Wellington

NZKM Wellington drinks and nibbles

paul.tudor — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:32:14 +1300

You are invited to join the Wellington NZKM members to celebrate 2011 coming to a close. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with fellow NZKM members, reflect on the year that's been, and look forward to opportunities in 2012. Nibbles are provided at no charge and a cash bar will be available. RSVP must be received by Monday 28 November to treasurer@nzkm.net.

Management Committee

Knowledge Management Best Practice

eleanor.aitken — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:39:38 +1200

Knowledge Management Best Practice is a two day, vendor and product neutral training seminar that will give you the tools and techniques to ensure that Knowledge Management at your organisation is up there with the best. 10 % discount for NZKM members.

Key Learning Objectives:
Use existing organisational knowledge to:

Make available increased knowledge content in the development and provision of products and services
Achieve shorter new product development cycles
Facilitate and manage innovation and organizational learning
Leverage the expertise of people across the organization
Increase network connectivity between internal and external individuals
Manage business environments and allowing employees to obtain relevant insights and ideas appropriate to their work
Manage intellectual capital and intellectual assets in the workforce

Who Should Attend?

Information Managers
Knowledge Managers
Content Managers
Internal Communications Managers
Records Managers
Archives Managers
IT Managers
Anyone with an interest in knowledge management, EDRMS or Intranets!

Training Methodology:
These intensive 2-day master classes will combine tutorial sessions and case studies with interactive learning exercises. All attendees will be provided with a workbook and a certificate of completion.

Auckland

Driving Public Sector Services to the Web & Online Community Engagement - 2 for 1 and 10% discount

eleanor.aitken — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:01:04 +1200

The landscape of doing business and service delivery is rapidly changing, with the internet and Web 2.0 technologies changing the way organisation’s engage and deliver services to stakeholder and customers. Government has the opportunity to embrace these developments and experience the benefits that come from new communications and sharing methods.

This conference will provide you with the tools you need to help drive and sustain change within your organisation and will provide you with a unique opportunity to hear from

New Zealand ’s leading Web 2.0 experts. Not only will you hear from our panel of experts, but you will also have an opportunity to network with your peers and share your ideas on how

New Zealand ’s public sector is going to lead the charge into the unknown.

Government organisations can take advantage of these new dynamic technologies to:
• Provide better services to its citizens
• Improve access to and quality of information and data
• Improve organisation knowledge and collaboration
• Streamline organisational structures
• Improve operating efficiency and governance
• Engage more directly with communities

Register two people from your organisation and the second attends free of charge! Reserve your place before the 14th of September 2011 and save an additional $300. Note: NZKMs members are eligible for a further 10% discount, simply enter the code 65IB88 on the online registration page.

Christchurch

KM Project Assistance (University of Edinburgh)

DavidK3Cubed — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:57:55 +1200

Hello all,

First of all, forgive me for not addressing this to you individually. I
am getting in touch with relevant people, via forums, to ask if
you would consider contributing to the University of Edinburgh Global KM
survey 2011. We really need your help and we are into the final ten
days for responses. If you have already contributed, thank you.

If not, we have had 300+ responses from companies such as Shell; AIG:
BAe; UK police forces; world wide armed forces; AstraZeneca; Fujitsu;
Worldbank; Redcross; MITRE; PWC; Deloitte; Microsoft; and top worldwide
KM consultants...to name a few

The survey is complex and will take about 30 minutes to complete; we
have also had feedback that it challenges your KM thought process. We
realise that your time is valuable and 30 minutes is a big commitment on
your part, but we need to provide you with a depth of findings that can
contribute to the improvement of practice in your organisation.

To thank you for your time, we will provide you a free copy of the
report, which will retail for £295.00 and will be available for first
quarter 2012. Your contribution will enable you to compare and contrast
your practice against others from similar size organisations/geographic
location/sector

Survey link:
https://www.survey.ed.ac.uk/kmoglobal2011

I just want to say, thank you in advance if you are able to help us. We
are excited by the preliminary findings, but we also know that its
value will be down to the contribution of people like yourselves.

