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Real Information – Artificial Intelligence: the AIIP AI blog

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 at 11:00 AM 

By Arthur Weiss Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools.  The previous two posts focused on Artificial Intelligence – defining what it is and showing that it covers much more than Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. In many… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills, Professional Development
Tags : AI, technology

Real Information – Artificial Intelligence: the AIIP AI blog

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 at 11:54 AM 

By Arthur Weiss Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools. We are currently in an age of AI, and many people perceive AI as a threat, being concerned, for example, that AI will take their jobs. Personally, I don’t… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills
Tags : AI, infopreneur, technology

Interview with AIIP keynote speaker and AI specialist Dr. Mike Ridley

Posted by AIIP 
· Thursday, January 30th, 2025 at 11:00 AM 

Dr. Michael Ridley is Librarian Emeritus at the University of Guelph where for many years he was Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian. Dr. Ridley will be presenting on Human-centred explainable AI at AIIP25 on Thursday, April 10 at 3 pm EDT. Ahead of that presentation, he was kind enough to answer a few… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills
Tags : AI, AIIP25

AI Apps for Infopreneurs

Posted by AIIP 
· Thursday, October 31st, 2024 at 01:01 PM 

By Arthur Weiss Every 25-30 years, a new technology emerges that transforms infopreneurship. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, online databases such as Dialog, LexisNexis, and CompuServe emerged. Twenty-five years later, in the late 1990s, the Internet, particularly the World Wide Web, transformed the landscape – and to be successful, infopreneurs had to become… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills, Tools of the Trade
Tags : AI, infopreneur

The Importance of Cybersecurity Awareness for SMBs

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 at 11:00 AM 

By Eric Magill With October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I wanted to provide some pointers for defending yourself and your clients against cyber-attacks. In 20 years as owner of a managed IT services business, I have learned this:

Categories : Hot Topic, Information Skills
Tags : cybersecurity

Industry Partner Feature Article

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 11:00 AM 

How the Difference between AI-boosted Search and Gen AI Will Shape our Work and Creativity over the Near Term Jack W. Plunkett, CEO, Plunkett Research, Ltd. AIIP Industry Silver Partner – Learn more about the Industry Partners Program here. August 26, 2024 What’s behind the massive licensing deals that are suddenly popping up between major… Read More »

Categories : Industry Partners, Information Skills
Tags : AI, Generative AI, Industry Partner

Building Online Communities from the Ground Up

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 at 09:00 AM 

By Elizabeth Hutchinson Creating and nurturing online communities are indispensable tools for info professionals. As a solopreneur and owner of a business that provides a membership option, I was excited to hear Susan Tenby give a presentation on community building at AIIP 2024 Symposium. Susan has worked in online community management for over 20 years;… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills, Professional Development
Tags : #AIIP24, communications, virtual tools

Inspiration-gazing, Fresh Thinking, and Data Visualization

Posted by AIIP 
· Thursday, June 15th, 2023 at 08:36 PM 

By Chris Cochran The ability to tell stories using data in a visually compelling way can be a strategic and effective component of the infopreneur toolbox – we want to help our clients understand the stories data tell. Looking at data visualization differently, and growing that part of the toolbox, was the focus of a… Read More »

Categories : Conference, Information Skills
Tags : AIIP 2023
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