DISCOUNT EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 27TH

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2 DAY NON-INVASIVE DATA GOVERNANCE SEMINAR

IN OCTOBER IN PITTSBURGH.  SPACE IS LIMITED.

TAUGHT BY ROBERT S. SEINER OF KIK CONSULTING & TDAN.COM

3-for-2 and Early Bird Discounts Available EXTENDED to Sept 27^th.

Data Governance Seminar is Coming Up October 10^th & 11^th, 2011.

How to Build and Implement an Effective Non-Invasive Data Governance Program

Monday/Tuesday, October 10/11, 2011 - 2-Day Seminar Instructed by Robert S. Seiner

Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Discounted Hotel Room Rate Available

Includes 120 Course Workbook, 160 Seminar Slides, All Templates Discussed in Seminar

Includes Breakfast and Lunch, Beverages and Snacks Both Days

Includes One-on-One Consultation with Instructor While at Seminar

All of this for $1150.00 (US) before Sept 27^th or 1299.00 (US) after Sept 27^th per person.

MasterCard, Visa and American Express Accepted

Focus on Incremental Improvement on a Limited Budget w/Immediate Results

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

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Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Agenda

Day One - Morning - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

Defining Data Governance and Data Stewardship Approaches (Non-Invasive, 3-D, 2x4, ...)

Defining Data Governance & Data Stewardship Key Concepts

Defining & Conducting Best Practices Assessments, Critical Analysis and Action Planning

Building and/or Enhancing Data Governance Policy, Directives, Guidelines

Framing and Selling a Data Governance Program in a Corporate Context

Defining Data Governance Program Business and Technical Goals/Objectives

Defining Measurements and Metrics of Data Governance and Data Stewardship Success

Day One - Afternoon - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

Defining Data Governance/Stewardship Program Critical Success Factors

Contending with Organizational (In)Tolerance for Change

Defining an Operating Model of Roles & Responsibilities

Defining Organizational Time Commitments & Tasks - What does it really take?

Engaging Stewards & Staff at the Operational, Tactical, Strategic, Executive, Support Levels

The Pivotal Roles: The Data Domain Stewards & The Data Steward Coordinators

Formation of the Data Governance Council: Participants, Meetings, Actions, Ownership

Managing Data by Domains, Master Data Areas and Subject Area

Identifying Vs. Assigning Appropriate Data Stewards, Steward Criteria and Traits

Day Two - Morning - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

Developing Data Governance Tools, Work Flow, Process/Methodology Integration

Work Flow & Process Integration Through Proactive and Reactive Data Governance

Developing Data Conflict Resolution Paths - Design, Production, Usage Conflicts

Developing Conceptual Meta-Models to Support Data Governance Programs

Identifying Sources of Data Steward Meta-Data and Mapping to the Meta-Model

Recording and Managing Data Stewardship Meta-Data

Developing Data Stewardship Change Management Procedures and Notification

Day Two - Afternoon - Approximately 2 to 2.5 Hours

Implementing a Common Data Matrix, Data Governance Activity Matrix, DQ & Issue Log, ...

Understanding Data Governance and Data Stewardship Beyond Structured Data

Identifying the "Best" Place to Start a Data Governance Program

Developing Next Steps/Action Plan to Build Data Governance Program

Developing a Plan to Market Data Governance and Data Stewardship

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

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KIK Consulting Non-Invasive Data Governance Templates

KIK Consulting Common Data Matrix

KIK Consulting Operating Model of Roles and Responsibilities

KIK Consulting Data Governance Activity Matrix

KIK Consulting Data Governance Communications Matrix

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to discuss the seminar.

Register Today!  Space is limited to 25.

Thank you.

Bob Seiner

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Robert S. Seiner

KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC - http://www.KIKconsulting.com

The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC - http://www.TDAN.com

mailto:rseiner@tdan.com / 412.220.9643 / Fax 9644

TAUGHT BY ROBERT S. SEINER OF KIK CONSULTING & TDAN.COM

3-for-2 and Early Bird Discounts Available Until September 9^th.

