Auckland

Knowledge Management Best Practice

marketing — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:06:34 +1200

A two-day KM seminar facilitated by Dorje McKinnon, Paul Jonson and Helen Baxter.

Day 1 - KM Theory and Strategies - will focus on working through the cultural, psychological and implementation issues around turning tacit into explicit knowledge.

Day 2 - KM Skills and Technologies - covers the requirements for enabling a culture of knowledge sharing, communication and innovation.

ConfereNZ is offering 10% discounts to NZKM corporate, individual and student members.

Wellington

Inaugural Data Quality and Governance Summit

marketing — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:45:28 +1200

Data Quality and Governance are important topics for better overall decision making. This full-day of case studies will feature KPMG, SAP, TracMap NZ, and Wel Networks.

Wellington

4th Business Intelligence Summit

marketing — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:39:15 +1200

As organisations bounce back into full gear, we are seeing a marked increase in business intelligence spending. This conference will focus on the question: How can BI contribute to better business practices?

Speakers will include representatives from: ASB Bank, Fonterra and University of Auckland.

Christchurch

NZKM: AGM 2010 and presentation on the misuse of IT in the workplace

anitarapson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:56:43 +1200

Apologies for cross-posting.

Date: 8 Jul 2009, 12:00 - 13:30
Location: Archives New Zealand Training Room, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington

NZKM invite you to a presentation by Richard Boag on the misuse of IT in the workplace. Richard will look at what the real issues are, the impact on organisations and what are the methods being used to counter it. He draws from a range of expert international sources and independent research to highlight the true scope of the problem and the relevant effectiveness of the IT tools that have been developed in this area. This will include a look at the impact on organisations in terms of social networking and productivity. With his HR Management background Richard will also bring a policy and management viewpoint to the topic, not just a technical overview.

Richard is currently involved with two business projects: Evtech NZ that has the New Zealand rights to the ScreenShield suite of e-safety products and Reading Projects that is introducing the ULTra transport system to New Zealand. Previously he has been involved with projects with Wellington Cricket, New Zealand International Sevens, Westpac Stadium, Wellington City Millennium Project and local authority elections.

This presentation will follow our annual AGM. More details on the AGM will be available on the website shortly, including the process to nominate Management Committee members and instructions for proxy votes.

Members free and non members $10. Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net

Wellington

NZKM Event: 2010 AGM and presentation by Richard Boag on the misuse of IT in the workplace

anitarapson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:09:53 +1200

Date: 8 Jul 2009, 12:00 - 13:30

Location: Archives New Zealand Training Room, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington

Members free and non members $10. Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net

Wellington

NZKM: Are you interested in implementing file classifications? Role Advertisment (Hudson)

anitarapson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:18:27 +1200

Hudson are requiring the services of a contractor to assist a small government agency (around 45 staff) with the implementation of a File Structure created by SWIM Ltd. The assignment will be based in Wellington however the role will influence offices in Auckland and Christchurch. The length of the hourly rate contract will start at around 6 weeks but will be expected to extend beyond six weeks to the completion of the implementation (possibly 3 months?).

Contact:
Kathy Bolter
Hudson
t: 04 917 9268
m. 021 429 088
Kathy.Bolter@hudson.com

Auckland

Matt Moore - Performance Enhancing

paul.tudor — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:22:23 +1200

"In 2003, the knowledge management group I worked in was merged with the learning team. As with all mergers, the first meeting was, er, interesting. Each group across from the other. Someone from the other side of the table spoke up: 'You do something with databases, don't you?' They didn't know what we did. We didn't know what they did. It proved to be fun, and sometimes painful, finding out."

Matt Moore has spent the last decade working in knowledge management, learning and internal communications. His first book, Performance Enhancing, is an attempt to make sense of those experiences. This session explores a selection themes in the book:

- What are the opportunities when knowledge managers and training professionals work together?
- What are the key issues around strategy, staffing, methods and technology?
- What can we do next?

The session will be as interactive as possible - with Matt posing questions as well as answering them.

