the infotention network story 03132012

The Infotention Network

http://www.infotention.com March 13, 2012

© 2012 The Infotention Network

Mission StatementThe Infotention Network (TIN) provides workshops and resources that enable participants to transform their relationship with information to one of focus, confidence, mastery and ease.

The Network's programs, curricula, and tools enhance the participants’ ability to source, select, and process information; transform information into usable knowledge; and disseminate that knowledge as enriched enterprise intellectual capital.


Information Overload

Make Information Overload a Thing of the Past

Does this sound familiar? You can’t keep up with:

- your inbox -the Company newsletter- the memorandum from corporate -the latest trade journal articles - incoming from family -Compliance documentation-regulations/rules changes -trouble tickets flagged priority -the strategic planning team you chair -social monitoring and metrics

-Web 2.0, 3.0 and beyond.


Information Overload (continued)

You’re Overloaded already! And every day, there’s more:

Behind the Firewall In the Field

–Mail –Industry News

–Snail mail –New Technologies

–Voicemail –Competitors

–Cell –New Research

–Text –New Regulations

–Tweet –Upgrades

–Docs –Service Contracts

–Specs –Best Practices

–Project Plans –International Challenges

–Finance, HR, Legal –Risk Management

–Reports –New Builds

–Audits –Migration to the Cloud

–Client Communications –The Latest Score

–Meetings


The Infotention NetworkIsn’t it Time to Take Control?

Wouldn’t you like to transcend information overload by transforming potentially overwhelming streams of incoming information into accurate, relevant, useful, and timely knowledge?

Curing information overload is accomplished by acquiring a skill set for developing a personal knowledge management system; one that enables you, on an ongoing basis, to:

– identify and source important, relevant and authoritative information;– automate hunting and gathering of outside materials;– filter all incoming so the important is prioritized, and the irrelevant is eliminated;– present the results in easily organized and reviewable windows; and– facilitate identification, efficient storage and easy future retrieval or reference.

Together, we call this skill set Infotention.

Infotention is developed both inwardly, as a personal knowledge management skill, and outwardly, as a means of connecting and collaborating with colleagues and team members, and intentionally imbuing knowledge with social context.


The Infotention Network provides workshops and resources that enable participants to transform their relationship with information to one of focus, confidence, mastery and ease.

The Network’s programs, curricula and tools enhance the participants’ ability to source, select and process information; transform information into usable knowledge; and disseminate that knowledge as enriched enterprise intellectual capital.

Enterprise Value is measured in terms of enhanced:

Productivity Intellectual Capital FormationTacit Knowledge Capture and DisseminationCollaborationSocial Capital Formation and Maintenance



The Infotention Matrix

The Infotention Matrix – cont.

• There are two key vectors involved, in understanding information overload and mastering Infotention skills. These are:

•The source or origin of new information- arising internally, behind the firewall versus externally, from outside the firewall; and

•The nature of the conversion of that information to value, flowing into the enterprise from outside, or flowing out from the enterprise to the marketplace.

The Infotention Matrix – cont.

• Infotention skills focus on the needs and requirements of every employee regardless of his or her location in the Infotention Matrix.

Whether residing:In Zone I, and involved with comparison of internal and external actors, risks or competition;

Zone II, charged with the most sensitive proprietary assets and processes of the enterprise;

Zone III, responsible for management and capitalization of intellectual capital and assets; or,

Zone IV, responsible for external communication, whether marketing, sales, communications or recruitment,

Everyone is challenged to source, process, store and disseminate information in an efficient, automated and masterful way.

Who Benefits and How

o Sales Managers/ Representatives More efficiently track and filter client needs, competitive developments, trade press and client reviews.

o Service Providers Maintain domain expertise and currency more efficiently; maximize leveraging of client and competitive intelligence; increase tacit and proprietary knowledge sharing and intellectual capital conversion.

o Line/business Managers Improve real time productivity, performance, efficiency, and situational awareness across departmental and divisional business units, with each employee enabled and wired to their individual needs and requirements.

o R&D Personnel Enhance and facilitate internal and external real time monitoring of new developments, publications, coordination with other research efforts, groups or geographically separated divisions. Facilitate targeted dissemination of mission critical changes, results, or insights in real time without diversion of focus from research activities.