Data Governance Seminar is October 10^th & 11^th, 2011.

• How to Build & Implement an Effective Non-Invasive Data Governance[tm] Program
• Monday and Tuesday, October 10^th & 11^th, 2011 - 2-Day Public Seminar
• Instructed by Robert S. Seiner
• Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA - Discounted Hotel Room Rate
• Includes Course Workbook, Slides, Templates Discussed, Used in Seminar
• Includes Breakfast and Lunch, Beverages and Snacks Both Days
• Includes One-on-One Consultation with Instructor While at Seminar
• All of this for $1150.00 (US) before Sept 9 or 1299.00 (US) after Sept 9
• MasterCard, Visa and American Express Accepted
• Focus on Providing Incremental Improvement on a Limited Budget

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

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Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Agenda

Day One - Morning - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

• Defining Data Governance Approaches (Non-Invasive, 3-D, 2x4, ...)
• Defining Data Governance & Data Stewardship Key Concepts
• Defining & Conducting Best Practices Assessments, Analysis, Action Planning
• Building and/or Enhancing Data Governance Policy, Directives, Guidelines
• Framing and Selling a Data Governance Program in a Corporate Context
• Defining Data Governance Program Business/Technical Goals & Objectives
• Defining Measurements and Metrics of Data Governance Success

Day One - Afternoon - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

• Defining Data Governance Program Critical Success Factors
• Contending with Organizational (In)Tolerance for Change
• Defining an Operating Model of Roles & Responsibilities
• Defining Organizational Time Commitments & Tasks - What does it really take?
• Engaging Stewards at Operational, Tactical, Strategic, Executive, Support Levels
• The Pivotal Roles: Data Domain Stewards & Data Steward Coordinators
• Formation of the DG Council: Participants, Meetings, Actions, Ownership
• Managing Data by Domains, Master Data Areas and Subject Area
• Identifying Vs. Assigning Appropriate Data Stewards, Steward Criteria, Traits

Day Two - Morning - Approximately 3 to 3.5 Hours

• Developing Data Governance Tools, Work Flow, Process/Method Integration
• Work Flow & Process Integration Through Proactive/Reactive Governance
• Developing Data Conflict Resolution Paths - Design, Production, Usage

Developing Conceptual Meta-Models to Support Data Governance Program

• Identifying Sources of Data Steward Meta-Data, Mapping to the Meta-Model
• Recording and Managing Data Stewardship Meta-Data
• Developing Data Stewardship Change Management Procedures and Notification

Day Two - Afternoon - Approximately 2 to 2.5 Hours

• Implementing a Common Data Matrix, Governance Activity Matrix, Issue Log, ...
• Understanding Data Governance Beyond Structured Data
• Identifying the "Best" Place to Start a Data Governance Program
• Developing Next Steps/Action Plan to Build Data Governance Program
• Developing a Plan to Market Data Governance and Data Stewardship

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

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KIK Consulting "Non-Invasive Data Governance"™ Templates

• KIK Consulting Common Data Matrix
• KIK Consulting Operating Model of Roles and Responsibilities
• KIK Consulting Data Governance Activity Matrix
• KIK Consulting Data Governance Communications Matrix

Click here to download the Pittsburgh Data Governance Seminar Brochure.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to discuss the seminar.

Register Today!  Space is limited to 25.

Thank you.

Bob Seiner

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Robert S. Seiner

KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC - http://www.KIKconsulting.com

The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC - http://www.TDAN.com

mailto:rseiner@tdan.com / 412.220.9643 / Fax 9644

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Robert S. Seiner & KIK Consulting are offering "How to Build and Implement Non-Invasive Data Governance Program" Public Seminar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday & Tuesday, May 23 & 24.  Space is limited.  Reserve your spot today!  Click here to schedule time for 30 minutes of one-on-one consultation or click here to learn about the public seminar.

