ARMA Toronto Chapter Program:   GARP®: How Do We Turn Blue or Green?

Date:               Thursday, February 16, 2012

Time:              2-4pm

Place:              483 Bay Street, North Tower, Ground Floor – Special Events Room

Speaker:         Paula Lederman, IMERGE Consulting Inc.

About the Program:

GARP® is often used to assess the Records Management maturity level of organizations.  It is an excellent tool to very briefly summarize to management and non-record staff (in most cases legal staff) the current status with the existing records program or lack thereof. The challenge that is then presented is:  what do we need to do to turn green or blue, and what resources (time, money, people will be required?  Oftentimes, the goal is to move from GARP® to formulate a roadmap based on priorities and corporate drivers. This talk will summarize these cases and lessons learned and will provide a framework for moving forward from initial assessment using GARP.

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

1. explain GARP® and its role in a records management assessment,

2. develop a prescription of an action plan for GARP, and

3. create a roadmap for a fully functioning and compliant records program using GARP® as a measuring tool.

About the Speaker:

Paula Lederman has been providing Information Management consulting in both Canada and the United States for over 15 years. Her training is in Computer Engineering, Library and Information Science and Business Management.  She specializes in implementation of Electronic Records Management Systems and development of Taxonomies for ERMS systems. She has recently tested out applying GARP during client engagements to illustrate where organizations stand in terms of records management compliance and maturity. In addition to consulting she is also involved in Records Management training and education.