Picture of Lisa WelchmanLisa Welchman

Welchman Consulting

 

Lisa has been working with web content management technologies since early 1996, when she acted as an advisor for Microsoft after their purchase of Vermeer Technologies' FrontPage.

 

In 1997, Lisa began an engagement at Cisco Systems which culminated in 1999 with the design of the first large-scale Web content management system for Cisco. Lisa began her own Web content management consulting practice in 1999, and her client list includes: Clorox, Wells Fargo, Firstgov, The Social Security Administration, World Savings, Interwoven, The Seattle Times, Adobe and others.

 

Lisa is a sought after speaker for national and international content management conferences and symposiums, and she served as preliminary judge in the 2005 Codie Award (content management software category).

 

Prior to Lisa's work with Web content management, Lisa was a ratings analyst and coordinating producer for King World Productions. Lisa holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina and was a Philosophy Fellow at Columbia University.

 

Why Authors Hate XML

Thursday, November 9th, 14.30

Category: Intermediate

Track: Web Communication

 

As organisations move from unstructured content management to structured content management, content authors and editors are being forced to change the way they work - and a lot of them aren't happy about it.

 

Join Lisa as she discusses why content authors hate XML and other forms of structured content authoring. Lisa will explore the history of content authoring, the impact of structured content management on authors and editors, and offer some useful suggestions for getting content authors to understand the value of structured content management.

 

Joint session with case presented by Sara Redin from Boye IT.

 

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Tutorial 4A: Principles of Web Operations Management

Tuesday, November 7th, 9.00

 

Read more about the tutorial.

 

Web Idol Competition

Wednesday, November 8th, 17.05

 

Lisa will be one of the judges at this year's Web Idol competition.

 

CMSAdvisor

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2011 - this year!

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Twenty Leaders to See in 2003

"No product is ever perfect," notes Lisa, "but every implementation should start out with the right tools." Amen...

 

Twenty Leaders to See in 2003

5 Biggest Mistakes in CMS Selection

Despite the best of intentions of the wisest web site technical gurus, content developers, and user interface experts, there are still several things that frequently can (and do) go wrong during a CMS product selection cycle.

 

Read the article, 5 Biggest Mistakes in CMS Selection

CMSAdvisor

Lisa is also the host of CMSAdvisor, an independent podcast which focuses on issues that impact the implementation of content management systems.

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