January 2, 2018

CIP Today Newsletter - Dec 2017

Originally sent to CIPs in December 2017.

Introduction:
As 2017 comes to a close I want to thank each and every one of you for your commitment to professional development and the CIP program. This has been the best year for the CIP since we started this journey in 2011, and I believe 2018 will be even better. We have lots of interesting things happening in 2018, including:

  • Celebrating our CIPs at AIIM18
  • Development of a CIP-only group on our AIIM Community platform
  • Revision of the CIP study guide
  • Development of a 100-question sample exam
  • A job task analysis in preparation for CIP v3 in 2019
  • Focus on getting CIP into university IM/IT/business programs

And much more! For the latest CIP news, I invite you to follow @AIIM_CIP on Twitter

I hope that you will find this newsletter valuable, and I welcome your thoughts, comments, and submissions at jwilkins@aiim.org.

Focus on AIIM18:
I'd like to invite you to attend the AIIM18 conference, scheduled for April 10-13, 2018 in San Antonio, TX. There are a ton of activities that should be of interest to CIPs, including:

  • CEUs! The conference will be worth 12.5 CEUs for the conference and another 6.5 if you take one of the precon workshops. And we're happy to see so many CIPs presenting, too!
  • World-class networking throughout the conference. This is always one of the highlights of the annual conference; in fact, as an industry guy and Professional member myself, this is the best part of conference for me. You are the thought leaders and visionaries in the industry - please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise with other AIIM18 attendees. 
  • A CIP-only networking lunch on Wednesday, April 11
  • The annual CIP group photo
  • The exclusive CIP T-shirt (image). You voted on it, we're making it, we hope to see a ton of them in the group photo!
  • And more! For more information visit http://www.aiimconference.com/

Announcements: 

 CIP Certification Maintenance:
We've made some quality of life chances to certification maintenance. If you're a CIP, you can now submit your CEUs directly through a web-based form. This form only takes one activity at a time, though, so you'll need to submit another form for each event you do. As with the current PDF form, if it's an AIIM event - webinar, conference, training course - simply report the activity. If it's from a chapter event or another event producer (ARMA, MER, PMI, etc.) you will need to attach some sort of documentation such as a receipt, certificate of attendance, or agenda. Vendor events counts too - the only restrictions are that the event has to be educational and relate in some manner to the CIP. I wrote a blog post about the recertification process here: http://informata.blogspot.com/2016/07/maintaining-your-cip-certification.html
The CEU reporting form is live and available at https://gzclelland.wufoo.com/forms/zgi0j8s0t2bdj3/

You can pay the renewal fees online at
http://www.aiim.org/Education-Section/CIP/CIP-Renewal-Payment. Note that, while this is live, it can only accept full payments, i.e. $75/$150 through the end of the year. If you have already paid a portion of your renewal fee, please contact me at jwilkins@aiim.org and we'll get you out an invoice for the balance due.

We're also introducing a new automated process to send out periodic reminders to CIPs that you need to complete the recertification process. We don't want to spam you, but we do want you to be able to complete your recertification in a timely and non-stressful manner, so we're going to send a reminder every 6 months or so, more frequently as your renewal date nears.

We've gotten a couple of questions about whether other certifications are eligible for CEUs. Any prep courses, studying, etc. that you did for a certification is eligible provided it aligns to the overall CIP and provided that you document it. However, the actual exams themselves - the time spent actually taking e.g. the CIPP/US exam or one or more CRM exams- are not eligible.

We also generally don't award CEUs for work product because we don't really have any way to determine the amount of work involved or what your contribution was. If it's a presentation, paper, etc. we can give credits for those, but not for holding project team meetings and the like.

Preapproval for CIP CEUs:
In addition, if you're an event producer and want to request credits for your event, we have a form available for that as well. The form asks for basic information: point of contact, event name, date, website, # credits requested, and includes a button to upload an agenda. We turn these around pretty quickly. The form is live and available at https://gzclelland.wufoo.com/forms/z13lxs091657r7s/

Changes to Fees & Payment Process Effective January 2018:
We've had more than a few former CIPs complain that they were decertified because they didn't know the process, weren't reminded, etc. To address that and hopefully streamline the overall process we're making a number of changes. We already noted the email reminders above; we're also changing the payment process.

