Institute for International Research (IIR)*

Conferences

• Braintrust International – Knowledge Management World Summit (Braintrust)**
  
  • BrainTrust International 1999: Knowledge Management World Summit, January 11-13, 1999, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Leverage the Best Practices and Technologies to Maximize Business Value
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  • Braintrust International 2000: Knowledge Management World Summit, January 23-25, 2000, Scottsdale, AZ
    Conference Theme: Advancing Your Knowledge Management Practice for Measurable Business Impact
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  • Braintrust International 2001: Knowledge Management World Summit – A Practitioner’s Forum, February 11-14, 2001, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Strategies for Knowledge Creation
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  • Braintrust International 2002: Knowledge Management World Summit – A Practioner’s Forum, February 10-13, 2002, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Putting Knowledge to Work
    Conference Workshops: Getting Started with Knowledge Management; Solving the knowledge value equation in the new customer economy; Boundary-Crossing Teams; Ignite Organizational Change Through Storytelling; How To Manage a Company-Wide Community Development Initiative; Personal Knowledge Management – Optimizing Your Personal Capital
  • Braintrust International 2003: Knowledge Management World Summit – A Practioner’s Forum, February 9-12, 2003, San Francisco, CA
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    Conference Workshops: High Performance Knowledge Management for Advanced Practitioners; Getting Started With Knowledge Management; The Tangible Value of Valuing Intangibles: Measuring Intangible Corporate Assets, The Value of Organizational Knowledge: Results of a Study on Learning Curvves; Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Across Global Distributed Workforces; Integrating Knowledge, Learning and Strategy for High Impact Action and Solutions; Critical Success Factors for a Company-wide Community Development Initiative; Knowledge Dynamics and Value Creation
  • Braintrust International 2004: Knowledge Management World Summit – A Practitioner’s Forum, February 8-11, 2004, Scottsdale, AZ
    Conference Theme: High-Impact Knowledge Management for the Entire Enterprise
    Conference Workshops: High Performance Knowledge Management for Advanced Practitioners; Getting Started With Knowledge Management; Human Capital: The Rules of Engagement are Changing; Mapping Knowledge for Business Impact; Improving Business Performance by Increasing the Productivity, Innovation and Customer Value of Knowledge Work
  • Braintrust International 2005: , February 28 – March 2, 2005, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Empowerment through Knowledge
    Pre-Conference Symposium: The Changing Role of Communities of Practice
    Conference Workshops: Getting Started with Knowledge Management; Increasing Knowledge Work Productivity: Integrating KM and Six-Sigma to Enhance Overall Results
  • Braintrust International 2006: Knowledge Management Summit, February 20-22, 2006, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Knowledge Performance – Driving Value Throughout Your Business
    Pre-Conference Symposium: Communities Of Practice – Organizational Impact And Community Value: What’s Worked And Hasn’t Worked
    Conference Workshops: Getting Started with Knowledge Management; Corporate Learning, Creativity and Innovation: introducing iCafes where practitioners get to make their own rules!
  • Braintrust International 2007: Knowledge Sharing Summit, February 26-28, 2007, Cambridge, MD
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    Pre-Conference Symposium: Social Network Analysis Symposium
    Conference Workshops: The Knowledge Café: An Open Conversation to Gain a Deeper Understanding of a Subject That Matters; Knowledge Retention: Keeping Critical Knowledge from Walking Out the Door
  • Braintrust International 2008: Knowledge Sharing Summit, November 18-20, 2008, Orlando, FL
    Conference Theme:
    Conference Workshops: Knowledge Enabled Innovation: Different Processes and Different Techniques for Different Purposes; Knowledge Retention
  • Braintrust Knowledge Management Summit, June 24-26, 2009, Baltimore, MD
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• Communities of Practice Conference**
  
  At IIR’s Annual Communities of Practice Conference, you will learn: Practical skills for implementing and improving communities in your organization How leading organizations use communities for knowledge sharing and business improvement How to legitimize a community of practice Skills for measuring and managing communities Incentives to increase community participation How to lead a vibrant, living community How to develop distributed communities What leaders in the field of communities are doing to advance them. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and with your peers and experts in the field.