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05/01/2011 - The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) - http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on May 1^st.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.  The new issue contains:

·         New Articles from Michael Rosen (How to Make MDM Go: Start with Architecture), Daragh O'Brien (Compliance = Policy & Action Aligned!), Glen Bell (Data Migration - Key Considerations) and Ashu Bhatia (IT Asset Rationalization and Shared Services Management).

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·         Feature Columns from (New Column Introduced this Month!) Frank Kowalkowski and Gil Laware (The Skeptical Architect - May 2011), Ron Ross (Business Rules - May 2011), Larry Burns (Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide - May 2011) and DAMA International (The DAMA Report - May 2011). 

·         A Special Feature was added from Davida Berger (Happenings in Data Governance), others were recently added from Paul Harmon (Book Review of 'RecEAtion' by Chris Potts) and George McGeachie (Dead Crows Rumbled).  Links to news stories, blogs & articles from other publications continue to be updated weekly.

Call for Articles and Feature Columns
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in publishing on TDAN.com.  I am also looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in the first and third months of each quarter.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

The MAY 2011 Issue

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW for MAY 2011:

-- How to Make MDM Go: Start with Architecture

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/15109

By Michael Rosen

Article in association with the IRM UK Enterprise Architecture Conference
and Business Process Management Conference in London in June 8-10.

-- Compliance = Policy & Action Aligned!

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/15169

By Daragh O'Brien

-- Data Migration - Key Considerations

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/15145

By Glen Bell

-- IT Asset Rationalization and Shared Services Management

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/15173

By Ashu Bhatia

NEW Feature Columns Added for MAY 2011:

 -- The Skeptical Architect - May 2011 (New Column Introduced this Month!)

Our Perspective

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/15167

by Frank Kowalkowski and Gil Laware 

-- Business Rules - May 2011
The Meaning of Things: Definitions, Intensions, Business Rules and Extensions

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/15177

by Ron Ross

-- Conquering the Logical / Physical Divide - May 2011

What Is Agile BI?

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/15176

by Larry Burns     

-- The DAMA Report - May 2011

Enterprise Data World Was a Huge Success

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/15183

by DAMA International

NEW and Recently Added Special Features for May 2011

-- Happenings in Data Governance

Conference, Award, Professionals Organization

Written by Davida Berger

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/15210

-- Book Review of 'RecrEAtion' by Chris Potts

Realizing the Extraordinary Contribution of Your Enterprise Architects

Written by Paul Harmon

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/15046

-- Dead Crows Rumbled

Written by George McGeachie

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/15085

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- World Conference: Validating your DW/BI Direction

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

June 6-10, 2011 - Chicago, IL

-- Enterprise Architecture Conference

Business Process Management Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / Cutter Consortium / BP Trends

June 8-10, 2011 - London, UK

-- Annual Data Governance & Information Quality Conference *

DEBTECH International, Wilshire Conferences & IAIDQ

June 27-30, 2011 - San Diego, CA

-- World Conference: Evolving Your Agile BI Environment

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

August 7-12, 2011 - San Diego, CA

-- Business Analysis Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / IIBA UK

September 26-28, 2011 - London, UK

-- DAMA Conference Stockholm - Fall 2011 *

DAMA International - Scandinavian Chapter (Stockholm)

October 24-25, 2011 - Stockholm, Sweden

-- World Conference: Emerging Technologies 2012

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

Oct 30 - Nov 4, 2011 - Orlando, FL

-- Data Management, Information Quality and DW/BI Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / DAMA / Information Impact

November 7-9, 2011 - London, UK

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
http://www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
http://www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated w.BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
http://www.b-eye-network.com

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Please send all inquiries to the publisher at:

The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC

Post Office Box 112571

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) 15241

Arrange a time to speak with Robert S. Seiner - Pioneer of this approach.

