After its debut and success at KM Australia, KM Asia 2007 is proud to bring you a unique networking opportunity called KM Arena.

Simple but effective!

Once at KM Asia, if there is someone at the conference you would like to meet, you can request that they meet you in the KM Arena.

How to arrange a meeting in KM Arena:

1. Look at the attendee list located at the Ark Group stand to see if there is anyone in particular you would like to meet
2. Head to the KM Arena and tell the Ark Group staff both your name and the name of the person/s you would like to meet
3. Watch the screen to see when the person you requested enters the Arena
4. Introduce yourself and begin networking!

Alternatively you can pre-arrange a meeting with someone by posting a message in this forum.

We encourage you to suggest topics online that you would be interested in discussing with other attendees. By posting in this group, you can generate some initial discussion, and then make plans to meet up in the KM Arena to explore the topic further.

We have positive expectations about this practical exercise and anticipate that this year's delegates will enjoy embracing the enhanced networking opportunities!

The full KM Asia 2007 conference programme can be viewed at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmaustralia/files/

Kind regards,

Jacqueline Garcia

Head of Production

Ark Group  

Direct: +61 2 8913 4004

Switch: +61 1300 550 662

Fax: +61 1300 550 663

Email: jgarcia@...

Ground Floor, 83 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

Hi all,

Michel Bauwens, one of the keynotes from KM Australia 2007, has kindly provided the following link to a video of a recent presentation given at Swinburne University.

http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=4549818267592301968&hl=en-AU

The video was produced by Darren Sharp at Swinburne, and Michel has stated that it is by far the best presentation so far, clearly explaining the basics of the Peer to Peer Foundation's vision for peer to peer.

Michel made a great contribution to KM Australia this year and received great feedback, so if you are interested in find out more about Michel and his work, please visit http://p2pfoundation.net

Regards,

Jacqueline Garcia

Head of Production

Ark Group

Direct: +61 2 8913 4004

Switch: +61 1300 550 662

Fax: +61 1300 550 663

Email: jgarcia@...

Ground Floor, 83 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

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Achieving Internal Communication Best Practice in the Public Sector

Making internal communication a priority within evolving political
environments

Two-day conference and workshops
26-28 September 2007

Rydges World Square, Sydney
Hear from our expert panel of speakers:
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
SBS Strategy and Communications
IABC Australia NSW Chapter
Metropolitan Ambulance Service
Department of Economic Development TAS
Ku-ring-gai Council
NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing
Department of Justice VIC
Queensland Transport
NSW Rural Fire Service
Department of Infrastructure (VicUrban)
Department of Education and Training NSW
WorkCover NSW
Australian War Memorial
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Royal Australian Air Force

This event will provide a networking environment through uniquely
combining in-depth case

studies and highly interactive sessions!

The conference topics and highlights are as follows:
• Learn to build a dynamic communication culture
• Identify methods to increase employee satisfaction and morale
• Realise how to overcome communication barriers
• Understand how to effectively engage generations X and Y
• Explore new channels and capitalise on existing methods
• Identify the legal and security risks of social media

http://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/events-b078-internalcommsps.htm

or call 1 300 550 662

Hi all,

I am currently producing a conference focusing on intranet
management in the public sector and am keen to hear from people from
public sector organisations who would be interested in presenting at
the conference.

The conference will take place 12-14 November in Sydney, and
additional details can be provided upon request.

If either yourself or someone else from your organisation would be
interested in presenting, please contact me either directly or via
the group and I will be delighted to discuss the opportunity further.

Cheers,

Jacqueline Garcia
Head of Production
Ark Group Australia

Direct: +61 2 8913 4004
Switch: +61 1300 550 662
Fax: +61 1300 550 663
Email: jgarcia@...
Ground Floor, 83 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

Hi everyone,

KM Australia 2007, Knowledge, Discovery and Collaboration has come and gone and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who participated and became involved with its success.

As you may know, this year we conducted a survey and talked with past attendees to find out what they would want out this year's KM event.  We created more room within the exhibition area itself, we provided a table format to allow for more interaction, rather than the standard theatre style, plus we tried something new with the KM Arena (a networking forum) and this proved to be a great success.

As with everything, when we tried to provide for something, another concern came up.  The sound at the event wasn't the best a certain times and we tried to mend that on Day Two, but the venue doesn't really allow for it.

