Wellington

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

Masterclass in SharePoint Collaboration and Governance

julian.carver — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:10:15 +1200

This masterclass, run by Michael Sampson, will focus on the business, technology and people of
SharePoint for collaboration:

- Collaboration for Business
- Roadmap to Success
- Evaluating the Technology, including SharePoint 2010 for collaboration
- Governance Strategy and Themes
- Engaging the Business
- User Adoption Strategies
- Getting Started

Every attendee will receive copies of Michael's books - SharePoint Roadmap for
Collaboration, and User Adoption Strategies.

8 Reasons to Attend
Attending the masterclass isn't just a good idea ... it's essential to
your success with SharePoint going forward. Here's the top 8 reasons to
attend:

SharePoint doesn't usually fail because of the technology, but
rather the business and human reasons. You'll learn the roadmap to
success.
The workshop provides a rapid infusion of ideas and concepts for you
to apply immediately. What you'll learn in a day has taken others
months and years to master.
You will become much better able to make SharePoint succeed in your
organisation. The masterclass will benefit your career!
You will have the opportunity to meet others from Wellington in the
SharePoint space, compare experiences, and gain deeper insight into
common challenges. You are not alone!
Take away reading material to help you capture and apply what you
learnt during the masterclass.
Hear real-world case studies from other organisations using
SharePoint for collaboration, and how they approach the business and
human factors.
This is the only time for the rest of 2010 that you will be able to
attend a public masterclass in New Zealand.
The masterclass isn't a sales pitch for SharePoint. It's a success
pitch for you and your organisation.

For more information visit http://www.sharepointroadmap.com/wellington.html

Michael Sampson
Author, SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration, and other books
Facilitator, "Masterclass in SharePoint Collaboration and
Governance"

Wellington

NZKM Event: Lightening Session – Recent KM Research

anitarapson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:27:26 +1200

NZKM would like to invite you to a unique event. We have six VUW students, from the Master of Information Management (MIM) programme, presenting some of their most recent research.

Each speaker will present for 10 mins on their research and, following this, we will facilitate a panel session, with opportunities for you to raise questions and discuss the topics.

The list of speakers is:
* Eleanor Aitken: Using AI in KM
* Ian Bloodworth: Reflections on the concept of "Knowledge-based economy”
* Torrance Mayberry: The value of applying knowledge management at the data governance level
* Pikihuia Reihana: The jigsaw - a knowledge management metaphor. A whanau KM strategy
* Roger Smith: A personal perspective on KM issues at Radio NZ
* Holger Spill: KM and organisational culture - an overview

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

Wellington

Dave Snowden - free event this Friday

julian.carver — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:50:03 +1200

The New Zealand Knowledge Management Network is pleased once again to present Dave Snowden for his session on "An update on Sensemaker(R) 3.0".

David Snowden is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge. His work is in the area of naturalizing sense-making, seeking to base social science research and practice in the natural science. He is considered to be a pioneer in the application of complex adaptive systems theory to a range of social issues and in the development of narrative as a research method. Cognitive Edge is an independent organisation that manages an open source approach to consultancy method as well as software development and research.

The Cognitive Edge SenseMaker® Software Suite provides a set of tools designed to enable informed decision making in organisations using both structured and unstructured data in a common environment. The Suite is fully integrated with a coherent body of formal methods is the outcome of several years of research into human based organizational complexity, sensemaking, decision making, knowledge sharing and narrative.

Please feel free to forward this mail onto colleagues whom might also be interested in this session

Places are limited and we are expecting this session to be popular and for seats to fill quickly.

Please send your RSVP reply to the athenasolutions@gmail.com e-mail to book your place

Wellington

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

Dave Snowden - "Leading Through Complexity" executive seminar

julian.carver — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:18:05 +1200

Leading Through Complexity Executive Seminar

The challenge of doing more with less is ever present in both the public and private sectors. In the 1980s the big idea was process management and re-engineering, replacing the functionally oriented structures of the preceeding decades. Over the years those ideas have achieved significant results, but they no longer offer the opportunity for radical and progressive change and are in danger of becoming over extended and over complicated.

