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Monday, March 15, 2010
Tags: Uncategorized knowledge management Social Medi I was recently asked how social media is relevant to environmental educators.    For a quick version of why its important, click the you tube video. Here  is  my reply to the question: 1.
 
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tags: knowledge management wik If you haven’t been using Google Wave than you are missing out.  This This tool, recently put out by invitation only in preview format by Google, is truly genius. This tool helped me effectively and efficiently collaborate on a proposal with a colleague in a different timezone.  It
 
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Tags: Rural development knowledge managemen After spending a month off-line, I was convinced it is essential for one’s health.  The The neck and shoulder aches were gone, I read more in the papers and had conversations over breakfasts rather than over emails.  In In East Africa, I appreciated the big landscapes, time that stood still and poli poli (slowly slowly in Swahili) way of life.
 

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Tags: knowledge managemen Anyone interested in understanding social media, its value and its relationship to business should check out the 15 very short clips by Euan Semple. [link] From the website: In this exclusive interview, social media expert Euan Semple breaks social media down into easy to understand terms and explains not only why every business should at least have a look at social media but also how they can make a start without the need of employing expensive agencies and IT professionals. ...Tags:
These are some of the words I heard at a Christmas tree stand in the upper east side of Manhattan last week.   The simple stand is a true symbol of knowledge sharing in this NY neighbourhood.   My Knowledge Management lens is broadening.   What the water cooler does for an office, the Christmas tree stand does for this East side neighbourhood.         ...Tags: “This stand changes the neighbourhood.”   “People stop and talk to each other.”     For eleven months of the year, people come and go on this urban block
However I tend to agree with David Gurteen, author of the  ’ Knowledge Lette r’:  ”Instead of looking at best practice, focus your attention on the particularities of your situation, trying to understand all the factors at work, not just those prescribed in your model or best practice.  Reflect Tags: knowledge managemen I recently read a short piece that questioned the concept of Best Practices.  This This really resonates with me.
The two key words I think about in learning about buying a house are Trust and Knowledge Management. If one doesn’t know much about homes, building or renovations, one needs to trust the people who hold this knowledge. Knowledge Management is very important in several ways. The potential house I
Tags: Rural development Uncategorized Kootenay Life knowledge managemen Last night I learned about different home heating options such as biomass, fossil fuels and geoexhange (moving heat from the ground into buildings).   It was a great evening of learning from an expert as well as my neighbours.   It was part of a monthly series of discussion nights I organize called Green Drinks. Green Drinks in my small town is about getting together over drinks, learning more about an environmental or social topic and stimulating conversation.   I try and find a resource person to kick off the

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Knowledge work is especially complex and unstructured,” said Janelle Hill, research vice president at Gartner. “New ldquo;New BPM technologies will enable the management of unstructured and dynamic processes to deliver greater knowledge worker productivity and competitive advantage.” rdquo; By 2012, 20 per cent of customer-facing processes will be knowledge-adaptable and assembled just in time to meet the demands and preferences Dynamic BPM and Business Process Networks emerging as keys to worker productivity A recent release from Gartner Inc reveals five business process management predictions that align beautifully with the direction of the Value Network Insights Enterprise Edition. Business Process Management (BPM) is a management discipline that treats processes as assets that directly contribute to organisational performance.
 
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
solutions, such as instant messenger, content publishing and knowledge management jump from an Office program to chat to knowledge bases in a futile effort to spark Today's post was written by Ken Muir, Chief Technology Technology and Strategy Officer of Novell's Collaboration Business Unit. As a disclosure, I received no payment or any other
 
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
We developed a lot of new knowledge from our 3pm Scotch. Modus' main product is intellectual - we manufacture ideas and knowledge. Whether we are writing a white paper or coaching individuals or teams, we are leveraging tools to help them better manufacture their own ideas and knowledge. 3pm Scotch 3pm Scotch was a time of invention. Software development and other knowledge What does your company do? Every company does something different, no matter how slight.
 

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My colleague Hugh Bathurst is currently working for an engineering firm helping one of the divisions develop a knowledge sharing culture. Hugh has been collecting stories, eliciting how things get done and encouraging peope to contribute to developing of a range of knowledge resources. His division is leading the firm financially and he puts their success largely down to the knowledge sharing initiatives, especially their ability to transform Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the manager who's sponsoring this initiative. So I asked him, "what behaviours do you see
Funny enough, that has been like that for quite a while, having gotten started around 2001, when I was first getting exposed to Knowledge Management (KM or Knowledge Sharing, whatever you would prefer) as time and time again I kept bumping into multiple knowledge managers wanting to define it. 34; Knowledge management refers to strategies and structures for maximizing the return on intellectual and information resources. Most of the folks out there who know me, and have been following this blog for a while, have probably realised by now how much I dislike definitions, and putting labels on things, in general.
place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. "Connexions is: a a Anyone may view or contribute: * authors create and collaborate * instructor ...Tags:
Dave Snowden has updated his principles on “Rendering Knowledge” on  Cognitive Edge   These are worth reblogging. What is the heat of knowledge sharing? Knowledge can only be volunteered it cannot be conscripted. You can’t make someone share their I encourage you to go in and read the full post for all the context.
I interviewed him about the use of Yammer as an internal microblogging tool. At our department with 50 people there was a need for more knowledge and news to share. There are many meetings, meetings and seminars, but knowledge was not structurally shared. We have not evaluated it, but people are definitely more active knowledge sharing. Godfried Knipscheer works as digital communications advisor to the Flemish government in Belgium and is project leader of a social media project. What have people learned in a conference or meeting? What valuable experiences