December KM Chicago Holiday Celebration

Our KM Chicago meeting on Tuesday, 14 December will be a little different.  On this day we will celebrate the 10th year of the holiday wine tasting hosted by Randy Russell and Wine Expressions.  Randy is a Board member of KM Chicago and has shared his knowledge of wine with us in each of the last 10 years.

Randy will present 6 wines and food pairings matched to the wines.  Each of these wines is chosen for its versatility and usefulness in planning holiday parties. The cost of the event will be $20/person.  Bring yourself; bring a friend or a business associate.  This is a fun event that encourages knowledge sharing and social networking.

The event will start at 5:30 PM at the Dow Jones location.  For obvious reasons there will be no call in number and I guarantee no PowerPoint.  There will be lively conversation and holiday cheer.

Please RSVP by end of day Friday, 10 December.  This will allow Randy to select the wines in sufficient quantity and provide an ample supply of food.  No one leaves hungry or thirsty.  Money will be collected at the event in cash or check.

I look forward to seeing each of you at the event and celebrating the season.

visualization periodic chart

Courtesy of Lorene Kenard and as we discussed at last night's meeting...
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

Mouse over each box to see an example of each method.

November 9th meeting: KM Metrics Roundtable

Please join us for a roundtable discussion on the topic of knowledge management measures and metrics. Purvi Kadakia, from Deloitte Consulting, will share how they currently use KM metrics as one approach to measuring the value of knowledge management. We encourage anyone who currently has this figured out or has a point of view related to KM metrics to bring forth their methods and ideas to share as well. We know from several past presentations on this topic that it’s always an area that sparks good conversation and debate.

Purvi Kadakia has been working in the area of metrics for knowledge management for 4 years. Having invested significant time and effort in the front- and back-end (using primarily Omniture) to enable these metrics, Purvi will share her experience with the technology that supports these metrics as well as examples of the end product and how it has evolved and matured.

October 12th Meeting: Knowledge Management at Allstate

Join us October 12th when Patricia Kelly will speak to us about Knowledge Management at Allstate.

Patricia is the Enterprise Architect for content management, collaboration, search, taxonomy, and social computing. Pat came to Allstate’s Northbrook, Illinois campus in 2001 to work on the enterprise portal acquisition team and has since been a founding member of the enterprise Knowledge Management and Content Management teams.

A technical communications consultant for many years, Patricia has provided content architecture assistance for a variety of companies including Motorola, Chicago Title, Abbott Labs and Ford Motor Company. Patricia is a member of Content Management Professionals and the Society for Technical Communications.

Presentation: Practical Dos and Don'ts of Enterprise Prediction Markets

The slides presented during our September meeting, "Practical Dos and Don'ts of Enterprise Prediction Markets" are now available.

Practical dos and don'ts of enterprise prediction markets

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