There have been some good conversations taking place in the blogosphere and some are sharing some slides from KM Australia 2007:

Dave Snowden's blog: http://www.cognitive-edge.com/2007/07/anticipation.php#comments

Chris Fletcher's blog: http://adventurekm.typepad.com/adventures_in_knowledge/2007/07/km-australia.html

Brad Hinton's blog: http://bradhinton.wordpress.com/

Keith De La Rue's blog: http://delarue.net/blog/2007/07/

Stay posted, as we will be publishing some interesting statistics on the event, plus we will be asking all of you where we can improve upon next year; change of venue / change of direction of event(more technology or less) / location(would Melbourne be a good change – but would it affect whether or not you attend)

Thank you again for all of your support and please visit www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au for all of our other upcoming events, plus go to www.kmasia.com which is being held in Singapore, 29 -31 October 2007.  If you are an attendee to this KM Australia 2007 and want to attend KM Asia 2007 – please let us know, and we can work out a special price for you.

A question - is this open to all to attend? or is it a closed
conference only for sponsors to attend?

Ark Group Australia will be holding our first "Collaboration in the
World of Web 2.0" conference from September 12-14, 2007 at the
Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour, Sydney.

The conference will demystify the concept of Web 2.0 and explore how
these technologies are revolutionising the business world by
enabling enhanced means for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Attendees will have a chance to see the practical benefits that
these technologies can offer in terms of ROI, and how Web 2.0
contributes to improvements to overall business processes, presented
as case studies by leading organisations and practitioners from a
range of industries.  Amongst those giving presentations are Network
Ten, Westfield, ABC, Australian Red Cross, and Bell Canada (Canada's
largest telecommunications company).

For more information, to request a full list of speakers and
sessions, or to enquire about registering as an attendee please
phone 1300 550 662, visit www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au, or email
aga@...

Hello,

I hope everyone who is at KM Australia has received their copy of
KMagazine.  As promised, here are the answers to the word scramble -
all of these words are also in the word search.  Hope you had fun with
this.

knowledge
learning
information
organisational
complexity
nonaka
codification
polyani
collaboration
enablers

Best regards,
Steven Oesterreich

-----Original Message-----
From: kmaustralia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kmaustralia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Serena Joyner
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2007 9:35 AM
To: kmaustralia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kmaustralia] Combine your conference with the NSW KM Forum on Tuesday evening!

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.

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Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know about the next KM event we are putting
together here at Ark.

The event, to be held in Sydney 14-16 November, is "Promoting a
Culture of Knowledge in the public Sector- Taking a cultural
approach to managing knowledge sharing in government."

The draft outline of the event has now been completed and were are
now looking to source speakers to fill the conference session and
the two interactive workshops on November 16.

We are looking for practicioners in the public sector to speak,
although consultants with an interest in this area will be
considered for the workshops.

If this is of interest please let me know and I will be more than
happy to discuss with you and to send over the relevant details.

Thankyou in advance for any assistance you can provide and I look
forward to meeting those of you attending KM Australia next week.


Erin Dowse
Ark Group Australia Pty Ltd
Conference Producer

Phone: +61 02 8913 4002
Mobile: 0414 822 590
Email: edowse@...
Main Level, 83 Walker Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060

www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au

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.

Ark Group has announced the keynote and practitioner speaker line-up for KM Asia 2007. The seventh annual pan-Asian event taking place 29-31 October in Singapore, will be headlined by Robert H. Buckman, Former CEO of Buckman Laboratories; Verna Allee, Managing Director of Verna Allee Associates; Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge; and Jeff Kelly, Director of Knowledge Strategy and Head Instructor of Web 2.0 University for US-based Web 2.0 consultancy, Hinchcliffe and Co.

Robert H. Buckman makes a return to KM Asia this year after previously presenting in 2002. The author of the first book that focused on the cultural aspects of knowledge management, "Building a Knowledge Driven Organization" will present his insights on establishing a culture of trust as the foundation of knowledge sharing across an organisation. He will also co-present an interactive workshop with the current Chairman of Buckman Laboratories, his daughter, Katherine Buckman Gibson.

Verna Allee, an internationally recognised leader in value network analysis and author of "The Knowledge Evolution" and "The Future of Knowledge", will present recent work on value network tools, strategies and practices, whilst the ever-increasing importance of the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on KM will be explored by Jeff Kelly in sessions that discuss Enterprise 2.0 and also Web 2.0 fundamentals, such as the specific design patterns and business models driving the next generation of the Web.

