KnowledgeBoard #126 - 23 March

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EDITOR'S NOTE

 

Miguel from the CoPs SIG has just released a very promising

document about practical CoP indicators in use at the 'Macuarium'

community. He is looking for some feedback and I suggest we apply

our collective intelligence to assist him; please have a read and

comment. Likewise, Jim Cashel has kindly kept his online

community metrics survey online solely for us to take part, so if

you have any interest or experience of working within online

communities, I recommend you participate.

 

Elsewhere on KB, Dan Renson has taken the Belgium SIG by storm

and published a very interesting analysis of the document chain,

while Carol Webb has kicked off the Complexity SIG with a mailing

list. John Griffin is looking for case studies for KM in the

public sector, and Edna Pasher is hosting a discussion on how we

can learn from our customers to improve our own products. A

pertinent subject for us all.

 

'Contactivity', our constructivist conference in three weeks'

time, is looking great. Indeed, it has already begun; we are

currently defining what we will be discussing at the event. There

are some spaces left. If you have managed to resist coming so

far, stop! Resistance is futile! It's going to be great. Sign up

and join us.

 

Best wishes,

 

Ed Mitchell

Editor

mailto:editor@knowledgeboard.com

 

SIG AND OTHER CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

 

The Macuarium Set of CoP Measurements

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This is a first listing and brief explanation of a very realistic

set of CoP indicators, most of them as used at the Macuarium CoP

system. Some more chapters are being created, and some others

extended, by other hands-on practitioners. Opinions, examples,

contradictions, comments and views are invited; the work is open

to more hands if you can add relevant, practical indicators to

the list.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3149

 

Online community metrics survey

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Jim Cashel from Forum One in The USA is running a survey about

online community metrics. If you are involved in this area (which

I know many of you are), I recommend taking a few minutes to fill

out the survey for him. The report should make very interesting

reading for participants.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2676

 

The documental chain: from DOC to KM (English/French PowerPoint)

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A large tour about raw data, documentation, rich data,

information, knowledge. Documentation: a very old concern. And

that isn't over! Some good reasons for the centralisation and

some others for the diffusion. But how to make it efficiently?

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2664

 

 

 

British Computer Society IRSG day

13 April, London, UK

For the first time in its history, ECIR will be followed by a

special day devoted to the interests and needs of Information

Retrieval practitioners. The Industry Day after ECIR 2006 is

devoted to the challenges involved in designing and developing

operational IR products and services, and aimsto build bridges

between IR specialists in industry and academia.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/149

 

COMMUNITY

 

Add your comments by clicking the 'add a comment' link at the

bottom of every article.

 

Public Sector KM initiatives

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John is preparing a paper on KM in the local authority/government

sector and would welcome details of any KM applications or

projects currently underway in city, county or regional councils.

Future insights as to how KM is likely to develop over the coming

years would also be welcome. All contributions will be duly

acknowledged by him personally and in the paper.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?topic_id=19

 

IST-EC online event transcript: 21 March 2006

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This is the transcript from the KnowledgeBoard Project of the

Month online workshop held on 21 March 2006.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2675

 

Charles Savage's Lisbon conversation

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This topic turned into a lively forum debate with many angles.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?topic_id=21

 

Job advertisement: KnowledgeBoard Editor

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'This is a senior editorial position offering control of the

editorial strategy for our Knowledge Management title and

includes responsibility for all elements of the editorial process

from planning through to newswire delivery. The Editor's role is

to ensure that the Knowledge Management Community retains its

leading position as the first port of call for knowledge managers

in global corporations'. Ed is leaving at the end of May.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2673

 

Learning from our customers

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One of the sources for innovation is learning from customers. We

are now assisting one of our client organisations to improve this

process. Could you share some good practices on this issue?

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?topic_id=23

 

Complexity mailing list starts

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Carol Webb has started the new Complexity group on our mailing

list which has generated some interesting conversations. You are

welcome to join the mail group while we wait for the full SIG

functionality.

http://list.knowledgeboard.com/mailman/listinfo/kb-complexity

 

Contactivity: co-creation phase proceeds

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There are a few places left for Contactivity and the co-creation

phase has begun. There is a great range of attendees including

practitioners, academics and consultants, which should provide a

fascinating base for conversations. If you want to come along, it

is not too late, but be swift. I can confirm that our walking

tour guide has written two books about local ghosts in Greenwich,

so that should be some light relief from KM. Or could it be

another way to discuss the narrative tradition?

http://groups.headshift.com/display/CONT06/Home

 

Featured event: ISPIM 2006

11-14 June 2006, Athens, Greece

The conference theme is 'Networks for Innovation' and brings

together academics and practitioners involved in innovation

management. To register for this conference, visit the event page

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/201

 

KM EVENTS

 

You can register for events online by clicking on the 'Register'

link on the bottom of each event listing. This is only a sample

of our listings; for a full list of KM events, see:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events

 

Blogs, wikis and RSS

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29-31 March, Sydney, Australia

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/159

 

Improving Intranet Search (free)

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3 May, Brisbane, Australia

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/175

 

KM certification training

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22-26 May, London, UK

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/163

 

Blogs and Social Media Forum

17 May, London, UK

Understanding the Impact of Blogs, Wikis and RSS - Join the

debate at the new conference from the organisers of Online

Information. Book NOW for early bird discounts. KnowledgeBoard

will be there along with a host of practical experts

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/205

 

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