  1. Effective January 2018, the recertification fee will change from annual payments to a single payment during the three-year term. You can pay that fee at any time, but you must pay it within the 3-year anniversary of your certification date. 
  2. We're also increasing the member renewal fee to $135. This brings the pricing in line with other AIIM member discount rates and is still a bargain compared to the cost (and stress!) of taking the CIP test again. The non-member rate will remain unchanged. So if you're a professional member (and why wouldn't you be?), if you pay whatever balance is due on your CIP renewal by the end of this calendar year, you'll be paying the current rate. If you wait until 2018, you'll have to pay $135 less whatever you've paid this cycle. Please contact me at jwilkins@aiim.org with any questions. 

New SharePoint Course:
In November we introduced a new SharePoint course, "Implementing Information Management on SharePoint and Office 365". Developed by 15-time Microsoft MVP Rob Bogue, this AIIM Master Class is a unique one for us because it includes 23 hands-on labs that will have students setting up their own SharePoint environment and actually using it to create the things discussed in the class.

It's also a bit different because it's different CEUs for the online vs. the instructor-led courses. The actual recorded content, including demos, is 10 hours or 10 CEUs for the online, since we have no way of knowing whether you actually complete the labs or not. The instructor-led course is worth 26.0 CEUs as per our other Master classes.

More information about this course is available at http://www.aiim.org/Education-Section/Deep-Dives/Deep-Dive-IIM-SP.

New Modern Records Management Course: 
Just this month we also introduced a new Modern Records Management Specialist course. This course is intended to be a replacement for our existing ERM course once the Master Class component is delivered in February 2018.

The course differs substantially from the ERM course in three main areas. First, we've removed a lot of the "RM 101"-type content. That content will be made available at some point, probably as a quick study course. Second, we've added a ton of in-depth content on digital recordkeeping including specific processes for how to conduct a systems and information inventory and how to conduct a file share cleanup. And most importantly, every module includes some focus on records management as a business enabler, with content that will help records managers get a seat at the table by showing how effective records management supports the goals of the organization.

As with our other Specialist courses, this course is worth 13.0 CIP CEUs. More information about this course is available at http://www.aiim.org/Education-Section/Deep-Dives/Deep-Dive-MRM.

Share Your Story:
As a CIP, I want to know what you're doing and how you're doing it. If you have a story to share, an article you think would be of interest to other CIPs, or even just want to tell your CIP story, send me a note at jwilkins@aiim.org. I can help you write it if needed, and we'll make sure it gets in the next newsletter.

Upcoming CEU opportunities:
Just a reminder that all CIPs have to complete 45 hours of continuing education every three years in order to remain certified. Here are some upcoming AIIM events you might wish to consider:

  • AIIM18, April 10-13, 2018, San Antonio, 12.5 credits, http://www.aiimconference.com/
  • AIIM18 preconference workshops, April 10, 2018, San Antonio, 6.5 credits, http://www.aiimconference.com/
  • March 6-9: CIPP Privacy course, Silver Spring, MD, 13.0 or 26.0 credits
  • March 13-16: BPM Master Class, Amsterdam, 13.0 or 26.0 credits
  • March 20-23: ECM Master Class, Silver Spring, MD, 13.0 or 26.0 credits
  • April 10-13: ECM Master Class, Amsterdam, 13.0 or 26.0 credits
  • April 24-27: MRM Master Class, Toronto, ON, 13.0 or 26.0 credits
  • Upcoming AIIM Webinars: http://www.aiim.org/Resources/Webinars/Webinars-List-Page


And non-AIIM events are OK too, as long as they are educational in nature and address at least one topic on the CIP. Vendor demos/presentations/sessions as well. Questions? Ping me at jwilkins@aiim.org.

Key POCs:
You have questions? We have answers. Here's where to get AIIM-related information:

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