How Knowledge Management is impacted by YOU, Time magazine's person of the year

KM Chicago, January meeting
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
5 - 7 pm
Locations: Factiva (Loop), Allstate (Northbrook), teleconference. Details and directions in the sidebar.

Did you see the Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2006? It was the collective "you," based on all the work you are doing to create content on blogs, YouTube, wikis and many other interesting technologies. Have you heard the buzz in the technology world about a second phase of web-based technologies that build off this stuff to create newer, better services for their users? This is the time of user-generated content and Web 2.0 technology.

What has this to do with knowledge management? Come to the January KM Chicago meeting for discussions of this and many other questions, and see some examples of Web 2.0 tools and services.

The panel will consist of several Chicago-based people who are experts in Web2.0 and have experience in knowledge management. These include Barbara Iverson, a Journalism & New Media Professor at Columbia College, and David Elfing, an expert in collaborative technologies and graduate student at UIC. Full bios will be posted here shortly.

KMChicago Holiday "Meeting"

When: Tues, 12 Dec; 5pm - 7pm
Where: Factiva, One S. Wacker Drive, 22nd floor
What: A rose' by any other name: wine tasting and 'snacks-onomy'
Who: Randy Russell, Wine Expressions, and Keith De Weese, Factiva Taxonomy Consultant
Sip fine wines and taste hors d'oeuvres as you learn about creating a controlled vocabulary.
Cost: $20 per person
RSVP: ann.lee@factiva.com so we can plan
Note: there will be no Northbrook location at Allstate and there will be no conference call or web session for this meeting.

KM Chicago -announcement for next meeting on Tuesday, November 14th 2006

Dear KM Chicago members,
we are pleased to announce the introduction of Knowledge Cafes to our service offerings for our membership.

The topic for the knowledge cafe of this next meeting on November 14th, 2006 at 5pm will be: "How can corporations combine Talent Management with Knowledge Retention ? - the challenge of combining deep business experience from long-time employees with the fresh talent of new employees."

As usual we are offering two locations to participate - Downtown at Factiva and in Northbrook at Allstate, as well as a conference number (877-393-3363, 19494780).

Knowledge Cafes are simple, but effective means of getting people together to talk and share knowledge about specific topics, following simple rules. If you are interested, a good source for more information about knowledge cafes is:
http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/run-kcafe

Don't worry - its not about drinking coffee and its not sponsored byStarbucks (just kidding).

For detailed information and any latest updates, please refer to the sidebars of this website:
http://kmchicago.blogspot.com/

Thank you,
the board of KM Chicago

October meeting is at Chicagoland Learning Leaders Conference

The October meeting of KM Chicago is the Chicagoland Learning Leaders Conference on the 10th, all day at McDonald's University in Oak Brook. The keynote speakers are Chuck Knight and Richard Flannagan, who will both be signing copies of their book after their talks. (Books come with your registration.)

See the announcement for details and registration.

Note: There will be no webcast or open phone line for this event.

The Knowledge Brain Drain

At the September 12th KM Chicago meeting, Rickie Tinimbang will present his master's Capstone research on The Knowledge Brain Drain. Mr. Tinimbang is interested in the problem of the retiring workforce, as senior employees leave companies due to retirement, leaving a smaller workforce with less experience. How will this impact the companies they leave? What can businesses do about it?

One option is to ensure knowledge transfer from the senior staff to junior staff through mentoring programs. Mr. Tinimbang will report on the mentoring program at a leading Fortune 500 company that specializes in risk management and consulting services.

Mr. Tinimbang is about to complete his Master's of Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern. He is Administrator and Chief Operating Officer for Donnarich Home Health Care Inc., a provider of home healthcare services based in Lincolnwood, Illinois.

Please join us at our usual locations, Factiva's offices in the Loop or Allstate's offices in Northbrook from 5-7 pm. (Mr. Tinimbang will be at the Allstate location.) Details for the locations and dialing into the phone bridge are in the sidebar.