The most efficient and effective governance projects tend to be those that follow some sort of emergency: a breach, a lawsuit, a flood, etc. Hence the expression "never waste a crisis" – a phrase of which I was recently reminded by Cheryl Banke, CEO and Founder of Belvedere Consulting and my special guest in this episode of Speaking Of.

Have a watch and let us know what you think as we discuss scenarios and recommendations regarding:

- Paying attention to what's happening in the business
- Paying attention to what's happening in technology
- Anticipating crisis points
- Thinking beyond just records

You'll be glad you did!

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Steve Weissman - steve@hollygroup.com
Cheryl Banke - clb@crmig.com

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You know how important metrics are to doing governance right. (If you don’t, have a watch of our May 2025 Roundtable on the subject!) But simply collecting them isn’t enough; rather, you have to ensure they are viewable, analyzable, and actionable on an ongoing basis, and reportable in easily-digested ways to senior executives and external overseers.

In practical terms, this means enhancing your dashboarding and auditing capabilities – twin requirements that are critical to the longevity of your program and are the subject of our next IG Community Roundtable.

Join us as we dive into whys and wherefores of these too-often-overlooked issues, exploring the relationship between them and the ripple effects associated with doing them well (or not) … effects that can impact your ability to cost-justify your entire initiative. This will be an hour very well spent!

Brought to you by governance experts

• Steve Weissman - steve@hollygroup.com
• Jesse Wilkins - jesse.wilkins@epiqglobal.com
• Donda Young - dlyoung@heliasconsulting.com

and people like you!

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When pursuing good governance, time needs to be at least as well budgeted as money. Otherwise, you’ll do a poor job of it – or worse, never get done at all.

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Remember how AI was going to disrupt and transform our businesses? Well, according to research and my own observations, a lot of that hype has since fizzled. Why? Because there’s more focus being placed on installing AI than installing AI of practical value – and it’s the latter that is going to make or break it where you work.

Here's a short list of critical tasks to keep your initiative from stalling out – or to revive it if it has. Have a listen and then give me a ring, and I’ll help you get the most value you can from what you’re doing.

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Here's a story about that time a client with a privacy initiative almost skipped SalesForce as a system to include in its search for PII – "because it doesn’t have any private information in it"! Note the word ALMOST!

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Steve Weissman
steve@hollygroup.com
617-383-4655

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Selecting an information solution can be one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of any governance initiative because a number of factors nearly instantly muddy the waters. For example:

• There are simply way too many offerings on the market to be able to keep track of them all.

• Most of those you do find boast features, functions, and adjectives (“market-leading!” “cutting-edge!” “AI-enabled!”) that sound so similar that it can be hard to tell one from another.

• And even when they can be distinguished, many of the differences are so highly-specialized that they may not even apply to you.

So how can you narrow the field and end up choosing something that actually suits your needs?

Answering this question is the subject of this IG Community Roundtable, which features information experts Steve Weissman, Jesse Wilkins, Donda Young, and several of our less-shy participants. Don’t miss it — it's an hour well spent.

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Steve Weissman - steve@hollygroup.com
Jesse Wilkins - jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com
Donda Young - dlyoung@heliasconsulting.com

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Hear about the time a client asked help installing a culture of governance at his company because, as much as he tried to play Good Cop, “I’m not really getting anywhere.” Turns out he needed a Bad Cop as well – or at least the spectre of one.

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Steve Weissman
steve@hollygroup.com
617-383-4655

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No conversation about information is complete without talking about data quality. This is especially critical when it comes to AI, of which so much is expected, because – as is true everywhere – you have to put good stuff IN if you want to get valuable stuff OUT. (GIGO, anyone?)

But: what exactly IS “data quality” anyway? How is it defined? Measured? Improved?

In this InfoGov Community Roundtable, information governance experts Steve Weissman, Jesse Wilkins, Donda Young, and people like YOU address these questions, and more.

Have a listen if you prefer real conversation over talking-head webinars, and real-world stories over ivory-tower opinions. You'll be glad you did!

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