London Knowledge Cafe: How do I know if my KM programme is effective? - Comments (0)
To: London Knowledge Cafe Members
Date: Wednesday 3rd December 2008 6:00pm - 8:30pm. Please arrive at 6:00pm or shortly after, which will give you time to settle in and meet other people. Refreshments will be available. The Cafe itself will start at 6:30pm. For those interested we normally go for a drink at a local pub after the event.
Venue:
Please take care to go to the following venue as there are several other Deloitte ofices in the vicinity.
Deloitte
Athene Place
66 Shoe Lane
London EC4A 3BQ
You will find more information, including a map and can register below. Register
Theme: How do I know if my KM programme is effective?
Knowledge Management (KM) can yield substantial benefits in terms of internal effectiveness and by supporting an organisation in adhering to compliance and regulations. However, organisations often find it challenging to articulate the value of KM to the senior management. This is partially due to the intangible aspect of the benefits and the fact that KM initiatives are often dispersed across the organisation without a common governance. This session will present and generate discussion around how an organisation can measure the effectiveness of KM investments.
Speakers: Chris Eriksson and Mike Grafham
Mike Grafham
Mike has worked in and around the field of Enterprise Content Management for the last 7 years, on projects ranging from developing intranet pages, EDRM and web content management system delivery, to Knowledge Management strategy and programme definition. His focus is on helping clients understand how all the 'bits and pieces' of ECM fit together, and how these can be used to help organisations meet their Knowledge Management objectives. Mike also heads up the Web 2.0 initiative within Deloitte UK, which looks at the benefit the next generation web can bring both to our clients and to our firm.
Chris Eriksson
Chris has 6 years experience of Knowledge Management. He is currently working for Deloitte where he leads the Knowledge Management capability and is a subject matter expert in the field. Previously Chris worked in the industry delivering Enterprise Search and Collaboration solutions. His experience ranges from assisting clients with their Knowledge Management strategies to advising on technology selections and implementations. His project experiences include enterprise portals, intranets, document management, social networking technologies.
David Gurteens trip to South Africa in November 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South Africa
I am writing to update you on my planned trip to South Africa 15 - 23 November which is being organized by Symphonia Leadership Development.
Originally, you may recall that I planned to spend 2 weeks in South Africa but for various reasons this has been reduced to just one week. So my apologies to those of you whom I am no longer going to be able to meet but hopefully I will be back in 2009 and have more time.
You may like to know that during my visit, I am running three Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Masterclasses:
I recently ran this Masterclass several times in Australia and New Zealand and had some great feedback. People love the simplicity and power of the Cafe format.
Its a bit late in the day but if you would like to come along to this event on Friday 10th October you are very welcome but it is essential that you RSVP by 4:00pm today at the latest. Full details here.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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To: Gurteen Community Members in Australia and New Zealand
I will be attending the actKM conference again this year on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th of October 2008 at University House, Australian National University (ANU) Canberra, Australia. This is a world-class event and well worth travelling all the distance and I am delighted to be speaking again.
Following our success in 2007, actKM can announce that David Gurteen will be
speaking on World 2.0 and facilitating a Reverse Brainstorming cafe. We will also be
joined by the internationally renowned Dave Snowden from the UK.
Our other speakers include Australian KM leaders: Matt Moore, Graham Durant-Law,
Laurie Lock lee, Jane Chrystal, Arthur Shelley, Serena Joyner, Matthew Hodgson and
Stephen Collins, who describes his position as ‘Chief Troublemaker’. We are
incredibly fortunate to also have Andrew Campbell, who engineered the worldleading
knowledge brokering work at Land & Water Australia.
I have been invited to one or two other events while in Australia and will be spendinga week in New Zealand. More about this soon.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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To: Gurteen Community Members in Singapore and Malaysia
I am writing to tell you about two upcoming events:
First, from Mon 27 - Wed 29 October I will be in Singapore on my way back from Australia and New Zealand. My schedule is not full and if you would like me to give a talk or run a workshop or knowledge cafe for you or just meet for coffee, lunch or dinner then please get in touch.
Second is KM Singapore conference which is coming up on 9 -10 October. I won't be attending it this year, as I will be in Australia but I have attended it twice in the last couple of years and its one of the best KM conferences around. Do take a look. And you are eligible for the iKMS member rate, if you cite that you a member of the Gurteen Knowledge Community while registering.
And seriously, do get in touch if you would like to meet up with me. I love to network and to meet new people and old friends.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Web 2.0: Practical Applications for Business Benefit - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Europe
In early October I will be chairing a Social Tools conference from UNICOM Seminars for the fifth time in the last 2 years. The past conferences have been great events and I am sure this one will be no exception. In addition to the conference I will be running a pre-conference workshop and UNICOM will also be hosting one of my open London Knowledge Cafes. So given all of this, I thought you might like to know more about the events:
Web 2.0: Practical Applications for Business Benefit
I will be chairing this conference in London on 1 - 2 October. We have some excellent speakers lined up including Euan Semple, Ron Donaldson and Luis Suarez.
