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From Boot Camp to Business: Takeaways from Michelle Gachette’s AIIP Symposium Session

By Alyria “Aly” Salazar

Editor’s Note: We apologize for the recent publishing delay. A WordPress system update temporarily took the AIIP Blog offline, delaying several articles scheduled for release. The issue has been resolved, and we’re now posting the backlog. Thank you for your patience—we appreciate you sticking with us.

When I heard Michelle Gachette‘s session title, “From Boot Camp to Business: How AIIP Helped Me Launch an Information Practice in the Age of AI,” I felt an immediate connection. As someone at the very start of my own business journey, and currently serving as the AIIP intern, I know firsthand how profoundly great mentorship and community can shape your path. For those who attended AIIP’s Infopreneur Boot Camp as Michelle did, I imagine it was just as formative, and sessions like this one are a wonderful reminder of how much we can learn from those who have been exactly where we are.

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Checklists Are Life: Takeaways from Kelly Schrank’s AIIP Symposium Session

By Alyria “Aly” Salazar

I’ll admit it before I even get started: I am a checklist person. Always have been. There’s something deeply satisfying about writing down every step of a task, working through it methodically, and, best of all, checking each item off as I go. It keeps me organized, quiets the background noise in my brain, and it just feels good. So when I saw Kelly Schrank‘s session on the AIIP Symposium schedule, “Human-Centered Workflows in an AI World: The Power of Comprehensive Checklists,” I felt completely seen before I even clicked on “join.”

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Real Information Artificial Intelligence Series: AI & Multimedia – for Good and Evil

Can You Believe What You See?

By Arthur Weiss

An apology: in my last post, I promised to look at dangers in AI for research and summarizing topics. That’s still on my list. In this post, I’m going to address another danger and explore what AI promises for multimedia.

DIY Marketing for Infopreneurs – Part 2: Tools and Results

by Kelly Berry

My Tools

As I work to become more visible online, I use a variety of subscription tools that make this task easier to accomplish for a team of one.

DIY Marketing for Infopreneurs – Part 1: Expanding my Marketing Sphere

by Kelly Berry

As with many AIIPers (I suspect), much of my work comes from referrals, word of mouth, and repeat business. Some of my fellow AIIP members have recommended me to clients, leading to more work (Go AIIP!)

How Small Steps Made a Big Impact

By Janel Kinlaw

Running a business as a solopreneur means wearing many hats and constantly juggling tasks, deadlines, and client needs. After eight years as a solopreneur, I’ve learned that it’s not always the big, dramatic changes that make the biggest difference—it’s the small, thoughtful changes to everyday processes that add up over time.

Getting Started in Government Contracting: Begin with Research

By Christina Mortel

Editor’s Note: Getting Started in Government Contracting is part of a series on US government contracting (GovCon) opportunities at all government levels. Non-US entities can also register in SAM.gov as a foreign entity.

Have you considered selling your products and services to the local, state, and federal government? If not, you may be interested in an introduction to the opportunities. In this article, I offer tips to help you get oriented. Later articles in the series discuss the contracting process and outline how to get started.

Slowing Down on the Path to Retirement

By Gillian Clinton

Editors note: This is part of our “Retirement” series to address challenges and opportunities many of our members facing retirement are experiencing.

My path to retirement has been a slow and gentle one.

I enjoy learning – I have degrees in Aerospace Engineering, History, and Information Studies – and, while I no longer want to invest the amount of time required to obtain another degree, I haven’t wanted to stop working and learning completely. To that end, I have treasured the wide variety of projects in which I have been involved over the past 30 or more years because they have often provided me with niche learning opportunities.