Announcements

You can now view the photos of the Siemens Evening Talk on 19 May 2010 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisz98/sets/72157624094414938/

June 24-25 and July 28 sees the latest run of Straits Knowledge's public workshop on "Knowledge Mapping and Organisation" which includes how to conduct a knowledge audit, build knowledge maps and how and to develop and test a taxonomy. Patrick Lambe's book "Organising Knowledge" comes free with the course materials.

Both these workshops focus on learning practical techniques and include project work in the four weeks between the second and third days of the workshop.

They are supported by iKMS, and iKMS members qualify for a 20% discount on the course fees.

For more information on this program, delivered via Blended Learning, please visit the website http://www.ise.polyu.edu.hk/km/content/km_subject.htm.

You may also replay the online information session at http://www.hkcyberu.com/polyu_prog/info_session/KM/player.html

The KM Singapore 2010 Conference organised by iKMS will be held on 16-17 September 2010. Invitation is now open for submission of "KM Case Studies" of real-life KM implementations.

The conference committee intends to shortlist about 12 case studies. The guidelines/policies for case study submission are as follows:

• The KM program/project must have impacted at least some part of your organisation.
• The focus should be on business values, processes and people, and lessons learnt.
• Presentation materials will be compiled in hardcopy proceeding for the conference participants, and/or at iKMS website (after the conference for knowledge sharing).

>> See case study submission format

Deadline for submission: 2 July 2010

Schedule

Short-listing of case studies                              -    23 Jul 2010

Submission of final presentation materials            -    15 Aug 2010

Presentation of case study                               -    16 Sep 2010

It'll be good to email us in advance to register your interest to submit. Please email all enquiries to roan_julius_indra@ikms.org.

iKMS members present during the iKMS AGM 2010 on Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 from 9am -1pm, were treated to a fun-filled and enriching programme, packed with sharing and exchange of ideas and strategies for the development of iKMS. The iKMS Visioning Exercise provided the platform for participating members to reflect on iKMS milestones, brainstorm and suggest very interesting ideas to bring iKMS to greater heights, in a fun and relaxing manner. It was heart-warming to observe members, both new and old, sharing their ideas happily in a friendly environment.

Mr Tim Wieringa, our invited guest speaker from Hochim, a multi-national player in the international cement industry based in Switzerland, also shared on the iShare - a Knowledge Library linking 53 countries worldwide. Mr Wieringa gave members’ insights into his company’s experience of developing and implementing this system, including ‘behind-the-scenes’ useful experiences which members can benefit from.

During the AGM, the meeting then deliberated on issues related to the iKMS website project including the work of the project team on sourcing for cost-effective technology to manage iKMS content effectively, especially on migrating the content from the old website.

The members also discussed on the relevance and the development of SIGs as the next possible growth potential to add value to our members. The members agreed that the sustenance of any SIGs is greatly dependent on leadership and members’ passion on the topic.

The President of iKMS, Mr Ng Kok Chuan, then took centre stage with his report on iKMS achievements and current state of events including increased membership, launch of the KM Excellence award and healthy budget surplus largely due to the success of KM Singapore 2009. Mr Ng highlighted that the corporate membership has increased from 15 to 25 over the last one year.

Mr Ng then outlined the iKMS workplan for 2010 highlighting the exploration of these new projects :

• iKMS Visioning (for next phase of journey)

• KM Framework in support of business excellence

• Intranet Summit as an event to bring together practitioners and architects of Organisation Intranet

Catch a glimpse of these exciting AGM moments and actions through the photos which have been deftly captured by Mr Mohamad Bismillah posted on this site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisz98/sets/72157623401678717/

The AGM held on 27 Feb 2010 elected Mr Simon Goh as the new IKMS Vice-President. In the nomination, Mr Olivier Amprimo recommended Simon for his contribution to the new iKMS website and his passion for developing SIGs. Mr Ng Kok Chuan commended Mr Simon Goh for bringing in several new Corporate members for iKMS in 2009.