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The USA based Boston KM Forum, Inc., is a community of practice for people working in the field of Knowledge Management (KM), offering an environment for the exchange of ideas, best practices, and business opportunities through a variety of learning, communication, and networking settings. KM Forum works to develop programs that support personal and professional growth.
The Boston Knowledge Management Forum offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:
Meetings
- Monthly Friday Morning Breakfast Meetings**
List of Meetings20122011201020092008200720062005- No meetings scheduled for 2012 at present.
- 2011-12: no meeting
- 2011-11:
- 2011-10: Staying Secure While Sharing & Acquiring Knowledge While Reflecting on Job’s Persona
- 2011-09: Transitioning to a Knowledge Management Service Operation
- 2011-08: Age Divides and Knowledge Management
- 2011-07: Staging a SharePoint Summit: What do you Need to Know?
- 2011-06: Using Text Analytics to Understand Social Media Content
- 2011-05: Comparing Roles and Responsibilities: Metadata vs. Master Data Management
- 2011-04: Where and How to Find Hidden Metadata in Legacy Knowledge Assets
- 2011-03: Knowledge; Prompting Sharing Anyhow or Anywhere
- 2011-02: Comparing Free Information Resources: Internet Search Engines +
- 2011-01: What is Content Context & Why is it Important in Organizational Effectiveness?
- 2010-12: “Choice Architecture”: Another Take on Decision-making
- 2010-11: Creating Knowledge-bases from Electronic Financial Transactions
- 2010-10:
- 2010-09: Electronic Medical Records Adoption
- 2010-08: Leveraging Knowledge by Leading the Leaders
- 2010-07: Mis-spent Knowledge: Lessons Learned from Disasters
- 2010-06: What can the Facebook Model do for Your Enterprise?
- 2010-05: Best of the Knowledge Management Cafe – A Recap of the April 29th Symposium at Bentley U.
- 2010-04: How Social Networks Can Improve Enterprise Public Faces
- 2010-03: Knowledge Management Gurus – Who are they & What Guidance do they Provide for You?
- 2010-02: What are the Qualifications for Knowledge Management Roles?
- 2010-01: no meeting
- 2009-12: Using NING.com for Boston Knowledge Management Forum or Your Enterprise
- 2009-11: How Text Analytics, BI and Data Mining/Text Mining Contribute to Knowledge Management
- 2009-10: Using Conversations to Further Knowledge Management Objectives
- 2009-09: no meeting
- 2009-08: Decision-Making: How Knowledge Influences Outcomes
- 2009-07: no meeting
- 2009-06: Google Book Project & Other Ventures to Preserve Out-of-Print or Never-in-Print
- 2009-05: Twittering Away Your Knowledge
- 2009-04: no meeting
- 2009-03: Social Contracts within Enterprises
- 2009-02: From Tag Cloud to Taxonomy or Ontology
- 2009-01:
- 2008-12: What Media Publishing Models Are Succeeding in Spreading Knowledge?
- 2008-11: The Knowledge Exchange: Examples of Intranets and Other Internal Platforms as Sharing Portals
- 2008-10: Leveraging Tags for Taxonomy Development
- 2008-09: Primary Tools: Capturing, Using, Sharing and Leveraging Knowledge and Expertise
- 2008-08: Pains that Influence Collaboration Tool Adoption
- 2008-07:
- 2008-06: Boston Knowledge Management Forum Blog – A Case Study in How to Share What We Know
- 2008-05: Selling Knowledge Management in a Hostile World
- 2008-04: The Learning Knowledge Connection
- 2008-03: Who Should be the Business Owner of Knowledge Management Initiatives?
- 2008-02: Categorizing Tools for the Desktop: Automated or Manual
- 2008-01: Evolution of Tagging – How are You or Your Communities Adapting to Tools and Needs?
- 2007-12: After Search — What Next?
- 2007-11: Selecting and Managing Your Most Critical Knowledge Domains
- 2007-10: Using Knowledge Mapping – Application and Practicum
- 2007-09: Knowledge Mapping: Leveraging Visualization Tools
- 2007-08: Mind Mapping: ontology and other tools
- 2007-07: Leading the Knowledge Management Effort by Example
- 2007-06: What Skills do You Use or Need in Your Role in Knowledge Management?
- 2007-05: Best Bets: Links for Good and Useful Information on Knowledge Management and Search
- 2007-04:
- 2007-03:
- 2007-02: Sharing Experiences with LinkedIn and Similar Networking
- 2007-01: What can we Learn from our External Networks? (1st of two programs on “Gaining value from our networks”)
- 2006-12: What Tools and Techniques Do We Use to Get Connected to Others?
- 2006-11: Trusted Bloggers
- 2006-10: Web 2.0 – The Intellectuals’ Playground?
