Below is a list of the conference sessions that I plan to attend. My focus is somewhat on the technology side, although what I’m really hoping to learn is how to build bridges between people and technology and how to use technology to build bridges between people.
The full schedule with abstracts for all of the sessions is available in PDF on the Information Today website. If you see anything that may be of interest to you, please feel free to drop a comment.
Monday September 22nd
- Sharepoint and KM Workshop
Tuesday September 23rd
- Snowden on KM: A Hot Seat Interview
- ECM from the Trenches
- Real-World KM
- Linking, Collaboration, Intranet, Policy, Practice, and Feedback
- Managing the Message Mountain
- KM 2.0 in Action
Wednesday September 24th
- Connecting Knowledge, Learning and Innovation
- The Emerging Enterprise 2.0 Workplace
- Using Social Media to Influence Innovation
- Innovative Solutions and KM Pratices
- New KM Environment: From CoLLection to CoNNection
Thursday September 25th
- Transferring Knowledge Isn’t Just for Nice People
- Accelerating Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer
- Next-Generation Communities of Practice
- Intranet 2.0 in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps
Please note that my intended schedule may change somewhat between now and the conference.
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#1 by Dale Arseneault - September 22nd, 2008 at 08:40
Peter, I would be very interested in what you hear at the conference related to these questions:
- There is a lot of talk/focus on emerging technologies/enterprise 2.0/web 2.0 inside the enterprise – what are organizations doing to look at the people side of these technologies to help ensure that they contribute to good work and not get in the way of it?
- I find that a lot of “collaborative” technologies aren’t – and what I mean is that sure, we’ve got wikis for content create, group blogs for small group publishing, social tagging, slide sharing, collaborative mind mapping, discussion forms, community of practice tools with common calendars and “quick polls.” But I’ve yet to see any colalborative tools that have support for even common / basic group activities “baked” in: brainstorming, grouping, selecting/voting, decision-making, situation review/problem identification, problem solving, cause analysis etc. It seems that only specitalty software like ThinkTank by GroupSystems or Zing from Zing Technologies. So, my question is – Is anyone else making the same observations?
- I’ll be curious to get a sense from you during or after the conference how many “HR” people are attended and participated in discussions. We often talk about KM as the “glue” that connects the multiple disciplines/stakeholders in KM (IT, IM, HR, Communications etc.) but as I look at the overall conference agenda, I’m seeing a lot of IT/IM.. but not much HR interests.
#2 by Dale Arseneault - September 22nd, 2008 at 10:26
Peter.. one more thing, it would be great if you could let me know if you come across any organizations who have blended workforce planning and knowledge continuity into one simple, seamless methdology or process, and since you’re going to her presentation, it would be also great if you could find out from Janine M. Valvoda, Chief Culture Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, what she does to engage HR/IT and other stakeholders into truly developing shared/goals/outcomes, shared language, and integrated plans.
#3 by Peter Zakrzewski - September 24th, 2008 at 23:54
Just a quick comment regarding technologies that blend brainstorming, grouping, etc. The buzzword that Catherine and I have heard throughout the conference is SmartBoards. We’ll need to talk to Janine to learn more, but even her children in elementary school have SmartBoards in the classroom.
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/default.htm