel, AIIM is the leading voice for the document, content, and records space. We do market research, provide training and education, and help those on the sell side of the industry connect with prospective customers. 8 Benefits to Gain by Outsourcing a Document Management Provider 8 Things to Consider When Writing an ECM Request for Proposal (RFP) 8 Major Trends That Will Change ECM in the Coming Years 8 Tips for Converting Your SEO Operation into a Key Online Marketing Channel 8 Things You Should Know About Your Digital Images 8 Things You Need to Know About Managing Your Personal Electronic Information — Too Much Paper, Too Little Time 8 Things You Need to Know about Devising an Information Governance Strategy 8 Ways to Advance Your ECM Project 8…

Today’s guest blogger is Faine Mende, President of ActiveDocs North America. Faine has over ten years’ experience in software product development and sales, combining expertise in both product development and client management. Having worked globally at enterprise level Faine has broad experience with introducing product and setting up often complicated implementations and she has had to understand the unique needs of a variety of territories, often working to initiate installations of cutting-edge technology with ageing incumbent solutions. As standard documents become more complex, and organizations adopt new systems and technology, the information for these documents needs to come from different places. Pricing information may come from a financial management, sales configuration or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, while customer contact details may be stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) or contract management system. Other parts of these documents may only need to be included in certain situations, or spreadsheets that contain charts that need to somehow be incorporated. This process is often time consuming, unwieldy and error-prone. Organizations can gain extra efficiencies and optimize their resources by automating the creation of standard documents. Automation can also extend traditional templates to become more powerful by taking advantage of new technologies…