Matt is Chair of the New South Wales KM Forum in Australia, he has lectured in E-earning Design at University of Technology Sydney and is a director of Innotecture. Matt has worked with organisations such as PwC, IBM, Oracle and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. His company blog can be found here:
http://innotecture.wordpress.com/

Auckland

KM Trends in Europe - report back from ECKM

julian.carver — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:02:42 +1300

Nelly Todorova from the University of Canterbury recently attended the European Conference on Knowledge Management.

At an NZKM session in Christchurch on 27 October 2009, Nelly presented some of the key themes from the conference, including:

knowledge sharing cultures
personalization vs. codification
new ways to use social networking tools
KM in project-based organizations
the concept of value in KM initiatives
evaluation methods and measures

Attached are the slides from Nelly's talk. The audio recording from the talk and the discussion that followed will be available very soon in the podcasts section.

For more information on the conference see:
http://www.academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2009/eckm09-home.htm

Wellington

SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration by Michael Sampson - Chapter 1

julian.carver — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:25:37 +1300

Michael Sampson, global expert in SharePoint governance, business engagement and end user adoption, has been kind enough to make the first chapter of his recently published 2nd book available to NZKM members for free.

His book provides valuable insights into the people and process side of implementing and management SharePoint. The first chapter provides and overview of the content and insights in the book. It's a must read for anyone involved in SharePoint implementations.

If you're after a copy of the whole book, go to:
http://www.sharepointroadmap.com/order.html

Wellington

Enterprise Social Collaboration Research Study - David Coleman, Collaborative Strategies

anitarapson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:05:59 +1300

This is a research study done by David Coleman of Collaborative Strategies, on 4 different populations as well as 12 interviews of large organizations that have implemented social networks. David has kindly made this available to NZKM members. For more information about David and his work, go to www.collaborate.com.

Wellington

David Gurteen - The importance of conversation in business and how we can engage in more of it.

paul.tudor — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:43:36 +1200

Cost: $50.00 NZLLA Members $60 Non-members. Lunch will be provided. Spaces are limited so rsvp swiftly... but by Wednesday 23 September 2009 at the latest to kath.clark@mcelroys.co.nz

Management Committee

Invitation to Graham Durant-Law presentation network relationship approach and NZKM AGM

anitarapson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:43 +1200

NZKM invite you to a presentation by Graham Durant-Law joining us from Australia to present the early results of his PhD entitled ‘Visualising Collective Knowledge to Manage Complexity in a Portfolio of Projects’. Graham will discuss with us the role of a network relationship approach, how it can add to the armoury of project managers, and offer a means to effectively manage a program or portfolio of projects. Such an approach offers project, program, and portfolio managers the ability to quantitatively, qualitatively, and visually manage their project or projects. For more information on Graham, please review his biography (http://www.durantlaw.info/Biography). This presentation will follow our annual AGM. For more information on the AGM, please refer to the NZKM website (http://nzkm.net/agm-2009). Members free and non members $10 Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net

Christchurch

Invitation to Graham Durant-Law presentation network relationship approach and NZKM AGM

anitarapson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:43 +1200

Wellington

4th Annual Information Law Conference

marketing — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:32:47 +1200

The 4th annual LexisNexis Information Law conference provides practitioners with an essential update and practical guide to all issues relevant to the law of information.

With an increasing number of Official Information Act requests, it is vital for all government departments that your processes for responding to these requests are streamlined and effective. They must also be robust enough to respond to the most complex claims, being careful not to release information where there is reason to withhold and making decisions that will be able to withstand Ombudsmen scrutiny.

In addition to the demands created by the OIA, government departments and practitioners are also faced with challenges in the privacy field and in 2010 will be faced with the public records audit.

Auckland

Practical application of Cognitive Edge methods in the Victorian Public Service

anitarapson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:07:21 +1300

Monday March 9th, 12:30 - 1:30pm at Large Gallery room in Turnbull House (11 Bowen Street)

The NZKM Network is pleased to introduce Laurel Sutton to share her learning's, frustrations and insights on using Dave Snowden's Cognitive Edge methods at two recent workshops in Victoria.

