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Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in PhoenixGurteen Knowledge Cafe (Wed 16th April 2008) |
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While I am in Phoenix in April I will be running an open Knowledge Cafe on the evening of 16th April 2008. The Cafe is being hosted by Terri Babcock and Mary Pierce of the Arizona Knowledge Management Forum and sponsored by Sundt Construction. It is open to members of the Gurteen Knowledge Community; other KM networks and anyone else interested in KM and in participating. Date: Wednesday 16th April 2007 6:00pm - 8:30pm. Please arrive at 6:00pm or shortly after which will give you time to settle in and meet other people. Drinks and light refreshments will be available. The Cafe itself will start at 6:30pm. It will end about 8:30pm. Theme: "How could the Valley become a vibrant knowledge capital? What role would our business community play and what would be the benefits?" The theme will be introduced in a short talk by Jay Chatzkel. Host: Terri Babcock and Mary Pierce of the Arizona Knowledge Management Forum Sponsor: Sundt Construction Venue Sundt Construction 2620 South 55th Street Tempe Map Directions to Sundt Construction From Loop 202: Exit PRIEST DR. and travel SOUTH on PRIEST for approximately 2.8 miles. Turn RIGHT/WEST onto W. ALAMEDA DR. Turn into the first driveway after S. 55th ST. From the north on I-10: Take the W. BROADWAY RD exit and travel EAST to S. PRIEST DR. Turn RIGHT onto S. PRIEST DR. Travel SOUTH to W. ALAMEDA DR. and turn RIGHT. Travel WEST on W. ALAMEDA DR. and turn RIGHT into the first driveway after S. 55th ST. From the south on I-10: Take the W. BASELINE RD exit and travel EAST to S. PRIEST DR. Turn LEFT onto S. PRIEST DR. Travel NORTH to W. ALAMEDA DR. and turn LEFT/WEST. Travel WEST on W. ALAMEDA DR. and turn RIGHT into the first driveway after S. 55th ST. The Gurteen Knowledge Cafe David has run hundreds of Knowledge Cafes around the world in the last few years in cities such as Moscow, Washington DC, Phoenix Arizona, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney, San Jose and Stavanger in Norway. An open Knowledge Café is free and open to anyone interested in knowledge management. They are great social learning and networking events. Participants engage with the theme of the evening and some insightful, energetic conversations take place. Better still the Knowledge Café process is one that you can take back with you and use in your own organizations to help create a more collaborative and innovative culture. What is a Gurteen Knowledge Café? A Knowledge Cafe is a means of bringing a group of people together to have an open, creative conversation on a topic of mutual interest to surface their collective knowledge, to share ideas and insights and to gain a deeper understanding of the subject and the issues involved.During the Knowledge Café, David will
The Knowledge Cafe Philosophy Most people are not inclined to share their knowledge freely for numerous reasons. These include: the attitude that knowledge is power, a silo-mentality, a lack of time, lack of confidence, lack of trust and no perceived benefit - the list at times seems endless. But clearly today, "sharing knowledge is power". To achieve anything in this highly competitive wired world we need to work with people more than ever: to share with them; to learn from each other and to collaborate. However, you cannot mandate people to share. You cannot even teach them to share. People need to see the problems of not sharing and the benefits of collaboration for themselves. If they truly buy into the fact that “knowledge sharing is power” then they will overcome the barriers for themselves. An open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe brings people together to talk openly about "knowledge sharing"; to identify the barriers and how to overcome them. The participants learn to see the subject in a new light - to better understand other people's perspectives and indeed their own. And to better understand the issues. Better understanding in turn paves the way for personal change and in its turn organizational change. This is just one application of the Cafe process. Other applications include
To get an idea of what a Knowledge Cafe feels like take a look below at a video of a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe held recently in Hong Kong.
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