Sothis Consulting Inc.

08/20/2024

Respectfully, you might

https://www.sothisconsulting.com/post/do-i-need-an-im-consultant

04/09/2024

Reasons to Attend the ARMA Canada Conference!

In THIS economy.Although I do not typically hype up events where there will be more than ten people in attendance and where I would have to find parking in the downtown core, (Jesus, take the wheel) here are five reasons why you, as an Information Management professional, should attend the ARMA Cana...

02/26/2024

https://www.sothisconsulting.com/post/policies-procedures-a-love-sonnet

I mean, it was Valentine's Day recently

Ah, the incandescent joy of an elegantly written, smoothly communicated and ardently cherished (and thus religiously adhered to) Policy & Procedure. Nothing makes me happier. Nothing brings me more vindicated satisfaction. No amount of earthly bliss can hold a candle to surpassing it. I put it on th...

01/03/2024

Happy New Year from all of us* here at Sothis Consulting!

*me and three cats

Helloooooooooooo to the four people that read this! I hope everyone had a lovely and restful holidays. I debated on whether to relate the Best of My Unhinged Family Moments highlight reel, but have decided not to for the sake of subject continuity. However, if your curiosity has been piqued, see me....

09/29/2023

https://www.sothisconsulting.ca/post/what-is-a-records-retention-schedule

when people ask me "what are you passionate about?" I now have a stunning answer

I accidentally became an RRS (records retention schedule) nerd overnight. It happened by inches. One minute I was gazing into the abyss while eating soup in the bathtub, and the next minute I was vehemently informing my friends about how if you keep a record for shorter than you’re supposed to, yo...

07/26/2023

https://www.sothisconsulting.ca/post/what-are-metadata-allowables

Happy Summer, everyone! (Lol. And by everyone, I mean the 2.5 people who read this because they’re too polite not to. Shout-out to my roommates and my Mom!) Today we’re talking about Metadata Allowables, because my friend Pam said she didn’t know what they were and I simply cannot allow her to...

05/28/2023

Today we're talking about Sharepoint!

Three years into working for a legal regulatory body in Alberta that shall remain nameless, (too obvious?) I was sent to an ARMA (Association of Records Managers & Administrators) conference. ARMA sets the standard. ARMA is the standard. Anybody who’s anybody in the Records Management space can be...

05/17/2023

this week we continue our long and arduous journey into the magical forests of metadata

03/25/2023

Today we're talking about METADATA!

02/18/2023

Hi! I'm an IM Consultant based in Calgary, AB who offers free education on what information management is and why every organization needs to care about it!

For my first post I thought we'd "start at the very beginning, a very good place to start" (shout-out to the Sound of Music and my homegirl Maria).