The Leading Through Complexity one-day executive seminar, led by Dave Snowden and based on his award-winning work, is designed to introduce participants to radical new ways to:

- focus on sustainability, using the natural capabilities of customers, citizens and staff;
- shift from fail-safe design to a more flexible and adaptive process of safe-fail experiments leading to more resilient outcomes;
- use the distributed intelligence of workforces and markets to transform decision making and achieve long term effectiveness
see strategy as a constantly evolving articulation of emergent possibilities, shorting decision cycles, increasing robustness;
- and understand the new simplicity inherent in an ecological approach to management.

NZKM has arranged a special pricing offer with Cognitive Edge which entitles NZKM affiliates to a 10% discount off the headline price.

Please respond to Dawn Lincoln on dawn.lincoln@cognitive-edge.com stating your affiliation with the NZKM Network with your registration/inquiry.

Further details on the Cognitive Edge web site at:
http://cognitive-edge.com/eventsdetail.php?eventid=171

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 (Wellington)

anitarapson — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:11:59 +1200

Date: 19th May 2010, 5:30 - 7pm
Location: Level 7, Intergen House, 126 Lambton Quay, Wellington

NZKM invite you to an evening with Matt Moore.

"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/

Wellington

Impact of tacit knowledge sharing enablers on organisational effectiveness: a conceptual model

anitarapson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:46:16 +1200

Date & Time: 28 Apr 2010 - 12:00 - 13:00Location: Level 7, Intergen House, 126 Lambton Quay, Wellington NZKM invites you to attend a lunchtime event presented by Salman Iqbal (PhD student), Dr. Paul Toulson (Associate Prof.) and Dr. David Tweed (Senior lecturer) from the College of Business, Department of Management at Massey University. The discussion will be based on an article recently presented at a conference in Singapore on tacit knowledge sharing practises and organisational effectiveness. The sharing of tacit knowledge within an organisation has been shown to have a positive relationship with organisational effectiveness. The conceptual model presented by Salman and his PhD supervisors suggests that organisational culture through employees collaboration, multidisciplinary teamwork and management support are positively related to tacit knowledge sharing practices. Information technology supports knowledge sharing practises by integrating and applying knowledge which is already embedded in employees across organisation.Attendance for members is free and non members will be charged $10 at the door. Please RSVP to secretary@nzkm.net

Wellington

Knowledge Brokering

crispin.garden-webster — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:37:06 +1300

This McKinsey article proposes that open innovation is transforming the way companies develop new products, with benefit realisation around exposing internal R&D to outside ideas. It describes how some organisations are applying open-source thinking to improve a range of core business processes. Organisations are adopting the practice of 'knowledge brokering', a systematic approach to seeking external ideas from people in a variety of industries, disciplines, and contexts and then of combining the resulting lessons in new ways.

The Article takes a closer look at the way organisations use knowledge brokering to improve their business processes, offering practical lessons for adapting to a digital era characterised by increased collaboration.

https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Innovation/Using_knowledge_brokering_to_improve_business_processes_2512

Wellington

reminder: Michael Sampson's Masterclass in SharePoint Collaboration & Governance

julian.carver — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:12:22 +1300

Hi all,

Just a note that there are still some places left for Michael Sampson's Masterclass in SharePoint Collaboration & Governance.

Michael recently delivered this workshop in Singapore with great success, and will be presenting it in Melbourne next year.

Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 09:00 - 17:30

Location: Quality Hotel, 223 Cuba Street, Wellington

More information:
http://www.smartnet.co.nz/events/other/michaelsampson.htm

In this masterclass, collaboration and SharePoint expert Michael Sampson will take you through the steps required to make collaboration a success inside your organization.
Knowledge-based work, as we’re finally realising, is collaborative in nature. This is the primary reason we’re seeing a rush to implement collaboration applications inside the enterprise. But just installing an application does not mean that the magic we want will happen. It requires proper thinking, planning and governing to make collaboration work.

