Athro Consulting Becomes AIIM Training Partner

I've always been a teacher. In terms of formal instructional delivery, I started in 1994 as a United States Marine Corps drill instructor. In Drill Instructor School, we got formal training on what was then called "Techniques of Military Instruction" - focused very much on delivery of the content that had been created for us and delivered to tens of thousands of Marine Corps recruits. 

I started teaching in the IG/IM/RM industry c. 2001, when I worked at a long-since-acquired company called IMR. We had to train end users and partners on how to install, configure, and use the Alchemy software products. I also taught a CompTIA CDIA+ prep course, and wrote a module on email management for AIIM's first training course, a self-paced online course called Fundamentals of ECM System Implementation. 

I left IMR in 2004 and became a consultant. In 2005 or so AIIM put out a bid to develop two training courses, on ECM and ERM. We bid, but did not win. However, once the courses were developed, we applied for and were accepted as AIIM's training partner in North America. I was part of a team of two that taught the inaugural North American AIIM training course, ERM Strategy + Practitioner, in January 2006. 

I taught AIIM training while I was a part of IMERGE Consulting (2006-2007), Access Sciences (2007-2010), and as an AIIM staff member from 2010 - 2020. I also developed, updated, or managed the development of 16 multi-day training courses comprising some 10,000 slides. I think it's safe to say that I believe in AIIM training. 

Heck, my company's name, Athro, comes from the Welsh word for "teacher". 

Today, nearly 18 years since I started teaching AIIM content, I am excited to announce that I have come full circle and am once again offering AIIM training as an official AIIM Training Partner. 

Initially, I will be teaching AIIM's CIP Prep Workshop, which has been updated to cover all of the content on AIIM's updated CIP exam. Later in 2024, I will also be teaching my own records management content, which is targeted to more experienced RIM professionals. And I will be teaching other AIIM content, including some more advanced content for more seasoned practitioners. 

My courses will all be instructor-led; some will be live online, while others will be in-person in select locations throughout the U.S. (And of course I will offer private and custom courses too - these are available globally.) Watch this space, the Athro Consulting training page, and my Twitter account for details on Q1 courses. 

If you've never done a taxonomy exercise based on sorting (and tasting) chocolate, or written a business case for an information management project, I hope you'll join me in 2024.