- 2006-09: Taxonomy Roll-out
- 2006-08: Categorization Exercise Part 3 – Taxonomy Building
- 2006-07: Categorization Exercise Part 2 – What Term Selection Contributes to Content Findability
- 2006-06: A Taxonomy Exercise, Part II – Categorizing
- 2006-05: A Taxonomy Exercise
- 2006-04: What are the human costs of Taxonomy Development and Can We Find People to Do It?
- 2006-03: Your Professional Compentencies Applied to Knowledge Management
- 2006-02: Blogs Applied to Knowledge Management Collaboration: A Working Session
- 2006-01: National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) and the Lockheed Martin Project -Electronic Archives
- 2005-12: What Do We Think About Blogs for Knowledge Management?
- 2005-11: Establishing the Minimal Requirements for Technology Solutions to Support Knowledge Management Initiatives
- 2005-10: The Unfulfilled Promise – In What Ways Have “Knowledge Management Solutions” Failed to Deliver?
- 2005-09: Finding and Tracking Expertise
- 2005-08: Tapping the Well – What Knowledge Resources Do You Find the Most Productive
- 2005-07: National Archives and Records Administration, NE Regional headquarters, facility introduction and tour
- 2005-06: Framing the Discussion – Aligning Your Language with Business Goals to Achieve Buy-in for Knowledge Management Initiatives
- 2005-05: How do you Articulate the Value of Metadata Capture?
- 2005-01: Fleshing out a Model for Collaboration
- Monthly Thursday Afternoon Meetings
List of Meetings20152014201320122011201020092008200720062005- 2015-03: Records Management
- 2015-02: CES
- 2015 and Beyond – Knowing What to Expect (or Reject)
- 2015-01: Knowledge Strategy, Drawing on Experience to Succeed with Bob Armacost
“Suspended until further notice” - 2014-12: Designing Digital Knowledge-based Systems, an Interview with Gary Kahn
- 2014-11: Overcoming Barriers to Change for Knowledge Initiative Success
- 2014-10: Helping Leaders Lead the Knowledge Sharing Initiative: Your Role
- 2014-09: How Leaders Establish a Knowledge Sharing Culture
- 2014-08: Knowledge Leadership: The Art of Inquiry in the Organization
- 2014-07: Mentoring: A Key to Knowledge Transfer with Elizabeth McCoy
- 2014-06: Impact of Cultural Shifts and Enterprise Mergers on Knowledge Management Initiatives with Suzanne Mrozak
- 2014-05: Exploring Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer at the FAA with Giora Hadar
- 2014-04: Leveraging Knowledge in Oxfam America’s Humanitarian Response Efforts
- 2014-03: Exploring A Career in Knowledge Leadership; Interviewing Ray Sims Deloitte
- 2014-02: no meeting
- 2014-01: Invention: the Knowledge Inventiveness Connection
- 2013-12: Knowledge Management Professionals and Healthcare Informatics: An Interview with Allan Lewis
- 2013-11: Knowledge Management World Highlight: Dave Snowden on Human Sensor Networks with Technology Augmentation
- 2013-10: Knowledge Well-Managed Supports Legal Professionals: Interview with David Hobbie
- 2013-09: National Archives Policy Analyst Jill Snyder
- 2013-08: Relating Structured Content and Data Modeling to Knowledge Management: Guest Norman Daoust
- 2013-07: What we Know about Enterprise Search from the Findwise Survey
- 2013-06: Benchmarking Knowledge Management: Results of a Study by MITRE Corporation
- 2013-05: Organizing Content & Expert Knowledge without Spending a Million Bucks
- 2013-04: Leveraging Data for PLM with Oleg Shilovitsky
- 2013-03: Faculty Research Assets at Harvard Business School: an Interview with Melissa Shaffer
- 2013-02: Leveraging Intangibles: Learn How to Get Smarter about Organizational Knowledge
- 2013-01: Practical Knowledge Management Survey Results; Analysis and Commentary from Participants
- 2012-12: Peter O’Kelly on How Big Data Becomes Actionable Information and Other Gilbane Conference Output
- 2012-11: Knowledge Exchanges in an Online World
- 2012-10: Launching a Knowledge Sharing Initiative; Insights on How To or Not To
- 2012-09: no meeting
- 2012-08: canceled
- 2012-07: SharePoint Roundup – Sentri Panel
- 2012-06: Knowledge Relationships in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals: Perspectives from Martin Streeter
- 2012-05: Trends and Futures in Search Technology; Impacts on Knowledge Initiatives
- 2012-04: Joyce Ward: An Interview on Semantic Content Enrichment at LexisNexis, etc.
