actKM08 - Program Now Available
The program for this year's conference is now available.
Highlights include Dave Snowden, David Gurteen, Matt Moore, Serena Joyner, Andrew Campbell (on knowledge and climate change), and many more….
For more info, go to our actKM08 Conference Page.
For those who want to help spread the word, feel free to pass along our conference flyer to all your friends and neighbours.
Accommodation is available at a very reasonable cost at University House.
Not enough detail? Visit our actKM08 Conference Page, or email us at conference2008@actkm.org.
actKM Awards 2008 - Call for Nominations
As usual, the Annual actKM Awards will feature at this year's conference.
Currently, we are seeking nominations for all categories. If you know of any public sector organisation that should be recognised for their knowledge work, please nominate them by following the nomination process, available on our Awards page, or have a look at our Awards Flyer.
The actKM Awards are presented annually to Public Sector organisations that have achieved significant improvements in organisational capability, performance or sustainability through the application of knowledge-based projects or activities.
More information is available on our Awards page. Also take the time to look at past winners of Awards in 2007, 2005, 2004 and 2003.
actKM08 Conference - Early Bird Registrations Close 30th July 2008
Just a reminder to everyone that the deadline for early bird registrations is now just hours away. Register now and save $100 off the normal price of registrations. Dowload the registration form in either Word or PDF format.
This years conference is titled Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage, and will be held on the 14th - 15th October 2008.
For more information, have a look at the actKM08 conference page, or email us at conference2008@actkm.org.
Conference Registrations now available
actKM08 is now accepting conference registrations. To download a registration form, please go to the conference section of the website, and download a registration form in PDF or Word format.
For more information on the conference, please look at the actKM 08 - Managing knowledge for competitive advantage page.
For enquiries about the conference, please email conference2008@actkm.org
actKM meeting 1 July 2008, Facilitating Knowledge Management Buy-in from Senior Executives
Facilitating Knowledge Management Buy-in from Senior Executives through
Challenge Sessions - a Construction industry case-study
Dr Michael Nelson is a Canberra based management consultant working for ThirdHorizon Consulting. He has been helping clients improve knowledge and document management over 10 years, throughout Australia, Asia, and EMIEA.
Last year he developed a knowledge management strategy and blueprint for a large Middle Eastern construction company based in Athens, Greece. The company had experienced dramatic growth doubling in size in just 18 months resulting in staff numbers of 120,000 by 2007. Previously effective informal knowledge sharing networks had become fragmented, and the company had decided to evaluate whether formally investing in improved knowledge sharing would be beneficial. As part of the initial business case for KM a 'Challenge Session' was developed to determine and improve the level of KM buy-in by senior executives. The session used a combination of KM maturity model benchmarking, evidence based as-is analysis, best-practice case-studies, and discussions aimed at achieving consensus to build a core team of senior level advocates. Michael will discuss the Challenge Session,and talk about the case-study in general.
Date 1 July 2008
Place: National Library of Australia Conference Room
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Please note this is a rescheduling of the April actKM meeting
Conference 2008 - Call for Submissions
The ActKM 08 Organising Committee is pleased to provide the opportunity for interested parties to submit proposals for actKM 08.
actKM 08 will be held on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th of October 2008 at University House, Australian National University (ANU) Canberra, Australia. The theme for actKM 08 is ‘Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage’ and actKM 08 is being designed to address the crucial issue of how we realise value from knowledge management activities.
actKM 08 will again be highly participative and interactive.
We are seeking submissions with a preference for interactive/experiential activities that engage conference participants in a learning or competitive environment to foster understanding and facilitate an effective knowledge transfer. Submissions are requested by 9 June 2008.
One complementarity pass to the conference will be provided for each presentation.
Continue reading "Conference 2008 - Call for Submissions" »
actKM World Cafe 6 May 2008
Topic: How can KM practices can contribute to volunteer/community organistions
Nerida Hart and Mark Schenk will lead an actKM workshop using World Cafe Techniques, a conversational knowledge management technique to rapidly generate and share knowledge on a topic.
This activity is the actKM contribution to Information Awareness Month, May 2008
A number of representatives from volunteer/community organistions have been invited along for this event and we hope to have a interactive workshop on exploring possible KM techniques that could be used by these type of organizations.
For more information on World Cafe watch this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSnbzUcQ44
Place: CSIRO Discovery Centre, Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACTON
Date: 6 May 2008
Time: 9:30 am - 12.00 noon
Morning tea provided
Price: gold coin donation on entry
RSVP to karna.o'dea@abs.gov.au
Inquiries to: David Williams, david.williams@deewr.gov.au
Ph: 02 6121 3714 or 0412 237 695
actKM monthly Forum on 11th of March
Narrative and social computing
Speaker: Dave Snowden
We live in a world where everything is fragmented. Blogs represent fragmented conversations and comments that link and connect in unpredictable and unstructured ways. When we ask people for advice we don't receive fully constructed stories, instead we get fragments or anecdotes that we can blend and connect with out own experience.
In these worlds no one asks "How can we create a knowledge sharing culture", knowledge sharing comes naturally. One reason is that the nature of narrative and many aspects of social computing reflect the way our brains have evolved to handle knowledge and collaboration - fragmented, messy and unstructured in many ways the antithesis of much of the focus of knowledge management over the last decade and more.
This presentation will look at how social computing and narrative can be used to re-energise knowledge management programmes and provide radical reduction in costs while increasing effectiveness. It will look at some of the pragmatic issues of using tools such as wikis and suggest ways in which organisations can use the power of the blogosphere within a structured environment without destroying its vitality.
Where: National Library of Australia Theatrette
When: 5.30 for 6 pm on 11th March 2008
Cost: $5 donation for drinks and nibbles
Hope to see you all then
Nerida
March actKM Forum
We are pleased to announce our guest speaker for the 11th of March actKM Forum will be Dave Snowden. Topic will be announced soon.
Venue will be the National Library of Australia Theatrette
Time 5.30 to 7 pm.
We will be going out to dinner afterwards for anyone who would like to join us.
Nerida Hart
Deputy Convenor
actKM
actKM meeting, 5th February 2008, 5.30pm-to finish
Liz Bennett will talk about The ATO Model Office - a knowledge-sharing initiative to improve change
outcomes
The ATO Model Office uses a range of innovative techniques to visualise
and communicate with stakeholders about the impacts of change
initiatives. These techniques have been used to improve decision-making,
ensure integration across the enterprise, expose key design issues,
facilitate issues management, achieve buy-in, and assist deployment
teams. Liz Bennett is the Manager of the Model Office and will talk
about the work of the team and the techniques they use and provide
examples of products they have developed to improve change outcomes.
Date: 5 February 2008
Time: 5.30pm to finish
Where:
Land and Water Australia Board Room, Level 2, Phoenix Apartments, 86 Northbourne Avenue Braddon
Contact Melanie Randall, melanie.randall@lwa.gov.au if you wish to come
