As KM Edge editor, I try to stay current
with what's happening in the field of knowledge management--mostly by following
blogs and publications devoted to KM topics. I usually
find a lot more content than we have time or space to write about, so I've
decided to start posting links to items that seem like they might be particularly
useful to our readers. Each link below is followed by a brief excerpt from the resource listed.
If you
come across a link you'd like to share with our audience, please feel free
to post the link in the comments section or e-mail me at links@kmedge.org.
Some 2008 Enterprise 2.0 Success Stories--Tell Me More
By Bill Ives on August 18, 2008
A while back I posted a number of Enterprise 2.0 success stories for 2007 on the AppGap blog.
... Now, I am starting to collect stories from 2008. Recently, after an exchange
of emails I got this list from Justin Kistner of Voce Communications, a
communications consultancy that creates marketing programs for their clients.
Justin was clear that the first two of the stories were about his client,
Social Text, but the rest are from other firms. I really appreciate this
research on his part and his sharing of the list.
Red Ants, Grizzly Bears and Typologies
By Dave Snowden on August 17, 2008
... one of the questions that came
up was what types of stories you see in organizations. ... Patrick Lambe in
a typically well written blog makes the point that Typologies can be useful devices for structuring a conversation and I offer the list in that spirit and also as a tentative list for
comment.
By Andrew McAfee on August 15, 2008
... I think Twitter is a fantastic
technology for enterprise purposes, especially if it lets users categorize
their tweets so that they're not just a single undifferentiated stream ... An
enterprise version of Twitter would let communities of practice, interest
groups, and other collaborations quickly and easily self-organize, swap
thoughts, and keep each other up to date.
Culture--The Secret to a 2.0 Organization
By Rob Paterson on August 11, 2008
What is the secret of a 2.0 organization? Is it merely the
mastery of the tools? If your organization is all about control and top down--it
is unlikely that having a Wordpress site will take you to the new world of
networks. To make a 2.0 world work for those you serve means that you have to
have such a world working inside your organization. So what do you do to get
this?
Does "Management" Mean "Command and Control"?
By Tom Davenport on August 6, 2008
I read recently that IBM was abandoning the term
"knowledge management" for "knowledge sharing." ...Chris Cooper, knowledge
sharing solutions leader at IBM Global Business Services (GBS), deems it a
"philosophical repositioning." Cooper notes, "Management suggests control:
control of process and control of environment."
5 Differences Between Wikipedia and Enterprise Wikis
By Stewart Mader on August 5, 2008
Enterprise wikis and Internet
wikis (of which Wikipedia and Wikitravel are examples) provide the same basic function--the ability to edit
content in a web browser--but they differ in several significant ways ...
Twelve Ways to Sell Social Medial to Your Boss
By Chris Brogan on August 3, 2008
You probably already get social media ... But if you can't
articulate the benefits and the return on the effort, ... it's going to be hard
to get your ideas moved from "wouldn't this be great?" to "let's assign a project
manager and get started."
Robertson: Ten Tips for Succeeding at Collaboration
By James Robertson on August 2, 2008
I gave a presentation a few days
ago at the Open Publish conference in
Community Managers and Quarterbacks
By Tom Humbarger on August 2, 2008
... a great quarterback can take a team deep into the
playoffs and even to the Super Bowl. Likewise, a great community manager can
make a community thrive, flourish and grow. So what separates ... great ...
community managers from the mediocre ones? I would say that the best community
managers subscribe religiously to the tenets of "Active Community Management."
Below, you will find a link to a social bookmarking site that is used to post citations and links to newly-published journal articles that will be of interest to knowledge workers. Citations are tagged and searchable. While the primary focus of the site is on knowledge, learning and social computing, articles are tagged across a broad range of subjects [see: "All Tags" (on the right, which may be slow to open)]. The "knowledge" tag in the "Top 10 Tags" section on the right is just one of over 60 knowledge-related tags that appear in the "All Tags" section, with limited duplication of citation entries across knowledge-related tags. An RSS feed is also available [bottom left corner].
NOTE: Although full access to the journal articles typically requires a subscription (e.g., most university libraries have subscriptions and provide public access of some form) the simple act of reading the abstracts is extremely informative. Author coordinates are often available, providing the reader with the option of e-mailing the author or conducting a more thorough investigation by searching the web for the author's listed organization. Over 10,000 journals are monitored for relevant content.
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