iKMS Evening Talk 6 September 2007
Web 2.0 and the Future of KM
We’ve heard about social tagging, picture and video sharing, social networking sites, blogs, wikis and social bookmarking. Join us on Sept 6th to find out from a thought leader in this field, Ross Dawson, how this new wave of technologies and tools, collectively termed Web 2.0, is likely to affect knowledge management in the enterprise.
Date: Thursday 6 September Time: 6.30-8.45pm Venue: Civil Service College, North Buona Vista Rd Admission: Free for members, $30 for non-members Registration: to Kong Heng Sun at khs08aces@yahoo.com
Schedule: 6.30pm – Refreshments and networking 7.00pm – Ross Dawson: Web 2.0 and the Future of Knowledge Management 7.45pm – Maish Nichani: A Response from the Singapore Perspective: Adoption Issues with Web 2.0 in the Enterprise 8.00pm – Q&A and Discussion Who should attend? Managers responsible for knowledge and information management, integration of information systems, IT managers and CIOs, operational managers with an interest in using new tools to support their work. How can you bring value? By framing questions from your own situation that you can ask the two speakers during the session
Web 2.0 and the Future of Knowledge Management Over the last decade and more, knowledge management has provided the foundation for dramatic improvements in organisational performance. Now a whole new architecture is emerging for how knowledge can best be linked with its application. According to Ross Dawson, Web 2.0 is “distributed technologies built to integrate, that collectively transform mass participation into valuable emergent outcomes.” This is visible in the open web of blogging, Wikipedia, Facebook, Second Life, Flickr, del.icio.us, and a treasure trove of other interconnected Internet applications that are changing the nature of knowledge. Now similar tools are being applied inside organisations, giving birth to “Enterprise 2.0.” The future of knowledge management lies largely in tapping the potential of collective www.ikms.org 1
iKMS Evening Talk 6 September 2007 participation through the next generation of web tools, through effective design and architecture. This presentation will cover: • Web 2.0 Framework: Characteristics, Mechanisms, Application Landscape • Implementing Enterprise 2.0: Issues and Success Factors • The Future of Knowledge Management: Creating the Next Generation Ross Dawson is a strategy consultant, global keynote speaker, and best-selling author. He is CEO of international consulting firm Advanced Human Technologies. His books include Living Networks and the award-winning Developing KnowledgeBased Client Relationships 2nd Edition, and he also writes the influential Trends in the Living Networks blog (http://www.rossdawsonblog.com). Media appearances include CNN, Bloomberg TV, SkyNews, ABC TV, European Business Network, Channel News Asia, and many leading newspapers and magazines worldwide. He has delivered keynote speeches in six continents. Clients for his keynote speaking and consulting work include ABN Amro, Citibank, CNET, Ernst & Young, Lend Lease, KPMG, Macquarie Bank, Microsoft, SAP and many other leading organisations globally. Ross’ Framework for understanding Web 2.0 can be freely downloaded from: http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2007/05/launching_the_w.html Maish Nichani is a highly-respected thought leader and a practitioner in the field of information design. He is also the Singapore ambassador for the User Experience Group, a global community effort to spread the gospel of good design. Maish is also editor of the highly rated blog elearningpost, which in addition to elearning covers knowledge management, intranets, corporate websites, usability and user experience design. Maish was one of the early pioneers in recognizing the power of Web 2.0 tools such as blogging and wikis, and has been involved in some of the early experimentation being conducted in Singapore organisations.
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