Lisa Smith

Member Profile

Director, Taxonomy, Business.com
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Member Since: 09/15/2006

Status:

Website | Contact

About Me:
Education:

MLIS, UCLA 2000

BA, UCSB 1993

Experience:

Information Architecture, Retrieval, and Technology: 9 years

Business and Technical Writing: 7 years

Web Content Management Systems: 6 years

Project Management: 6 years

Instruction and Curriculum Development: 2 years

History:

Director of Taxonomy, Business.com

Life Skills Instructor (volunteer), YMCA

Information Consultant (volunteer), Global Hand

Taxonomist and Web Applications Developer, JPL

Business Process Modeler, So. Cal. Edison

Manager, Content Intelligence, Interwoven

Graduate Researcher, Information Studies, UCLA

Implementation Consultant, Innovative Interfaces

Industry: Information Services
Size of Business: 51 - 100 employees
Years in Business: 2-10 years

Business Interests:
Information Retrieval, Search, Auto-Categorization, Taxonomy Development, Metadata, Information Networks, Information Seekers

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Guides I've Written

Using open source CMS solutions to manage your website - 02/06/2008

Just wanted to suggest Ez-Publish: http://ez.no/ It's a good open source CMS that I've used before.

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Take your startup to the next level - 10/13/2006

You know what you get when you type "garage" into the work.com search box? You get a USEFUL guide called Starting a Home-Based Business.

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Starting a Community Art Gallery - 10/09/2006

I really enjoy learning about how people "do it" in businesses that most of us don't know anything about (like art galleries!). Thanks for opening my eyes a little wider to the world of business!

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Avoiding Bad SEO Techniques - 09/22/2006

With so much conflicting info out there it's good to know what NOT to do! Thanks.

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Knowledge Management and Data Sharing - 09/22/2006

Good overview. Just remember that you not only have to capture knowledge in your business, but you have to also make it discoverable. For any of the the solutions mentioned here, make sure to invest the time to create intuitive organizational structures (taxonomies) for the information as well as to keyword it appropriately so that folks can find it and learn from it!

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Doing Business in Ghana - 09/22/2006

Awesome! Such a rich resource of information. Maybe this will inspire others with similar expertise to write guides about doing business internationally.

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Top Ways Small Business Uses the Internet - 09/19/2006

How about SEARCHING the internet?

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Business Ethics in the Workplace - 09/15/2006

A commitment to corporate social responsibility can do your business a lot of good.
Frances Sharpe
Starting a Pool Hall - 09/22/2006

How to get a billiards hall up and running
Brian Rollo
Getting More Organized - 09/15/2006

Clean up your act and accomplish more than you thought possible
Frances Sharpe
NAICS - 09/15/2006

Find your place among North American industries.
Toni Klym McLellan
Knowledge Management and Data Sharing - 09/15/2006

Maintaining a competitive edge means saving and sharing key ideas and information
Chris Maxcer