Sep

22

Sharepoint and KM: In Search of the KM Particle

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While scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) search for the elusive ‘god particle’ to help solve the mysteries of the universe, a number of participants at this year’s KM World and Intranet conference have come in search of the ‘KM particle’; the one unifying element that permeates all organizations and will help unify KM theory. Microsoft Sharepoint presents itself as that element.

Sharepoint can be somewhat described by looking at its six pillars: collaboration, portal, search, content management, business focus, and business intelligence. Confused yet? Don’t worry. So was I.
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Sep

19

Conference Schedule for Peter

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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

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