Michael Sampson is a Collaboration Strategist. He helps end-user organizations in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Europe and other places around the world improve the performance of distributed teams.
Michael holds an MCom with first class honors in telecommunications-based IT, from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and is working on his doctorate in collaborative applications and virtual teams.

Michael lives in New Zealand with his glorious wife and nine children.
Michael is the author of the widely acclaimed books:

Seamless Teamwork: Using SharePoint for Collaboration (Microsoft
Press)
SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration (published by Michael Sampson)

To register go to:
http://www.smartnet.co.nz/events/other/michaelsampson.htm
Mention NZKM to get a 10% discount.

Wellington

NZKM Wellington Christmas Party

anitarapson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:24:35 +1300

Hi,

You are invited to join the Wellington NZKM Management Committee to celebrate the Christmas season and 2009 coming to a close!

This will be a great opportunity to catch up with fellow NZKM members as we reflect on the year that's been and look forward to opportunities in 2010. Snacks are provided and a cash bar will be available.

When: 9th December, starting at 5pm

Where: Gotham, 4 Chews Lane, Wellington City (http://www.zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/wellington/wellington+central/-gotham/)

Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net by Monday 7th December.

Wellington

Knowledge and Information Sharing (KIS) : the hidden differentiator : Grant Margison from Information Leadership

julian.carver — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:40 +1300

Getting good at KIS is a key but often hidden differentiator of excellent organisations. Being great at KIS lowers business risk, raises productivity and innovation, and helps to attract and retain top flight talent. This presentation highlights why most organisations find gaining and keeping KIS competency so difficult. It provides a proven methodology that you can use to diagnose your current state and guide your future actions - bring together the right mix of technology, governance content and people power. As an added bonus, this presentation is illustrated with real examples from Information Leadership’s own business – find out how they capture, manage and leverage their own knowledge.

This event is on Thursday the 26th of November at the Holiday Inn, 75 Featherston Street, Wellington. It starts at 5pm with Grant's talk, and will be followed by drinks and nibbles.

The event is free of charge, but preference will be given to paid NZKM members. Please RSVP to secretary@nzkm.net as places are limited.

About Information Leadership

Information Leadership is one of NZ's largest and most respected information and knowledge management consultancy. Having worked over the last five years with over 100 NZ and Australian organisations covering Education, Health, Science, Utilities, Engineering, Local and Central Government, Information Leadership brings together a unique blend of skills in information technologies, change management, records management and knowledge replication.

Grant Margison regularly consults for a range of clients in the public and corporate sectors. He assists organisations in making the right IT choices and helps engage entire organisations to ensure that IT projects succeed. Grant has an engineering degree and diploma in business. While in senior management positions at Enerco, Southpower and Counties Power, Grant helped these companies to gain business advantage and service improvement through the successful use of new technologies.

He has developed information and IT strategies and products, mobile data implementations and asset management business planning. He is a regular conference speaker in NZ and overseas.

Wellington

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

Masterclass in SharePoint Collaboration & Governance with Michael Sampson

julian.carver — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:41:05 +1300

In this masterclass, collaboration and SharePoint guru Michael Sampson will take you through the steps required to make collaboration a success inside your organization.

Knowledge-based work, as we’re finally realising, is collaborative in nature. This is the primary reason we’re seeing a rush to implement collaboration applications inside the enterprise. But just installing an application does not mean that the magic we want will happen. It requires proper thinking, planning and governing to make collaboration work.

Michael holds an MCom with first class honors in telecommunications-based IT, from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and is working on his doctorate in collaborative applications and virtual teams. Michael lives in New Zealand with his glorious wife and nine children.

Michael is the author of the widely acclaimed books:

Seamless Teamwork: Using SharePoint for Collaboration (Microsoft Press)
SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration (published by Michael Sampson)

To register go to:

http://www.smartnet.co.nz/events/other/michaelsampson.htm

Mention NZKM to get a 10% discount.

