1. Successes & Challenges in Programming Year 2017-2018
Presented to RLC June 15-16, 2018 by Liane Cooper

2. Our Big Successes: December Holiday Event at O Street Mansion
9/20/17
Kristina Francis, President/CEO , EsteemLogic
Accelerating Your ‘Yes” to Find Daily Fulfillment at Work
10/25/17
Jennifer L. Joyce, Assurance Services Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Strategies to Get It Done: Defensible Disposition
11/15/17
William (Jack) Sexton, Records Mgt Project Manager, DHS/ICE/SEVP
The Job To Be Done – The Business Case for End-to-End
Automated Records & Information Management
12/11/17
SPECIAL EVENT: Holiday Tour -The Mansion on O Street ,
2020 O Street, NW, Washington DC
Open Invitation to ARMA MetroMD, AIIM, and Guests
(Transportation : Dupont Circle/Farragut North Metro)
1/17/18
Amina Elgouacem, President & CEO, NEOSTEK
Lessons Learned:
Good RFPs & RFIs are Key to Successful RIM Implementations
2/21/18
Michelle Bundy, VP Enterprise PMO, Freddie Mac
Practical Tips to Make Change Stick
3/28/18
Elizabeth Adkins, Director , Information Governance, Grant Thornton
Keeping Data Safe: The Need for Information Governance
and Information Security to Work Together
4/18/18
ANNUAL SEMINAR: ‘Pivoting from Paper – Are We There Yet?’
At Drinker Biddle LLP, 1500 K St, NW, Suite 1100, Washington DC 20005
(Transportation: McPherson Square – Orange Line)
5/16/18
John Brandt, US Department of State
Topic: US Diplomatic Courier Centennial, Archives, Records
6/20/18
Mitch Farbstein, Feith
Topic: Cyber content Protection
Year End Wrap, Awards, New Officers
Our Big Successes:
December Holiday Event at O Street Mansion
Food, networking, adventure & exploration of over 100 rooms,70 secret doors
Seminar Event: “Pivoting from Paper – Are We There Yet?”
Co-Sponsoring with Metro MD Chapter

3. Our Big Seminar Successes:
More involvement with our sponsors – Innovation, Experimentation & Risk to planning & execution!
Seminar Event: Lunchtime “Speed Networking” event
– Attendees present Platinum or Gold Sponsor with question & vigorous discussion ensues!
Great mixer!
“Speed Networking” – Highly rated on evaluations!

4. More Big Successes:
Marketing - Purchase of promotional ARMA NOVA signage (It’s branded exhibit ware) for booths at conferences & conventions
Marketing – Branding snacks for distribution at DGI (Digital Govt Institute) and other events – Examples:
ARMA NOVA – “Champions for Records Mgt & Info Governance! Check out our great programs at arma-nova.org”
- ARMA NOVA – “Feed your CRM & IGP Cred! Check out our great programs at arma-nova.org”

5. Successes: But making lemonade…
More time with our Training Futures community partner –
Inviting trainees to join us for events (and to eat the food we cannot, due to falling numbers!)
Implemented STAR CHAPTER within the last year & a half –
We’re still learning the capabilities, our EXECUTION could be stronger using features
Our numbers are dwindling –
As high as 102 in June 2014, only 59 members today.
We’re small but mighty… We used technology to promote ourselves – LinkedIn, list serve, , website, and…
TWITTER tweets last year, 105 followers!

6. Challenges: Forcing us to make lemonade
Lost our beloved venue (location, location, location) at Clyde’s of Tysons Corner – CLOSED suddenly with only days to go before our monthly contracted event!
Temporary space at country club one month…
Restaurant search, striking contract, conducting two meetings – then phased NEW MANAGEMENT, new contract required, new events planner, new chef!

7. Challenges: The Big Conundrum
Falling Membership
Falling Participation in monthly events & seminar
Venue Contract Risk >> Our out-go $ overtaking our income
Searching for root cause:
–relevant programming?
-need a fresher format? (Not dinner meetings?)
-expense/competition for $ to maintain
continuing credits?
-complicated time & travel?
-not enough marketing?
-ways to reach & involve younger professionals?