1. Overview of Successful Records Management Programs
   1. “Startling facts” about records management in today’s organizations
   2. Why all organizations need to make records management a high priority
   3. Scope and components of organization-wide records management programs
   4. Benefits of and return on investment from records management programs
   5. Managing electronic records and maximizing use of Internet and Intranets
   6. Specific proven strategies for program development
   7. Tried and proven strategies to establish (or strengthen) organization-wide records management programs
   8. Selling the need and securing management support
   9. The framework of an organizational structure for managing records
   10. Successful strategies for program development, management and control
   11. Integrating IT and electronic records management
2. Managing Electronic Records
   1. Why the future of records management (RM) is largely electronic
   2. Components of electronic records management (ERM) programs
   3. Need for ERM software solutions
   4. Functions of today’s ERM solutions
   5. Recommendations for managing e-mail
   6. Managing electronic records retention
   7. Resources about managing electronic records
3. Developing and Implementing Records Retention Schedules
   1. An overview of the law and records management
   2. Litigation consequences of throwing away records and eliminating data too quickly or retaining data and records too long
   3. The process of retention schedule development and implementation
   4. Federal and state statutes for records and data retention
   5. Achieving compliance (legal and other)
4. Developing Quality Filing Systems for Paper Document Records
   1. A look at the worst and best of today’s filing systems
   2. How to purge files, inventory records, and develop appropriate indexing and classification systems
   3. A process for improving existing systems and developing new ones
   4. Equipment, supplies and systems for tomorrow’s most efficient systems
   5. Utilizing color coding, bar coding, file tracking, and the selection and use of records management software
   6. Equipment, supplies and systems for state-of-the-art paper systems
5. Managing Inactive and Vital Records
   1. Steps for managing inactive records
   2. Using software to manage inactive records
   3. Developing and managing in-house records centers
   4. The potential of “outsourcing” to commercial records centers
   5. Alternatives for systematic and cost-effective records disposition
6. “Imaging” and Applications in RM
   1. Film-based imaging remains an option
   2. Why potentially use microfilm in 2007
   3. Digital imaging applications
   4. Software for digital imaging
   5. Resources for imaging

LOCATION:

Establishing & Managing Successful Records Management Programs will be held in the CMD Training Center in the Woodman Alumni Building on the Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas.   

General Information for Nearby Accommodations

Candlewood Suites
3141 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 634-6070

Courtyard by Marriott
2975 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 636-4600

Hilton Garden Inn
2041 N Bradley Fair Pkwy
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 219-4444

Residence Inn
1212 N Greenwich Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 682-7300