- 2012-03: Technology Strains and Stressors for IT and Knowledge Leaders: A Joint meeting of the Boston Knowledge Management Forum and Boston SIKM
- 2012-02: Transferring Knowledge and Strategies for Managing Change with Kathy Hagen
- 2012-01: Role of Informatics in R&D, Strategy Formulation and Business Development
- 2011-12: Perspectives on Knowledge Management in Management Education, and Information Sharing Systems in China
- 2011-11: An Interview with Mary Lee Kennedy: How Knowledge Strategies can Impact Global Educational and Business Landscapes
- 2011-10: Who “Owns” Knowledge Assets, Content and Search in the Enterprise?
- 2011-09: Where is the “Knowledge” for the Knowledge Worker?
- 2011-08: Embedding Knowledge Assets into the Workflow of the Physician
- 2011-07:
- 2011-06: A Career in Knowledge-based Operations: Conversation with Ralph Poole
- 2011-05: Strategic Initiatives and Social Media: An Interview with Carol Rozwell
- 2011-04: no meeting
- 2011-03: Decision Support Systems that Adapt to New Knowledge
- 2011-02: How Complexity is Managed Using the Cynefin framework to Enhance Innovation and Knowledge Capture
- 2011-01: Applying Semantic Technology to Knowledge Assets
- 2010-12: Intelligent Decision Making: It’s not just about Finding Information; It’s about Context, Insight and Perspective
- 2010-11: SIKM Boston Chapter: RoundRobin and Workshopping
- 2010-10: Influences on How I Can Make Better Decisions
- 2010-09: Electronic Medical Records: The Healthcare Information Experts Weigh In
- 2010-08: Knowledge Management as a Lever of Cultural Change: a Case Study of a Global NGO
- 2010-07: Knowledge Management in China: A Tale of Two Companies
- 2010-06: Performance Enhancing: Learning + Knowledge = ?
- 2010-05: Taking Twitter to the Next Level
- 2010-04:
- 2010-03: Knowledge Management – Has the Torch been Passed to a New Generation?
- 2010-02: Finding Knowledge Assets: How Web search behavior can be applied to the Enterprise Intranet
- 2010-01: A Twofer: Making a Successful Knowledge Management Manager + Snapshots of the CES Show in Las Vegas
- 2009-12: Deliver Us from Web 2.0 Content Chaos: Activity, Attraction and Personal Knowledge Create the Awareness Engine
- 2009-11: Social Networking Technologies – Challenges for Product Development & Effective Integration into the Enterprise
- 2009-10: Getting the Most Knowledge Management Bang-for-your-(information technology) bucks
- 2009-09: Eliciting Knowledge and Putting it to Work: How to Leverage Seekers’ Incentives and Curiosity
- 2009-08: Transforming your Structure to be Relevant in a Knowledge World
- 2009-07: Lessons Learned: Strategy Consulting Firm Implements SharePoint to Support Knowledge Management
- 2009-06: Knowledge Management on Your Mind? A Forum for All
- 2009-05: Close Connections, Close Relatives: Electronic Records Management & Technology /Records Management & Knowledge Management
- 2009-04: Sharing and Absorbing Knowledge Across Organizational and Global Cultures
- 2009-03: Emergence – Get with it, or fade away
- 2009-02: The Role of Knowledge Management in Innovation – Case Studies
- 2009-01: Selected Views into Clinical Knowledge Management at Partners Healthcare
- 2008-12: Is There an Emerging Semantic Architecture? And Why Does it Matter?
- 2008-11: The Walls Came Tumbling Down—Librarians & Social YES-Working!
- 2008-10: How to Get it Done: Lessons Learned Leveraging Knowledge
- 2008-09: Tag Me! Social BooKnowledge Managementarking in the Enterprise
- 2008-08: “Tribal Knowledge” – Who within the Contact Center has the knowledge, and how can we engage them to share their wisdom?
- 2008-07: Dispatches from the Front Lines of SharePoint-based Collaboration
- 2008-06: The Center for Semantic Excellence: Solving “Wicked Problems” Not Addressed by the For-profit Sector
- 2008-05: So You Were Just Promoted to Knowledge Manager – Now What?
- 2008-04: Highlights from Knowledge Management 2.0 – Certainties, Show-Stoppers and Still-to-be-determined
- 2008-03: Bending the Law of Unintended Consequences (with knowledge-based decision support systems)
- 2008-02: Leveraging Expert Knowledge in a Fast-Paced Start-up: Anecdotes from the Field
- 2008-01: Managing Evidence at the Speed of Change: The Partners Healthcare Knowledge Management Approach
- 2007-12: The Five Pitfalls of Ideation
- 2007-11:
- 2007-10: From Networking to Net Work
- 2007-09: Mapping Concepts, Process & Knowledge to Drive Innovation. Visualization techniques as tools for the mind that facilitate innovative thinking
- 2007-08: Where do Ideas Come From?
