By Tanya Humphrey In your bio, you describe yourself as a Competitive Intelligence Consultant. Briefly, what is competitive intelligence (CI), and what does a CI consultant do? CI involves gathering and analyzing information about a company’s industry, business environment, competitors, and products, with the goal of having the findings direct its future strategy. A CI… Read More »
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By Eric Ziecker You describe yourself as a Knowledge Organization System (KOS) navigation guide. Briefly, what does a KOS navigation guide do? A KOS navigator applies information structure and classification to the data in a database so that clients spend less time looking for information and more time using it.
By Kelly Berry Starting Off Like all good infopreneur stories, Janene Liston’s starts in the middle: after a successful career working for top international companies, she was burned out and decided to step back from the corporate world to heal and reassess. This was her opportunity to figure out what she really wanted to do.… Read More »
By Elizabeth Hutchinson In my school librarian background, professional development was neither valued nor recognized, so it may be surprising that my career is now based on providing training for the very type of professional I used to be. If your place of employment doesn’t recognize or value your professional development, and your opportunity for… Read More »
By Roger Magnus In your bio, you describe yourself as a Nonprofit Prospect Researcher. Briefly, what does a prospect researcher do? Prospect researchers assist nonprofits by providing targeted intelligence on donors and foundations. These efforts ultimately should help a nonprofit increase its funding.
By Sharon Mizota In your bio, you describe yourself as a DEI metadata consultant. What is it that DEI metadata consultants do?
By Victoria Balzarini Following is the first in our We Are AIIP series, which offers a glimpse into the different kinds of work our members do.
By Denise Carter Key to delivering a quality project for a client is making sure that I am answering the right question. That isn’t always as straightforward as it seems. Experience has taught me that the initial question the client asks is often not the one they really need answering.
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