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SWISSNEX: How to use Social Media in Times of Crisis

Published by lynda on May 5, 2010 in Other Organizations Meetings. 0 Comments

The Consulate of Switzerland/ swissnex Boston invites you to view our exciting webinar on “How to use Social Media in Times of Crisis?” on May 12. You can participate no matter which time zone you’re in!

Wednesday, May 12, at 9:30 (EST),  9:30 am Boston (UTC - 4 hours) Register

For those of us in the Boston area, enjoy the ongoing exhibit at MIT ”Delight in Green Daylight,” a case study of our office space. We’re also excited that our annual report is ready! Come pick up one at our office today or view it on our website.

Enjoy!

Your swissnex Boston Team


Research Survey: Semantic Technology Use

Published by lynda on May 4, 2010 in News and Commentary. 0 Comments

If you have been involved in any enterprise activity that makes use of semantic technologies to improve content retrieval, analytics, or business process improvement, you are invited to take this quick survey.

The research and data collection is being done by Lynda Moulton for a research study at the Gilbane Group. All respondents who share contact information will be sent download access to the full report due within two months.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XP3Z2R8

Taking Twitter to the Next Level

Published by lynda on April 20, 2010 in Thursday Afternoon Meetings. 0 Comments

Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Microsoft, 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451. Directions.

SPEAKER: Rachel Levy,  Marketing and Social Media Consultant, Rachel Levy Consulting

TOPIC: If you’ve been using Twitter for a little while, but want to take it to the next level, this presentation is for you!  Rachel will cover these topics, with plenty of time for questions throughout the presentation:
•    Twitter’s external applications
•    Growing your following
•    Syndicating you tweets outside of Twitter
•    Managing your time on Twitter
•    Twitter success stories
•    Twitter lists

PRESENTATION

READINGS and Other Links:

Catone, Josh. Twitter for Beginners: 5 Steps for Better Tweeting. Mashable; the social media guide, 07/20/2009, 2p.
Ferraro, Nicole. Twitter Tests Business Toolkit by Nicole Ferraro on Internet Evolution, 5/11/2010
Lynch, C.G. How and Why to Launch a Business Presence on Twitter. CIO, 03/12/2009, 1p.
Miller, Claire Cain. Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers. NY Times, 10/26/2009, 2p.

To Cross-post or not to cross-post
How to Cross-post your social media updates
Why you shouldn’t use Twitter

BIOGRAPHY: Rachel Levy has worked in marketing for the past 10 years at companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Kraft Foods and Jim Beam Brands. Most recently, she was Director of Marketing at the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston, where she launched three websites. Since leaving the JCC, she has immersed herself in the social media/networking world and consults full time in marketing and social media at her company Rachel Levy Consulting. Her clients include consumer products, consumer services, B2B and pharmaceuticals.  She also runs a website called WebinarListings, a site that is a directory of current online seminars in many areas of interest.  Rachel lives in Brookline with her yellow lab Stella.

PLEASE Register even if you are not certain you can attend so we have an accurate estimate of attendees for handouts.

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Best of the KM Cafe - A Recap of the April 29th Symposium at Bentley U.

Published by lynda on April 20, 2010 in Friday Breakfast Meetings and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.  Rebecca’s at Reservoir Place, Trapelo Road, Waltham.

TOPIC:  We don’t know what we will know after the series of roundtable discussions on April 29th but from the following six topics, each being debated and discussed three times, we expected some novel or new ideas:

•    Avoid future crisis – How can business and application process documentation be kept up-to-date and in sync?
•    Social networking redo – How can a failed collaboration implementation be successfully re-launched?
•    Clinical practice experts online – What’s the next step in a collaboration infrastructure?
•    Taxonomies – How can they improve enterprise search?
•    “Library/information management” and “knowledge management” – Are these professionals’ competencies alike? and Do titles matter?
•    Records management, knowledge management, and information management – Are they converging or diverging?

Come to share what you learned at the meeting OR learn what you missed.

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Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management

Published by lynda on April 20, 2010 in Other Organizations Meetings. 0 Comments

Call for papers for:

8th International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, November 10-12, 2010, Philadelphia - USA.

http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/PAKM2010/

Submission due:        21 May 2010
Conference:                 10 to 12 November 2010
Workshops:                  10 November  2010
Scientific Program:   11-12 November  2010

How Social Networks Can Improve Enterprise Public Faces

Published by lynda on March 23, 2010 in Friday Breakfast Meetings. 0 Comments

Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Rebecca’s at Reservoir Place, Trapelo Road, Waltham.

TOPIC:  We have explored numerous social networking tools and the topic of social networking in a business context. The adoption or or blocking of social tools in enterprises continues to spark discussion, champions and detractors. Bring your examples of what you see out there that benefits your organization or those you come across on the Web. Anecdotes of successes or even war stories of tried and failed attempts will engage the breakfast group. Where do you fall on the spectrum of adopters for getting out the corporate message(s)? READINGS

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Practical Knowledge Management

Published by lynda on March 9, 2010 in Non-KM Forum Events Posting. 0 Comments

Practical Knowledge Management, April 1 - 30, 2010, Instructor: Paula Cohen

Continuing Education Course at Simmons College. This workshop will cover the most widely accepted approaches, methods and tools for designing, implementing and sustaining a knowledge management function in a library or organization.

