Presented by Kevin More at the SIM Chapter Leader’s Summit April 30, 2010, Chicago, ILSociety for Information Management www.simnet.org

Past Presidents of the Boston Chapter of the Society for Information Management taken in 2007 at the Chapter’s 30th anniversary event. This event was inspiration for creating a Boston SIM Wikipedia Article

Wikipedia Issues

Wikipedia Administrator’s are very strict about allowing Chapters of professional organizations to have their own article

After dialogue we agreed to merge and incorporate the Boston Chapter’s article into the SIM International article

Unfortunately the SIM International article was almost empty and needed attention

This was the page as of March 2010 – almost empty!

This is the new page as of April 2010

History of SIM researched and added

A section was created for each of the 31 Chapters – this is Boston’s

Wikipedia requires the use of in-line citations much like a research paper

Wikipedia Lessons and Next Steps

Wikipedia is a great marketing tool but can not be written like a public relations or marketing piece

A well written Wikipedia Article brings credibility to an organization

Local Chapters of SIM have the opportunity to add their own content (history, unique programs, etc.)

Questions?

Check out our article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Information_Management

Kevin MoreBoston Chapter of SIM