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Best Practices is the premier annual conference for managers of information development, training, and support. You learn from your colleagues the best ideas and innovations in the industry. You discover how organizations are pursuing social media, dynamic publishing, content management, enterprise-wide information creation through wikis and blogs, and much more. You have the opportunity to interact with a community of peers, all of whom are struggling with many of the same challenges that you are. You learn about the experiences of managers and organizations that have introduced amazing innovations or seen significant increases in effectiveness and productivity.

Come to the Conference Free!

CIDM department members receive up to two complimentary conference registrations. Individual members receive a discounted registration. You will also receive a year's worth of valuable services provided by CIDM.

Please visit the CIDM Membership homepage for details.

Rare Bird Award

CIDM is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Rare Bird Award for distinguished contributions to best practices in management of information development. The winning entry will be a best practice that can make organizations more efficient and effective for the benefit of their companies and customers.

To be eligible for the Rare Bird award, an entrant must present their best practice during the 2012 Best Practices conference. Speakers, panel discussion participants, and those participating in the Showcase are eligible.

To learn more or to enter, go to the Rare Bird page.

Join the Showcase

If you have a great idea for change or can demonstrate how a new idea has worked in your organization, propose a Showcase poster presentation for the Tuesday afternoon session.

To learn more or to submit your best practice, go to the Showcase page.

Sponsorship Opportunities

If you are interested in sponsoring an event at Best Practices 2012 please click here.

The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) brings together the most highly skilled and talented managers in the field of information development from across the US and internationally to facilitate the sharing of information about current trends, best practices, and developments within the industry, from information development to training and support.

From previous conference participants

"First time for me. I plan to attend future conferences as it is a source of ideas."

"The collegial nature of this group is phenomenal! The opportunity to learn due to the ongoing membership & contact and the quality of what people are doing is an exceptional culmination of knowledge & practice."

"Sessions great, networking opportunities great—still the best conference and most valuable investment I've experienced!"

"Great conference, interesting conversations with many people. Good material, great collaboration."

"My first CIDM conference—Excellent!"

"Thank you. Great first conference of this nature for me. Definitely will attend/send folks in the future."

"Well done, as always. The time spent at the best practices conference is always well worth it."

"This conference has become one of my most important "tools" for continuing to move my team into the 21st century."

"Great conference! Always the highlight of my year. It was informative as it was fun!"

"An excellent, useful conference. Lots of good ideas. This will influence our development/rollout plans."

"Great conference! Well-organized! Fabulous people—presenters & attendees all very friendly, open & helpful."

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