As you are no doubt aware Web 2.0 technologies and Social Tools and having a transformative effect on the web and their impact is becoming greater as these tools migrate into organizations as so called "Enterprise 2.0" applications.
Social Tools are powerful communication and collaboration tools that can be used in all areas of business including marketing, corporate communications, R&D and product development. What's more they can be used both internally or externally to communicate and collaborate with customers, suppliers and partners.
Effective Knowledge Worker Workshop
On the 30th September, I will be facilitating a 1 day workshop "The Effective Knowledge Worker" where I teach some of the core skills required of an effective knowledge worker. I have run this workshop several times at UNICOM's past Social Tools events and recently in Dubai and Jakarta. Its a participatory, fun day.
London Knowledge Cafe
On the evening of the 1st October, at the end of the first day of the conference, UNICOM will be hosting an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe where Luis Suarez of IBM will talk about his experiences of reducing his dependence on e-mail and pose the question "Could you stop using e-mail?" Whether you attend the conference or workshop or not - the Cafe is free and you are most welcome to come along. Over 50 people have signed up already!
I hope you can make one or more of these events and look forward to seeing you if you do.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Konferanse om kunnskapsledelse 23. september, i regi av Den Norske Dataforening i samarbeid med Abelia og Tekna.
I thougjt you would like to know that I will be giving the keynote at this KM conference on 23rd September in Oslo. If you visit the the conference home page you will be able to download the brochure and learn more about the event.
Note in the brochure that on the 22nd September there is also a KM tutorial (KM concepts and building a CoP) and I will be facilitating a Knowledge Café.
This will be my second visit to Oslo and I hope to meet many of you again at the conference or workshop and hopefully some of you for the first time!
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I thought you might be interested in this new KM Community in Mumbai. The first meeting will be hosted by eClerx Services at their Ghatkopar premises. on Thursday, 28th August.
The primary objective of KM Community, Mumbai is to bring together KM practitioners so as to leverage the collective knowledge of the community members. The group meets once a month at the office premises of one of the community members.
The forum facilitates collaborative learning and experiential knowledge sharing around KM strategies, best practices, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
KM departments of organizations in verticals of IT, consulting, pharmaceutical and previous MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) award winners have joined hands in the initiative.
I am hoping to get to India and Mumbai myself in 2009 and will let you know as my plans develop.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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The London Knowledge Cafe: Could you stop using e-mail? - Comments (0)
To: London Knowledge Cafe Members
Date: Wednesday 1st October 2008 6:00pm - 8:30pm. Please arrive at 6:00pm or shortly after, which will give you time to settle in and meet other people. Refreshments will be available. The cafe itself will start at 6:30pm. For those interested we normally go for a drink at a local pub after the event.
Venue
The venue has not been decided yet but it likely to be West London - probably the Kensington area but I if you register I will update you nearer the time.
As an extension of these two events UNICOM have kindly agreed to host a knowledge cafe on the evening of the first day.
Do come along to the Cafe - as ever it is free but take a look at the UNICOM events also - these are two very popular events and this is the fifth time we have run them together over the last 2 years, Cafe and all!
Theme: Could you stop using e-mail?
What would happen if we would all stop making heavy use of e-mail and re-purpose it to collaborate and share knowledge with our peers and instead make much heavier use of social computing tools to share that same knowledge & expertise with others?
Still think e-mail is a good and productive "collaboration" tool? Can you spot the differences between communication & collaboration? In his talk Luis will cover how he has moved away from corporate e-mail for over six months (and for good!) and embraced social software instead for all of his daily interactions to be equally productive, if not so much more!
So the question: "Do you think you could re-purpose e-mail within your daily flow for at least, 50%+ of your interactions?"
Facilitator: Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez has been working in IBM for over 11 years as a Knowledge
Manager and Community Builder and the last five of those years he has been
working as well as a Social Computing Evangelist helping various different
business units with their rampant adoption of social software within the
corporate firewall and beyond.
He is currently working for the IBM Software group where he is leading a
community of Social Software Ambassadors helping spread the message on the
potential impact that social computing has within the areas of finding
experts, finding information and changing the knowledge sharing culture.
He currently maintains three different blogs, one internal and two
external (http://elsua.net || http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/elsua), where he
gets to talk about Knowledge Sharing, Collaboration, Communities and
Social Computing as well as the place where he has lived in for the last
four and a half years: Gran Canaria."
David Gurteen's visit to New Zealand in October - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in New Zealand
I plan to be in New Zealand from about the 18th to 25th of October as part of a more extensive visit to Australia and Singapore.
The main reason for my trip to New Zealand is to take part in the Education Leaders Forum in Christchurch on 22-23 October. It looks a great event:
The Education Leaders Forum 08 (ELF 08) will build on last year's inaugural Forum, a ground-breaking event for key people from across the education and training spectrum.
ELF 07 explored how different parts of the learning system can better collaborate and be more responsive to changing needs in a world where new media have shrunk physical distance and transformed the way people learn, work and play.