Dave Snowden, Emeritus Director and a regular keynote at KM Asia, will this year present on the strategic context of knowledge management, examining where social computing can play a role, enabling learning through failure, and discussing life after knowledge management. Commenting on this year's conference, Snowden states, "KM Asia remains the major event in the field in Asia Pacific, it's one event in the region that allows you to keep up to date on the theory, practice and tools." 

The keynotes will be joined by a number of local and international KM practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including organisations such as Singapore Police Force, Medco E&P Indonesia, Straits Knowledge, Singapore Sports Council, the Western Australian Office of e-Government, The Change Studio, Gurteen Knowledge Community, iKMS, Hong Kong Knowledge Management society, Republic of Singapore Navy, and Buckman Laboratories and Tata and Sons, both winners of 2006 Global MAKE Awards.

Case study sessions with a practical focus will be interspersed with interactive sessions including a speed debate, knowledge café, and concluding panel discussion, where attendees will be invited to get involved in asking questions, sharing knowledge and experiences, and actively networking, so as to engage with the theme of the conference, "enhancing knowledge culture and discovering new possibilities".

For further information see http://www.kmasia.com/

With KM Australia fast approaching, we'd like to remind you about KM
Arena, which will provide enhanced networking opportunities at the
event.

Once at KM Australia, if there is someone at the conference you
would like to meet, you can request that they meet you in the KM
Arena.

How to arrange a meeting in KM Arena:

1. Look at the attendee list located at the Ark Group stand to
see if there is anyone in particular you would like to meet

2. Head to the KM Arena and tell the Ark Group staff both your
name and the name of the person/s you would like to meet

3. Watch the screen to see when the person you requested enters
the Arena

4. Introduce yourself and begin networking!

Alternatively you can pre-arrange a meeting with someone on this
forum.

We encourage you to suggest topics online that you would be
interested in discussing with other attendees. By posting in this
group, you can generate some initial discussion, and then make plans
to meet up in the KM Arena to explore the topic further.

Jacqueline Garcia
Head of Production
Ark Group Australia

Direct: +61 2 8913 4004
Switch: +61 1300 550 662
Fax: +61 1300 550 663
Email: jgarcia@...
Ground Floor, 83 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

Hello,

When you have a chance, we have posted the results to our survey we did
for KM Australia 2007, also for your use in a comparison the results
from our 2004 survey.

The results are in a flat format, for you to draw your own
conclusions.  We did not include the responses to the opinion
questions, as there are too many.

These results are only posted here and there are some quite significant
and surprising changes that have occurred.

Best regards,
Steven Oesterreich
Director
Ark Group Australia

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2007 !! would it be the year of the awareness of benefits to implement a Knowledge Managment Method in yours organisations ? 
 
After Australia in July, Autria in September

Date : 5 September 2007
Location : Graz, Austria
Détail of conference : http://www.i-know.at/tpem

It is time to have a look,

Best regards.

Pascal Bernardon
your Konowledge and your Know-How : An Asset to improve every day 
+1 (514) 531 4614

This innovative concept will involve a reserved area within the
exhibition hall where you will be able to see who is within the space
on a large screen above KM Arena for the duration of the event. Plus,
whilst you're in the arena you can request a person from our delegate
list to join you by having their name appear on the screen.

Please - we recommend prior to the event either using this group or
another to arrange time to meet with other members of the KM community.

Our method is always customized  in accordance with the context in which our customers work, and can help you to put in place optimal organisationnal plan, retirement departure management, merging or externalisation of departments…..

ĆBIS brings to its customers the method and the tools to improve and capitalise the essential knowledges used by the company to cater the customers needs during short term mission.

ĆBIS `s method give you the best practices to :                

• To Guarantee that Essentials Knowledges are aligned with business processes to reduce internal costs.
• To Guarantee and to draw up objective relationship with Unions to avoid conflicts  
• To Adapt Training Courses Plan in accordance with essential Knowledges needed to fulfill your customers requirements and reduce learning curve and to optimise training investments.
• To put in place Best Pratctises Communities to share your essentials know-hows.
• To cancel waste tasks in business processes.
• To easy Knowledges Sharing and Transfer for each business process and relations between them.
• To refer to the repository of knowledges to prevent conflicts and risks

We also provide training courses to support our customers and to give us the success keys to go on themselves.

Many thanks for your attention and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards.

