Article today in the Washington Post, Google Searches for Governmnet Work. Quotes Steve Arnold:“Most federal agencies have trouble with information technology. They don’t really talk about it very openly,” said Stephen E. Arnold, a technology analyst and the author of “The Google Legacy.” “Google is in a unique position to do these large-scale, back-office functions. [...]
KM Director, Ted Graham, from Hill & Knowlton had this PR perspective on YouTube last year…. interesting and love the graphic. Can’t wait for the Infotuby Awards at Computers in Libraries , April 16-18, which go to the best YouTube videos about libraries and library services.
Talking about Building Smarter Organizations, these speakers should not be missed!Hubert Saint Onge, Principal, SaintOnge Alliance IncEuan Semple, Social Computing for the Business World & former KM Director, BBCPeter Andrews, Innovation StrategistExecutive Business InstituteNick Bontis, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University; Director, Institute of Intellectual Capital ResearchDave Pollard, How to Save the World blog & [...]
Ok, I started the last post because Beth Unger tells me she is working on the following question – “What are the societal changes that could occur as a result of the technologies like Web 2.0 that will blur our current views of interaction?” As she says, the issues of personal attribution, contribution, identity and [...]
I met a wonderful woman last week at the SirsiDynix Executive Conference – Beth Unger, Vice Provost for Academic Services and Technology and Dean of Continuing Education, Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University . Rich Wiggins pointed me in her direction as a technology pioneer who influenced computing at Michigan State University [...]
Liz Lawley, Director, Lab for Social Computing, Rochester Institute of Technology, hadn’t spoken in three months so had lots to talk about. She did a personal history with social tools from 1992 (Gopher playlists) to 2005 (World of Warcraft, which today boasts 8 million people paying $15/month!). She talked about what makes her tingle now [...]
Jerome Nadel, Executive Managing Director of Human Factors International, was the opening speaker at the SirsiDynix Institute Executive Conference at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. He talked about usability and user centric design as often thought to make things easier to do on the web. However, he focused on strategic usability, which reflects how you [...]
The call for speakers for KMWorld & Intranets 2007 , November 6-8, San Jose, is now live and I hope you’ll consider sending in a proposal to speak. If interaction and participation are the catchwords for the Web 2.0 world, then KM 2.0 represents the enterprise of the future, an enterprise where communication and collaboration [...]
For more years than I want to remember, Jane & I have been facilitating organization’s strategic direction & business planning using an approach referred to as “standing in the future.” People involved in the planning (preferably everyone who will be implementing the plan, & not just senior management), “position” themselves or “stand” in their desired [...]
Want to join the conversation happening at Buying & Selling eContent, Scottsdale, March 25th? I’m leading this conversation in the knowledge cafe. For more info check out the conference wiki.