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Createasphere DAM New York Conference 2011

Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference in New York City is September 21, 22 and 23, 2011 at the New Yorker Hotel. Among the events during these three days are many presentations, panel discussions and seminars including:

Understanding the Connection of Digital Assets with Metadata: Filtering Data into Information into Knowledge
Reflecting on the Knowledge Pyramid, once we realize the amount of data there is available, and filter it to select the information we need as metadata, we learn how this data can help use assets with other content in the proper context. Hear how our panel of experts tackle best practices for metadata that empowers your organization.

This will be with the following panelists:

  • Sarah Berndt, NASA
  • Skiff Wager, SEW Consulting
  • John Dougherty, Hearst Corporation
  • Philip Spiegel, LAC Group on Assignment at ABC News

Moderated by Henrik de Gyor.

The second annual DAMMY Awards will be held during a luncheon on September 23, 2011. Who do you think will win this year? Find out at the luncheon.

If you want to save 20% off registration and seminars for this conference, use the promo code

Also, there is New York Digital Asset Managers Meetup on September 21 , 2011 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Visit the site for full details and RSVP.

I hope to see you in New York City in late September 2011.


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First book drawing on Another DAM podcast

During Another DAM podcast interview with Ulla de Stricker, we discussed the new book “The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook“, co-authored by Jill Hurst-Wahl and Ulla de Stricker.

Several authors have been interviewed on Another DAM podcast which you can listen to.

Thanks to the publisher, we will have a drawing for one copy of this book. The one winner of this drawing will receive one free copy of “The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook” co-authored by Jill Hurst-Wahl and Ulla de Stricker.

Enter this book drawing by simply subscribing by email to both Another DAM podcast and Another DAM blog on each of these websites before August 31, 2011. Enter your email address at the top left underneath where is says ‘Follow Blog’.

The winner will be picked from the pool of email subscribers of both Another DAM podcast and Another DAM blog. The drawing will occur on the first week of September 2011 with a third party drawing the name of the winner. The winner will be announced on Another DAM podcast and Another DAM blog. If you are already an email subscribers to both Another DAM podcast and Another DAM blog, you are automatically entered in this book drawing. The winner will be contacted directly by email for their contact details to ship the book. The book will be shipped directly from the publisher to the winner.

Have you entered the book drawing?

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What is your DAM title?


While seemingly more unimportant nowadays, business titles within an organization can sometimes explain a person’s functional role, authority, seniority and/or pay grade.

I have blogged about a variety of DAM titles used within the Digital Asset Management field, like Digital Asset Specialist (DAS), Digital Asset Management Manager (DAMMmmmm), DAM Director (DAMD), DAM VP or the title I have at this time… Digital Asset Manager.

I hosted a podcast where I interviewed someone who has a DAM title that will catch people’s attention.  Instead of calling himself Digital Asset Manager, he was creative enough to come up with Darth Lord of the DAM and includes this on his business card.

Better than some other business cards I have heard of.

It sounds better than DAM lord. That is similar to another movie I saw. And he likely prefers it his way. No helmet required.

If you work in the field of Digital Asset Management, what is your DAM title?


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London DAM meetup group started

Thanks to the efforts of Michelle Jouan as mentioned during Henry Stewart’s DAM Europe conference in June 2011, she is taking the initiative to start a digital asset management meetup group in London called London DAM. Michelle hopes for the group to be an informal forum for digital asset managers and others interested in the topic to get together to share ideas and experiences.

If interested in Digital Asset Management in London, you can join the London DAM group on Meetup.com and follow them on Twitter

Michelle is seeking a co-conspirator to run the group. If you are based in London (yes, in the UK) and would like to help run the Meetup.com site and the Twitter feed, find venues and schedule dates, please get in touch with her directly. She is a Digital Asset Management professional and a member of a few of Linkedin groups on Digital Asset Management as well.

This the first meetup group focused on Digital Asset Management outside of the United States. I believe there will be more in the world coming later on this year.

The United States currently has the following DAM meetup groups:

  1. NYC Digital Asset Managers (The world’s largest and the most active
    DAM meetup group, started by Chad Beer and Michael Hollitscher)
  2. Socal DAM (Started by Lilly Taktakian and Roger Howard)
  3. DAM DC (Started by the author of this blog and David Lipsey)
Do you have a DAM meetup group near you?
Have you joined a DAM meetup group?