KIK Consulting will also be offering their "How to Build and Implement Non-Invasive Data Governance Program" as a Public Seminar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday & Tuesday May 23 & 24.  Space is limited. 

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02/01/2011 - The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com)

http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on February 1^st.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.  The new issue contains:

New Articles from Alan Simon (Super Bowl 43 and Business Intelligence), Charles Betz (What's the Object), David C. Hay (The Zachman Framework - Updated) and Craig Mullins (Consider Capping to Reduce Costs). 

Feature Columns from Larry Burns (Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide - February 2011), Ronald G. Ross (Business Rules - February 2011) and DAMA International (The DAMA Report - February 2011). 

Special Features from Davida Berger with Michele Koch (Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) - What does it mean to you?) and Bob Seiner's Interview with Steven B. Adler.  Links to news stories, blogs & articles from other publications continue to be updated weekly.

Call for Articles and Feature Columns

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in publishing on TDAN.com.  I am also looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in the first, second and third months of each quarter.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

The FEBRUARY 2011 Issue

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW for FEBRUARY 2011:

-- Super Bowl 43 and Business Intelligence

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/14920

By Alan Simon

-- What's the Object?

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/14927

By Charles Betz

-- The Zachman Framework - Updated

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/14912

By David C. Hay

-- Consider Capping to Reduce Costs

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/14921

By Craig S. Mullins

NEW Feature Columns Added for FEBRUARY 2011:

-- Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide - February 2010
Is There a Single Version of the Truth?

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/14926

by Larry Burns

 -- Business Rules - February 2010

What Business Problems Do Business Rules Solve?
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/14931

by Ronald G. Ross               

-- DAMA Corner - February 2010

Starting 2011 Right with DAMA International

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/14933

by DAMA International               

NEW Recently Added Special Features

-- DGPO - What does it mean to you?

Data Governance Professionals Organization

Written by Davida Berger with Michele Koch

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/14601

-- Interview with Steven B. Adler - IBM Information Governance

Interview of Steven B. Adler by Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/14540

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- World Conference: Building an Enterprise Data Strategy *

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

February 13-18, 2011 - Las Vegas, Nevada

-- Data Governance Conference Europe 2011 *

Master Data Management Summit Europe 2011

IRM UK / MDM Institute

March 21-23, 2011 - London, UK

-- Enterprise Data World 2011 *

Wilshire Conferences / DAMA International

April 3-7, 2011 - Chicago, Illinois

-- World Conference: Performance Management

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

April 3-8, 2011 - Washington, D.C.

-- World Conference: Validating your DW/BI Direction

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

June 6-10, 2011 - Chicago, IL

-- Enterprise Architecture Conference

Business Process Management Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / Cutter Consortium / BP Trends

June 8-10, 2011 - London, UK

-- Annual Data Governance & Information Quality Conference *

DEBTECH International, Wilshire Conferences & IAIDQ

June 27-30, 2011 - San Diego, CA

-- World Conference: Evolving Your Agile BI Environment

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

August 7-12, 2011 - San Diego, CA

-- Business Analysis Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / IIBA UK

September 26-28, 2011 - London, UK

-- DAMA Conference Stockholm - Fall 2011 *

DAMA International - Scandinavian Chapter (Stockholm)

October 24-25, 2011 - Stockholm, Sweden

-- World Conference: Emerging Technologies 2012

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

Oct 30 - Nov 4, 2011 - Orlando, FL

-- Data Management, Information Quality and DW/BI Conference Europe 2011

IRM UK / DAMA / Information Impact

November 7-9, 2011 - London, UK

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
http://www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
http://www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
http://www.b-eye-network.com

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Please send all inquiries to the publisher at:

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) 15241

Just Announced:
 

NON-INVASIVE DATA GOVERNANCE ESSENTIALS
(TAUGHT BY ROBERT S. SEINER)
&
DATA MODELING ESSENTIALS
(TAUGHT BY STEVE HOBERMAN)
 
2 CLASSES - SEPTEMBER 27-28, 29-30, 2010
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (US)

Click Here for More Information!