KMF Café – Table-talking KM Challenges a joint program with SLA Boston*

Published by lynda on March 7, 2010 in Bentley University Programs. 4 Comments

KM Table Topics/Cases
a Joint Program
Sponsored by the Boston KM Forum and SLA Boston*
Symposium at Bentley University, Thursday, April 29, 2010, 8AM - 4PM

The Boston KM Forum is launching a new format for our Bentley University series - Workshop style roundtable discussions. Additional readings and related content

> 8-8:30 Registration and breakfast

> 8:30 - 9 Introductions and Announcements

> 9 - 10 Roundtable Session 1

> Break

> 10:15 - 11:15  Roundtable Session 2

> 11:25 - 12:25 Roundtable Session 3

> 12:30 Lunch

> 1:30 - 3:30 Panel Discussion and Open Forum


SHOWCASING these TOPICS

Here is the format:

There will be six tables,  each with a case presenter (noted above) and moderator. The case presenter will describe the challenge as a mini case study and open the discussion with questions for the table audience. Over the course of an hour the moderator and presenter will “tease out” commentary, suggestions and innovative solutions.

Attendees will rotate three times during the meeting to new tables and a different topic of interest.

In the afternoon, moderators/presenters will share highlights of the case and commentary.

Boston Knowledge Management Forum at Bentley University
A Symposium on Leveraging Knowledge

Thursday, April 29, 2010, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM,

The Commons Room in the Adamian Academic Center, Bentley Univ., Waltham, MA (Bldg. D on Map) Directions

$50 Pre-Registration Deadline April 23 [click here to register and pay online OR bring cash/check; $60 for walk-ins with no pre-registration] The fee, includes a light breakfast and full lunch.

Advance registration is required to be eligible for the $50 for the full-day rate. Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch. After filling out the registration form, you may elect to pay using PayPal or you can mail your check to the address provided. Make the check payable to Boston KM Forum. We would appreciate prepayment to speed the on-site registration process. Note that this event is heavily subsidized by The Boston KM Forum to keep the cost within the reach of all KM practitioners. For walk-ins, $60 at the door, cash or check only. Click here to register.

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*SLA Boston is a Chapter of the international association SLA, with over 11,000 members worldwide. SLA is the global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. It’s mission is to promote and strengthen its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. SLA Boston is one of the local New England chapters of SLA. Our core values are leadership, service, innovation and continuous learning, results and accountability, collaboration and partnering. The Boston KM Forum has enjoyed active participation by many members of the SLA over the years; partnering in this joint symposium workshop will enhance the relationship.

Boston KM Forum wishes to thank the
Bentley University, Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business
for its continued support of the KM series.

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To receive notices of upcoming events send a message to info@kmforum.org.

KM – Has the Torch been Passed to a New Generation?

Published by lynda on February 28, 2010 in Thursday Afternoon Meetings. 0 Comments

Thursday, March 18, 2010, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Microsoft, 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451. Directions.

SPEAKER: Carl Frappaolo, Principal and co-founder, Information Architected

TOPIC: Carl is contemplating our future in the KM community with this provocative opening for our March meeting

KM was the solution du jour of the business and IT world circa 1995. That’s 15 years ago – a millennium in cyber-years. Much has changed. Some even state that KM is dead. One analyst recently stated that KM was not even possible until now (it wasn’t me.) I am not one of those, but admit that the formal business practice of KM has morphed.

Over the past decade, KM has given birth to many children.  These include Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Social Computing, Social Networking and emergent software. Each has its own following and impact on the workplace. So one must ask, “Has the torch been passed to a new generation?”  Are the methodologies and efforts of yesterday’s knowledge managers obsolete? Are efforts better spent focused on these current practices? For the record – I say “no,” KM is more necessary than ever. I will explain “why.“

PRESENTATION

READINGS

BIOGRAPHY: Carl Frappaolo is globally recognized as a thought leader, entrepreneur, speaker, strategy advisor, and prolific author. He founded 3 companies and has consulted with the who’s who of the corporate and public sectors on innovation, information, process and knowledge management. He is the co-founder of Information Architected. Prior, Carl was VP and founder of the Market Intelligence unit of AIIM and a founder of Delphi Group.  His blog is at TakingAIIM.com. You can join his networks at LinkedIn and Facebook, and follow him on Twitter @carlfrappaolo.

PLEASE Register even if you are not certain you can attend so we have an accurate estimate of attendees for handouts.

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KM Gurus - Who are they & What Guidance do they Provide for You?

Published by lynda on February 23, 2010 in Friday Breakfast Meetings. 0 Comments

Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Rebecca’s at Reservoir Place, Trapelo Road, Waltham.

TOPIC:  We just enjoyed a great roundtable discussion in February at which the group shared career path stories about what led each attendee to a focus on knowledge management activities. Learning what influences and interests in the workplace pointed individuals toward KM revealed a lot about how we all grow into and within our chosen professions, regardless of the initial degree or job title.

In the next meeting we want you to share stories about the people who have inspired you to have an interest in KM. This can be people whose writings you read, presentations you have experienced, role models in school or the workplace, or individuals outside of the work arena that provided a spark. With a goal of learning how KM gets traction and mind-share, as well as collecting specific anecdotes on guiding lessons, we’ll open the roundtable conversation with stories of the people who inspire us.

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