Participants in ELF 08 will gain fresh perspectives in a stunning high country setting. A web-based forum enables continuing dialogue.
So if this is of interest please consider registering.
Lyall Lukey is my host in New Zealand and is arranging other meetings and events for me in Wellington and Auckland. I will let you know of my schedule once it firms up but I still have free time and I am available for in-house work such as consulting, talks or knowledge cafes or simply meeting for coffee, lunch or dinner. If you are interested, I would love to hear from you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I am delighted to tell you that on September 10th in London I will be running a 1-day Masterclass with the Ark Group on Implementing a Knowledge Cafe.
Most of you will know that Knowledge Cafes are one of my passions. I have facilitated Knowledge Cafes in many countries - this year alone in : Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Norway, Dubai, Netherlands, Phoenix and Seattle.
They are increasingly being adopted by organizations around the world and are being used for clear business purposes such as to surface issues in an organizational merger, to transfer tacit knowledge from retiring workers to younger ones; to identify business problems and opportunities within an organization and as a management training tool to name but a few. In other words they are not just talking shops!
Take a look at the online brochure for more information and note also that the Ark Group are offering a 15% discount to my Community Members.
If you have any questions - please do mail me to ask and I if you do book with the Ark Group - let me know as I look forward to meeting you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I will also be giving some in-company talks and workshops/knowledge cafes during my trip and may visit Rio de Janeiro.
If you can make it to the conference - let me know - as I will look forward to meeting you. And if you would like to meet with me either formally to consult with you; run a workshop/knowledge cafe or informally for coffee, lunch or dinner then I would again love to hear from you.
I need to finalize my travel plans in the next few days so if you would like to meet with me - please reply immediately. This is my first trip to South America and I am greatly looking forward to it.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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An update on David Gurteens trip to South Africa in November 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South Africa
I am writing to give you a brief update on my planned 'tour' of South Africa in November Louise van Rhyn has been working hard to plan the trip and tells me that over 110 people have been in contact with her - I am amazed! (btw my apologies if you have already received this note from Louise).
Anyway, it looks as if I will start off in Gauteng, the week the 10th November, then on to KZN/Eastern Cape - probably Durban or East London and then Cape Town and the Western Cape/Winelands. In all these locations I will be running some in-house talks/workshops and open knowledge cafes. But what does sound fun is an open knowledge cafe on a wine farm - I have run the cafes in all sorts of venues but a wine farm will be a first!
And somewhere in all of this Louise is arranging a stop over in a bush resort. So it looks like being a very packed but exciting two weeks and I am hugely looking forward to it to seeing South Africa and meeting many of you.
Symphonia Leadership Development are hosting the trip, so if you haven't already, please get in touch with Louise van Rhyn
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if you would like to be part of the visit in any way but would rather to talk to me initially please feel free to do so.
To: Everyone who attended my Knowledge Cafe in Kuala Lumpur
I know it was some time ago now but I have just realized that I had not emailed you to thank you for making the Knowledge Cafe In Kuala Lumpur such a great event!!
If you recall, I took lots of photos that you can see here on Flickr.
Take a look, you will be there somewhere and although I am far from being a professional photographer some of the photos are very good. If you would like high-res copies of any of them let me know and i will mail them to you.
I hope to see many of you again when I am next in KL.
David Gurteen's visit to SE Asia in July - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Singapore and Malaysia
I am delighted to be visiting SE Asia again in July. Here is my itinerary:
Jakarta: Monday 7th July - Thursday 10th July
Bali: Friday 11th July - Monday 14th July
Jakarta: Tuesday 15th July
Singapore: Wednesday 16th - Friday 18th July
While I am in Jakarta, on the 9th and 10th of July, I will be the lead facilitator in a two day workshop The Social KM Cafe for KM Plus - Learning Lead. This is a public workshop and if you are interested in participating please see their website for details. It should be a really good two days.
Then on the 15th July I will be giving a talk KM goes Social at the 2008 Indonesian MAKE Award organized by Dunamis Organization Services. This too is a public event and if you are interested in attending you can find more information on the home page of their website.
Now I could not visit Jakarta without stopping off in Singapore. So I will be in Singapore for 3 days from Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th. I don't have anything planned at present so if you would like to consult with me; or for me to run a workshop or a knowledge cafe or meet informally for coffee, lunch or dinner then I would love to hear from you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen's visit to Jakarta in July - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Indonesia
I am delighted to be visiting Jakarta again in July. Here is my itinerary:
Jakarta: Monday 7th July - Thursday 10th July
Bali: Friday 11th July - Monday 14th July
Jakarta: Tuesday 15th July
Singapore: Wednesday 16th - Friday 18th July
While I am in Jakarta, on the 9th and 10th of July, I will be the lead facilitator in a two day workshop The Social KM Cafe for KM Plus - Learning Lead. This is a public workshop and if you are interested in participating please see their website for details. It should be a really good two days.
Then on the 15th July I will be giving a talk KM goes Social at the 2008 Indonesian MAKE Award organized by Dunamis Organization Services. This too is a public event and if you are interested in attending you can find more information on the home page of their website.