Click Here to Download the September Brochure!

Cost:

$1299.00 for either of the 2-Day Classes
$1199.00 for either of the 2-Day Classes if paid before August 27.

$1999.00 for the 4-Days of Class
$1850.00 for the 4-Days of Class if paid before August 27.

Location:

Sheraton Station Square Pittsburgh (A Starwood Hotel)
300 W Station Square Dr · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 · United States
Mention "KIK Consulting" When Registering to Get Blocked Room Rate.
Call the Sheraton directly for reservations at (412) 261-2000
www.starwood.com/sheraton/index.html

Schedule:

Registration for the Data Governance Class (Class One): Sep 27 - 8:00 a.m.
Class One Day One - Monday: Sep 27, 2010, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Class One Day Two - Tuesday: Sep 28, 2010, 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Registration for the Data Modeling Class (Class Two): Sep 29, 8:00 a.m.
Class Two Day One - Wednesday: Sep 29, 2010, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Class Two Day Two - Thursday: Sep 30, 2010, 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Click Here for More Information!

Click Here to Download the September Brochure!

Instructors:

Robert S. (Bob) Seiner is well recognized and respected in the information asset management industry (covering data, content, and knowledge management) for his tremendous commitment to collecting, recording and sharing information about successful practices.  Mr. Seiner is the President and Principal Consultant of KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC, an information management consulting firm that focuses on cost-effective / practical solutions & education in data and meta-data management, data governance and stewardship programs, content and knowledge management solutions.  Mr. Seiner has maintained a focus on knowledge transfer throughout his twenty year career, through his popular internet publication The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC - TDAN.com, and through more than twelve years of conference speaking and hosting workshops.

Mr. Seiner, as a consultant & educator, has focused on the knowledge transfer aspect of his job.  After years of studying and implementing data management, knowledge management and business intelligence best practices he has taken on Consultative Mentoring, a blend between consulting and education, full time.  You can learn more about his publication, consulting and educational services by visiting http://www.TDAN.com and http://www.KIKconsulting.com and he can be reached at rseiner@tdan.com or rseiner@kikconsulting.com.  

Steve Hoberman is one of the world's most well-known data modeling gurus. He understands the human side of data modeling and has evangelized "next generation" techniques. Steve taught his first data modeling class in 1992 and has educated more than 10,000 people about data modeling and business intelligence techniques since then. Steve is known for his entertaining, interactive teaching and lecture style (watch out for flying candy!) and is a popular, frequent presenter at industry conferences, both nationally and internationally.

Steve is a columnist and frequent contributor to industry publications, as well as the author of Data Modeling Made Simple, Data Modeler's Workbench, and Data Modeling for the Business. He is the founder of the Design Challenges group and inventor of the Data Model Scorecard®. You can learn more about his books and other essential data management texts at Technics Publications' website, www.technicspub.com. Steve's website is www.stevehoberman.com and he can be reached at me@stevehoberman.com.

Click Here for More Information!

Click Here to Download the September Brochure!

Highlights:

Non-Invasive Data Governance Essentials - September 27-28, 2010

This class is taught by Robert S. Seiner.  In this class you will learn a "Non-Invasive" approach to Data Governance where:

• Data steward responsibilities are identified and recognized, formalized and engaged according to their existing responsibility rather than being assigned or handed to people as more work.
• The governance of data is applied to existing policies, standard operating procedures, practices, and methodologies ... rather than being introduced or emphasized as new processes or methods.
• The governance of data augments and supports all data integration, risk management, business intelligence and master data management activities rather than imposing inconsistent rigor to these initiatives.
• Specific attention is paid to assuring senior management's understanding of a practical and non-threatening yet effective approach to governing data that will be taken to mediate ownership and promote stewarding of data as a cross-organization asset, rather than the traditional method of "you will do this".
• Best practices and key concepts of the non-threatening approach are communicated effectively, compared to existing practices to identify and leverage strengths and enable the ability to address opportunities to improve.

