KnowledgeBoard #128 - 21 April 2006

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EDITOR'S NOTE

 

It is Friday, this newsletter is a day late. Sorry. We have just

finished transcribing the reports from Contactivity, our event

last week, and wanted to hold the newsletter until all the

information was ready for publication. The event was huge fun and

I hope the report captures some of the brilliant vitality and

attitude between all the attendees, facilitators and organisers.

 

Sami Kazi and Patricia Wolf (the editors) are rightly proud of

our shiney new book: 'Real- life Knowledge Management: case

studies from the field'. All of the case studies are from KB

members who are out there doing KM and sharing their experiences

with us. It is spilling over with stories and practical learning

points and is free. It is published under a Creative Commons

licence so please read it, print it, comment on it, share it,

discuss it, spread the word. It is wonderful.

 

As put by Roger Cowell: ' For me, this book is an instant success.

Already today, having downloaded it, I've had the e-book

spiralbound, and am sharing parts with colleagues...'. That's the

spirit!.

 

Best wishes,

 

Ed Mitchell

Editor

mailto:editor@knowledgeboard.com

 

 

SIG AND OTHER CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

KB event report: Contactivity 2006, 10-11 April 2006

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Contactivity was a very practical two day gathering of 64

Knowledge Management (KM) practitioners, academics and

consultants, modelled within a Community of Practice (CoP)

framework across both the virtual and physical worlds.

Theoretically, it exists in an ongoing stream of KB research

exploring the 'seams' between virtual and physical CoPs.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2700

 

New city spaces for the urban university in the knowledge economy

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The European Union has aspirations to be leading the world in

terms of a knowledge based economy through the Lisbon Agenda.

Cities have a distinctive place in the economic development

picture envisaged by Lisbon. Emerging work patterns show the huge

growth of the independents in this knowledge economy, many people

acting as freelancers and home workers.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2693

 

Between a Rock and Cyber Space: Nonprofits, Knowledge, and Technology

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This paper is a call to action. In it, the authors provide

definitions of knowledge and lay out some key challenges and

opportunities for the nonprofit sector. We call for the building

of a nonprofit knowledge system and suggest prerequisites for

such a system.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2686

 

Electronic Knowledge Markets and Corporate Universities

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The articles provide an overview on the literature on electronic

knowledge markets and Corporate Universities in Russian language.

The texts have been kindly provided by Tetyana Andrusenko.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2699

 

Articles on formal ontologies from FOMI 2005 (1)

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Corporate knowledge models are one of the most attractive themes

in applied research nowadays, as well as in the business world,

as many of the theoretical results have already proven their

practical applicability for application fields like data

warehouse construction. These articles were presented at FOMI

2005, who have kindly allowed us to publish them.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2689

 

 

 

* Featured event: Becoming an Effective Knowledge Worker

* 11 May, London, UK

Examine your changing role in the new economy and equip yourself

with the concepts, tools, and techniques for coping with emerging

workplace challenges. Expose yourself to new thinking and help

you to better understand, interpret, adapt and respond to the

challenges emerging from the growth and spread of the knowledge-

based economy.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/209

 

 

 

MEMBER LIBRARY CONTENT SPECIAL

 

KnowledgeBoard is proud to present its first book based on case

study contributions from its members.

 

'Real-Life Knowledge Management: Lessons from the Field' is about

the art and practice of knowledge management in real life

settings.

 

Through the eighteen case studies presented in this book, we

learn about practical experiences in consultancies, financial

institutions, fire fighting, global project management groups,

public administrations, research and development organisations,

small and medium enterprises, sports centres, the aerospace

sector, the automotive industry, the construction industry, the

IT sector, the maritime industry, the mould and die making

industry, the nuclear industry, the oil and gas industry, and the

water management sector. The case studies draw from a pool of

experience spanning Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany,

India, Israel, Italy, Norway, South Africa, the Netherlands, and

the United Kingdom.

 

More information on the case studies and download options for the

Book are now available here:

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/knowledgebank/book.html

 

We have a limited number of print versions of the book available.

These will be distributed to active members of KnowledgeBoard. If

you believe you are one of them, do let us know by emailing the

content team: mailto:content@knowledgeboard.com. You can

alternatively qualify for a print version if you offer something

in return to the community. This could be in the form of a case

study, contribution to our new book (we'll keep you posted about

it), or anything else that you would like to propose.

 

 

 

* 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

 

 

COMMUNITY

 

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

bottom of every article.

 

Articulating the value of knowledge sharing

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Rosey Nugent is interested in understanding how we articulate the

value of knowledge sharing. Many of us intrinsically know that

knowledge sharing can add value, but we struggle when we need to

articulate it clearly and concisely (yet alone demonstrate it!).

This seems to be particularly true when talking about sharing our

knowledge out to others (as opposed to receiving knowledge). Is

anyone able to point her to any good thought leadership on this?

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

 

Relationship between KM and Six Sigma

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Sam Zeal asks '...Quality measures focus on process improvements

in a best way to implement existing processes. Six sigma used for

process improvement for business process or even KM processes so

as to put KM at best quality standards. This enhancement can

results in best content design or KM structure or documents

submission, validation etc processes. I request to all KB members

to put there valuable insights on this new look for KM and

encourage them to share there experiences, links/ articles/ case

sources'.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?thread_id=22

 

 

 

* 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

 

E-learning and the way humans learn

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6 June, London, UK

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/195

 

3rd European Semantic web conference

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11-14 June, Budva, Montenegro

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/145

 

Creating capacity for change

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22-23 May, Prague, Czech Republic

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/184

 

Knowledge Management for service professionals

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13-14 June, London, UK

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/211

 

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