Wellington

David Gurteen Knowledge Café on the "the importance of professional networking"

julian.carver — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:43:37 +1200

Do you enjoy taking part in conversations that encourage people to share and understand their collective knowledge?

Is networking with other professionals working in knowledge and information management important to you?

If so you will want to attend the David Gurteen Knowledge Café on the theme of "the importance of professional networking".

David Gurteen (www.gurteen.com) is a UK based knowledge management specialist who's work focuses on running, and teaching about, knowledge cafes.

Knowledge cafés are a powerful way to conduct rich conversations. David Gurteen's website describes them as "a means of bringing a group of people together to have an open, creative conversation on a topic of mutual interest to surface their collective knowledge, to share ideas and insights and to gain a deeper understanding of the subject and the issues involved."

Attendees will gain the benefit of understanding better the knowledge café technique, as well as the insights and understanding gained from the conversations.

This event is jointly organised by

LIANZA (Te Upoko O te Ika A Maui region)
NZLLA (New Zealand Law Librarians Association)
NZKM (New Zealand Knowledge Management Network)

Cost: $20.00 for members of LIANZA, NZLLA, NZKM Network. $35.00 for non members
Please RSVP to paddy.plunket@parliament.govt, stating which association you are a member of if applicable.

Places for this not to be missed experience are limited, so be in quick.

Wellington

The Parallel Bang: Non-Linear Thinking in a Non-Linear World

anitarapson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:36:11 +1200

NZKM, with co-sponsors Intergen and SmartNet invite you to a presentation by NASA engineer Dr Jack Bacon, speaking about the Parallel Bang and what it means for organisations, our community, our society and our world.

Dr Bacon is one of the world's most popular speakers on technology and the factors that shape human society. In his daily work, he is on the management team overseeing the construction and operation of the most complicated technical project in history: the International Space Station. He is the author of three popular books; My Grandfathers' Clock, My Stepdaughter's Watch and The Parallel Bang. More on Dr Jack Bacon.

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

What does the Parallel Bang mean to your organisation, our community, our society and our world?

World economics, work, education and leisure are being transformed before our very eyes. In the last decade, we've tripled our knowledge of astronomy, pinpointed the age and size of the cosmos, counted its galaxies, and found the theory that will link all known physics of the universe. The patent rate has more than doubled. We've decoded out genome. We've doubled our life expectancy. We've changed the workforce and the workweek. We've engineered machines a few atoms in size. More than two thirds of the citizens of the western world are now linked to the Internet.

Futurist, technological historian and engineer Dr Jack Bacon presents a compelling vision that human thought - which houses the parallel universe of all the models of the physical universe - is undergoing an explosive new phase of development not unlike the surge that occurred in the Renaissance. This time, however, it's taking less than a decade, and it's on an exponential trajectory that will take humanity to amazing new heights. In these few thousand days we're living through something of astounding significance as computing, communications, medicine, psychology, politics, transportation, agriculture, and world economics all "throw on the afterburners."

Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for the explosive growth of understanding in the 21st century.

Wellington

The Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Workshop

marketing — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:37:48 +1200

David Gurteen returns to Wellington to facilitate a one-day masterclass on Knowledge Cafes and how this workshop technique can be used to improve knowledge sharing, innovation, organisational learning or change.

A session is designed to help you:

Understand the importance of conversation in your business
Design and run Knowledge Cafés
Use Knowledge Cafés to solve specific business problems and challenges
Create opportunities in your organization for creative conversation

Wellington

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

Invitation: User adoption strategies of collaborative tools in the workplace

anitarapson — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:24:14 +1200

NZKM invite you to an overview of Michael Sampson's recently published book on using SharePoint effectively for collaboration.

Michael will discuss with us opportunities to increase user adoption strategies of collaborative tools, on how business teams can best embrace the capabilities of SharePoint for team collaboration, and on the main messages of his recently published book. His book - "Seamless Teamwork" - published by Microsoft Press, demonstrates how SharePoint can be used to support team collaboration, innovation, and the carrying out of daily business activities. There will also be opportunity at this event for discussion and to ask Michael questions.