Who Benefits and How (continued)

o Corporate Learning Trainers/Facilitators Stay abreast of latest learning offerings, best practices, insights, and developments in enhancing curriculum development, delivery, and evaluative metrics of program effectiveness and value.

o Corporate HR Personnel Enablement of partnering with business units to enhance effective social and cultural awareness and interaction with client, customer and internal stakeholders. Increased efficiency and awareness of enterprise challenges and stress points warranting HR support or intervention.

o Corporate Communications Professionals Support and enhance enterprise awareness, monitoring and management of adverse or potentially damaging exposure. Materially enhance real time management and dissemination of corporate communications in response to unforeseen or adverse events.



Courses

Infotention Workshop - A half-day (four hour) online workshop with Howard Rheingold, introducing the mindset, attention training, online media skills, and information tools needed to transform information overload into knowledge navigation. Learn about tools to bring continuous streams of relevant information to your attention, and techniques for harvesting useful knowledge and avoiding distraction.

Curation Workshop – A half-day (four hour) online workshop with Howard Rheingold introduces the mindset, methodology, and tools necessary to establish oneself as an authoritative curator of specific niche topics, to grow a following and reputation as a curator, and to connect with communities and networks of other curators. Learn about tools to bring continuous streams of relevant information to your attention and techniques for harvesting useful knowledge.

Presently, the Infotention Network offers two course modules:


Licensing/Delivery Options

Offering I:

• The Infotention Network: We offer two one-half day online workshops: the Infotention Workshop and the Curation Workshop.

• Included is an online interactive program with a live instructor, post course support (two weeks), downloadable PDF Workshop Manual, web-based student registration platform, scheduling platform, and virtual classroom (client customized, and password-secured to each sponsoring organization).

• There is an initial one-time charge for Client branding and customization of web interface, virtual classroom, and online support offerings if Client packaging is desired.


Offerings (continued)

Offering II:

• Train the Trainer: If you have a defined trainer/facilitator resource as part of your enterprise Learning strategy, we offer an Instructor Certification in the Infotention and Curation Workshops – each comprised of a one day-long training, per Workshop Certification. Included is: post course support (four weeks), downloadable PDF Course Manuals, trainee registration platform, scheduling platform, virtual classroom resources (all cloud based, client customized, and client-password-secured if required), Trainer Certification, with automated licensing and billing.

• Subsequent Trainer-facilitated classes to internal students are half-day Workshops, include all of the above including workshop attendance, reference manual, and access to additional online resources.


Offerings (continued)

Offering III:

• Consulting Services + Pedagogy Licensing: The Infotention Network will provide consulting and development resources to assist with adoption and integration of the Infotention Network pedagogy to Client enterprise tools, platforms and practices, learning and learning materials on a customized basis.

• Consulting Services are provided on a time and materials basis.


Endorsements“Howard’s both brilliant and intuitive, at the highest level I’ve witnessed in some 20 years of teaching and learning. Howard “got” me faster than any teacher I’ve had in recent memory, and I saw him do this again and again with our other co-learners. He’s a very fast learner, cares deeply about what his students learn and contribute, and has vastly expanded my consideration set in new media, cooperation studies, and personal learning networks. Best and most innovative reading/link suggestions of the last decade for me. Really. If you want to grow, Howard’s your guy.” — Kathi Inman Berens, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Writing Instruction, University of Southern California, Distinguished Fellow, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching

“Through this course, I learned tools and techniques and developed a learning framework that has direct impact on my work. Now I know how to filter and curate information and stay on top of my learning. Although I personally gained more than that, for my company those are the biggest returns on investment as I can directly apply my learning to our business now.” — Ming-Li Chai, Strategic Design Researcher, Microsoft Lync Design Group


Contact Us

For questions, inquires, or registration:

url: www.infotention.com

Email: [email protected]

Address: 557 Northern ParkwayRidgewood, NJ 07450

Phone: +1. 609.375.8347
