Business Information on the Internet

To be held at Kings College London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London

Date: Wednesday, 2nd April 2008, 9.30 - 16.30

Course outline

This one day workshop looks at key sources of business information available on the Internet. It will compare what is available for free with pay-as-you-go and subscription services, and highlight quality, coverage, functionality and price.

Topics to be covered include:

• key starting points, evaluated listings and portals
• company information, including information on SMEs
• directories and marketing resources
• news, blogs, alerts and RSS
• official statistics and market data
• key search techniques

On completing this course you will

• have the key starting points at your fingertips
• have essential resources for the different types of business information
• be able to search more effectively and quickly for business information
• be able to assess when you will have to start paying for information
• have compiled your own Top 10 business resources

Course Presenter: Karen Blakeman

Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession for over twenty years and has been a freelance consultant since 1989. Her company (RBA Information Services) provides training and consultancy on the use of the Internet, and on accessing and managing information resources. Karen writes for "Business Information Searcher.” She also publishes a monthly, electronic newsletter called "Tales from the Terminal Room.” Her publications include "Search Strategies for the Internet,” now in its sixth edition. She is a Fellow of CILIP and in 2002 she received the Information World Review Information Professional of the Year award.

Further details are available on the UKeiG website.

UKeiG Intranets Forum 5th February - places still available

Date and time: Tuesday 5th February 2008 3pm to 5pm (coffee from 2.30pm)

There are still places available for the next meeting of the UKeiG Intranets Forum taking place on 5th February at Universities UK in London.

Roshan Khan, Head of Know-how at Maitland Advisory LLP will give a presentation entitled "The story of Maitrix" describing the development of their global intranet over the last 3 years.

Susan Bradley, Information Officer, Universities UK will demonstrate the UUK intranet.

This is a free, informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members to be held at:

Universities UK,
Woburn House,
20 Tavistock Square,
London, WC1H 9HQ
http://www.woburnhouse.co.uk/location (The meeting is in the Boardroom)

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UkeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG Subscription Renewals

A reminder to UKeiG members that for many of you your membership renewal is now due. If you are a CILIP member you will already have received your renewal forms from CILIP. You should check that UKeiG (code Y) is in your list of Special Interest Groups.

Even if you normally renew via CILIP you will also be receiving a form from us at UKeiG. Please do fill this in and return it to Christine Baker (details on the form) to ensure that we have your correct contact details. It also helps us with our financial, budget and operational planning to know who is intending to renew their subscription to UKeiG.

For those of you who are not members of CILIP, remember that you can renew direct via our web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html
There is also an option to pay using your credit card via PayPal for personal, student, unwaged and Institutional members.

Important: You have until March 31st to renew your membership. If you have not renewed by then, you will be removed from the membership database and no longer eligible for membership benefits.

Some of you - in most cases those of you who joined CILIP or UKeiG direct in 2007 - may be on 'rolling renewal' which means that your membership is due for renewal on the anniversary of your first subscription. You will receive your renewal documentation at the appropriate time.

If you have any questions about UKeiG membership or your renewal please contact Christine Baker (cabaker@ukeig.org.uk) or Karen Blakeman, UKeiG Hon. Sec. (karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk)

An Intranet Masterclass with James Robertson

Intranet Focus Ltd in association with UKeiG present:

An Intranet Masterclass with James Robertson, Step Two Designs.

Date: Friday 7 March 2008, 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Venue: Axa Group UK, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC1

James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs, Sydney Australia, is an intranet consultant with an international reputation. He is the author of the Intranet Roadmap, Improving Intranet Search, Staff Directories and 6x2 Methodology for Intranets reports, along with 150+ articles. He has keynoted conferences throughout the world, including USA, UK, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand

This is his first-ever Masterclass in the UK, and during the course of the day James will share the experience he has gained in corporate, public and academic intranet projects, and through the Intranet Leadership Forum that has been very successfully established by his company.

The main topics that will be covered in this Masterclass will be:

• Managing the evolution of intranets
• Intranet innovation – critical success factors
• Establishing effective collaboration
• Improving intranet search

James will also present the lessons learned by the award winners in the 2007 Intranet Innovation Awards. The Masterclass will conclude with a Q&A session in which James will be joined by Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd. To ensure that all delegates have an opportunity to share ideas and issues workshop places will be limited so early registration is advisable.

The registration fee will be £250 plus VAT, to include a hot lunch, refreshments and documentation. A limited number of places have been reserved for UKeiG members at the substantial discount of £195 plus VAT.

For more information and a booking form send an email with Intranet Masterclass in the Subject line to martin.white@intranetfocus.com or call 01403 267030.

Intranets Forum next meeting February 5th 2008

The next meeting of the UKeiG Intranets Forum will take place on 5th February at Universities UK in London.

Roshan Khan, Head of Know-how at Maitland Advisory LLP will give a presentation entitled "The story of Maitrix" describing the development of their global intranet over the last 3 years.

Susan Bradley, Information Officer, Universities UK will demonstrate the UUK intranet.

Venue:

Universities UK,
Woburn House,
20 Tavistock Square,
London, WC1H 9HQ
http://www.woburnhouse.co.uk/location (The meeting is in the Boardroom)

Date and time: Tuseday, 5th February 2008, 3pm to 5pm (coffee from 2.30pm)

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

This is a free, informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members. If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG 2008 Management Committee

A New Year and a new UKeiG Management Committee!

As part of the new governance structure at CILIP, the governance year for CILIP is now January to December instead of April to March. The Special Interest Groups have until 2009 to move to the Jan-Dec governance year but the UKeiG management committee decided that it would be easier and less confusing to change straight away.

The UKeiG management committee for 2008 is as follows:

Chair: Gary Horrocks
Vice Chair: Martin White
Hon Treasurer: Jane Grogan
Hon Secretary: Karen Blakeman
Janet Corcoran
Gina Cybulska
Tracy Kent
Megan Roberts
Michael Upshall
Sheila Walker

Christine Baker continues to be the Group's main contact point for admin and membership.

Contact details for the committee are on the UKeiG web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/contact/index.html

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