2009 Spring Workshop Series

The New Information Management Skills II

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12th & 13th, 2009
The Sheraton Ottawa - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
150 Albert Street
Registration at 8:00 am
Workshops run concurrently from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on both days

IM Awareness: Dipping into the TBS IM Awareness Tool Kit and how it can help you

How are you going to promote awareness about IM issues and concerns in your department?

The Treasury Board IM Strategy outlines the need for a change in IM culture across the government. IM awareness is critical to enabling this change and upcoming Management Accountability Framework (MAF) indicators will measure whether or not your department has a current IM awareness campaign.

If you don’t have an IM awareness campaign, are you ready to launch one? And if you do have an IM awareness campaign, are you able to sustain it or does it need to improve?

There is a solution to all these questions. It comes by way of the Treasury Board IM Awareness Tool Kit. In this session you’ll get a sneak preview of the TB IM Awareness Tool Kit, developed in consultation with departments across the government. You’ll dip into some of the initial activities suggested in the tool kit and get a head start on knowing what it takes to develop and sustain and IM awareness campaign that works for you.

By attending this workshop you will begin to:

Understand the difference between awareness and training
Understand the scope of work associated with promoting and sustaining awareness about IM issues and concerns
Recognize some of the IM issues and concerns at the GoC level and within your department
Explore key messages you can deliver that address IM issues and concerns

About Your Workshop Facilitator

Trevor Banks has been involved in the field of IM since joining the Government in 1995. As part of his work at Health Canada, Trevor was involved in launching the IM Awareness sessions. This project included being the lead in the production of the video IM Extreme Make Over. Recently, Trevor was the Manager of IM Policy at Privy Council Office. Among his successful endeavours there, was the co-production of an orientation session that demonstrated a partnership between the Library and other IM groups. Trevor has now taken all his lessons learnt on how to explain, teach and present IM to his current post as Manager of Governance & Community Relations at Treasury Board Secretariat.

Janice Francisco is a change facilitator, instructional designer, trainer, key note speaker and author who specializes in understanding the challenges and triumphs of leading change in the Information Management field. She holds an MSc in Creativity and Change Leadership, a Bachelor of Business Management, a diploma in Adult Education and is a Certified Professional Facilitator. She founded BridgePoint Effect in 2001 to help managers and teams approach change, challenges and opportunities more creatively and innovatively. Janice speaks internationally on IM issues and concerns and has worked on more than 20 RIM initiatives and recently facilitated the Treasury Board departmental consultations that supported the development of the prototype IM Awareness Tool Kit.