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My name is Jim Harris, I am the Blogger-in-Chief here at Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality (OCDQ), which is an independent blog offering a vendor-neutral perspective on data quality and its related disciplines.

I am a recognized thought leader with almost 20 years of enterprise data management industry experience in data quality and its related disciplines.  I am also an independent consultant, speaker, freelance writer, and regular contributor to Information-Management.com, DataRoundtable.com, and EnterpriseCIOForum.com.

 

The following downloads are freely available from OCDQ – no registration required.

PLEASE NOTE: All material is Copyright © 2009-2012, Jim Harris. All rights reserved.

 

Presentations

• Identifying Duplicate Customers – Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf file) containing a presentation based in part on content originally published as a five part series of articles on Data Quality Pro for dealing with the common data quality problem of identifying duplicate customers.  Additional content included in the presentation was originally published in blog posts here on OCDQ.  Presentation Notes are included as embedded comments.

• Adventures in Data Profiling – Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf file) containing a presentation about the common functionality provided by data profiling tools.

• Social Karma – Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf file) containing a presentation about the art of effectively using social media in business.  Presentation Notes are included as embedded comments.

• Declaration of Data Governance – Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf file) containing the presentation based on my DataFlux blog post Declaration of Data Governance.

• Oh, the Data You’ll Show! – Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf file) containing the presentation inspired by the great Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go!

 

Podcasts

For podcast episodes of OCDQ Radio, click on this link: ocdqblog.com/podcast

• Data Governance is Mission Possible – Podcast (.mp3 file) about some of the key concepts of data governance.

• Declaration of Data Governance – Podcast (.mp3 file) based on my DataFlux blog post Declaration of Data Governance.

• Oh, the Data You’ll Show! – Podcast (.mp3 file) inspired by the great Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go!

• Business Technology and Human-Speak – Podcast (.mp3 file) about Business-IT collaboration and communication.

• Stand-Up Data Quality – Podcast (.mp3 file) about using humor to enliven a niche blog topic (e.g., data quality).

• Stand-Up Data Quality (Second Edition) – Podcast (.mp3 file) sharing some more of my data quality humor.

• Open Your Ears – Podcast (.mp3 file) about the critical role that listening plays in effective communication.

• Social Media Preparation – Podcast (.mp3 file) about how to properly prepare for getting involved with social media.

• Your Blog, Your Voice – Podcast (.mp3 file) about the importance of blogging in your own voice.