The NSW KM Forum holds monthly meetings in Sydney (Australia)
on knowledge management (KM). Meetings are free, organised on a
volunteer basis, and are (usually) scheduled for the last Tuesday of
each month – ie this Tuesday 24th of July, right after the conclusion
of KM Australia Day 2!

see http://nswkmforum.wordpress.com/ for the NSW KM Forum blog

If you have never been to one of these stimulating events, or haven't
been for a while, why not come along and continue the networking?

This month's guest speaker is Patrick Lambe, who happens to be
chairing KM Australia's Content and Discovery Stream. Read below for
more info, including where to go and how to RSVP.

Regards,
Serena

Organising Knowledge with Patrick Lambe (Tuesday 24 July)

WHAT
Patrick will introduce the various forms that taxonomies can take,
and how taxonomy representations like thesauri, hierarchies, matrices
and facets are related to each other and how they differ. He will
also discuss the emerging role of folksonomies, and if compelled to,
the role of ontologies in the taxonomy arena. This talk will be based
on material from his new book, "Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies,
Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness" (Chandos: 2007) - see
below for Patrick's special book offer for forum members.

WHO
Patrick Lambe is President of the Information and Knowledge
Management Society based in Singapore (www.ikms.org), and Founding
Partner of Straits Knowledge (www.straitsknowledge.com), a research
and consulting firm specialising in information and knowledge
management. One of Asia's most respected knowledge management
practitioners, Patrick was originally trained in Library Science. He
arrived in KM via a second career in training and development, and
has been based in Singapore for 16 years. Patrick is also an Adjunct
Professor in KM at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

WHERE: Ernst & Young, The Ernst & Young Centre, 680 George Street,
Sydney NSW 2000.

WHEN: 5.30pm for 6pm Tuesday 24th July.

HOW MUCH: Gold coin donation.

WHAT NEXT?
If you plan to attend, please RSVP by e-mail to: rsvp@nsw-km-
forum.org.au and please include the date and/or title of the event in
the subject line.

For this session, Patrick will be able to bring along a limited
number of copies of the book for purchase at A$68 (using author's
discount). To avoid disappointment, when RSVP'ing please indicate
your interest in purchasing a discounted copy of his new book. For
more information on this book, see www.organisingknowledge.com.