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Governance Made Practical: Ensuring DAM Success – Whatever the Scale of the Operation

Good governance is essential for DAM success, but what does that mean in practice?

A course on how you can ensure your governance framework is intentional, effective, and aligned with your organization's needs.

The course demystifies DAM governance, breaking it down into actionable components that enables clear decision-making, streamlines workflows, and fosters collaboration—ultimately reducing ambiguity, securing assets, improving data quality, and boosting productivity.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing approach, this course provides the tools and insights to make DAM governance practical and effective. 

Kara Van Malssen Introduces the Series

About the course

This course is designed for DAM professionals responsible for managing or scaling a DAM platform within their organization. Ideal for both beginners and experienced practitioners, it starts with foundational concepts before going more deeply into critical components of governance, including decision-making frameworks, operational models, roles and responsibilities, and policy development.

By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with: 
- A clear understanding of what good DAM governance looks like. 
- Actionable steps to establish or refine governance at your organization. 
- Practical tools and real-world examples with which to tackle governance challenges with confidence.

Sign up for this course and receive the following...

• Four detailed sessions exploring the basics of DAM governance
• Sessions are available online in self-paced modules
• Teaching by DAM expert Kara Van Malssen
• Each session is 75 minutes including the Q&A where Kara answers questions from the live audience.

Pricing

Fees for the 4 part course in US Dollars: $299. Click here to register

Fees for the 4 part course in Pound Sterling: £235 +VAT. Click here to register

Schedule

Session 1: Governance Foundations
Session 2: Governance Building Blocks
Session 3: Establishing Governance
Lessons from the Real World

You can view the full series summary here. 

Course Leader 

Kara Van Malssen, Managing Director, Consulting, AVP 

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Driven by a passion for helping organizations build impactful DAM programs, Kara Van Malssen is the Managing Director at consultancy AVP. Merging her deep expertise in systems thinking, user experience design, library science, and business analysis with extensive DAM experience, Kara crafts scalable and sustainable asset and data management solutions. Her diverse client portfolio ranges from Fortune 1000 powerhouses to esteemed cultural heritage institutions and transformative non-profits. Beyond her consulting role, Kara frequently shares her insights at conferences and workshops around the globe.