Chris Macrae, 30-Oct-03 @ 18:02PM

great

Great idea val - very much in line with our 1984 3dom of networking futures published from my dad's desk at The Economist - http://www.valuetrue.com/home/glossary.cfm?letter=N

Funny thing was knowledge angels values looked greatly in tune with this the way the Alexander Palace process kicked off an open knowledgeboard future a year ago, but now seem far away from evolving such open value exchanges.

As I said from the floor at Alexandra Palace any netwiork of excelence needs to experience and familiarise itself with open space's self-organising freedoms http://www.openspaceworld.net

To quote Harrison Owen creator of Open Space and leader of www.practiceofpeace.com :
"anybody who actually thinks they control a network has never worked effectively in one."

Val Samonis, 30-Oct-03 @ 14:19PM

VTT for KEM: Practice-Theory-Practice-Theory Iterative Learning

I would like to fully develop my proposal for a web-based, Virtual Think Tank (VTT) for Knowledge Engineering and Management (KEM), please see some elements below.

We live in a global digital village and knowledge is power indeed. But who needs brick and mortar in think tanks these days! Or who needs to spend large sums of money on travel or spend long time in places far away from home! Mine would be a proposal for a very cost-effective think tank and one allowing you to immediately draw upon the expertise and synchronous (real-time) as well as asynchronous collaboration (online conferencing, online policy paper discussions, online archives/libraries, etc) of not only local scholars/advisors/policymakers/businesspeople but actually any professional with no regard for where (s)he lives in this global village of ours (with flying-in for traditional face to face work as needed, say KM Europe)! The key to such VTT would be interactivity that is possible now using any of a number of online project management software.

The nexus of the VTT for KEM would be: Practice-Theory-Practice-Theory Iterative Learning. For example, on the micro level, we can discuss in the intercative manner how Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) each year contribute to the development of theory of KEM. The next round of interactivity would take us further into theory by, for example, adjusting our earlier best practices in KEM ideas. Then, again, applying best practices to perhaps a broader set of enterprises and organizations, etc. On the macro level, we can do the same with regard to some measures of social capital (new institutional economics), for example using The World Economic Forum approaches.

Given the advances of digital project management technologies, t would be a user-friendly think tank, requiring access to the Internet (simple browsing using Netscape or IE) but NOT requiring any geek-type high tech inclination or computer knowledge (e.g. no need to know HTML or XML) on part of researchers, government officials, consultants, etc. Moreover and very importantly, VTT would serve as an excellent long-term training vehicle in the new, digital ways of conducting knowledge business or government knowledge activities for the long time to come. The VTT would be scalable so we can reduce/expand the scope of it very easily; this would allow the inclusion/exclusion of topics, etc. We can kill many birds with VTT!

Regards. Val Samonis, PhD, CPC

Chris Macrae, 29-Oct-03 @ 17:34PM

wonderful val

I also have a proposal for launching an inter-country thinktank on the future of KM and its neighbouring human liberaions such as trust, open space, open network organisational design, transparency, policy capitals resonating emotional productivities and action lifelong learning for all

I have one other person in mind for Canada - may I introduce you? Perhaps you could co-chair Canada as an open inter-country pioneer with KB's help, or with the support of a larger network of netizens that I know to be intimately concerned on the future of globalisation and all its tributary disciplines

Val Samonis, 29-Oct-03 @ 16:19PM

KB as A Virtual Think Tank

I have a proposal for KB as a VTT, can email it upon request. Val Samonis.

Ben Heald, 18-Jun-03 @ 12:27PM

Clarification not possible yet!

Chris and Olaf, it's just not possible to be clear about anything yet. Until the end of this year, KnowledgeBoard is still a funded element of the EKMF project, and therefore subject to the standard review process and any changes that are agreed as a result of reviews.

Thereafter, the future of KnowledgeBoard depends on the outcome of the KB2.0 and KnowledgeAngels proposals. As far as I'm concerned, the core stakeholders are the users of KnowledgeBoard (which should include the widest possible range of practitioners, learners, teachers, thinkers and generally interested people). As soon as we hear something, you'll also hear it! And yes there should be transparency over who does what, the roles that people play, etc, etc. All in all, its going to be good news for KnowledgeBoard.

Ivo Snijders, 16-Jun-03 @ 10:14AM

results/ achievements

I think the paper has many great ideas embedded in it.
Before I look to the future and the possibilities of a 'new' KnowledgeBoard, I would be interested in how you all see the results/achievements/effects that KB has had over last years.
What I see is a great push in collaboration in research projects all over Europe. New groups and initiatives have formed. The research / academic side has prospered.
But what about business, NGO's and non-profit organizations, the 'real' professionals, if I may say that? How do they view the achievements/ contributions of KB? As a KM professional in a small but highly international environment, the day to day benefits have not been that many, for me at least.
But maybe the aim of KB is more towards the research community than the practitioners??
I would be very intetrested to hear from KM professionals/managers what they 'get' out of KB in/for their work.

Helen Baxter, 13-Jun-03 @ 01:14AM

Thanks Don

Your kind words have made my day.

Don Mezei, 12-Jun-03 @ 21:38PM

not suprised

I think the whole knowledgeboard concept, development and actualization is a very good example of how the internet can facilitate the exchange of ideas, foster new ideas, create networks of like minded individuals, just to name a few. Of course Helen does a great job of making it all go, and I think that's one of the keys. Excellent, ongoing editing is a key to the success of knowledgeboard, something most websites would benefit from.

So I'm not surprised this format would be considered in other areas. I'd be suprised if it wasn't.

Don Mezei
http://www.kmprofessor.com

Chris Macrae, 09-Jun-03 @ 09:57AM

please clarify

in this proposal, who is seen to be the core stakeholders of knowledgeboard; who is eligible to become one

what is the likely timeline through which core stakeholders will get news of this proposal's outcome? what is the timeline through which the whole community can expect to be informed and openly participate in knowledgeboard's evolution to the extent that people volunteer

It would seem very important -for the platform that has been described as one of the top 20 happenings in the whole of KM - that we understand exactly who the governors of knwoedlegboard work are?; who has paid duties?; who is doing volunteer stuff? and how to ensure transparency of all this as well as an understanding of any interfaces knowledgeboard may have with other network initiatives that the EU (in its funding branches such as KM or K-society or intangibles) or others sponsor