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Whining About Records keynotes
ARMA Vancouver Island is pleased to announced Christa Williams as a featured keynote speaker at this October's Whining About Records conference.Christa Williams is a member of the Nlaka'pamux Nation and has extensive experience in working for First Nations in BC. She is currently working for the First Nations Leaders developing a BC-wide First Nations Public Service Capacity Building Strategy to support people working in First Nations communities.
Christa is widely regarded as an expert in Aboriginal and First Nations education issues and administration. She has strong skills sets in community development, consultation management, strategic planning and project management.
Christa was the Executive Director of the First Nations Education Steering Committee since for 14.5 years. Christa's long-standing commitment to improving First Nations education has led to significant achievements provincially and nationally. The First Nations Education Steering Committee is a non-profit, independent organization directed by a large board of First Nations community representatives. Under Christa's leadership, FNESC has grown to be an influential body supporting the development of high quality of education for Aboriginal students from kindergarten through post-secondary and adult education.
Christa holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from Queen's University and sits on various boards including the Board of Governors of Royal Roads University. In 2006 Christa was recognized by the Province of British Columbia and the First Nations Leadership Council for her contribution to BC Society in the area of Education.
Whining About Records keynotes
ARMA Vancouver Island is pleased to announced Dr Mark Langemo as the opening keynote speaker at this October's Whining About Records conference. Dr Langemo is a prolific writer who has published over 60 magazine and journal articles. He is the author of the CD-ROM video training series Establishing and Managing Successful Records Management Programs published in 2003 and the book Winning Strategies for Successful Records Management Programs published in 2002 by Information Requirements Clearinghouse, Inc. (www.irch.com). Dr. Langemo has been the University of North Dakota’s “Teacher of the Year,” and he has received a national award for “excellence in continuing education seminars.” He is a Certified Records Manager (CRM) who was inducted into ARMA International’s “Company of Fellows” in 1991—ARMA’s highest award to an individual. In 1993, Mark Langemo was given the prestigious Emmett Leahy Award by the Institute of Certified Records Managers. The Leahy Award is the highest award internationally in the profession of Records Management. Dr. Langemo is a veteran records management seminar leader, consultant, and a dynamic speaker who presents content-filled, current-to-the-moment, media-illustrated, dynamic, and entertaining seminars.
SharePoint 2010 Document and Records Management Unleashed! Demonstration
Softlanding is a premier IT integration services consulting company located in Vancouver. In operation since 2000, they specialize in the deployment, management and support of Microsoft solutions and technologies. Since its introduction in 2001 SharePoint has enjoyed explosive growth and has become Microsoft’s fastest growing product in history. Softlanding has worked with every iteration of SharePoint since its inception, and has already completed 3 projects in SharePoint 2010. This presentation will review and demonstrate the capabilities and improvements that make SharePoint 2010 a serious threat in the highly competitive arena of Document and Records management.
The afternoon starts at 1:00pm (attendees should arrive between 12:30 and 1pm) with an hour-long introductory presentation, followed by coffee and then a live demonstration on one of Softlanding's SharePoint systems. The afternoon will wrap-up at 3:30pm after ample time for discussion and Q&A.
Registration is $20 for ARMA members and $25 for non-members.
2010 ARMA Mountain Pacific Conference "Whining About Records" Call for Speakers
The ARMA chapters of Calgary, Vancouver and Vancouver Island are soliciting applications from speakers to present at the 2010 conference in Kelowna, British Columbia from October 12-15, 2010.
If you have an interesting idea for a quality educational presentation (case study, lecture, panel or workshop), you are invited to submit a written speaker application by February 28, 2010. The conference will be focusing on three educational tracks and preference will be given to presentations which support one of these subject areas:
- Basic Records Management
- Electronic Records Management
- Records Sustainability
ARMA Canada 2010 Call for Speakers
The 2010 ARMA Canada conference will be held from May 30 to June 2, 2010 in London, Ontario. London is approximately 2.5 hours west of Toronto.
Do you have an interesting idea for a quality education presentation (case study, lecture, panel or workshop) that you'd like to present at the 2010 conference? If yes, please submit your written speaker application by 5 PM EST on December 15, 2009.
Before completing your application, please read the backgrounder containing information about the submission and selection processes, and instructions for completing selected sections of the form.
If you have any questions about education presentations at the ARMA Canada 2010 conference, please contact the ARMA Canada Director of Program: Sheila Taylor, CRM at staylor@condar.ca or by phone at 905.702.8756.
2009 ARMA International Conference materials
In economic times like these, travel budgets can be difficult to come by. But the education available at the ARMA International Conference & Expo is second to none, helping information management professionals to overcome difficult challenges quickly. Some of the most popular sessions have been captured and are available for purchase.
Please see our Education page for more details.
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