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  • Communities of Practice Conference , October 24 – 26, 1999, Coconut Grove, FL
    Conference Theme: Techniques to Leverage Knowledge for Competitive Advantage
    Conference Workshops: Build On-Line Communities – Practical Methods for Technology and Information Alignment; Designing CoP Constellations for Robust Strategy Advantages
  • Communities of Practice Conference, 10-13 April 2000, San Diego, CA
    Conference Theme: Synergistic Relationships to Leverage Knowledge
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  • Communities of Practice Conference, May 7-9, 2001, Cambridge, MA
    Conference Theme: Developing, Implementing and Profiting from Learning Communities
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  • Communities of Practice Conference, September 24 – 26, 2001, San Francisco, CA
    Conference Theme: Developing, Implementing and Profiting from Learning Communities
    Conference Workshops: How to Manage a Company-Wide Community Development Initiative; Launching and Supporting Effective Corporate Communities
  • Communities of Practice Conference, September 23 – 25 2002, Boston, MA
    Conference Theme: The Next Step in Communities of Practice: Communities as a Strategic Organizational Resource
    Conference Workshops: Community Value Workshop: Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Communities of Practice; Tips on Managing a Company-Wide Community Development Initiative
  • Communities of Practice Conference, June 18 – 20 2003, Washington DC
    Conference Theme: Communities at the Cutting Edge
    Conference Workshops: Community Value Workshop: Understanding the Benefits & Costs of Communities of Practice; How to Implement a Community-Based Knowledge Management Strategy: Tips on Managing a Company-Wide Community Development Initiative

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• Tacit Knowledge Roundtable**
  
  Capturing, transferring and sharing your company’s intellectual assets are quickly becoming pressing issues for companies who want to stay ahead of the competition and achieve business excellence. Corporate practitioners will present a cross-industry assessment of leading edge, cost-effective initiatives to manage your company’s intellectual assets.

  • Tacit Knowledge Roundtable, September 27 – 28, 1999, Atlanta, GA
    Conference Theme: Managing Your Company’s Intellectual Capital
    Conference Workshops: Tacit Knowledge: Where is it? What is its “look and feel”? How can you share it?; The Economics of Knowledge Management
  • Tacit Knowledge Roundtable, 27-28 March 2000, Atlanta, GA
    Conference Theme: Developing, Capturing, and Leveraging Your Employee’s Expertise to Drive Profit
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  • Tacit Knowledge Roundtable, April 23 – 24th, 2001
    Swissôtel, Chicago, IL
    Conference Theme: Developing, Capturing and Leveraging Your Employees’ Knowledge
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• Successfully Managing Knowledge Management Projects
  June 25 – 27 2001, Loews L’Enfant Plaza, Washington
• Leveraging Your “Intellectual Capital” Through the Power of Storytelling: Exploring the Narrative Structures of Knowledge
  June 27 2001, The Watergate Conference Center, Washington
• Knowledge Management Metrics
  July 23 – 25 2001, The Royal Sonesta Cambridge, Cambridge
• NPD Collaboration
  July 23 – 25 2001, The Hilton San Diego Resort, San Diego
• Bridging The Gap Between eLearning and Knowledge Management
  July 26 2001, Boston, MA,
• Blended eLearning
  August 6 – 7 2001, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago
• Enterprise Ethnography
  August 20 – 21, 2001 Hyatt Regency Chicago
• Managing and Measuring Your Intellectual Capital – Account for Your Knowledge Advantage, 20-21 March 2000, Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista
• Collaborative Workplace: Ways To Increase Business Intelligence By Sharing Knowledge, 1-2 November Atlanta

Seminars

• Dec 2001: Utilizing Project Management Techniques, Strategies and Principles for Implementing Knowledge Management Initiatives