It would be really good to see you at either of these events but if you cannot make it and would still like to meet with me then I would love to hear from you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen is visiting South Africa later in the year - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South Africa
I will be visiting South Africa for two weeks in November. While there, I hope to meet with as many people as possible and I envisage that I will be doing a few in-company sessions, meeting with communities of practice, running a Knowledge Cafe or two and talking at some of the local business schools.
Symphonia Leadership Development will be hosting the trip so please get in touch with Louise van Rhyn
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if you would like to be part of the visit in any way though of course if you would rather to talk to me initially please feel free to do so.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen is visiting SE Asia and Australia later in the year - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South-East Asia; East Asia and Australasia
I am writing to tell you that I plan to be in Indonesia and maybe Australia later in the year. I will let you have more details later but I should be in
Jakarta, the week of the 14th July
Canberra, the week of the 13th October
On both occasions, I may call in on other countries in the region and may extend my stay if I have other work to keep me busy. I will also stop over in Singapore for at least a few days given it is on route.
So if you would like me to consult with you; run a workshop or a knowledge cafe or meet informally for coffee or dinner or if you are interested in hosting an open Knowledge Cafes then I would love to hear from you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Last chance to register for the Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Phoenix on 16th April - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Phoenix, USA
If you have not already registered I am writing to remind you of the open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe that takes place in Phoenix on Wednesday 16th April.
The Cafe starts at 6:00pm. It is totally free and you will find full details here including location, map etc and where you can register for the event.
The theme "How could the Valley become a vibrant knowledge capital? What role would our business community play and what would be the benefits?" will be introduced by Jay Chatzkel. This should make for interesting conversation!
If you have friends or colleagues who may be interested then could you please forward this invite on to them.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Last chance to register for the Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Dubai: Friday 4th April - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in United Arab Emirates
I am writing to remind you of the open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe that takes place in Dubai on Friday 4th April as there are still some places left.The Cafe is being held at the Grosvenor House West Marina Beach in Dubai and starts at 6:00pm. It is totally fee and you will find full details here where you can also register for the event.
You should note that the Desert Safari has been cancelled as too few people wished to attend. The Cafe runs through to about 9:00pm and will be followed by dinner kindly provided by our host Five Dimensions.
It should be a great evening as we already have over 50 people attending.
I am now in Dubai for the rest of the week staying at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek and if you would like to meet up with me for a one to one meeting please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Dubai: Friday 4th April - Comments (0)
To: Everyone registered for the open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Dubai
I am writing to confirm that you have a place on the open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe that takes place in Dubai on Friday 4th April. The Cafe is being held at the Grosvenor House West Marina Beach in Dubai and starts at 6:00pm. It is totally fee and you will find full details here.
I am sorry to say however that the Desert Safari has been cancelled as too few people wished to attend. The Cafe runs through to about 9:00pm and will be followed by dinner kindly provided by our host Five Dimensions.
I am now in Dubai for the rest of the week staying at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek and if you would like to meet up with me for a one to one meeting please get in touch.
Invite to an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Norway - Comments (1)
To: Gurteen Knowledge Community Members in Scandinavia
I am delighted to tell you that I will be running a number of Knowledge Cafe workshops for StatoilHydro in Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger and Oslo the week of the 5th May 2008. In each city I will also be running an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in the evenings from 6:00pm until 8:30 pm; drinks and light refreshments will be provided.
The open Cafes are free and are hosted by StatoilHydro and Norsk Dataforening - KM Forum. If you would like more information or to register please select the appropriate link below:
I have no free time in the first 3 cities but I do have two days free in Oslo - Friday 9th and Saturday 10th and would love to hear from you if you would like to meet up with me for lunch, coffee or dinner.
I understand that unless you live in any of these cities that it may be difficult to get to a Cafe but please tell your friends or colleagues who live in the region as these Cafes are open to the public and they will be very welcome to come along.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Invite to a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Phoenix 16th April 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Phoenix, USA
I e-mailed you recently to tell you that I would be in Scottsdale once again this year for the Buying & Selling eContent conference on the 13 - 15 April 2008. And that I hoped to run an open Knowledge Cafe.
Well the good news is that Terri Babcock and Mary Pierce of the Arizona Knowledge Management Forum have offered to host one and Sundt Construction to sponsor it.
The theme "How could the Valley become a vibrant knowledge capital? What role would our business community play and what would be the benefits?" will be introduced by Jay Chatzkel. This should make for interesting converssation!
If you are based in Phoenix or will be in Phoenix on that date then please do come along. You can register here for the knowledge cafe where you will also find more details. And if you have friends or colleagues in the region who may be interested then please forward this invite on to them.
Alternatively, if you would like to meet one-on-one please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen's visit to Dubai, April 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Middle East & North Africa
I mailed you recently to tell you that I would be giving a keynote talk on KM at the SABIC Research & Technology conference to be held 6-8 April 2008 in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia and would be spending some time in Dubai and hoped to run a Knowledge Cafe there.