Thank you again,

David

Wellington

Thinking Styles: KM would be easy if everyone thought alike!

jonathan — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:32:45 +1200

NZKM is proud to present two sessions with innovation expert, Ed Bernacki. He believes that our style of thinking (or cognitive style) influences the degree to which we prefer to work with tacit or explicit knowledge. This preference influences the type and degree of knowledge use when doing our jobs. These differences in the way people think and use knowledge are a diversity that should be harnessed to shape more innovative organisations.

There are many facets of knowledge management. Our ability to develop KM strategies would be fairly easy if all people thought alike. Yet it’s naive to believe that people think alike. This begs some interesting questions:

How should we see these differences?
What are the implications of these differences?
How can we predict the type of information people will prefer to work with?
Can our style of thinking bias our recommendations?

There is much evidence to suggest that thinking style (or cognitive style) influences the degree to which we prefer to work with tacit or explicit knowledge. This preference can influence the type and degree of knowledge use when doing our jobs. These differences in the way people think and use knowledge are a diversity that should be harnessed to shape more innovative organisations.
NZKM Members free, Non-members $20.
Drinks and nibbles will be available.
Please RSVP to Treasurer@nzkm.net

Note: The Wellington session only will be preceded by the NZKM AGM where highlights of the year will be reported and officers and committee members will be elected. For further details, click on the AGM tab at the NZKM home page http://nzkm.net/agm-2011

About Ed Bernacki

Ed Bernacki is an international speaker and author. He created The Idea Factory to help people in our organizations be more innovative. He provides a “jargon free” experience through his workshops and briefings.He has designed this session to prompt our thinking about the importance of managing ideas and knowledge throughout an organization. He is currently based in Melbourne where he is starting the long process of working on a PhD in innovation in the service sectors.Ed Bernacki spent 10 years in New Zealand after earning his MBA from Otago. He is the innovation columnist for Unlimited Magazine.

http://www.WowGreatIdea.com

Wellington

Getting KM right! (4 functions and 12 constructs)

DavidK3Cubed — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:41:26 +1200

Excerpt from the blog - please follow this link to the full article if you are interested :

For a while now we have talked about the need to manage the 'whole' KM process. We're not the only ones, this article in The Hindu, an interview with Sandhya Shekhar, the CEO of the Chennai-based IIT Madras Research Park, shows that people are talking about the same things, but the way to operationalise the "weaving" or integration of KM within the wider organisation is not necessarily clear - It is almost like an ideal, something we talk about without being sure of how to actually do it.

Sounds like a challenge...

So, what do we mean and where's the evidence?

Cutting through the jargon and the hype, this is it. First the evidence process...with links to our other blog posts to help bring some extra context to what we're discussing

Wellington

The critical function of KM

DavidK3Cubed — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:31:17 +1200

This week’s blog is a conversation with Peter Evans (K3-Cubed Director) and comes from an ongoing dialogue on the critical functions of KM. Pete puts the case forward for knowledge usage…

The functions of KM: creating; capturing & storing and sharing are
perhaps just the enablers of what really matters – application. Rather
than being something solid, reliable and final, we’re better thinking of
knowledge as conjecture being constantly tested and retested. So KM is
really about people and organisational effectiveness and improvement.
Improvement is key here as the application of knowledge is the process
of testing and retesting in different situations and contexts. Effective
KM is about ensuring that the organisation is building on what it is
good at, that the application of work practices is constantly refined
and reflected on, captured, disseminated (by whatever mechanisms work at
the time) and used in day-to-day practice.

If this is of interest the full conversation can be found here

Wellington

Knowledge Leak? Don't put a thumb in it, KM it!

DavidK3Cubed — Mon, 23 May 2011 05:16:11 +1200

Hello all, this is the intro to our latest blog along with a link to the full article if you are interested...