Members free and non-members $10.

Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net

Wellington

NZKM Network Brown Bag Lunch

marketing — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:32:11 +1200

Brown Bags are informal lunchtime networking sessions. These sessions do not have a designated speaker or a set topic. Instead, they are an opportunity to meet and network with fellow professionals around topics of knowledge management.

Really, we decide what we want to talk about during the session. In the past, we’ve discussed current projects, information practices, recent events or articles, ways of dealing with difficult situations, etc. All current members are welcome.

If you would like to attend this session, please email alex.natelli@intergen.co.nz (and don’t forget to bring yourself something to eat).

Wellington

Records Management and EDRMS

marketing — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:34:20 +1200

This seminar is an introduction to practical records management and EDRMS strategy.

Participants will attain a greater understand of the fundamentals of an effective records management programme to improve accessibility and deal with increasing expectations. You will also be introduced to a robust process for building classifications that give business value as well as being recordkeeping tools. Furthermore, you'll be better able to communicate the value and importance of records management to get the resourcing and funding that you need.

Sarah Heal will lead this seminar. She has over 10 years experience in the information management field. She's worked for over 40 central and local government and private sector clients across New Zealand and Australia. Typical assignments include:

Strategic Plans - building IM and information strategies and information frameworks
EDRMS success - reviewing EDRMS performance and planning implementations
Records Management legislative compliance and implementation roadmaps
Knowledge Bases - Building EDRMS or stand alone knowledge bases and rejuvenating intranets
Business Case development helping to develop business cases and selecting systems
Information Management charters, policies, procedures
Business taxonomies to classify information for EDRMS and as a business framework

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

Managing and Growing Your Intranet

marketing — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:38:36 +1300

This two-day course aims to help participants learn new approaches and techniques related to intranet projects and on-going management.

“Ideal for staff with responsibilities that touch on intranets in any way, from managers and communications gurus to IT managers. Alignment with organizational goals, usability, technology platforms (including Microsoft’s SharePoint), social media, staff engagement and collaboration are covered. Tools and methodologies delivered will improve decision making and benefit all organizations attending. Attending also provides the opportunity to collaborate with intranet peers on common issues and have specific pain points discussed.” Dorje McKinnon

If you want to improve your intranet management skills and implement intranet strategy, this may be the course for you. Registering is easy, just complete the registration form and fax it to them on (09) 309 7986 or call them on (09) 379 5892. You can also email them at register@brightstar.co.nz or register on their website at http://www.brightstar.co.nz/nz/managing-and-growing-your-intranet-2.html.

And, NZKM Members, do not forget to tell BrightStar about your membership with NZKM. In doing so, you will receive a discount of about A$189-199.

Wellington

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

Wellington Christmas Celebration

anitarapson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:29:12 +1300

Please join the Wellington NZKM Management Committee to celebrate the Christmas season and 2008 coming to a close!

This will be a great opportunity to catch up with fellow NZKM members as we reflect on the year that's been and look forward to opportunities in 2009. Snacks are provided and a cash bar will be available.

When: Monday, 8th Dec from 5pm on.

Where: Hugo's Bar (Loaded Hog building) 57 Customhouse Quay, Queens Wharf on the Waterfront

Please RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net by this Thursday (4th Dec).

Wellington

[UPDATED]: How to create, develop and evolve a social media presence to increase collaboration ...

mike.riversdale — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:16:33 +1300

[Updated - NEW VENUE] Ground Floor Theatrette, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay (entrances on Johnston & Waring Taylor Streets)

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, Ground Floor
Theatrett, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay (entrances
on Johnston & Waring Taylor Streets),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

Wellington

NZKM Wellington Lunchtime Networking Meeting

sallyj — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:26:12 +1300

Thanks to everyone who came along to the October networking meeting. We had a great exchange of ideas and opinions based on everyday workplace issues. These meetings are open to members and non-members and are a great chance to get different perspectives on issues you may face; share lessons learnt; and, discuss specific areas of interest.