My plans have firmed up and I will be in Dubai from Tuesday 1st April to Friday 4th April. Five Dimensions have very kindly agreed to host an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe on the evening of the 4th followed by a Desert Safari which sounds great fun! The Knowledge Cafe is free and open to anyone interested in KM.
If you are based in Dubai or will be in Dubai on that date then please do come along. You can register here for the knowledge cafe where you will also find more details. And if you have friends or colleagues in the region who may be interested then please forward this invite on to them.
I have arranged to meet a few people and organizations one-on-one but still have time left in my diary for other meetings. If you would like to meet up please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen's visit to Dubai, April 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Middle East & North Africa
I will be giving a keynote talk on KM at the SABIC Research & Technology conference to be held 6-8 April 2008 in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
While in the region I have decided to spend a few days in Dubai (Wed 2nd, Thurs 3rd and Fri 4th April) and would love to run an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe on one of those evenings and I am looking for a host organization who would be happy to provide a free room from about 6:00pm to 9:00pm for about 20 people. (An open Knowledge Cafe is free and open to anyone interested in KM).
You may recall I tried to do this just over a year ago when I was last in Dubai but could not find a host and I am hoping I will do better this time. So if you think you could help please contact me and I will let you know more.
Also, if you would like to meet one-on-one either in a business context or socially then please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I thought you would be interested to know that I will be attending the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Conference, 15 - 18 June, in Seattle where I will be facilitating a Knowledge Cafe. I have not been to an SLA Conference before but know Seattle quite well so I am greatly looking forward to it.
If you would like to meet one-on-one or if you are interested in getting together with myself and a few others for a meal on one of the evenings then please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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While there, I would love to run an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe on the evening of Wednesday 16th April, once the conference is over, and I am looking for a host organization who would be happy to provide a free room for the evening in central Phoenix from about 6:00pm to 9:00pm for about 20 people and possibly tea/coffee.
I'd be delighted if you could help. If so, please drop me an email and I will give you more details of my requirements.
Alternatively, if you would like to meet one-on-one or if you are interested in getting together with myself and a few others for a meal on one of the evenings then please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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First, my apologies. I have not run a London Knowledge Cafe since the knowledge barbecue at Greenwich last summer. Its not that I am losing interest - its just that I have been immensly busy and travelling a great deal.
In fact, I have been running more Cafes then ever - just not in London! In the last six months I have run Knowledge Cafes for IBM in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok; the Singapore Armed Forces Leadership Centre, the Multimedia University in Kuala Lumpur, the Graduate School of Bangkok University, KM Asia in Singapore, KM World in San Jose, the ActKM Conference in Canberra and one in Sydney overlooking Sydney Harbour!
The cafes are becomming very popular and more and more organizations are using them internally - either based on my format or that of the World Cafe. They are going so well that I will be putting a lot more effort into them in 2008.
Anyway, the next Knowledge Cafe will be held in London on the evening of 5th March. The theme will be "What will be the impact of Social Tools on KM?".
In a month's time I will be chairing a Social Tools conference from UNICOM Seminars for the fourth time in the last 18 months. The past conferences have been great events and I am sure this one will be no exception. It will be run in conjunction with two workshops: one from myself and another from Ron Young who many of you will know. UNICOM are also hosting one of my open London Knowledge Cafes which is free to attend.
So given all of this I thought you might like to know more about the events:
Web 2.0 and Beyond: Applying Social and Collaborative Tools to Business
I will be chairing this conference in London on 5 - 6 March. We have some excellent speakers lined up including Lee Bryant, Ian McNairn and Adrian Moss whom I know well and who have all spoken at past events and received excellent feedback.
As you are no doubt aware Web 2.0 technologies and Social Tools and having a transformative effect on the web and their impact is becoming greater as these tools migrate into organizations as so called "Enterprise 2.0" applications.
Social Tools are powerful communication and collaboration tools that can be used in all areas of business including marketing, corporate communications, R&D and product development. What's more they can be used both internally or externally to communicate and collaborate with customers, suppliers and partners.
This should be a really good event.
Effective Knowledge Worker Workshop
On the 4th March, I will be facilitating a 1 day workshop "The Effective Knowledge Worker" where I teach some of the core skills required of an effective knowledge worker. I have run this workshop several times at UNICOM's past Social Tools events and recently in Dubai and Jakarta. Its a very participatory and fun day.
Exploring Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 to Achieve Personal and Organizational Results
On the 7th March, my good friend Ron Young will be facilitating a 1 day workshop "Exploring Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 to Achieve Personal and Organizational Results " where Ron will take participants through a practical framework and process that links rapidly emerging web services, tools and web phenomena to the non-changing, timeless principles of achieving better results as individuals, teams, networks, organizations and communities.
London Knowledge Cafe
On the evening of 5th March, at the end of the first day of the conference, UNICOM will be hosting a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe where we will discuss the impact of "Social Tools" on Knowledge Management and the concept of KM 2.0. Whether you attend the conference or workshops or not - the Cafe is free and you are most welcome to join.
