You know you have them. Send them in!
BFMA is gathering great work tools from its members to share with others. Work tools are the forms or procedures or policies that help you do your forms management work every day: job descriptions, new form requests, requirements questionnaires, change requests, customer satisfaction surveys, forms policies, style guides, reports and the like.
Please share the tools that make your work clearer, more streamlined and efficient. In the best BFMA tradition of networking and participating, don't keep your great tools to yourself - share!
Click here for the submission form. Send your great work tools to worktools@bfma.org.
By sharing your work tools, we all succeed and grow. And remember, access to these documents are exclusively for BFMA members.
As a service to the membership, BFMA wants to develop an online library of exemplary work tools. These are the forms or procedures or policies that help you do your forms management work every day: job descriptions, new form requests, requirements questionnaires, change requests, customer satisfaction surveys, forms policies, style guides, reports and the like.
Please share the tools that make your work clearer, more streamlined and efficient. In the best BFMA tradition of networking and participating. Don't keep your great tools to yourself - share!
Click here for the submission form. Send your great work tools to worktools@bfma.org.
By sharing your work tools, we all succeed and grow. And remember, access to these documents are exclusively for BFMA members.
By Sherry M. Reid, CHIM
Membership Council
The word I heard the most at this year’s symposium was "CHANGE".
Things are changing with the economy, technology and BFMA. The economy is growing stronger, technology is zooming creating more amazing tools and software, and BFMA is changing with newly joined members and a new board of directors. This year BFMA broke tradition by staying at a boutique style hotel for a feel of "old meets new". The Tremont was a nice change from the familiar chain hotels by providing a touch of comfortable elegance in the heart of the inner harbour.
There was discussion about how we communicate now, compared to a generation ago.
(1)Face-to-face communication is difficult to maintain, and as such, we are continually becoming more reliant on other, easier forms of communication to maintain these relationships. The way we communicate appears to be shifting at a rapid pace.
Online interactions often provide anonymity and an ability to present ourselves differently than we might ordinarily. The predominance of written communication gives us a way to edit our utterances until they fit the image we want to project, something which is not quite so simple in a real time environment.
I think that in this world of the internet, e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, pagers, faxes and the World Wide Web, we should keep in mind the importance of face-to-face communication. While we maximize the abilities and benefits of these new communication technologies, we need to remember to engage in local communities and physical interaction for the subtle and important benefits which they provide.
That said, you only need to attend one BFMA Symposium "live and in person" to understand that face-to-face interactions are invaluable.
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(1} The Subtle Benefits of Face-To-Face Communication
By Brad Hunter http://www.stanford.edu/class/symbsys205/facetoface.html
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
It’s time to submit your Great Work Tools to share with BFMA members. We are looking for documents such as job descriptions, requirements questionnaires, change requests, customer satisfaction surveys, forms policies, style guides, reports and the like. Please share the tools that make your work clearer, more streamlined and efficient. Click here for the submission form. Send your great work tools to worktools@bfma.org.
We’re still looking for those Great Forms too! Go to the Forms Showcase "members only" access area in the BFMA website to find the submission form and the samples already submitted.
Submit Great Work Tools and Great Forms today!
By sharing your Great Work Tools and Great Forms, we all succeed and grow. And remember, access to these documents are exclusively for BFMA members.
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
The collection of "great forms" is now available on the BFMA website! Click here to have a look at the ideas submitted by other BFMA members in the members only area called "Forms Showcase."
The general call for great forms is over but that doesn't mean it is too late to submit a sample of one of your great forms. Please complete the attached submission form and follow these instructions to transmit your great forms for display:
In addition to paper forms, survey respondents were particularly interested in seeing innovations in electronic capabilities, so we hope you tech savvy folks will share your best stuff.
Use this link to see the results of the survey, including the specific form types that people want to see. For form types, go to survey question 7 and click "show replies." Send in your best work, regardless. Don't limit yourself to the form types submitted by the respondents.
Please also consider sharing this request for great forms with your professional colleagues and associates who may not be BFMA members
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
Mark your schedule now for the membership meeting for all BFMA members on Wednesday, April 20 at 3:00 CT.
The thirty minute meeting will cover association news, volunteer opportunities within the association and a brief educational program on form history files. Meet the leaders of the Membership Council, Margaret Tassin and Sherry Reid, and connect with other members.
This meeting is open to all members regardless of location or industry or any other criteria. You just have to be a member! Attendance is limited to the first 100 attendees. To register, click here. You will receive logon instructions after registering.
Not yet a member? Sign up here.
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
Mark your schedule now for the membership meeting for all BFMA members on Wednesday, April 20 at 3:00 CT.
The thirty minute meeting will cover association news, volunteer opportunities within the association and a brief educational program on form history files. Meet the leaders of the Membership Council, Margaret Tassin and Sherry Reid, and connect with other members.
This meeting is open to all members regardless of location or industry or any other criteria. You just have to be a member! Attendance is limited to the first 100 attendees. To register, click here.
Not yet a member? Sign up here.
By: Sherry M. Reid, CHIM
Membership Council
By keeping your BFMA Member Profile up-to-date, you are guaranteed access to all of the exclusive benefits and resources that a BFMA membership offers; including adding your email address so you receive important communications and surveys from headquarters.
Please take a moment to update your member profile by logging into BFMA.
Once you are logged in, select ‘manage profile’ from the profile window on the right. From here you can:
If you cannot remember your login, please click on “Forgot your Password” located below the Sign In box to receive an auto-e-mail with your active username and password.
Thank you for keeping your information with BFMA current.
The submission date for the BFMA 2010 recognition program is concluded. All qualified participants will receive their certificates to recognize their participation level. Many thanks to all of those who participated!
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
Organizations have the opportunity to purchase packages that include membership and training for their entire forms staff.Company Partnership Programs include all the benefits for each individual member including access to resources, forums, and the career center as well as centralized administration of the account and additional discounts to all events and training offerings.
One person is designated as administrator for the management of the overall account at each company, but depending on the level of membership purchased, multiple employees can participate in the benefits. Once the account is purchased, the administrator will be contacted to set up the individual memberships and training included in the package
Click here to learn more about this program to see if it is right for your organization.
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
What’s coming up for BFMA? What simple contribution can you make this month to participate in the resources BFMA is pulling together to share with all members? Plus, a touch on one forms management practice. These topics will be discussed in a membership meeting for all BFMA members on Tuesday, February 22 at 3:00 CT. This is really soon so mark your calendar now!
The thirty minute meeting will cover association news, volunteer opportunities within the association and a brief educational program on form identification. Meet the leaders of the Membership Council, Margaret Tassin and Sherry Reid, and connect with other members.
This meeting is open to all members regardless of location or industry or any other criteria. You just have to be a member! Attendance is limited to the first 100 attendees. To register, click here.
Not yet a member? Sign up here.
The next meeting will be in April.
By: Margaret Tassin, CFSP, CDC
VP Membership
The salary survey for BFMA members is now open. Click here to go to the members only portion of the BFMA website to access the link to the survey.
Currently there are only about 40 members who have completed the salary survey. More members participating means stronger, more reliable data. To give more members a chance to participate, we have extended the survey until February 28, but why wait? Participate now!
As a member, it is important for you to know how your areas of responsibility, salary, certification and education compare to those of your peers. Learning this information is a huge member benefit, and I urge you to participate in the survey.
Once the survey is closed, we will gather the stats and make the graphics for your use. The format will be presented similarly to the 2008 survey so that you can easily compare the two. Check later editions of Forms Talk for the results release date.
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