Students of this class will learn how to take a non-threatening, practical & pragmatic, but most of all a "Non-Invasive" approach to implementing a Data Governance Program and how to immediately formulate a strategy & plan that will deliver measurable results with minimal investment.

Data Modeling Essentials - September 29-30, 2010

This class is taught by Steve Hoberman.  Data Modeling Fundamentals contains a complete explanation of data modeling

concepts and terminology, along with techniques for producing solid relational and dimensional data models. This course is designed to give you a practical understanding of data modeling that can be applied to your current projects. You will learn:

• Data modeling concepts and terminology
• How to read a data model
• Steps to building a subject area model
• Logical data modeling techniques of normalization, abstraction, and dimensionality
• Physical data modeling techniques of denormalization, partitioning, views, and indexing

Click Here for More Information!

Click Here to Download the September Brochure!

THE EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE IS MAY 28TH.  REGISTER TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE:

Robert S. Seiner and Steve Hoberman will be conducting public classes in Pittsburgh, PA (US) from June 28 to July 1.  The first two days will be taught by Seiner (Non-Invasive Data Governance Essentials) and the second two days will be taught by Hoberman (Data Modeling Essentials).  You may select to attend all four days or the two day class of your choosing.  Class-size is limited to 25 so register soon.  Early registration discounts for both the class and the hotel end on May 28^th.  Please visit http://www.kikconsulting.com or send an email to rseiner@kikconsulting.com for more information or to reserve space in the classes.

To download the brochure/registration form for these courses, click here:

http://www.kikconsulting.com/KIKDGDMPittsburgh062810.pdf

Non-Invasive Data Governance Essentials

This class will be held Monday and Tuesday June 28 and 29 and is taught by Robert S. Seiner.  In this class you will learn a "Non-Invasive" approach to Data Governance where:

• Data steward responsibilities are identified and recognized, formalized and engaged according to their existing responsibility rather than being assigned or handed to people as more work.
• The governance of data is applied to existing policies, standard operating procedures, practices, and methodologies ... rather than being introduced or emphasized as new processes or methods.
• The governance of data augments and supports all data integration, risk management, business intelligence and master data management activities rather than imposing inconsistent rigor to these initiatives.
• Specific attention is paid to assuring senior management's understanding of a practical and non-threatening yet effective approach to governing data that will be taken to mediate ownership and promote stewarding of data as a cross-organization asset, rather than the traditional method of "you will do this".
• Best practices and key concepts of the non-threatening approach are communicated effectively, compared to existing practices to identify and leverage strengths and enable the ability to address opportunities to improve.

Students of this class will learn how to take a non-threatening, practical & pragmatic, but most of all a "Non-Invasive" approach to implementing a Data Governance Program and how to immediately formulate a strategy & plan that will deliver measurable results with minimal investment.

Data Modeling Essentials

This class will be held Wednesday and Thursday June 30 and July 1 and is taught by Steve Hoberman.  Data Modeling Fundamentals contains a complete explanation of data modeling concepts and terminology, along with techniques for producing solid relational and dimensional data models. This course is designed to give you a practical understanding of data modeling that can be applied to your current projects. You will learn:

• Data modeling concepts and terminology
• How to read a data model
• Steps to building a subject area model
• Logical data modeling techniques of normalization, abstraction, and dimensionality
• Physical data modeling techniques of denormalization, partitioning, views, and indexing

To download the brochure/registration form for these courses, click here:

http://www.kikconsulting.com/KIKDGDMPittsburgh062810.pdf

Course Registration Cost

·         $1999.00 for the 4-Days of Class
$1850.00 for the 4-Days of Class if paid before May 28, 2010.
Registration Limited to 25.  Register Today!

