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Knowledge Management South Africa (KMSA) society offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:

Communities

Committees (was: Workgroups)

Content Strategy and Marketing
Knowledge Management Professionalisation (Education & Training) Committee (was: Working Group)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Committee
Awards and Recognition Committee (was: KMSA Awards Commmittee)
Knowledge Management Standardisation project*

Certification/Accreditation Training

KMSA Professional Designations “by Recognition” (in planning)

Certified Knowledge Management Practitioner (CKMP/CKM-Prac.)
Certified Knowledge Management Specialist (CKMS/CKM-Spec.)
Certified Knowledge Management Master (CKMM/CKM-Mas.)

Conferences

Knowledge Management South Africa Imbizo (KMSA Imbizo)* ¹⁾

Masterclasses

Practitioner development masterclass series (Since 2024; every last Tuesday of the month – might have been CANCELLED)

Masterclasses

Jul 2024: Shifting your focus from knowledge capture to knowledge creation (CANCELLED)
Mar 2024: Knowledge automation through using Generative AI
Oct 2023: (CANCELLED, KM Week webinars instead) Knowledge Management is essential as organisations strive to reskill and upskill employees in a disrupted world of work: tools and techniques
May 2023: (CANCELLED) Overview of Knowledge Management tools enabling virtual knowledge sharing
Sep 2022: Data Analytics Masterclass – no code AI and easy-to-use software; Practical application of Knowledge Management harvesting tools (CANCELLED)
May 2022: How to execute a Knowledge Management audit

Workshops

Breakfast workshops

Jun 2025: (Gauteng) CANCELLED (Webinar instead)
Sep 2020: (~~Johannesburg~~ Virtual venue): ISO 30401 Knowledge Management Systems Workshop
Feb 2020: (Johannesburg): CANCELLED! (Feb. Webinar instead.)
Dec 2019: (Johannesburg) Knowledge Management as an Alternative Skills Development Platform for Sustainable Employment in the Chemical Sector (POSTPONED)
Nov 2019: (Johannesburg) tba (POSTPONED)
May 2019: (Johannesburg) tba (CANCELLED)
Mar 2019: (Johannesburg) Leveraging/ Harnessing Knowledge for Innovation (announced is also: Top Knowledge Management Trends for 2019?)
Dec 2018: (Johannesburg) Adopting the Digital Mindset
Jun 2018: (Johannesburg) Uncomplicating the Complex World of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Mar 2018: (Johannesburg) Knowledge Management: The Agile Way – How to apply agility in creating, retaining, sharing and utilising knowledge better

Dinner Events

Jul 2018: (Pretoria) Fourth Industrial Revolution, Big Data: What does it mean for us as Knowledge Management Professionals? – An evening with Professor Eric Tsui

Others

May 2025: Enhancing Knowledge Management at NRWDI (National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute): A Collaborative Workshop with KMSA

Webinars

Sep 2025: Public Service Month Alignment-South African Local Government Knowledge Management Toolkit 2025
Jul 2025: Green IT: A Knowledge Management Approach to Organizational Sustainability
Jun 2025: Data Storytelling for business impact; Knowledge Sharing across the African Continent
May 2025: Rewarding excellence – Reflections from the Gautrain on the MIKE Awards
Apr 2025: Artificial Intelligence’s impact on the human world and what to do about it
Nov 2024: (CANCELLED) To enhance, or not to enhance, your Knowledge Management (KM) governance framework
Oct 2024: (CANCELLED) What does Knowledge Management (KM) and UX have in common?
Sep 2024: Is data still the new oil of the digital economy? (CANCELLED)
May 2024: The implication of knowledge management in growing technical skills (was: Social and collaboration technologies for knowledge automation)
Apr 2024: Knowledge discovery – the art of using data to tell a story (was: Knowledge discovery – tools, tips and tricks)
Nov 2023: (CANCELLED) Recognising knowledge as a strategic asset: prioritising what knowledge an organisation needs to get or keep
Oct 2023: KMSA KM Week (part of the Global Knowledge Week, 2 h webinars together w. Botswana Knowledge Management Community and Namibia Knowledge Management Forum)
- Day 1: Academic Network: The Impact of Knowledge Management (KM) in Sustainable Development: Knowledge Science as a Field of Study to solve National Development Challenges; Emerging Technologies and Knowledge Management (KM) Advancements – a Future focused Session; Reflection & Knowledge Management (KM) Agenda
- Day 2: KMGN HacKMthon (6 h)
- Day 3: Knowledge Management (KM) Policy: Conversational Leadership; Knowledge Management (KM) Policy Callenges and Opportunities – Lessons Learned; Reflection & Knowledge Management (KM) Agenda
- Day 4: Knowledge Management (KM) for Service Delivery: Keynote; Auditor General: Knowledge Management (KM) and Implementation Strategies; Road Accident Fund: KM Case Studies and Implementation Strategies; Reflection & Knowledge Management (KM) Agenda
- Day 5: KMSA Agenda: Reflections on HackMthon; Consolidation the Knowledge Management (KM) Agenda: Development of an Action Plan for 2024
Aug 2023: (CANCELLED) How do we define our Knowledge Management space in the era of where we are? (Virtual Knowledge Café)
Jul 2023: “Data rich, but knowledge poor”: tactics for Knowledge Management practitioners to address this aspect
Jun 2023: (CANCELLED) AI, ML, cloud are not traditionally part of the Knowledge Management practitioners toolkit – key considerations
Mar 2023: The metaverse and implications for Knowledge Management and practitioners
Nov 2022: (CANCELLED) Writing a business case for a Knowledge Management project: Practical tools, techniques and tips
Jun 2022: Knowledge Management and 4th Industrial Revoplution, key considerations
Feb 2022: Computer-based knowledge management systems in modern day healthcare institutions
Oct 2021: Enabling National water security through knowledge and information management – Lessons from the National Water Security Framework (NWSF) development
Jul 2021: CANCELLED
Jun 2021: CANCELLED
May 2021: Knowledge Management in the digital age: a new regime for Knowledge Management offering
Apr 2021: Creating value from knowledge: the case of innovative solutions for social good
Mar 2021: Knowledge management – Igniting small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and start-ups
Nov 2020: Reflecting on COVID19, lessons and opportunities (RoundTable with Knowledge Management Practitioners); Learning and emerging key skills and competencies: An input from LinkedIn Learning (Trends and Insights)
Oct 2020: Change Management: Change Leadership for Knowledge Management
Sep 2020: Mass Food Markets as Foundations of Knowledge, Resilience and African Memory
Aug 2020: Knowledge Management in COVID-19 times: Now, Next and Beyond
Jun 2020: Knowledge Management Implementation using Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Principles in Knowledge Marketplace – A Practitioner’s perspective
May 2020: Decades of Knowledge Management developments in Hong Kong with highlights from the Hong Kong Police Force
Apr 2020: Afcons Infrastructure (India): Case Study of a GLOBAL MIKE Winner; Pandemic of Under-Preparedness: Digital Workplaces and the Organisational Response to COVID-19
Mar 2020: tba (POSTPONED to April!?)
Feb 2020: Knowledge Ready Organisation versus Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise – Celebrating Excellence in Knowledge Management Execution
Jan 2020: Knowledge Management Foresight: Global Trends for 2020
Oct 2019: Things that a Seriously Smart Organization does Daily: A Simple Framework for Working Out Loud
Sep 2019: tba (CANCELLED)
Jul 2019: tba
Jun 2019: Implementing a Successful Knowledge Management Program
Apr 2019: An Introduction to Conversational Leadership
Feb 2019: Developing a Knowledge Management Roadmap (ISO 30401 Knowledge Management Systems – Requirements)
Oct 2018: Implementing Knowledge Management System
May 2018: Developing a Knowledge Management Business Case and Strategy

