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Newsletter No.399
22nd May 2014
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Making Information Skills Central and Strategic
 Spring emerges in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it fresh ideas for FreePint!
In recent strategy meetings, we've clarified what we feel are the most important gaps in our industry that FreePint uniquely covers:
- How to make information more discoverable in the enterprise is one of the most common queries I get from subscribers - there's an almost bewildering array of tools, product features and user-focused approaches to guiding workers to the best and most useful information
- The strategic role of "awareness" information (on company, industry and market news) remains top-of-mind for many information managers. The market upheavals around news content from 2013 may have calmed down, but the questions raised by those changes show no sign of going away
- Does my organisation need to adopt social enterprise tools? The short answer is "yes" but which ones, how and to what end are open for discussion.
These and similar big ideas reflect FreePint's sharpening focus on making information skills and services both central and strategic. Help us continue to work through these ideas and help them evolve by submitting your suggestions for areas of coverage.
Meanwhile, the latest Subscription Update offers up a taster of the latest Content, Community and Consulting from FreePint, including:
Read the Subscription Update here.
I'm looking forward to reconnecting with customers, contributors and partners at the SLA Annual Conference in Vancouver in June. If you'll be there, please let me know - I'd love to connect! And please consider joining the FreePint family for an informal Community of Practice... also known as drinks and appetisers. Register here if you'd like to attend.
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Get Up to Date on CI
Latest tips on competitive intelligence? Got them. Reviews of CI-focused products and tools? Yes.
Register your interest in the FreePint Topic Series: Next-Generation Competitive Intelligence to refresh your skills and learn new ones on this always-changing area of information practice.
Series producer Mary Ellen Bercik shares her commentary, along with the practical tips and insights she's commissioned from contributors on practical elements of CI work.
Register now to receive regular updates on new content in the series, and you'll also get a free Buyer's Guide report upon publication in June.
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Recent Reviews: Media Monitoring
Whether your need for news focuses on the traditional or on social and new media, FreePint's recent product reviews can help you find the best fit:
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Recent FreePint Subscription articles and reports:
 Information Sources
- Product Review of DiscoverOrg: Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help
By Jan Knight on Tuesday, 20th May 2014
Posted in: Company sources - Financial sources - People sources
- Product Review of Cipher Systems' Knowledge.Works: Sources, Content and Coverage
By Sophie Alexander on Tuesday, 20th May 2014
Posted in: Knowledge management - Competitive intelligence - Content management
- William Lewis Settles In as Dow Jones CEO
By Chris Porter on Monday, 19th May 2014
Posted in: Information purchasing - News sources
- Product Review of Cipher Systems' Knowledge.Works: Introduction and Contact Details
By Sophie Alexander on Friday, 16th May 2014
Posted in: Information purchasing - Competitive intelligence - Content management
- Product Review of DiscoverOrg: Sources, Content and Coverage
By Jan Knight on Friday, 16th May 2014
Posted in: Company sources - Financial sources - People sources
- Developing & Leveraging Your Primary Source Network for High Impact Competitive Intelligence
By Marc Limacher on Thursday, 15th May 2014
Posted in: Information strategy - Knowledge management - Competitive intelligence
- OSIRA - a New Champion for Information Professionals
By Penny Crossland on Wednesday, 14th May 2014
Posted in: Competitive intelligence - Social media sources - Security
- Product Review of DiscoverOrg: Introduction and Contact Details
By Jan Knight on Wednesday, 14th May 2014
Posted in: Information purchasing - Company sources - Financial sources - People sources
- Media Intelligence Providers Vocus and Cision Set to Join Forces
By Chris Porter on Tuesday, 13th May 2014
Posted in: Information purchasing - Media monitoring - News sources - Social media sources
- Source Update for Eureka.cc and Europresse.com
By Anne Jordan on Monday, 12th May 2014
Posted in: News sources - Regional sources
- Source Update for Factiva
By Anne Jordan on Friday, 9th May 2014
Posted in: News sources - Regional sources
- Source Update for Nexis
By Anne Jordan on Thursday, 8th May 2014
Posted in: News sources - Regional sources
- Collecting, Assessing and Organising Data for Competitive Intelligence
By Libby Trudell on Wednesday, 7th May 2014
Posted in: Information strategy - Competitive intelligence
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