I hope you can make it to one or more of these events and look forward to seeing you if you do.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I am really pleased to tell you that when I am in Bangkok in a few weeks time on the 22nd January I will be giving a talk "KM through Social Tools Empowers People" at the Graduate School of Bangkok University as part of a seminar on the topic of "Knowledge Management and Organization Performance".
I will also be running a Knowledge Cafe as part of the seminar that will pose the question "What will be the impact of Social Tools on your organization?".
Dr. Professor Thep from the Theptarin Hospital will also share his experience on how to use KM as a sustainable development strategy.
I really hope that some of you can make it and I look forward to meeting you.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Knowledge Cafe: Singapore, 29th January 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Singapore
When I am in Singapore during January, I will be facilitating a Knowledge Cafe at an iKMS meeting.
The Knowledge Cafe will be held on Tuesday 29th January from 7:00 - 9:00pm and Gurteen Knowledge Community members who are not already members of iKMS are invited to attend free of charge. Non-iKMS members and non-Gurteen Knowledge Community members will be charged S$30 for refreshments.
The theme will be "How can we influence the knowledge sharing culture of an organization?"
The Cafe will start with refreshments and networking at 6.30pm and guests are especially welcome to come for that. The Cafe itself will start at 7:00pm.
The Venue will be Civil Service College, Room 3.6 Level 3.
Address: Civil Service College, 31 North Buona Vista Road, Singapore 275983 close to Buona Vista MRT station and Holland Village.
Raksha Sukhia will be our host for the evening.
If you wish to attend could you please register by contacting Kong Heng Sun at khs08aces@yahoo.com via e-mail.
This should be a really good evening and if you would like to experience a Knowledge Cafe or meet me to say "hello" then its the perfect opportunity. I do hope to see some of you there.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Knowledge Cafe, Kuala Lumpur: Saturday 12th January 2008 - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Malaysia
Further to my recent e-mail I am delighted to let you know that I will be running a free open Knowledge Cafe in Kuala Lumpur on the morning of Saturday 12th January 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in partnership with the Multimedia University KM Centre and KM Talk.
Although I have held Knowledge Cafes in many cities around the globe - this will be my first In Malaysia. I am excited about it and look forward to meeting many of you there for the first time.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Could you host a Knowledge Cafe in Kuala Lumpur? - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Malaysia
I will be visiting Kuala Lumpur 11- 16 January and would like to run an open Knowledge Cafe on the morning or afternoon of Saturday 12th and I am looking for a host organization who would be willing to provide a free room for about 20-30 people and possibly tea/coffee though this is not essential. The Cafe will be free and open to anyone interested in KM.
If you are not familiar with my Knowledge Cafes then you can watch this video taken at a recent KM conference in Hong Kong. Or you can learn more through the Knowledge Cafe page on my website.
There is a huge interest in KM in Malaysia and in the spirit of knowledge sharing I do hope someone can help out. If you think you could then please send me an email and I will let you have more details of the event.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen's visit to SE Asia in January 2008 - Comments (1)
To: Gurteen Community Members in SE Asia
I will be visiting SE Asia again in January 2008. I will be spending a few days in Singapore and then a week in Kuala Lumpur; a week in Bangkok, finally returning to Singapore for maybe a week.
The main reason for my visit is that I am giving a talk and facilitating a Knowledge Cafe at a series of 2-day IBM workshops to help promote their new social software product Lotus Connections.
Although, I have other meetings, I have more free time than usual and so if you would like to meet up with me in any of these cities for lunch, dinner or just a coffee then please get in touch. I love to network and to meet new people so who ever you are please free to contact me and suggest a meeting.
You can see my online calendar here. I will be keeping it updated as things firm up.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I mailed you recently to tell you about my visit to Australia for the ActKM Conference in Canberra on 22 -24 October and that I planned to spend two days in Sydney on the 25 - 26 October and would anyone like to met up on the evening of Thursday the 25th.
Well I am delighted to say that Annalie Killian of AMP replied to say she would be delighted to host a Knowledge Cafe on the 25th Floor of their building - offering not only hospitality, friendship and sharing but also arguably the best views in Sydney - an offer I could not refuse!
You will find full details of the Cafe here where you can also register. Anyone is welcome to join us and it is totally free!
Helen Paige, the regional director for the Gurteen Knowledge Community in Adelaide will also be joining us and we will facilitate the session together. Helen and I will be spending the Friday together (26th) to discuss some KM projects we are working on together. If any individuals or organisations from the 'community'; would like to meet with us, for a coffee and chat, please let me know as we have kept some time aside for such conversations.
If you are not based in Sydney and have received this email - my apologies but I have included you on the off chance you may be there that day or if you would like to forward the invite on to friends or colleagues.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I had a great time in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok a few weeks back as you can see from my photos.
