Monday, May 15, 2006

The navy is im'ing

The NAVY is getting with the times - IM as part of their Knowledge Management structure to foster communication amoung soldiers:
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=23602

Teenagers Inspire Knowledge Management Process

Interesting article about how the european US military recognizes that the way younger generations handle and manage information and knowledge, can actually be more productive: http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/articles/2006-05/ta051206a.html

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

the military seems to be doing something right about km

http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/articles/2006/04/28/news/news2.txt

Friday, May 05, 2006

KM Chicago event - 5/9/6 - 'Academic Deathmatch' :-)

The next meeting of KM Chicago, May 9th, will feature a panel of faculty from several area schools which teach knowledge management. Panelists will describe their approach to knowledge management and we will open the floor for discussion of these programs and KM education and certification in general. Please come and enjoy the discussion.

As always, we meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 5-7 pm in two locations: Allstate in Northbrook and Factiva in the Loop. Please check http://kmchicago.blogspot.com for more information.

Panel participants:
Kanti Srikantaiah, Director, Center for Knowledge Management
Domican University

Kimberly Scott, Director, Center for Learning and Organizational Change
Jack Vinson, Adjunct Professor, Center for Learning and Organizational Change
Northwestern University

Alan Burns, Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems
DePaul University

Thursday, May 04, 2006

KM Chicago Presentation on 5/9/6

The next meeting of KM Chicago, May 9th, will feature a panel of faculty from several area schools which teach knowledge management. Panelists will describe their approach to knowledge management and we will open the floor for discussion of these programs and KM education and certification in general. Please come and enjoy the discussion.

As always, we meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 5-7 pm in two locations: Allstate in Northbrook and Factiva in the Loop. Please check the sidebar at http://kmchicago.blogspot.com/ for directions.

Panel participants:
Kanti Srikantaiah, Director, Center for KM, Domican University
http://www.dom.edu/gslis/faculty/faculty.asp?emp_id=172&schnav_id=2053&tschn

Kimberly Scott, Director, Center for Learning and Organizational Change
Jack Vinson, Adjunct Professor, Center for Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University
http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/loc/info/overview/description/

Alan Burns, Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems, DePaul University
https://www.cs.depaul.edu/people/facultyInfo.asp?id=186
av_id=1012

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

The Truth about Beer ! (a must read)

What exactly is in your beer?
A report by Will Smale - BBC News business reporter
Fancy a refreshing pint of betaglucanase? Or maybe a thirst-quenching glass of propylene glycol alginate?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4942262.stm

Monday, May 01, 2006

Sharing Insight: Tip of the day - Protopage & InsightKnowledge PKM

Todays tips is about the combined usage of two different tools to increase your personal knowledge management capabilities. Take a look at this. It shows the usage of the Protopage tool in combination with InsightKnowledge Inc.'s SharingInsight personal knowledge management portal. You can give it a try yourself by signing up for a free account with Protopage and a free account with InsightKnowledge and posting the above link in the UserMenu section (marked with a '+' at the top left). Please feel free to discuss your experiences in the related forum on InsightKnowledge.