Pascal Bernardon

Your Knowledges and Your Know-How : An Asset to improve every day 

Hello,

Ark Group wanted to let you know that the website www.kmaustralia.com
is now live.  Please visit when you have a chance, as we have created
some unique idea's for this years KM Australia and we already secured 3
international keynotes.

Please check into site every few weeks, as it will be continually
updated.

Best regards,

Ark Group Australia
www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au

Hello All,

Ark Group has announced the dates and venue for next years KM
Australia 2007, Knowledge, Discovery and Collaboration.

23 - 25 July 2007, Bayside Grand Hall, Sydney Convention Centre,
Darling Harbour.

We have moved it to this locale after talking with the KM community
at large, to see where we can improve on our previous years events.
Where we understand we cannot please everyone, we have done our best
to suits the needs of most. The Bayside came out to be the best venue
to be able to suit all those needs.

Some improvements will be: cabaret seating for both streams of the
event, natural lighting, area's for break-out's, Knowledge Cafe and
we are still investigating the best solution to allow delegates to be
able to contact those they are most intersted in talking to at the
event.

Added to this, the level of the program is going to appeal to all
levels of KM practitioners, and our sponsor presentations will be
Case Study driven.

Unfortunately, to be accommodate these new initiatives, we will only
have limited number delegate spots, unlike previous years.  Please
email aga@... to be put on our priority contact list, so
you can receive and special early bird discount that will be
available for a short time in late Jan and early Feb 2007.  Also,
visit www.kmaustralia.com as we will be updating this site during
this same period of time.

Thank You

Steven Oesterreich
Ark Group Asia

Hi All,

I wanted to let you know of a conference we are producing focusing
upon Knowledge Management:

Encouraging a Knowledge Sharing Culture in Professional Services

Improving your firm's knowledge base to optimise performance and
business outcomes

12-14 February 2007

Avillion Hotel Sydney

If you would like to learn more about the conference, please contact
me via email or download the brochure (located in the FILES section).

In addition, I'd also like to offer all members in this group an
exclusive 20% discount to attend this conference. Please contact me
and quote: MW-YKM before 8th December 2006.

Cheers,
Martin

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Comment from Patrick Burkhalter:


I would like the focus of KM to shift back towards the human side of
it - e.g. roles of change management, leadership, L&D, innovation, and
how people-to-people activities, e.g. SNAs, knowledge networks, can
achieve organisational efficiencies, etc.

We are currently in the initial planning stages of KM Australia
2007. We very much appreciate any comments or suggestions you may
have which would assist us in shaping together an improved
conference and exhibition.

Kind regards,

Jacqueline Garcia
Head of Production
Ark Group Australia

Direct: +61 2 8913 4004
Switch: +61 1300 550 662
Fax: +61 1300 550 663
Email: jgarcia@...

Ground Floor, 83 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

Demonstrating the value of knowledge management

Promoting knowledge management as a driver for cultural change,
strategic development and improved business performance
Date: 22 - 24 Nov 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Event Type:  Conference
www.ark-group.com


In a business environment, where knowledge is currency, not fully
utilising the potential of knowledge renders a substantial asset base
useless.  An effective knowledge management (KM) strategy drives an
organisation to harness its people, processes and technologies to
support the organisation's objectives and positively impact its
bottom line.

Despite the enormous potential of KM, many organisations are
struggling with the ambiguity of its meaning and the intangibility of
its results.  Consequently KM has been pushed down the agenda,
leaving practitioners with minimal resources, a lack of support and
organisational awareness.  While KM professionals still see the
urgent need for and the substantial value of KM, it is demonstrating
this to the rest of the business, which is of key concern.

This two-day conference will provide clear direction and practical
strategies for getting KM firmly back on the agenda across the
organisation from senior management buy-in to operational level
support. Covering the process from building a strategy to measuring
its results, transforming KM from complex theory to tangible asset.

Our panel of speakers will explore critical topics such as:

• Establishing a powerful presence for KM across the organisation
• Actively demonstrating the value of KM to gain both senior
management and operational buy-in
• Building a KM strategy that is not only aligned with organisational
objectives but is pivotal in reaching them
• Effectively and appropriately measuring KM strategies to show
tangible results
• Creating a culture that embraces KM to maintain momentum long term

Hi All,

If you had a wishlist of speakers you would like to hear from at a KM
Event in Australia, who would be on your top 4 speakers in this arena?

Also, what are some elements you feel have been lacking in previous
events that would do well to have at an event.

Steven