The Victorian Public Service Continuous Improvement Network (VPSCIN) exists to encourage and promote continuous improvement thought leadership and practice, and in doing so help build a more effective and agile Public Sector. VPSCIN recently ran two workshops using the Cognitive Edge methods. One workshop mapped the issues related to engaging with the community on climate change and the other focused on innovation within the Victorian Public Service. The sessions were facilitated by a number of recently accredited practitioners in Cognitive Edge methods.

Laurel is hoping that the conversation with the NZKM Network will be a mutual learning experience. Laurel is a Project Manager with Victoria Police. Her background is within the mental health field as a clinician. This is augmented by post graduate qualifications in organisation behaviour which all comes together nicely in terms of a people focused approach in organisations.

Members free and non-members $10.

Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net

Auckland

FREE: How to create, develop and evolve a social media presence to increase collaboration, drive awareness and improve customer

mike.riversdale — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:47:46 +1300

Key Strategies for Successful Online Communities
How to create, develop and evolve a social media presence to increase collaboration, drive awareness and improve customer loyalty

Social networking and online communities have received significant attention in the past 12 months, as services such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn attract and connect communities of people. For organisations wanting to truly bring their marketing and customer service strategies into the 21st century, creating and fostering an online community can be the most powerful –not to mention the most cost effective – marketing tool available.

For marketers and communicators social media is proving effective at reinforcing an organisation’s brand, understanding and capturing customer feedback, and creating and sharing information across communities of interest. Organisations can take advantage of similar technologies to create their own custom community experiences.

According to Ullrich Loeffler, Program Manager Software at IDC, “Enterprises are interested in social media based on its ability to drive internal and external collaboration, information exposure and revenue acceleration while reducing marketing and operational costs.”

Recognising the importance of this trend, Intergen has invited Andreas Stjernström from Swedish enterprise software company EPiServer to New Zealand. He will highlight the reasons why developing a community is important, and give real world examples of organisations that have successfully created and maximised the benefits of online communities.

Intended as an introduction to online community development, these free events are targeted at:

Organisations that are currently creating or are looking to create or sponsor an online community.
Agencies who want to offer your customers options for taking advantage of social media.
Marketers and communicators who are looking for new mediums to communicate your organisation’s value proposition.

Events are scheduled on the following dates:

Wellington - Wednesday 5 November, Level 7, 126 Lambton Quay – 4.30pm-6pm
Christchurch - Thursday 6 November, Level 2, 158 Hereford Street, 8am – 9.30am
Auckland - Friday 7 November, Level 2, 15 Huron Street, Takapuna – 12.30pm – 2pm

To register for these free events, email events@intergen.co.nz
Finger food will be on offer at all sessions.

For further information, please contact:

Katy Sweetman, Communications Manager (04) 4722021
Tim Howell, Marketing Manager (04) 4722021

Auckland

An introduction: Hi, I'm Mike Riverdsale, who are you?

mike.riversdale — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:33:48 +1200

It was at an NZKM lunchtime catch-up here in Wellington that someone made a great observation - "Let's not dive into having formal agenda but start by getting to know each other" (I paraphrase).

And that person was totally onto it - without us actually knowing each other it's pretty tough to share ideas, have trust and get along. And so, this is me (source: my company site):

Mike Riversdale, a man for all seasons but certainly not a man of mystery living his electronic life on-line since 2002 generating a large on-line presence.

Mike (aka Miramar Mike) has been working in, with and against IT Departments from all types of organisations in all parts of the world for nearly 20 years as he follows his passion of connecting people to people with usable information, clear communication and on-line collaboration.

His company, MiramarMike.co.nz, concentrates on helping large organisations collaborate, smaller companies manage their information and SMEs/charitable agencies use the Google Apps product set.

He has completely removed the need to pay money for software and instead spends it on web features that help him write for notable NZ sites such as Groupings and Diversity. Catch his latest news at his company blog (subscribe ), the scatalogical personal blog or any of his social networking sites where he'll be your "friend", just ask.

I am also currently a member of the NZKM Committee and have a full and frank NZKM website profile (do you?)

And now you - who are you?

Wellington

LinkedIn NZKM group - please join up

mike.riversdale — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:48 +1200

Hey fellow NZKM'ers,

We (you ever obedient committee) have created a LinkedIn Group (called New Zealand Knowledge Network) as a means of connecting with knowledge workers, getting the NZKM name out there and using the on-line networking you are probably already doing.