But I thought you would like to know that I will be in Singapore again in October to attend KM Asia from the 29th - 31st when I will be facilitating a Knowledge Cafe, running a KM Unworkshop and speaking on one of the panels. I will be in good company with Dave Snowden, Bob Buckman, Verna Allee and Jeff Kelly as keynote speakers.
I would love to see you at the conference but if you cannot make it and would like to meet with me one-on-one in Singapore then please get in touch.
KM Asia will be part of an around the world trip for me:
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I thought you would like to know that I will be attending KM World in San Jose on 4-8 November where I will be facilitating a Knowledge Cafe, running a KM Unworkshop and giving a talk.
My talk is part of the Interactive Thought Leader KM Discussions track on the Tuesday where I will be in the company of other speakers whom I hugely admire: Dave Snowden, Verna Allee, Hubert St-Onge and Richard McDermot. This should be a great session as the speakers have been asked to speak for only 15 min or so and then interact with the audience in a conversational/Q&A style. Just the way I like things!
I would love to see you at the conference but if you cannot make it and would like to meet with me one-on-one and are in San Jose area then please get in touch.
KM World will be the last leg of an around the world trip for me:
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To: Gurteen Community Members in the Pacific region
On 23-24 October I will be giving a keynote talk and facilitating a knowledge cafe at the ActKM Conference in Canberra, Australia.
The conference looks a good one and I am in the company of some great speakers such as Patrick Lambe, Mark Schenk and Arthur Shelley. I will be in Canberra primarily for the conference but do have one free day on the 22nd. I then plan to spend two days in Sydney.
actKM Conference, Canberra, 22-24 Oct.
Sydney, 25-27 Oct.
I would love to see you at the conference but if not and you would like to meet with me one-on-one in either Canberra or Sydney then please get in touch.
On the evening of the 25th, however I would like to organize a social event in Sydney where anyone who wishes can get together with me. I was thinking we could meet up and have dinner or if someone could provide a free room we could meet and talk/network in a more formal setting before going on to dinner.
Whatever you would like to do - drop me a line and if you can offer a meeting room or suggest a venue for dinner that would be great.
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I am writing to let you know that Helen Paige will be visiting Paris from Friday 5th to Monday 15th October and will be staying in the Marais.
Helen is the regional director for the Gurteen Knowledge Community in Adelaide, Australia and you can learn much more about her on her website.
Helen is a great woman with lots of energy and a passion for KM (as well as food as you will see if you visit her website). and while in Paris, she would love to meet 2 or 3 people who are involved in KM in order to :
find out what they are doing
what is on the KM radar in France?
what are the 'hot' KM topics
who's doing what?
And I am sure there will be plenty to learn from her too!
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I will be visiting Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok in a weeks time. These are the dates.
Kuala Lumpur Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th August.
Singapore Monday 13th - Saturday 18th August.
Bangkok Monday 20th - Friday 24th August.
Although I am busy, I have some free time and I am always keen to meet new people and to network so if you would like to meet with me in Bangkok please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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I will be visiting Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok in a weeks time. These are the dates.
Kuala Lumpur Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th August.
Singapore Monday 13th - Saturday 18th August.
Bangkok Monday 20th - Friday 24th August.
Although I am busy, I still have some free time and I am always keen to meet new people and to network so if you would like to meet with me in Singapore please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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David Gurteen's visit to Kuala Lumpur - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in Malaysia
I will be visiting Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok in a weeks time. These are the dates.
Kuala Lumpur Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th August.
Singapore Monday 13th - Saturday 18th August.
Bangkok Monday 20th - Friday 24th August.
I am keen to meet new people and to network so if you would like to meet with me in KL then please get in touch.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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This is an exceptionally good KM event. I have attended it the last two years and love the time allowed for networking, interaction, knowledge sharing and discussion at roundtables.
They have a great line up of speakers including several I know well and hugely respect such as Victoria Ward, Catherine Flutsch, Ron Donaldson, Erica Hurley , Hank Malik, Donna Hendrix and Cheryl Cooper.
I will be facilitating a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe on the last day to reflect and share what has been learnt during the conference which will be a great way to end the two days.
If you have not already booked your place at the next Knowledge Cafe on the impact of Video that is coming up next week on the evening of 11th July at 6:00pm at the Novotel West hotel in Hammersmith then now is the time to do so :-)
This should be a really good event - facilitated by Brad Meyer. Many of you will have met Brad at past Knowledge Cafes where he has videod some of the events and turned them into digital knowledge resources see http://www.i-t-l.com/gurteen_kcon
The Knowledge Cafe is hosted by Unicom Seminars and I am chairing a two-day Social Tools in Business Conference for them on the Tues & Wed.
If you are interested in how podcasting can be used to help promote an event take a look here and even donwload the speakers introductions to your iPod. http://www.focusbiz.co.uk/unicom
David Gurteen's Singapore Masterclass in August - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South-East Asia
I would like to tell you a little more about the two-day "Establishing a Knowledge Sharing Culture" Masterclass that I will be running for the Ark Group on 14-15 August in Singapore.
