SIKM Leaders Community

SIKM Leaders Community

The SIKM Leaders Community, originally named the Systems Integration Knowledge Management Leaders Community, is a community of Knowledge Management leaders from firms around the world. It was created in 2005 by Stan Garfield for Systems Integration and Consulting firms, but soon expanded to include all Knowledge Management leaders. The goal is to share experiences and insights on implementing Knowledge Management programs.

Stan, who is still leading the community, was Community Evangelist at Deloitte Global Knowledge Services and Worldwide Knowledge Management Lead at Hewlett Packard and Compaq Computer Corp. He is now retired, acting as author, speaker and community leader in the field of Knowledge Management.

The Systems Integration KM Leaders Community offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:

Chapters

  • SIKM Global Group (start: Aug 2005)
    • SIKM Community Champions
  • SIKM Boston Chapter (start: Jan 2009)
  • SIKM NYC Group (Dec 2015 – Dec 2016)
  • SIKM San Francisco Bay Area Group (start: Sep 2018)
  • Detroit KM Community

Training

  • Would you like to have a KM MENTOR? Peer Mentoring Programme for KM practitioners (start: 2023; w. KM4Dev)
      Feb 2024: KM Peer Mentoring Pilot Debrief

Conferences

  • Midwest Knowledge Management (KM) Symposium*
    (Organizer: Midwest KM Community; Pioneer Knowledge Services)

Meetings

  • Monthly SIKM Leaders Community Calls
    List of Community Calls
    Usually on the third Tuesday of the month; Meeting platform; Member access to schedule w. links to past calls’ follow-ups (incl. slides, recordings, etc.; Registration required!); Since 2017 supported by Susan Ostreicher

  • Chapter meetings
    List of Meetings
  • SIKM Peer Assists, Knowledge Cafes, Fishbowls, etc.
  • Get-togethers @ KM events (mainly at KMWorld conference)
    • 14th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 19 or 20, 2024 (Orga: Stan Garfield)
    • 13th SIKM Leaders Community Get-together at KMWorld, Nov 9, 2022
    • 12th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner/Meetup at KMWorld, Nov 16, 2020 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 11th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2019 (Orga: Susan Hanley, Arno Boersma, Neesham Spitzberg)
    • 10th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 7, 2018 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 9th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 7, 2017 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 8th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 16, 2016 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 7th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 3, 2015 (Orga: Arno Boersma and Neesham Spitzberg)
    • 6th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2014 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 5th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 6, 2013 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • (informal) APQC KM Conference SIKM Leaders Community Dinner, May 2, 2013
    • 4th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Oct 18, 2012 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • APQC KM Conference SIKM Leaders Community Dinner, Apr 26, 2012 (Orga.: Linda Hummel)
    • 3th SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 2, 2011 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
      (joint event with the Knowledge Management Education Forum)
    • 2nd SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 17, 2010 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
    • 1st SIKM Leaders Community Dinner at KMWorld, Nov 17, 2009 (Orga: Susan Hanley)
  • Group Conversations
    Latest conversations

    • December 8, 2024
      KM Dreamteam 2025
      There are many resources available that support knowledge management understanding and implementation.   Some of these are offered freely (such as Communities of Practice with community dialogue / pee …
    • December 8, 2024
      Re: KM Dreamteam 2025
      So here is the feedback that I have taken from this Serious Game and the next steps will be in a separate message   Thank you all for your time and energy – especially the 14 replies that gave the con …
    • December 6, 2024
      KM Dreamteam 2025
      Dear SIKM community   I owe you an apology as I reached out to you with the Dreamteam  question and benefitted from your insightful responses.   I said that I would let you know the next steps, howeve …
    • December 6, 2024
      Re: Enterprise KM collaboration methods using gen AI Prompt Libraries
      Hi Barbara!   Very happy to know how you are using the Copilot Prompt Library and that it worked so well. Keep those use cases coming! Interesting to hear that the same prompt doesn't always give …
    • December 6, 2024
      Re: Enterprise KM collaboration methods using gen AI Prompt Libraries
      Hi Liz,  On a complementary and related topic, writing, designing, and formulating a prompt is a skill that needs to be acquired and developed.  I did an experiment that aims to design a prompt that l …
    • December 6, 2024
      Re: CoP in your organisations – how do they work?
      Adriana Jacinto reacted to your message: From: main@SIKM.groups.io on behalf of Stan Garfield via groups.io Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 10:11:50 PM To: main@SIKM.groups.io Subject: Re: [SIKM] CoP …
    • December 5, 2024
      Re: CoP in your organisations – how do they work?
      Thanks to Esther for prompting us to hold a peer assist and to everyone who participated. The recording is available and here is the chat transcript:   *Stan Garfield*, 12/5/2024 4:00 PM: These links …
    • December 5, 2024
      Re: Enterprise KM collaboration methods using gen AI Prompt Libraries
      Hi Liz, I'm currently exploring the Microsoft Copilot Prompt Library functionalities but at a very early stage.  My first significant use of the prompt saving function was in the last few days as …
    • December 5, 2024
      Enterprise KM collaboration methods using gen AI Prompt Libraries
      Greetings SIKM Community,   I'm assessing currently available tools for enterprise prompt management, including the features that support collaboration and knowledge sharing. ChatGPT 4o tells me …
    • December 4, 2024
      Coaching as a KM solution/tool
      Hi Colleagues, I had an interesting discussion about the use of Coaching as a solution/tool to enable knowledge transfer. From a conceptual perspective I agree that Coaching provides an environment fo …

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