If you are already a member of LinkedIn then simply join the group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=157550

If you're not a member of LinkedIn and are wondering what it's all about - read on ...

This from Wikipedia:

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003[2] mainly used for professional networking. As of December 2007, its site traffic was 3.2 million visitors per month, up 485% from the end of 2006.[3] As of May 2008, it had more than 24 million registered users,[4] spanning 150 industries.

Wellington

Knowledge Management Role In Hamilton

mike.riversdale — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:26:41 +1200

Knowledge Management Role In Hamilton - happy to pass on your details to the firm (not formally advertised yet) if you're interested

Drop me an email, mike.riversdale@miramarmike.co.nz

Wellington

Learning in Communities of Practice - a workshop with Dr Etienne Wenger

paul.tudor — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:53:18 +1200

The workshop will be of interest to teachers and researchers wishing to explore the concept of communities of practice and the possibilities for improving learning.

$100 fee for NZKM members

Please register early with Jan Middleton

Email: janette.middleton@aut.ac.nz

Phone: (09) 9219999 ext 7634

For further information please contact

Dr Stanley Frielick

Email: stanley.frielick@aut.ac.nz

Phone (09) 9219999 ext 9402

Auckland

Requisite Connectivity and Team Performance

paul.tudor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:33:02 +1200

Dr. Darl Kolb from the University of Auckland has been researching teams and network connectivity in conjunction with Dr Paul Collins from the University of Washington. At next month's event, Darl will introduce and explain the concepts behind 'requisite connectivity' and discuss some of their initial findings which have just recently been published. A short presentation will be followed by questions and discussion.

Light refreshments will be offered.

What: Darl Kolb, Requisite Connectivity and Team Performance

When: 16 June, 5.00pm for 5.30pm start

How much: $5 for casual members, free for NZKM members

Auckland

Cognitive Edge Accreditation Workshop

julian.carver — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:56 +1200

This workshop will be run by KM and sense making pioneer Dave Snowden.

The workshop will involve three single day courses that, taken as a whole provideaccreditation to, and permit membership of, the Cognitive Edge Network.Participants will gain an understanding of the principles and practiceof naturalising sensemaking to organisational issues. If you want todiscover pragmatic ways to manage under conditions of uncertainty,understand the power of business narrative and discover new ways to usehuman networks then this course will equip you with the core theory& associated methods.

Cognitive Edge is creating an approach to management & socialscience by applying insights and understanding from the naturalsciences, in particular complex adaptive systems theory, the cognitivesciences and a range of techniques from disciplines such asanthropology.

While offering a range of novel, science based methods, the approachincludes the principle of bounded applicability. Different tools andtechniques work within different contexts, no one approach can claimuniversal applicability. Methods taught on the course are fullysupported by open source methods and attendance qualifies participantsto use theSenseMaker™ software suite on projects.

Full details can be found in the attached brochure.

Auckland

Dave Snowden, Cognitive Edge

paul.tudor — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:50:23 +1200

Dave Snowden will talk briefly on some of his current work, about crews and alternatives to Communities of Practice (CoPs) and about his Harvard Business Review article from November last year.

Light refreshments will be served.

Free for members, non members $5

Auckland

Diane Edwards on Citizens Advice Bureau project

paul.tudor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:43:47 +1200

Diane Edwards, one of our NZKM national executive, will be in Auckland next Monday and will be talking about her latest KM project, with Citizens Advice Bureau. She will also be interested to hear what others in the group think about the project and to discuss some of the issues and possible approaches given the various constraints.

This needs must be an after work event here at Tonkin & Taylor, anytime from 5.00pm onwards, for a 5.30pm start. Anyone arriving after that time will need to ring me (021 805102) so I can come down and let you in. I promise to rustle up some refreshments and so there will be a small charge for non members.

What: Diane Edwards on Citizens Advice Bureau

Where: Tonkin & Taylor, Level 2, 105 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket

When: 14 April, 5.00pm for 5.30pm

How much: $5 for casual members, free for NZKM member

Auckland

Test message

jonathan — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:11:12 +1200

Test mass contact message to Auckland and Company D

Auckland