I’ve often blogged about the complexities of KM and the need to treat
KM activity in a holistic way, but what about some of the micro-KM
activities? This blog looks at a specific issue for KM, succession
planning, and reveals the depth of complexity that our (KM) activities
encompass as we pull in complimentary concepts to solve our problems.

What do a Scottish police force, a major US pharmaceutical and a Middle East gas company all have in common?

Okay, yes, we have or are working with them on KM projects, but beside that…

They are all preparing to lose a significant percentage of their
senior management or executive management team to retirement in the next
five to six years. The other thing they have in common, they didn’t
have a plan to capture their knowledge before they exited the company –
basically, forget a knowledge-leak, they are facing the potential stream
of knowledge loss. How many
of you, reading this, have plans in place to capture the knowledge of
your staff as the age out of the company – to say nothing of
forced-redundancy brought about as organisations ‘right-size’ to meet
the challenges of the current economic climate? You don’t know
what crisis is around the corner or which member of staff will walk out
of your company for the last time today, their knowledge lost forever,
or, worse still, they sell their personal capital, and their knowledge
along with it, to your competitors.

Scare mongering? You might say that this happens all the time and
that it is impossible to legislate against ever scenario that could
contribute to knowledge leakage or loss. You’re right, of course.
However, you can work to minimise your risk and you can plan to embed
the knowledge of people that are ‘aging out’ of the organisation or
vital operational knowledge that exists within a limited pool of
people. KM has a role to play here and, by the way, there isn’t an IT
solution to manage you out of this one, this is about people processes
and developing a framework where people are motivated to share and
absorb the knowledge-giving being afforded to them. One aspect of the
solution is succession planning, which requires you to work with HR
partners to justify a KM intervention.

If this interests you, please follow the link to the full blog...

Christchurch

The KM Observatory Newsletter 1(1)

DavidK3Cubed — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:39:36 +1200

This is our new newsletter format - please take a look, sign up if you would like to receive it on a regular basis and please get in touch if you would be interested in contributing a New Zealand perspective for the next edition.

All the best,

David

Christchurch

For KM's Sake, get the people factor right!

DavidK3Cubed — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:18:16 +1200

Please tell us what you think, are you getting this right? http://wp.me/pUfyy-4l

Christchurch

Free KM report - The University of Edinburgh Knowledge Management Observatory™ Global 2011 Survey

DavidK3Cubed — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:53:49 +1200

Hello all,

We have been engaging with companies in Asia Pacific, but it is not often that we get the opportunity to interact with KMers from New Zealand.

The 2011 Global survey takes 25-30 mins to complete and is seen as a challenging and rewarding exercise - All participants will receive a pre-publication copy of the full findings.

http://theknowledgecore.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/the-knowledge-managemen...

Please follow the link and we hope to hear your opinions.

Kind regards,

David

Auckland

KM is Dead! Long Live Knowledge!

DavidK3Cubed — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:49:56 +1200

This may be controversial, but we would really like to hear your opinions. We are based in Edinburgh and it is not often that we get the chance to engage with KMers in New Zealand --- it would be good to be in touch!

http://theknowledgecore.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/km-is-dead-long-live-kn...

Kind regards,

David

Auckland

Social Media: Future Proofing Your Organisation

kim.sbarcea — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:54:12 +1300

Lunch Presentations: 12.00pm - 2.00pm -How Best to Amplify Your
Social Media Presence Jon Leland, President and Creative Director,
ComBridges, Ca.USA; How Social Media Will Change Your Business Practices
Karen Leland, President, Sterling Marketing Group Ca.USA

Optional Workshop: 2.15pm - 4.30pm

Social Media - Action Planning Jon Leland, ComBridges, Ca.USA & Karen Leland, Sterling Marketing Group Ca.USA.

NZKM Members receive 10% discount.

Christchurch

Social Media: Future Proofing Your Organisation

kim.sbarcea — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:42:38 +1300

Lunch Presentations: 12.00pm - 2.00pm -How Best to Amplify Your Social Media Presence Jon Leland, President and Creative Director, ComBridges, Ca.USA; How Social Media Will Change Your Business Practices Karen Leland, President, Sterling Marketing Group Ca.USA

Optional Workshop: 2.15pm - 4.30pm

Social Media - Action Planning Jon Leland, ComBridges, Ca.USA & Karen Leland, Sterling Marketing Group Ca.USA.