Panel discussions

Jun 2024: (CANCELLED) Creating “space” for knowledge sharing
Feb 2024: (CANCELLED) Reporting line of a Knowledge Management (KM) function for optimal success: cases and use cases, different models (re-scheduled from May 2023)
Sep 2023: Collaboration: Applying and adapting a Knowledge Management (KM) practitioner’s toolkit in a hybrid Knowledge Management (KM) future (planned was: Acceptance and adoption of Knowledge Management, should we change the words “knowledge management”?)
May 2023: The Success of Knowledge Management in an Organisation; Reporting line of a Knowledge Management function for optimal success: cases and use cases, different models (POSTPONED to Feb 2024)
Oct 2022: (CANCELLED) When you get stuck with Knowledge Management, how do you move forward?
Aug 2022: Making Knowledge Management a value-creating competency: A paradigm shift for KMers
Jul 2022: Knowledge Management practitioner accreditation (CANCELLED)

KM Professional Feature

Meetings

Board & Board Committee Meetings: (quarterly)
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2020: 8 February, 19 May, 14 July, 24 November
2019: 25 February 2019, 27 May 2019, 16 September 2019, 25 November 2019
2018: 26 February 2018, 28 May 2018, 17 September 2018, 26 November 2018
Annual General Meetings (in conjunction with the KMSA Convention):
Nov 2023; …; Aug 2019; Aug 2017
Nov 2016: KMSA society launch event (Host: Air Traffic and Navigation Services)
Jul 2016: Knowledge Management (KM) Study Group (to facilitate the formation of a KM Society in South Africa)

Awards

KMSA Awards for Exellence – Celebrating the Best of Knowledge Management (in conjunction with the KMSA Imbizo)

KMSA Award for Leadership (KMSA membership and certification req.)
KMSA Good Practice Award (KMSA membership req.)
~~KMSA Award for Outstanding Student (KMSA membership req.)~~
KMSA Academic’s Award (KMSA membership req.)
- 2023: —
KMSA Chairpersons Award: Nominees & Winners (in conjunction with the KMSA Imbizo; KMSA membership req.)
- 2024:
  - Individual: Elmi Bester (thinkingKNOWLEDGE)
  - Organisation: TBD
- 2023:
  - Individual: Fezile Njokweni (Senior Manager, eThekwini Municipality)
  - Organization: —
- 2022: Kholane Chauke (Knowledge and Learning Lead, Industrial Development Corporation), Hein Spingies (Knowledge Management Manager, Road Accident Fund), Mbalenhle Buthelezi (Senior Research Development and Knowledge Management Specialist, National Lotteries Commission)
KMSA Champion Award: Public Voting category (new in 2024)
- 2024: Constance Kekana (Knowledge Manager, Rural Development and Land Reform); Kelebogile Mosimege (Deputy Director Knowledge Management, Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South African Government)
Legacy Recognition Award: (new in 2024?)
- 2024:
  - Individual: Joanne Cornelissen (Deputy Director Knowledge Management, Government Communication and Information System, Government of South Africa)
  - Institution: Department of Information & Knowledge Management, University of Johannesburg

Web Channels

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Notes:

1) The KMSA Imbizo, formerly the KMSA Convention and the Southern African Knowledge Management Summit (SAKMS), was orgainzed by thinkingKNOWLEDGE and others from 2015-2017; In 2018 it continued as the Knowledge Management South Africa Convention, organized by the Knowledge Management South Africa (KMSA) society. In 2020 it was renamed to KMSA Imbizo.

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