KnowledgeBoard #129 - 4 May 2006
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EDITOR'S NOTE  
An interesting trio of content highlights this week: KB's own learning modules bringing some KM education for us all, a moving article about love (and social software in organisations), and a practical application of Wi-max technology to explore organisational network boundaries in e-health.

Two excellent and free online events are coming up soon: on May 24, Steve Barth is joining the events team to de-construct KM in a vigorous and refreshing session, and on June 14, editors and authors of the Entovation network's new book will be our guests to explore 'Knowledge Economics'.

I look forward to announcing the new KnowledgeBoard editor in the next newswire; I understand that the final interviews are happening this week in Bristol, UK.  

Best wishes,  

Ed Mitchell

Editor

mailto:editor@knowledgeboard.com    

SIG AND OTHER CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS  

Learning Module: Key Principles of Communication

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Communication can be seen as one of the foundations of Knowledge Management. Based on this argument a set of learning modules has been developed by Marinita Schumacher. It is published under the general topic 'Communication and Management' and is divided into 3 sub-modules: 'Key Principals of Communication', 'Intercultural Communication' and 'Leadership and Communication'.
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2706  

All you need is love

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Where did all this come from, where did the idea that the most powerfully motivating force in the world had nothing to do with business? We spend most of our adult lives in the workplace and at work we bring about the most important and long lasting changes to our society and our planet, and yet we are not encouraged to talk in terms of love.
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2708  

Wi-max: a new technology for KM

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Many fields, ranging from telecommunications, to gaming and e- health, can benefit of the Wi-Max technology in the near future. In the following, we present a practical application of the Wi- Max technology to the e-health system whose aim is to trace the boundaries of an organisational network model for the healthcare facilities, based on a WMAN (Wireless Metropolitan Area Network).
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2701    

Blogs and Social Media Forum
17 May, London, UK
The NEW 1-day forum will combine expert industry insight in the field of social media technologies with real life case studies. KnowledgeBoard will be there along with a host of practical Experts. The event is very nearly full so hurry while seats last!
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/205  

COMMUNITY  

Add your comments by clicking the 'add a comment' link at the bottom of every article.  
Call for papers: Solving Problems in Knowledge Sharing with Sociotechnical Approaches

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KB member Elayne Coakes is guest editing an issue of 'The Learning Organisation' journal and is looking for papers: 'We would be looking for papers that address the problems experienced in organisations in relation to people and process, and how sociotechnical solutions can overcome/assist understanding, and can develop better methods. http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2704  

Articles on formal Ontologies from FOMI 2005

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KB member Roberta Cuel works on the FOMI conferences and has generously allowed us to publish some of the articles from last year's conference.
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/2703  

Relationship between KM and Six sigma

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Zeal Sam is considering the relationship between KM and six sigma. http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?thread_id=22  

Ten Steps to Maturity in Knowledge Management: Lessons in Economy

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Dr Suresh has finished his new book and is happy to discuss it with us. We will be reviewing the book and possibly setting up a Book of the Month event about it later this year. http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?thread_id=23  

Tools and techniques for effective knowledge sharing
22-23 May, London, UK
A highly practical 2 day workshop focusing on knowledge workers and sharing within organisations, lead by Martyn Laycock and David Gurteen, supported by experienced facilitators including Chris Collinson, Richard Ellis, John Gordon, Dr. Bruce Cronin, Graham Fernee, Professor Les Johnson, Oliver Schwabe, John Curran and more. http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/212  

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  

KB Special Event, May: Meet Steve Barth

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15:00 CET (14:00 GMT), 24 May, in the KnowledgeBoard workshop
Join us as we de-construct Knowledge Management with the widely known and respected Steve Barth: '...KM is frequently defined as getting the right information to the right person at the right time so he or she can make the right decision. The assumption is that we make better decisions if we have access to knowledge in the forms of information and expertise, but that there is a lot of irrelevant information getting in the way. More often than not, we are drowning in both information and knowledge, but starved for meaning and actionable belief...' http://www.knowledgeboard.com/discuss/0/0/0/111  

KB Book of the Month, June: Knowledge Economics

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15:00 CET (14:00 GMT), 14 June, in the KnowledgeBoard workshop
Join us in conversation with the editors and authors of the Entovation network's book: '...The principles of knowledge economics ought to be endorsed as a revolutionary change - an opportunity to provide a solid foundation, rationale and vision to substitute something more sustainable than the old regime of traditional economics...' http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/discuss.cgi?topic_id=26  

Becoming an Effective Knowledge Worker

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11 May, London, UK
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/209  

Enterprise Social Networks and Media: 21st Century Knowledge

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12-13 May, Fort Worth, USA
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/216  

How do you nurture ideas in a big company environment?

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18 May, London, UK
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/215  

Explaining Framework seven

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19 May, Cambridge, UK
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/214    
Featured event: Knowledge and Content UK
4-6 July, London, UK
The UK's No1 event for knowledge sharing and collaborative working, KCUK is the only event that draws the UK's knowledge, content and online information-management community together for three days of learning and networking. http://www.knowledgeboard.com/events/219  

 

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