NZKM Members receive 10% discount.

Christchurch

Winners of two tickets announced!!

eleanor.aitken — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:07:27 +1300

The winners of the two tickets to the Information Management Summit next week are-

Phillippa Pointon, Ministry of Health

Catherine Brown

Please contact treasurer@nzkm.net to collect your tickets

Wellington

Kim Sbarcea Communities of Practice, KM and Social Media

eleanor.aitken — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:56:12 +1300

NZKM is very honoured to present a seminar hosted by Kim Sbarcea on KM strategy and Communities of Practice. Kim has more than 10 years experience working for both corporate and government entities in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, and speaks regularly at conferences and conducts workshops and masterclasses in the areas of communities of practice; taxonomies; information & knowledge audits; KM strategy development; and social media.

She will be in town chairing the Information Management Summit at the Duxton/Amora Hotel and has graciously given up an evening to share her KM experiences with us and give you a chance to ask any questions you may have. Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

NZKM Members free, Non-members $20.

Please RSVP to Treasurer@nzkm.net

More about Kim -

Kim Sbarcea is a knowledge management professional and has held a number of positions in the KM field in Australia from Chief Knowledge Officer for Ernst and Young to Director, Knowledge Networks, Australian Securities & Investments Commission and KM Director INGA. From 2005-2010, she was the Chair for Standards Australia KM Committee - the Committee responsible for the Australian KM Standard. Kim is a Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she teaches Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Communities and she speaks

regularly at conferences and conducts workshops and masterclasses in the areas of communities of practice; taxonomies; information & knowledge audits; KM strategy development; and social media.

She is editor of Rethinking Knowledge (2002). In May 2010, Kim moved from Australia to Christchurch, New Zealand and recently joined the NZKM Committee. Since arriving in New Zealand, Kim has been working with a major construction company, helping them with KM strategy development.

Wellington

Go in the draw for a ticket to the Information Management Summit!

eleanor.aitken — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:09:56 +1300

NZKM has available two tickets for the Information Management Summit from 28 Feb to March 2 2011 in Wellington. This highly prestigious event will cover the central challenges of Information Management in the public and the private sector. Go in the draw for one of these tickets by emailing treasurer@nzkm.net by 20 Feb 2011. You must be a paid up member or pay up before the draw. The draw will be made on Monday 21 Feb by Kim Sbarcea who is chairing the Summit.

Wellington

NZKM Christmas Drinks & Nibbles

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:59:29 +1300

Reminder:

The NZKM Management Committee invites you to our annual Christmas social event (this Wednesday). It’s a chance to relax and catch-up with each other before the hustle and bustle of the holidays. We'll be meeting at Gotham in the stylish Chews Lane. And, we will provide the nibbles. Drinks are cash bar.

We look forward to seeing you all.

RSVP to treasurer@nzkm.net by end of day Monday 22nd.

Wellington

Building a Knowledge Sharing Culture with David Gurteen

julian.carver — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:59:51 +1300

This two day workshop, led by one of the world's most respected knowledge experts David Gurteen is designed to help you:

-Explore barriers to knowledge sharing
-Overcome the barriers
-Look at the central role of the knowledge worker in taking
responsibility for their knowledge
-Understand the role of conversation and storytelling in sharing
knowledge and making it productive

A 10% discount is available to NZKM members. For more information and to register go to:

http://www.smartnet.co.nz/events/other/davidgurteen2day.htm

Wellington

David Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Workshop

julian.carver — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:47:06 +1300

International KM thinker and speaker David Gurteen is running a one day
Knowledge Cafe Workshop in Wellington, 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

A 10% discount is available for NZKM members. For more information, and to register, go to:

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

Wellington

Knowledge Management Best Practice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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