[Sigia-l] Taxonomy & Metadata – Jumpstart Call Series, Thursdays Apr 5-26th, 1:00- 2:30pm EST

[Patrick Valiquet]

Hi,

Join us for a free series of four Jumpstart calls on Taxonomy & Metadata.

Dates: Thursdays, April 5 - 26th
Time: 1:00-2:30pm EST

Sign up for the sessions at
http://earley.com/TaxonomyMetadataJumpstart.asp

Get up to speed quickly on what you need to know about taxonomies and
learn how to get started on a taxonomy project in your organization in
this free 4-week webinar series. The Taxonomy & Metadata JumpStart will
tackle some of the issues and challenges in deriving taxonomies and
metadata standards. During these calls, you will hear from experts at
leading Fortune 500 companies and be exposed to tools from select vendors.

Led by Seth Earley of Earley and Associates, each of the four 90-minute
webinars feature taxonomy experts and practitioners sharing practical
advice and information about how to develop, manage, and maintain a
taxonomy. You'll receive a valuable slide deck in advance of each call,
and have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers and interact
with others in the audience.

April 5th - 1:00-2:30pm EST
Session 1: What Is a Taxonomy & Why Do You Need One?
Topics include:

    * Why search needs a taxonomy
    * Making the business case
    * Why not just get Google?
    * Let's have a folksonomy

Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Christine Connors (Intuit),
Joseph Busch (Taxonomy Strategies LLP)

April 12th - 1:00-2:30pm EST
Session 2: Getting Started - Taxonomy Building Blocks
Topics include:

    * What is a taxonomy?
    * What is metadata? What is a thesaurus?
    * How do these pieces become a taxonomy?
    * A taxonomy project roadmap

Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Marjorie Hlava & Jay Ven
Eman (Access Innovations, Inc.)

April 19th - 1:00-2:30pm EST
Session 3: Managing Structured Metadata and Taxonomies
Topics include:

    * Relationship between taxonomy, metadata and content objects
    * Metadata standards and thesaurus structures
    * Managing taxonomic and structured metadata - the different flavors
 * Bridging the gap between the data world and the content world

Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Barbara Nichols (Metaview
360), Stu Carty (Gavlian Research)

April 26th - 1:00-2:30pm EST
Session 4: Deploying a taxonomy
Topics include:

    * Integration with CMS & search
    * Implementation challenges
    * Testing and usability
    * Governance and maintenance

Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Richard Beatch (Dell Inc.),
Ron Daniel (Taxonomy Strategies LLP), Stephanie Lemieux (Earley &
Associates)