·         $1299.00 for either of the 2-Day Classes
$1199.00 for either of the 2-Day Classes if paid before May 28, 2010.
Registration Limited to 25.  Register Today!

To download the brochure/registration form for these courses, click here:

http://www.kikconsulting.com/KIKDGDMPittsburgh062810.pdf

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05/01/10 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC - http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (May 2010) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on May 1^st.  This year marks the 14^th year of the TDAN.com publication.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.

The May issue contains New Articles from David C. Hay (Prepositions, Not Verbs or Nouns),  David C. Roberts / Kay Woollen (Data Architecture as a Service), Michael Rosen (Are You at the Controls?  Do You Know Where Your Data Is?) and a holdover from last month, Robert S. Seiner (Non-Invasive Data Governance: A Message to Take to Management),.  Four Feature Columns have been added including Larry Burns (Conquering the Logical/Physical Divide - May 2010), Ron Ross (Business Rules - May 2010), Adrian Miley (Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective - May 2010) and Loretta Mahon Smith (The DAMA Corner - May 2010 - coming soon).   Special Features were recently added including Stijn Christiaens (Review of Malcolm Chisholm's latest book), Donna Burbank (Get Your Geek On with Erwin.com) and Johnny Gay (Review of Steve Hoberman's lastest book).  Links to blogs from other publications and data-related news stories continue to be updated weekly.

A few quick announcements:  Robert S. Seiner will conduct a webinar on 5/17 at 2pm EST focused on "Anticipating/Resolving Data Governance Trial/Tribulations", a primer for his workshop at the Data Governance Conference in San Diego June 7-10.  Seiner will also participate in an MPO (Metadata Professional Organization) early morning session at this conference to speak about "Metadata and Data Governance", as well as provide a one-hour session on Data Governance Communications Planning.  And finally ... The Annual Data Governance Best Practice Award Winner for 2010 has been selected and will be announced this week.  Look for more information this week from TDAN.com, DebTech International and Wilshire Conferences this week regarding all of these items.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in publishing on TDAN.com.  I am also looking to add a Feature Columns that will run quarterly in the second and third months of each quarter.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

THE MAY 2010 ISSUE

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for MAY 2010:

-- Prepositions, Not Verbs or Nouns

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/13276

By David C. Hay

-- Data Architecture as a Service

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/13529

By David C. Roberts & Kay F. Woollen

-- Are You at the Controls?  Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/13527

by Michael Rosen

Published in association with IRM UK's Enterprise Architecture Conference, June 16-18 in London.

-- Non-Invasive Data Governance: A Message to Take to Management

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/13099

By Robert S. Seiner

NEW Feature Columns Added for MAY 2010:

-- Conquering the Logical/Physical Divide - May 2010

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/13274

A Vatican II for Data Governance
by Larry Burns
  

-- Business Rules - May 2010

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/13528

by Ron Ross

-- Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective - May 2010

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/13530

by Adrian Miley

-- The DAMA Report - May 2010 - coming soon

http:// www.tdan.com /view-featured-columns/xxxx

by Loretta Mahon Smith

NEW Special Features Added for MAY 2010:

-- Review of Malcolm Chisholm's Book: Definitions in Information Management

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/13359

Stijn Christiaens' Review of Malcolm Chisholm's Latest Book

-- Get Your Geek On with ERwin.com

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/13070

By Donna Burbank

-- Review of Steve Hoberman's Book: Data Modeling Made Simple - Second Edition

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/13071

Johnny Gay's Review of Steve Hoberman's Latest Book

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Spring World Conference - TDWI

http://www.tdwi.org/

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

May 9-14, 2010 - Chicago, Illinois (US)

-- The Annual Data Governance Conference 2010 *

http://www.dg-conference.com/

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 7-10, 2010 - San Diego, California (US)

-- The Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2010

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2010/

IRM UK Strategic Training

June 16-18, 2010 - London, UK

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
http://www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
http://www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
http://www.b-eye-network.com

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04/01/10 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC - http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (April 2010) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on April 1st.  This year marks the 14th year of the TDAN.com publication.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.

