Boston KM Forum

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

• Avoid future crisis – How can business and application process documentation be kept up-to-date and in sync? (Technology-based projects, methods and practices evolve, change and expand) Presenter: Sadie Van Buren, Consulting Manager, Burntsand with Glynys Thomas, Parthenon Group (moderating)
  Case Presentation & Results of Discussion

• Social networking redo – How can a failed collaboration implementation be successfully re-launched? (a pharmaceutical company case) Carol Rozwell, VP, Distinguished Analyst, Social software and collaboration, Gartner, Inc. with Sue Newell, Cammarata Professor of Management, Bentley University (moderating)
  Case Presentation & Results of Discussion

• Clinical practice experts online – What’s the next step in a collaboration infrastructure? (a health  care provider case) Dan Bogaty, Project Specialist, Clinical Decision Support & Knowledge Management, Partners  HealthCare with Janice McCallum, Health Content Advisors a div. of InfoCommerce Group (moderating) Case

• Taxonomies – How can they improve enterprise search? (enterprise content behind the firewall needs better search) Heather Hedden, Hedden Information Management with Larry Hawes, Gilbane Group (moderating) Case Presentation & Discussion Summary

• “Library/information management” and “knowledge management” – Are these professionals’ competencies alike? and Do titles matter? (information professional positioning in the enterprise) Cindy Sullivan, Principal, CSullivan Strategic Information Management, LLC with Juliane Schneider, Harvard Medical School (moderating)
  Topic Presentation
  Discussion
  

• Records management, knowledge management, and information management – Are they converging or diverging? (filling human resource requirements and team building) Nancy Burt, Fidelity Investments Records & Information Management with Jill Snyder, National Archives and Records Administration (moderating)
  Results of Discussion
  

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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