December 9th KM Chicago Meeting Announcement:

Join us on December 9th for our annual KM Chicago holiday meeting.
Wine Expressions' Randy Russell will host an event at our meeting,
scheduled from 5:30-7 PM at the Dow Jones location downtown only (Dow
Jones, One South Wacker Drive, 22nd floor (corner of Wacker and
Madison).)

As he have done in the past, Randy will present 6-7 wines and an
associated food paired with each wine. He will give a brief
description of the grape, region, producer and why we paired it with
the particular food. There will be a combination of white and red
wines. He will answer questions about the wines and try to address
any other wine questions that arise. Additionally we would like to
enlist your ideas for topics for next year's meetings. To encourage
your ideas, we'll set up topic areas so that we can gather your ideas
and also to encourage informal sharing and conversations re: what's
on everyone's plates these days.

The cost for the event will be $20, same as last year. We would like
your RSVPs by Friday, 5 December so we can plan for the food.
Collection will be on the night, cash or checks payable to Wine
Expressions.

Please respond to our poll by the 5th to let us know if you can
attend--
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmchicago/surveys?id=2794392

Note: To access the poll you will need to be a KM Chicago Yahoo group member. If you aren't a member of our KM Chicago Yahoo group request membership here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmchicago/

November 11th KM Chicago Meeting Announcement: Social Computing in the Enterprise

Tuesday, November 11; 5:30pm

Note: Changes to web conferencing
1. Go to the URL - http://www.webdialogs.com
2. Click 'Join a Meeting' button in the top right corner of the page
3. Enter the Conference ID # 024064
4. Enter your name and email address5. Click the 'Log In' button

TEST URL for BROWSERS!! http://www.conferenceservers.com/browser/?brand=SametimeUnyteMeeting

Apologies for the late notice, but we hope you can still join us to hear IBM’s Bill Learned present how IBM uses social computing (i.e., profiles and social networks, blogs, wikis, tag clouds, etc.) within their enterprise, and the value they derive from using those tools. IBM’s implementations of Web 2.0 technologies, including Lotus Mashups and Lotus Connections has been in the KM news a lot this past year. It should be interesting to get a perspective on what they are doing and how these implementations are going directly from the source.

Bill Learned, IBM - Lotus Collaboration Sales Leader for Central Region, started with IBM in 1997 as the Senior Lotus Systems Consultant for General Motors, DaimlerChrylser and Delphi Automotive and held global responsibility for the IBM/Lotus technical relationship with those IBM customers. Starting July of 2000 Bill joined the Lotus World Wide Technology Advocate Group and delivered strategic briefings, seminars and enablement sessions for IBM customers. Bill joined the World Wide WebSphere Portal Sales Team in 2002 and provided portal sales leadership in Europe and the Middle East. From 2003 through mid 2006 Bill managed the Technical Sales team for Portal and Workplace in the United States, Central Region - North. Bill led a team of seven technical sales specialists responsible for the selling of, and customer success with, WebSphere Portal and Lotus collaboration software solutions. Last year Bill managed a team of sales and technical professionals across all IBM Software Brands charged with opening new markets and accounts for IBM. Currently Bill is the Lotus Collaboration Sales Leader for IBMs Central North Business Unit. Bill holds a BA from Michigan State University and MBA from the University of Detroit.

September 9 Meeting Notice

In August we heard from Yuval Tarsi concerning the Web 2.0 capabilities and how the company he helped found, Worklite, plays in that space. In September we will get another perspective on Web 2.0 from Chuck Pendell from Connectbeam. Chuck writes “Enterprise users of Web 2.0 technologies are creating new information silos of valuable user generated content which cannot be widely accessed. Connectbeam Spotlight enables the capture and management of this content into a single repository, making it easy to share across the entire organization. As a result, employees gain immediate access to knowledge and expertise which previously they never even knew existed.” Chuck will discuss the issues, demonstrate his product and engage the group in questions and answers.

Chuck Pendell is Vice President of Sales for Connectbeam. Chuck brings more than two decades of high tech sales and management experience to Connectbeam. Most recently, he was VP of Sales for Active Decisions; a consumer product guided selling technology. Active Technologies was acquired by Knova. His career includes sales and management positions with Burroughs/Unisys, Saros/Filenet, Action Technologies, Movaris, and Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC), where he built the worldwide sales and field support team from three members to over 100, resulting in the highly successful Selectica IPO in March of 2000.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Chuck graduated from Washington State University with a BS in Business Administration.