The April issue contains New Articles from Robert S. Seiner (Non-Invasive Data Governance: A Message to Take to Management), Jeff Anders (Cloud Computing for Technology Tools),  Rob Karel (Consider Data and Process as Two Sides of the Same Coin), and Jim Luisi & Sean Kimball (Architecture Made Easy).  Four Feature Columns have been added including Craig Mullins (The Database Report - April 2010), Dan Sutherland (The Data Maze - April 2010), Steve Hoberman (The Data Modeling Addict - April 2010) and Tim Graettinger (Data Mining in Practice - April 2010).   Special Features were recently added including Donna Burbank (Get Your Geek On with Erwin.com) and a review of Steve Hoberman's new book (Data Modeling Made Simple, 2nd Ed.) by Johnny Gay.  Links to blogs from other publications and data-related news stories continue to be updated weekly.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in publishing on TDAN.com.  I am also looking to add a Feature Columns that will run quarterly in the second and third months of each quarter.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

THE APRIL 2010 ISSUE

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for APRIL 2010:

-- Non-Invasive Data Governance: A Message to Take to Management

By Robert S. Seiner

-- Cloud Computing for Technology Tools

Leveraging Cloud Principles to Deliver Tools to Application Developers/DB Professionals

By Jeff Anders

-- Consider Data and Process as Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Rob Karel in Cooperation with The Data Governance Conference Europe, April 2010

-- Architecture Made Easy, Part 9

Architecture Governance: Attaining the Appropriate Balance

by Jim Luisi and Sean Kimball

NEW Feature Columns Added for APRIL 2010:

-- The Database Report - April 2010

Database News from 1Q10
by Craig Mullins
  

-- The Data Maze - April 2010

Models and Analytics
by Dan Sutherland

-- The Data Modeling Addict - April 2010
Three Situations That Weaken Data Model Precision

by Steve Hoberman

-- Data Mining in Practice - April 2010

Nuts and Bolts of Data Mining: The Histogram
by Tim Graettinger

NEW Special Features Added for APRIL 2010:

-- Get Your Geek On with ERwin.com

By Donna Burbank

-- Book  Review: Data Modeling Made Simple - Second Edition

Johnny Gay's Book Review of Steve Hoberman's Latest Book

-- Interview with Davida Berger on the Data Governance Conference, DG Best Practice Award

Davida Berger interviewed by Robert S. Seiner

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

-- Updated Conference List

-- Updated Business Resource Section

-- Updated Book List

-- Special Features

-- Updated Company & Product List

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- The Data Governance Conference Europe 2010 *

IRM UK Strategic Training

April 19-21, 2010 - London, UK

-- Spring World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

May 9-14, 2010 - Chicago, Illinois (US)

-- The Annual Data Governance Conference 2010 *

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 7-10, 2010 - San Diego, California (US)

-- The Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2010

IRM UK Strategic Training

June 16-18, 2010 - London, UK

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
http://www.b-eye-network.com

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TDAN.com follows strict "confirmed opt-in" guidelines set forth by many internet providers. Occasionally readers may receive important email announcements from TDAN.com regarding industry-specific opportunities and events.

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mailto:tdan-request@lists01.stargate.net?subject=subscribe

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Please send all inquiries to the publisher at:

The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC

Post Office Box 112571

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) 15241

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03/01/10 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC - http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (March 2010) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on March 1^st.  This year marks the 14^th year of the TDAN.com publication.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.

The March issue contains New Articles from Eskil Swende (Defining and Naming Data Models Related to the Zachman Framework), Tony Eastwood (Experiences on the Hidden Complexities of Data Standard Integration),