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Does your organization struggle with whether or not to capture chats, text messages, or to record conference calls?

Do you struggle to have your Records Retention Schedule gain utilization across your organization?

Each episode contains powerful information to help improve the visibility of your information governance program and increase its effectiveness across your organization.

2022 Episode 42 – Connecting information classification with your organization’s records retention schedule can help protect high risk records. Selecting the correct classification levels and applying those classifications to record categories in your records retention schedule will result in more practical implementation. In this episode, your hosts, Maura Dunn and Lee Karas, provide guidance on developing information classification categories and linking that information to your records retention schedule. (Episode length 00:16:19) Learn more by visiting our website, or by sending TrailBlazer an email at [email protected]. This is What Counts by TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC. In this podcast, we highlight proven solutions...

2022 Episode 41 – Creating a practical records retention schedule for your organization to implement should not be a complicated endeavor. More and more, organizations are encountering challenges to managing their records making it important to keep what is necessary and remove what is not. Some organizations choose to ignore the risks associated with storing unnecessary information too long, and some organizations take steps to mitigate future challenges. If you are ready to create a practical records retention schedule to document the legal, regulatory, and statutory timeframes related to storing your records, then this episode is for you. In this...

2022 Episode 40 – Policy implementation is made easier when policies contain the “what needs to happen” and procedures contain the “how to make it happen”. Both work best when policy creation becomes a collaborative approach and the group that dictates the “what” works closely with the group or groups that help implement the “how”. In this episode, your hosts, Maura Dunn and Lee Karas, give policy implementation examples that they have seen work and not work. (Episode length 00:15:48) Learn more by visiting our website, or by sending TrailBlazer an email at [email protected]. This is What Counts by TrailBlazer...

2022 Episode 39 – Policy development seems like a straightforward process, but there are do’s and don’ts in this episode […]

2022 Episode 39 – Policy development has evolved over time. There are some do’s and don’ts in this episode that you should know. We look at how policies have evolved over time and how to best develop policies in today’s day and age for your organization as they relate to information governance. Your hosts, Maura Dunn and Lee Karas, describe the process of information governance policy development. (Episode length 00:22:23) Learn more by visiting our website, or by sending TrailBlazer an email at [email protected]. This is What Counts by TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC. In this podcast, we highlight proven solutions that...

2022 Episode 38 – Tracking asset data is essential for making informed decisions. Does your company keep asset data in […]

2022 Episode 38 – Tracking asset data is essential for making informed decisions. Does your company keep asset data in separate siloed systems? Are manual processes needed to link the appropriate asset information from system to system? In this episode, we look at asset data challenges related to varying asset identification and naming methods that are prevalent within most asset-heavy organizations. Your hosts, Maura Dunn and Lee Karas, describe the complex processes behind tracking large volumes of design, construction, maintenance, and operation data for physical assets. (Episode length 00:19:58) Learn more by visiting our website, or by sending TrailBlazer an...