Konferenzen

• IIR Technology Web 2.0 Kongress**
• e-Collaboration Forum**
  (IIR Technology in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Notes User Group)
  • e-Collaboration Forum 2008, 23.-25. September 2008, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland
    Konferenz-Thema: Unified Communication und Collaboration intern und über Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg
    Post-Konferenz Intensiv-Workshop (25. Sep): Angewandte eCollaboration – Methoden der virtuellen Teamarbeit und deren Umsetzung mit modernen Werkzeugen
  • e-Collaboration Forum 2007, 15.-17. Oktober 2007, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland
    Konferenz-Thema: Organisation und praktische Umsetzung virtueller Teams – Vertrauen schaffen für webbbasierte Collaboration
    Post-Konferenz Intensiv-Workshop (17. Okt): Angewandte eCollaboration – Methoden der virtuellen Teamarbeit und deren Umsetzung mit modernen eCollaboration-Werkzeugen
  • e-Collaboration Forum 2006, 05.-08. Dezember 2006, Offenbach, Deutschland
    Konferenz-Thema: Umsetzungsstrategien für webbasierten Kundendialog, Projekt- und Teamarbeit
    Pre- & Post-Konferenz Workshops (05./08. Dez): Chancen und Herausforderungen von Unternehmen bei der Führung von virtuellen Teams auf Distanz; eCollaboration in der Praxis – Von Diskussionsforen und Web 2.0: Auswahl, Implementierung und Nutzung von zukunftsorientierten IT-Werkzeugen und Methodiken
• Knowledge to Process Forum, 8.-9. Mai 2007, Offenbach
  (In Kooperation mit: European Research Center for Knowledge and Innovation (eureki), Gesellschaft für Wissensmanagement e.V. (GfWM), Semantic Web School)
  Untertitel: Das Forum für geschäftsprozessunterstützendes Wissensmanagement
• IIR Knowledge Management Praxisforum**
  • IIR Praxisforum Knowledge Management, 23.-25. November 2004, Mainz
    Konferenz-Thema: Anwendungsfelder – Erfolgsfaktoren – Technologien
    Post-Konferenz Workshops (25. Nov): Best Practice Transfer – das ungenutzte Potential
  • IIR Praxisforum Knowledge Management, 18.-20. November 2003, Offenbach
    Konferenz-Thema: Wissensmanagement in der Unternehmenspraxis – Stolpersteine vermeiden und Mehrwert generieren
    Post-Konferenz Workshops (20. Nov): Nutzung vorhandener IT-Infrastrukturen für Knowledge Management: Vom Informations- zum Wissensmanagement
  • IIR Praxisforum Knowledge Management, 27.-29.November 2002, Mainz
    Konferenz-Thema: IT-gestütztes Wissensmanagement in der Unternehmenspraxis
    Post-Konferenz Workshops (29. Nov): Das Knowledge-Management-Projekt im Unternehmen; Technische Umsetzung von Knowledge Management:
    – Methoden, Tools und Best Practice
• Fachkonferenz Wissensmanagement für Automobilzulieferer und -hersteller, 11. – 12. Juni 2001, München
  Post-Konferenz Intensivseminar (13. Jun)
• Fachkonferenz Wissensmanagement und Intranet für Finanzdienstleister, 29. – 30. Mai 2001, Frankfurt/Main
  Post-Konferenz Intensivseminar (31. Mai)

Zertifizierung

• Certified Knowledge Manager
  1. Tag:
  Schritt I: Wie Sie Ihre Knowledge-Management-Strategie entwickeln
  Workshop: Entwickeln Sie eine Knowledge-Management-Strategie für ein Beispielunternehmen.

  2. Tag:
  Schritt II: Wie Sie ein erfolgreiches Knowledge-Management-Projekt planen
  Workshop: Planen Sie ein KM-Projekt für ein Beispielunternehmen.

  3. Tag:
  Schritt III: Wie Sie den Faktor „Technik” für Ihr Knowledge Management nutzen
  Live-Demo: Sehen Sie, was aktuelle KM-Software leisten kann (und was nicht).

  4. Tag:
  Schritt IV: Wie Sie Ihre Mit-„Arbeiter” zu Mit-„Denkern” machen
  Workshop: Entwickeln Sie ein Programm zur Mitarbeitermotivation.

  5. Tag:
  Schritt V: Wie Sie bei der Durchführung von Knowledge-Management-Projekten vorgehen
  Workshop: Entwickeln Sie einen Plan zur Durchführung eines KM-Projektes im Beispielunternehmen.

Seminare

• Wissensdatenbanken: Wissensmanagement erfolgreich umsetzen (war: Aufbau und Organisation von Wissensdatenbanken: Wissen gewinnen, organisieren und verteilen)
• Knowledge-Management-Projekte erfolgreich durchführen (Wissensmanagement in der Praxis)
• Knowledge Management (Wissensmanagement)

Conferences

• Optimizing Knowledge Management Conference, September 9-10, 1999, London, UK
• Knowledge Management in the Finance Function, 15. December 1998, London, UK
• Knowledge Management, 29-30 January 1997, London, UK
  Conference Theme: Overcoming the cultural barriers and building
  practical frameworks for effective Knowledge Management

Conferences

• Knowledge Management – Conference, 11-12 May 1998, Helsinki, Finland
• Knowledge Management – Conference, June 11-12, 1997, Helsinki, Finland

Seminars

• Jun 1998: Productive & Strategic Knowledge Management