FreePint Topics: Essential Insight, Practical Focus
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By Robin Neidorf

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The new FreePint Topics offer must-have content for any business to be efficient and competitive - and articles offer unique, practical and actionable insight. Articles and product reviews are available under "sources", "technology", "ROI" and "compliance"; monthly email updates are free. Don't miss out on information from game-changing developments in sources to the power of planning for improved return on investment.

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Since the recent introduction of FreePint Topics, it's become easier to explain and demonstrate the value of FreePint. The Topics are "must-have" for any business to be efficient and competitive, and the FreePint approach is to focus on articles that provide unique, practical and actionable insight.

Here's just a sample of the coverage in each of the FreePint Topics in the past two weeks:

Sources: Game-Changing Developments

If you weren't eligible or available to join June's Community of Practice calls on Alternatives in News Aggregation, you can read about some of the insights we came to during the sessions:

• Investigating News Aggregation: What Content, From Whom?
• Investigating News Aggregation: Why?

One of the insights that emerged during my preparation for the call, and which we discussed as a group, is the potential role of big data technologies to address the needs of today's organisations for news awareness. This insight is already influencing our plans for the FreePint Topic Series: News Needs in the Enterprise: Beyond Aggregation, to launch in October. If you're intrigued, be sure to register your interest to stay informed about the series as it develops.

Technology: Slow Down the Bandwagon

James Mullan often shares both his enthusiasm and scepticism about the application of technology to make intranets and organisations more social. He recently cast his gimlet eye on the announced partnership of Klout's "influence measurement" and Yammer's enterprise social network. 

New functionality seems like a good thing... until you dig into the details a bit and consider how technology might deliver a skewed or false view of the world. The next time someone gets overly optimistic about a magical technology solution, share this article for valuable discussion on the difference between a good idea and actual business outcomes.

ROI: The Power of Planning

Plan your work; work your plan. Often easier said than done. Yulia Aspinall provides a clear framework for creating a 5-step plan to develop your services, including the ability to measure and document value.

Compliance: So Many Requirements to Stay Out of Trouble

Producer Andrew Lucas continues to source product reviews, articles and webinar speakers for the FreePint Topic Series: Compliance in Context, launching in September. His plans cover the whole alphabet soup of financial regulations, along with a market map of vendors who address these information requirements, and tips on staying informed about what's changing in different jurisdictions.

His series preview article provides the full list of articles and reports now commissioned. Once you read it, you'll want to register your interest; in addition to keeping you informed of new content published in the series, registration will get you a free copy of the FreePint Report: Buyer's Guide on Compliance, to be published in September.

Get the Value

If staying informed and aware about Sources, Technology, ROI or Compliance is critical to you, be sure you're registered to get the free monthly updates for your choice of FreePint Topic(s). Login to your account to change your preferences, or complete this form today.

When you're ready to go beyond the free updates, order a FreePint Subscription. You than have access to the entire archive, and you can share any article or report with anyone else at your organisation.

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