Online Leadership Academy -- Officially Launched!!
ARMA International is very pleased to make available to you the on-line leadership course, Personal Leadership Skills. As part of ARMA's Leadership Academy, this on-line course was created exclusively for ARMA volunteer leaders. It is part of ARMA's commitment to support your leadership development efforts. Personal Leadership Skills contains eleven modules. Each module takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes to complete. You can work through each module at your own desired pace. For your convenience you can leave a module at any place and return to it where you left off.
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to those completing the entire course and demonstrating comprehension of all 11 modules. A score of 80% is required to pass the short quiz in each module, and more than one opportunity is given to achieve 80% or better.
Your participation in taking this on-line course demonstrates your commitment to personal and professional leadership development. This training is offered to you at no cost because you are an ARMA volunteer leader. It is designed to improve your general leadership skills for any leadership context. CRMs will receive 6.5 CRM maintenance credits upon successful completion of the full course - all eleven modules. No credits will be awarded for partial completion.
The Online Leadership Academy can be found at: Leadership Academy. Please keep this e-mail and link handy for future access. The link will also soon be available in the leadership resource area of our website.
To access and begin the course, please use the link above and follow instructions. You will need your ARMA membership I.D. number to use at your PIN to log in. Please contact Tom Killam for the password to the site.
If you have any questions about the logistics of using this online course or getting logged in, please contact our vendor, Alliance Training and Consulting, at 1-888-793-8383, or +1-913-385-5515.
For other ARMA International questions not specific to the logistics of this online training, please continue to call us at 1-800-422-2762 (US and Canada), or +1 913-341-3808 (all other countries). ARMA strongly encourages you to take advantage of this great opportunity for professional development.
We hope you enjoy and benefit from this online learning experience! Watch your e-mail and/or Chapter Connections for updates and further announcements!
ARMA International Unveils Competencies
Oct. 7 marks the unveiling of the long-awaited ARMA International RIM Core Competencies. The release of this publication was announced at a special session during the ARMA International 52nd Annual Conference & Expo in Baltimore.
The publication details the core competencies records and information management professionals need to be a success at the various stages in their career. These competencies will enable individuals to identify gaps in their current skills and knowledge so they know where they need more development. They also will be useful to managers and human resources professionals in defining descriptions for existing and new records and information management-related positions. A download of the publication is available on the ARMA International website (www.arma.org). A printed version will be available for purchase in the ARMA International Bookstore (www.arma.org/bookstore) by Nov. 15.
Two exciting grants are now available to Chapters
You can now apply for two grant programs designed to assist your Chapter in educational programming and officer leadership development. The two grant programs are the result of the work of ARMA's Leadership Development and Training Committee. The new grant programs are as follows:
The ARMA Region Leadership Training Grant: This program will provide chapters with funding to assist them in sending chapter leaders to their region leadership training and allows for two grants of $400.00 (US Dollars) each, per fiscal year, for each of the 10 (ten) ARMA regions.
The ARMA Chapter Speaker Grant: This program will provide chapters with funding to assist them in acquiring high quality speakers for their educational offerings and allows for individual grants of $500.00 per Chapter for acquisition of speaker(s) for an individual educational program. There will be a maximum of 25 speaker grants per fiscal year.
Each grant program will require an application be submitted to the respective Region Manager, who then review and submit to ARMA International's Director of Member Services, who will then make the final decisions on the distribution of the respective grant funds.
We encourage your Chapter to apply for these funds to assist in your programming and leadership development. Both of these grant forms will be available on the Leadership Resource area of our website in the near future.
Thomas D. Killam
Director, Member Services
ARMA International
NOTE: Application forms available on the "Info & Forms" page and by clicking the lnks below:
Region Leadership Training Grant Form & Chapter Speaker Grant Form
AIIM-ARMA FAQ's
The following link will take you to some Q&A's about the AIIM / ARMA talks. http://www.arma.org/pdf/news/ARMA-AIIMFAQ.pdfThe AIIM Electronic Records Management (ERM) Certificate Program
The AIIM ERM Certificate Program is designed from global best practices among our 50,000 members. The program explores records management in relation to the business needs of all types of organizations, both in the public and private sector, embracing all records, but with a particular emphasis on electronic records.
The training program consists of three training programs taken in any order, or a 4-day Master class
covering all ERM topics:
ERM Strategy ("Why ERM") - 1 day classroom training course
ERM Practitioner ("What is ERM") - 17 online modules or 2-day classroom training course
ERM Specialist ("How to Implement ERM") - 12 online modules or 2-day classroom training course
ERM Master ("Putting it all Together") - 4-day classroom training course
All course students will ...
Learn global best practices for planning and implementing ERM
Discover real world solutions and best practices for the challenges you face
Learn from experts in the field who are able to answer your questions and address your comments
Position yourself to be tomorrow's leader by enhancing your business and professional skills
For more information about our new ERM Certificate Program, visit www.aiim.org/training.