On the Cusp of DHUG

Next week will be the 11th Annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting here in Albuquerque. By far, the biggest week of the year for Access Innovations as our clients come from all over the nation to meet and learn from the people who built the software and use it on a daily basis.

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Early Bird Discounts for Enterprise Data World Conference

The Enterprise Data World Conference in Washington, DC March 29 – April 3, 2015 is around the corner and if you haven’t made the decision to attend yet, maybe the list of keynote speakers will help you make up your mind. The speakers will change the way you make decisions in our data-driven world and hopefully inspire you to use your data skills in new ways.

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Time for Camp

It is time to start thinking about taxonomies. Taxonomies are powerful tools used by a wide range of professionals, from marketers to data scientists, for solving diverse problems from navigation to product information management. At this year’s Taxonomy Boot Camp in Washington D.C. on November 2-3, 2015, the theme is “Sharing Solutions: Taxonomy Across Boundaries.”

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A Newbie’s Guide to DHUG, Part 2

It’s hard to believe that the Data Harmony Users Group Meeting starts a week from today. If I thought things were buzzing in the office a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know what was in store for me. And since there’s so much to do, it’s definitely at the front of my mind.

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Looking at Taxonomy Trends

Heather Hedden, author and taxonomist, is taking a look at the products available and the trends that are evident within the taxonomy field. Some things haven’t changed like the increase in cloud/web-based software, more SKOS/RDF/Semantic web framework software, and more plugins to SharePoint, content management systems, and search engines.

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You want tools with that?

There have been many changes with the advent of digital formats. For the publishing world, the most significant is possibly the changed perception of time. You know, the time gap between writing and actual publishing, as well as the time between publishing your works to readers and seeing how they receive them. Analytics are now practically real-time. But has technology caught up with that? Are there proper analytical software tools available to gather and interpret this very valuable information?

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A Newbie’s Guide to DHUG Meetings

The biggest week of the year at Access Innovations is almost upon us. Every year, we present Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting, where our esteemed clients come from all over the nation to meet and learn from the people who built the software and use it on a daily basis. Right about now, there starts to be a lot of buzz around the office. There are a lot of people coming to Albuquerque for this, and everyone here is pretty excited to swap ideas with them, because they’ve come up with some interesting uses of our software, things that have made us better in the process.

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Collaboration Fosters Quality

2014 was and 2015 appears to be following in suit, the year of mergers and acquisitions. We have shared a few of those, always emphasizing that collaboration almost always results in better anything – products, results, and even people. But in the world of non-profits how does mergers prove beneficial?

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