There is no formal structure to the meeting - just come along prepared to share and participate.

Our next meeting will be on :

Date: Friday 7 November

Time: 12.15pm to 1.15pm

Venue: Thunder Room, Level 7, Plunket Building, 126 Lambton Quay (access is also available from the Terrace)

Lunch: Please bring your own lunch - tea and coffee will be supplied

Cost: Free to members, $5 non-members

Wellington

NZKM Lunch event with David Gurteen - Strengthening a Knowledge Sharing Culture

julian.carver — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:45:16 +1300

David Gurteen is an independent knowledge facilitator, advisor, educator and coach based in the UK but working globally as those of you who subscribe to his popular KM newsletter will know.

David will be speaking at a lunch time event on "Strengthening a Knowledge Sharing Culture"

He will be in New Zealand 20-24 October as Knowledge Facilitator for Education Leaders Forum 08. He is also running Knowledge Café workshops in Christchurch and Wellington and is available for Knowledge Management presentations or Knowledge Cafes with interested organisations.

Wellington

Gurteen Knowledge Café - Half Day Masterclass

julian.carver — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:24:19 +1200

David Gurteen, founder of The Gurteen Knowledge Community,
will be in New Zealand 20-24 October for Education Leaders Forum 08 and
to run his half-day masterclass and work with companies in-house.

David has over 30 years experience working in high technology
industries. He is an independent knowledge educator and coach helping
people in organizations to share their knowledge more freely; to be
more creative and innovative and to work more effectively together.

David Gurteen is the 'king of knowledge cafes' according to the article from the June issue of Inside Knowledge Magazine.

Facilitated by David Gurteen

Understand the importance of conversation in your business
Design and run Knowledge Cafés
Use Knowledge Cafés to solve specific business problems and challenges
Create opportunities in your organization for creative conversation

This is the first time these workshops have been offered in NZ.

Inhouse knowledge cafés: Contact SmartNet (03) 3667 874 if you are interested in having David run a Knowledge Cafés inhouse at your organisation on 20 - 24 October

Wellington

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

Using Google Maps (FREE event)

mike.riversdale — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:57 +1200

Google Maps is a great tool for making your data more accessible to your staff, your customers, or the public. Using Google Maps as your platform, you can (more after the break ...)

Using Google Maps you can:

make it easy for all your staff to benefit from the geospatial information you already maintain
link information stores to Maps and help users find and interpret information faster
engage your public with interactive Maps-based applications

In this two hour session we will cover:

What types of information can be presented using Google Maps
How to use Google Maps to visualise your existing information sets
How to augment your systems with Google Maps as a front-end
Examples of effective use of Google Maps
What is involved in piloting your first Google Maps application
Licensing for Google Maps and differences between the Free, Premiere and Enterprise versions

Whilst this is a FREE event you will need to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/register?orderid=2282892192&eid=160576288

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

NZKM Wellington Lunchtime Networking Meeting

julian.carver — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:11:55 +1200

We are again holding an informal networking meeting this month for
anyone who is interested in meeting and chatting with others who share
their interest in knowledge management across the range of professional
disciplines with an interest in this area. Though the meeting has no
formal structure, we do invite attendees to come prepared to share ideas
and lessons learned from their own experience or examples of issues they
would like to discuss with others.

We have had several requests to change the timing of these meetings from
a Wednesday lunchtime so we are trialling a new option of the last
Monday of the month.

Date: 30 June 2008

Time: 12.15pm to 1.15pm

Venue: Level 6, Wakefield House, 90 The Terrace (in the meeting room of
FINSIA - the Financial Services Institute of Australasia)

Lunch: Please bring your own lunch - tea and coffee will be supplied

Cost: Free to members, $5 non-members

Note: as space is limited, please RSVP to diane@zuri.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