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Subscription Update for Banking & Finance
21st May 2015

Information professionals across all industries face a number of challenges and issues. We highlight recent pieces from FreePint's Content, Community and Consulting that would be of particular interest to information professionals within the banking and finance sector. Included are FreePint's Topic Series "Best Practices in Information Skills Development" which is of real interest within the sector. Training and development and how to balance time and resources, whilst being up-to date on the latest developments, is always an issue for information professionals within the banking and finance sector.

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Developing Skills for Ourselves, Team and End Users
21st May 2015

As we reach the mid-way point of our Topic Series "Best Practices in Information Skills Development", series co-producers Sarah Huibregtse and Val Skelton reflect on how content is addressing the way training can plug business-critical skills gaps, guidance for information professionals who are training service teams and end-users, and how information leaders can grasp training opportunities for their own continuing professional development.

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FreePint Newsletter 423 Published
21st May 2015

Announcement of the publication of FreePint Newsletter 423.

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Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
20th May 2015

Find out what's new and upcoming in FreePint's Content, Community, and Consulting including our latest product reviews; and articles and webinars in the "Best Practices in Information Skills Development" series. Find out about our Community of Practice events on "Getting Information Skills onto the Strategic Agenda" and "Turning Content into Curricula". Consulting projects include working with a client on "productising" its service offerings.

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My Favourite Tipples from a Head of Knowledge Management
19th May 2015

My Favourite Tipples are shared by Kate Stanfield, head of knowledge management for a commercial law firm. She shares her favourite online resources in areas from technical forums for intranets, to legal coverage and language learning.

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Solcara Offers Superior Search for Legal and Business Teams
14th May 2015

Legal researcher Candace Cathey selects some highlights from her recent product review of Solcara Legal Search from Thomson Reuters. She explains how it offers time efficiency and which search and sharing features she found of most interest.

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How External Partners Can Play a Part in Training
13th May 2015

Rapidly evolving technologies that support information and knowledge management activities require information professionals to continually upgrade and polish professional skills. At the same time, information professionals must make sure their work is tightly aligned with business goals of the parent organisation, so it is critical to also keep abreast of the latest management practices and resources being deployed throughout the organisation. Most organisations recognise talent development as a business priority and offer programmes in support of workforce development. Additional education resources offered by our information industry partners should also be considered, says Jan Sykes.

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Crafting a Compelling Presentation
13th May 2015

Presentations don't need to be dull PowerPoint fests. Phil Bradley has been providing information skills training for many years and gives a taste of different ways to make PowerPoint presentations more exciting and how to liven up training sessions for information skills.

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Initial View on Information Skills Development Survey
11th May 2015

The initial results of FreePint's research into information skills development suggest that we have a long way to go in raising awareness amongst corporate leadership around the urgent need for a trained and information-savvy workforce. FreePint's director of research, Robin Neidorf sheds light on the findings to date. And there's still time to complete our short survey and receive a copy of the results on publication.

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S&P Capital IQ - Building-In Proprietary Data
8th May 2015

Following his recent in-depth product review of financial research platform S&P Capital IQ, analyst Chris Porter provides some thoughts on blending a third-party research database with your organisation's own special proprietary data.

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