- 2007-07: Coolhunting through Swarm Creativity
- 2007-06: Using Stories to Widen the Impact of Knowledge Management
- 2007-05: High-Growth CEO Forums™ — Unique CEO exchange to solve critical challenges and build best practices for growth
- 2007-04: Your knowledge portal is working, but it isn’t
- 2007-03: Enterprise Deployment: Warts and All (A Working Session on Intranet Development)
- 2007-02: Creativity =/= Innovation. How Organizations Can Really Make Innovation Happen
- 2007-01: It’s Not What You Think
- 2006-12:
- 2006-11: A Knowledge Management Workshop; Critical Success Factors for Knowledge Management Initiatives
- 2006-10:
- 2006-09: Tagging and the Folksonomy
- 2006-08: Increasing Knowledge Transfer by Adapting Information Presentation Style on the Fly
- 2006-07: Knowledge Assets: Can You Measure the Intangible?
- 2006-06: Engineering the Community of Practice for Maintenance of Organizational Knowledge
- 2006-05: Going Beyond “Innovation as Usual” to Make a World of Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True
- 2006-04: Inserting the “K” Initiative into the Organization (by stealth)
- 2006-03: To Tag or Not To Tag: Should We be Structuring our Knowledge Assets or is Free-text Search Enough?
- 2006-02: An Introduction to Sense-making; Understanding Difficult Challenges Using Cynefin Methods
- 2006-01:
- 2005-12:
- 2005-11: What do Blogs Bring to Knowledge Management and Communication within the Enterprise?
- 2005-10: Deep Smarts: The Engine of Every Organization
- 2005-09: Merging Formal and Informal Learning
- 2005-08: Positioning Enterprise Search: Case Studies of What it is and What it should be
- 2005-07: The Semantic Web and Federal Enterprise Architecture
- 2005-06: Collaboration Revealed through Social Network Analysis
- 2005-05: Structured vs. Unstructured Search – a lesson from the front line of biopharmaceutical R&D
- 2005-04: Learning Systems for Networked Knowledge Management: Renewal in the Colorado River Delta
- 2005-03: Using Semantic Web Technologies to Integrate the Enterprise
- 2005-02: A new way to facilitate innovation and collaboration across borders by connecting people!
- 2005-01: Fleshing out a Model for Collaboration
- Other Meetings
List of Meetings 2002-04- 2004: Haystack: Per-User Information Environments; Stealth Knowledge Management
- 2003: The U.S. Army’s National Training Center: A Model for Integrated Learning and Knowledge Systems;
Knowledge Management at Bain
Joint KMPro New England and Boston Knowledge Management Forum Meetings:
– Knowledge Management Reaps Benefits from IT Innovations in Big Pharma, April 24, 2003
– Establishing the ROI of Investments in Knowledge Management Initiatives: Predicting & Measuring Success, June 25, 2003
– Accelerating Innovation by Leveraging Intellectual Capital, November 4, 2003 - 2002: Social Network Analysis
Conferences
List of Symposia
20122011201020092008200720062005
- No meetings scheduled for 2012 at present.
- Fitting SharePoint to Knowledge Initiatives, July 20, 2011
- Knowledge Management Café: Applying Knowledge to Meta & Master Data Management, April 27, 2011*
* In Association with the New England Chapter of the Data Management Association
- Knowledge Management Café – 2nd in a Series: Applying Knowledge to Organizational Challenges, December 7, 2010
- Decision-Making and Decision Support, October 6, 2010
- Knowledge Management Café – Table-talking Knowledge Management Challenges, April 29, 2010*
* a joint program with SLA Boston
- Personal Knowledge Management — Professional Know-how, October 22, 2009
- Multi-cultural collaboration: Working in Teams Across Disciplines, Geographies, and Languages, June 30, 2009
- Leveraging Virtual Teams & Social Tools for Business Advantage: Blogs, Wikis, Twitter, et al., March 31, 2009
- Semantics – the Next Frontier for Leveraging Knowledge, October 7, 2008
- Tagging and Categorization – Thoughts from Thought Leaders, June 25, 2008
- Knowledge Management 2.0 – Real or Hype?, April 9, 2008
- Knowledge Management – Current Directions, featuring Dave Snowden, October 1, 2007
- Leadership – Why It’s Critical to Knowledge Management Success, June 26, 2007
- Dark Blogs: Internal Blogs for Leveraging Knowledge, December 18, 2006
- Finding Experts, October 19, 2006
- Finding Stuff, June 29 , 2006
- Collaboration – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, March 30, 2006
- Leveraging Knowledge through Collaboration, December 15, 2005
- Leveraging Knowledge Across Research and Operations in Science and Healthcare, September 27, 2005
- Knowledge Management’s Value-Add – Generating Value by Leveraging Knowledge, May 3, 2005
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