Feb 7 meeting: What makes KM work in your industry

KM Chicago will meet on Tuesday, February 7 at 5:30, to learn about recent research findings on critical success factors for KM success. Note that the meeting will be at a new site. Please see location details and dial-in information in the sidebar.

Curtis Conley will discuss the results of his doctoral research on the critical success factors (CSFs) for knowledge management. Curtis will present a summary of current thinking around the most critical factors for KM, the results of his study, what differences do (and don't) exist between different industries, organizations of different sizes, different geographic regions, etc., and ultimately share a new framework of CSFs for KM developed as a result of the study.

The goal of the discussion will be to share what factors may be most applicable to your organization, and to see if the experience of KM Chicago members line up with the results of this study. 

Curtis earned his doctorate in Adult Education with a cognate in Knowledge Management from Northern Illinois University.  His research interests include knowledge management, organizational learning, social media, and enterprise collaboration. Curtis also works as a Community Coordinator within the Global Consulting Knowledge Management group at Deloitte. There he works with community moderators to launch and maintain successful communities of practice.

Feb 7 KM Chicago’s first meeting of 2012, at new location

Mark your calendars for KM Chicago’s first meeting of the new year Tuesday, Feb 7.

With the second Tues being Valentine’s Day, we’re switching to the first Tuesday just this one time. But as usual, the program will start at 5:30 and be available on site and virtually via LiveMeeting.

What is not usual is that we will meet at the offices of Gensler, an architect and design firm with offices in the old Carson Pirie Scott at 11 East Madison. 

Watch this space and the KM Chicago LinkedIn group for more details.

We look forward to seeing you on Tues Feb 7 at 5:30.

Proposed KM Chicago board and December Holiday Event

Two quick announcements/requests:

1)  Please take a moment to vote on the proposed slate of KM Chicago officers, listed below, for the upcoming year.  To do so please visit the KM Chicago blog (http://kmchicago.blogspot.com) and cast your vote in the poll on the right-hand sidebar.

Proposed Slate of KM Chicago Officers for 2012
President: Cynthia Lesky
VP: Jennifer Faist
Treasurer: Luc Dodinval
Secretary: Alice Dunlap-Kraft
Board: Curtis Conley, Randy Russell, Lisa Beckers, Rachel Kaberon


2)  If you haven't already done so, please RSVP for our KM Chicago Holiday Event.  More details below:

It has become a tradition that we devote our December meeting to sharing food and wine in a festive holiday setting.  Once again in 2011 Randy Russell will present the wine and food pairings.  This will be the 10th year that Randy has led this spirited event.  We hope you can join us.

The event will be held on Tuesday, 13 December, 5:30-7 PM at the Dow Jones conference room.  For obvious reasons there will be no dial in or web presentation.  Randy will share 6 wines and the accompanying food pairings.  There will be a presentation about each of the wines and ample time for questions.  A take home program is also provided to help with your shopping.

To be sure we have sufficient food and wine an RSVP is required for this event.  Please send an email to randyrussell1@aol.com by close of business on Friday, 9 December.  Let us know who is attending and how many.  This is a great opportunity to bring a colleague or spouse and introduce them to your KM friends.  Due to the capacity of the room, we will limit the number of attendees.

To cover the cost of the food and wine, the price for the event is $20/pp.  The money will be collected at the event so please bring cash or a check with you.  Sorry we can not accept credit cards.

We look forward to seeing you at the event.

Bonus KM Chicago meeting: November 22nd virtual session

In the KM Chicago Group meeting on November 8, we explored a number of areas with Bob Dean and Steve Bell.  After exploring the area of collective knowledge toward the end of the session, Bob and Steve offered to continue the discussion of the Digital Change Agent role.  The KM Chicago group can participate in some brainstorming and ranking about this important future role in organizations.

We are planning a follow-up virtual session via conference call and ThinkTank on Tuesday, November 22 at 5 p.m. CT.


Session Details:

     Session Name:  Digital Agent of Change
     Session Description:  Guided by Bob Dean

Link:  https://try.groupsystems.com/ThinkTank.html?sessionID=967
Passkey:  123456

For audio: 888-998-2663 or 1-517-466-2222, Participant ID: 153336#

KM Chicago Holiday Event

It has become a tradition that we devote our December meeting to sharing food and wine in a festive holiday setting.  Once again in 2011 Randy Russell will present the wine and food pairings.  This will be the 10^th year that Randy has led this spirited event.  We hope you can join us.

The event will be held on Tuesday, 13 December, 5:30-7 PM at the Dow Jones conference room.  For obvious reasons there will be no dial in or web presentation.  Randy will share 6 wines and the accompanying food pairings.  There will be a presentation about each of the wines and ample time for questions.  A take home program is also provided to help with your shopping.

To be sure we have sufficient food and wine an RSVP is required for this event.  Please send an email to randyrussell1@aol.com by close of business on Friday, 9 December.  Let us know who is attending and how many.  This is a great opportunity to bring a colleague or spouse and introduce them to your KM friends.  Due to the capacity of the room, we will limit the number of attendees.

To cover the cost of the food and wine, the price for the event is $20/pp.  The money will be collected at the event so please bring cash or a check with you.  Sorry we can not accept credit cards.

We look forward to seeing you at the event.