October 7th KM Chicago Meeting -- Knowledge Retention: How to Keep Knowledge from Walking out the Door

In place of our regularly scheduled KM Chicago meeting in October we are co-sponsoring the following event with SLA Illinois. Following is information on this event. We hope you will join us!

Registration is now open for the joint KM program and workshop for SLA Illinois Chapter and KM Chicago on Oct. 7.

Knowledge Retention: How to Keep Knowledge from Walking out the Door
Lunch Meeting with Panel Discussion
Afternoon Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 – 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd , Chicago

“In years gone by the physical plant and equipment were the assets to be guarded. Now, increasingly, our most valuable assets walk out the door at five o'clock every day. Though the workers leave the machines and computers behind when they go home, they take the experience and skill-sets with them. If they don't come back, we're in deep trouble.” From http://goliath. ecnext.com/ coms2/gi_ 0199-89466/ Real-assets- walk-out- the.html.

How do organizations identify and deal with capturing and retaining knowledge from employees who are retiring or leaving? Join SLA Illinois and KM Chicago members for an exploration of this important issue and how information professionals can play a relevant role within their organizations.

Lunch Panel
Three KM practitioners -- Curtis Conley, Laura Claggett, and Rich Doody -- will discuss their experiences, followed by a question and discussion session. Bring your questions and comments on this topic! For bios, see the full announcement linked below.

Afternoon Workshop facilitated by Kathy Hagen, KM Consultant
In order to meet the challenges of today's competitive environment, organizations must be able to access and use the accumulated experience of their employees. Experienced employees are retiring and changing positions at unprecedented rates. What is your organization doing to make sure that this wealth of knowledge is not walking out the door? This interactive half-day session will focus on identifying critical knowledge, defining knowledge risks and developing a knowledge transfer plan.
For more information on Kathy, see http://www.klhagen. com/.

Cost:
§ Workshop registration including lunch and panel discussion
- $100 for registration and payments received by Sept. 15, 2008
- $125 for later registration and payments (deadline Oct. 2)
§ Lunch and Panel Discussion only - $30 (limited capacity, book promptly)
For full details and registration, see the SLA Illinois Chapter calendar: http://www.slaillin ois.org/node/ 457
Planning Co - Chairs: Ann Lee and Janice Keeler

August 12 KM Chicago Meeting

Tuesday, August 12; 5:30pm
For location details, see right-hand column.

Yuval Tarsi's presentation will provide some background on Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 as well as cover the different flavors of user interaction and Web technologies that constitute Enterprise 2.0, citing concrete examples and real world use cases. Implications of using Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise on security, scalability, compliance and policy will be discussed.

Yuval Tarsi is co-founder and CTO of WorkLight. Yuval has broad startup company activity, most recently as Vice President of Research and Development and Israel Site Manager for ©right. Previously, he served as Vice President Research and Development and Vice President of Technologies at Trivnet, a provider of e-commerce and m-commerce solutions. Prior to that, Yuval served in the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ prestigious "Haman Talpiyot" program. He holds a B.Sc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. Yuval is husband to Nitsan and father to Nohar, as well as the primary caregiver of George, a white Golden Retriever. Yuval is also an avid cyclist.

WorkLight™ Inc. develops server software products that help businesses reach customers, channels, employees, and partners securely in the places they frequent online, such as iGoogle, Windows Live, desktop widgets, RSS readers, Facebook, even the Apple iPhone. Through WorkLight, people effortlessly get valuable information they desire, such as account status, product availability, or updates about their latest transactions. They can then take actions, for example ordering products or services, responding to promotions or offers, and consulting with colleagues, without having to log into a portal or corporate web site. As such, WorkLight transforms consumer interfaces into enterprise-grade business tools that directly increase revenue.

WorkLight is a venture-backed company with offices in New York and Israel. WorkLight has received prestigious industry accolades including being named as one of the "Five Enterprise 2.0 Startups to Watch" by InformationWeek magazine, selected as part of CIO Magazine's Web 2.0 Product Suite, and singled out with an honorable mention as one of Computerworld's "10 Cool Cutting-edge Technologies on the Horizon." For more information, visit http://www.myworklight.com/.