This Masterclass is at the heart of what I teach. I have run it several times this last year in the UK and also in Dubai and Jakarta. Its a participatory and fun day and I get great feedback :-)
Fundamentally I teach some of the new mindsets and skills that I feel we all need to work effectively in the knowledge economy. In participating in this workshop my aims are that you will:
Realize your role and responsibilities as an individual knowledge worker
Grasp the concept of knowledge networking and its importance
Take away new ideas for improving your own knowledge networking skills
Understand the concept of knowledge trading
Appreciate the role of conversation and dialogue in business life
Learn how to construct and tell stories that facilitate sharing and ignite action
Grasp the power of AARs, peer assists and retrospects as learning techniques
Learn to run a knowledge café to help surface and share knowledge
Realize the role that social tools and technology can play in learning - as well as their psychology
Take away an action plan to initiate change upon your return to the office
You can read more about the Masterclass here and please note there is a discount for my community members if you book before 20th July.
I hope you see the relevance and importance of this Masterclass in your working lives and decide to attend. If you have any questions please contact me.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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The Effective Knowledge Worker Workshop - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Knowledge Community Members in UK
I would like to tell you a little more about the 1-day Effective Knowledge Worker workshop that I am running for Unicom on the 10th July in central London.
This workshop is at the heart of what I teach. I have run it several times this last year both here in the UK and in Dubai and Jakarta. Its a very participatory and fun day and I always get great feedback :-)
Fundamentally I teach some of the new mindsets and skills that I feel we all need to work effectively in the knowledge economy. In participating in this workshop my aims are that you will:
Realize your role and responsibilities as an individual knowledge worker
Grasp the concept of knowledge networking and its importance
Take away new ideas for improving your own knowledge networking skills
Understand the concept of knowledge trading
Appreciate the role of conversation and dialogue in business life
Learn how to construct and tell stories that facilitate sharing and ignite action
Grasp the power of AARs, peer assists and retrospects as learning techniques
Learn to run a knowledge café to help surface and share knowledge
Realize the role that social tools and technology can play in learning - as well as their psychology
Take away an action plan to initiate change upon your return to the office
You can read more about the workshop here. I hope, like me, you see its importance and decide to attend. If you have any questions just give me a call on 01252 812 878.
Regards David
David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge
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Two London Knowledge Cafes coming up - Comments (0)
To: London Knowledge Cafe Members
I am pleased to tell you there are two Knowledge Cafes coming up :
Knowledge Barbecue
This is a reminder that on the 20th June for the fifth year there wll be a Knowledge Barbecue at the University of Greenwich thanks to our host Martyn Laycock of the London Knowledge Network.
This year we plan to do something a little different by starting off the evening by meeting in a local pub (the Admiral Hardy) and then taking a walk up to the Greenwich Observatory before coming back down the hill to Queen Anne's Court and the barbecue.
The evening will start from 6:00 pm onwards in the pub and will leave for the walk about 6:45 pm arriving at Queen Anne's Court in time for the barbecue about 7:30 pm. If you wish to just come along to the barbecue about 7:30 pm that is fine also.
Video Knowledge Cafe
On the Wednesday and the Thursday 11th and 12th July, I am chairing a Social Tools for Business conference run by Unicom Seminars at which Unicom have kindly agreed to host a Knowledge Cafe on the Wednesday evening - the 11th July.
We are hoping that some of the participants and speakers at the conference will stay for the Knowledge Cafe and Unicom also plan to invite some of their clients so we should have a good turn out.
In the Cafe Brad Meyer will help us explore the impact of video and what this could mean for us in our personal and business lives.
David Gurteen's visit to SE Asia in August - Comments (0)
To: Gurteen Community Members in South-East Asia & East Asia
I am delighted to tell you that I will be in SE Asia once again in mid-August. I enjoy Asia, I love the food, the culture and the people and so I am hugely looking forward to my trip and meeting as many of you as possible. Here are the details:
Singapore
On 14-15 August 2007, I will be running a two-day masterclass on "Establishing a Knowledge Sharing Culture" for the Ark Group in Singapore.
I have ran this workshop many times over the last few years including my recent trip to Jakarta and it is core to who I am and what I teach. Take a look at the outline by following the link below. I hope you can see its importance and relevance into today's business world. It would be great to see you there and like all my workshops the event will be interactive and engaging and I believe a lot of fun too.
Bangkok
It is also likely that I will be visiting Bangkok on business at the same time. If you are based in Thailand or elsewhere in the region such as Malaysia or Indonesia and would like to give me an excuse to visit you - then please contact me.
actKM Conference
I will be attending the annual actKM Conference (23-24 October) in Canberra where I will be giving a keynote talk.
KM Asia
I will also be attending KM Asia later in the year (29-31 October) in Singapore and hope to spend some more time in the region then.
Meetings and Open Knowledge Cafes
Even if you cannot make any of these events, I love to meet people and learn more about the trials and challenges of KM in your region so drop me a line if you would like to meet up. Also contact me if you would be interested in my running an open Gurteen Knowledge Cafe such as the one I ran recently in Jakarta.
