K&IM SIG webinar series two (replacement for postponed professionals day)

The K&IM SIG are pleased to announce the second series of online webinars which are running in place of the Professionals Day scheduled in March (which had to be postponed due to Covid-19).  The first webinar in the second series is on 10 June at 12 noon when Simon Burton will be presenting on "KM & Covid-19: new opportunities". Those who were booked on the Professionals Day will be automatically transferred to this second series so you do not need to rebook. Those on the KM Chartership are entitled to a discounted ticket, please contact emmalouiseholmes@hotmail.com before registering.

The full list of speakers and webinars in this series are detailed below.

Webinar 1: KM and covid-19: new opportunities by Simon Burton

10 June 2020 at 12 noon

In this session Simon will share his reflections on what Covid-19 has meant for KM. His observations are based on discussions with knowledge management clients across all sectors. He will share his perspectives on how clients are responding to the crisis, how priorities and workload are changing as well as highlighting future opportunities

Webinar 2: Identifying b2b subscription vendors that have your best interests at heart by Steve Budd and Andy Burden

17 June 2020 at 12 noon

Steve and Andy have a view of progressive and ambitious b2b information vendors who are striving to get closer to their customers. They recognise the potential value of partnering with the IM community to help address the challenges these vendors face as they try to fulfil their aspirations

Webinar 3: BS/ISO KM standard: a key step to KM's legitimacy as a profession by Karen McFarlane

24 June 2020 at 12 noon

Karen joins us to provide an overview of the BS/ISO KM standard. As CILIP's representative on the BSI KM Committee, Karen has unique perspective on the standard, its role in helping achieve professional recognition for the discipline and how CILIP is developing its own capabilities to support and enable KM practitioners to fulfil their potential.

Webinar 4: What's missing from Knowledge Management: a Zoom Knowledge Café with David Gurteen

1 July 2020 at 12 noon

David will close this series by discussing what might be missing from KM. KM has been around since the mid-90s and has evolved considerably since then. Nancy Dixon, in her article The Three Eras of Knowledge Management from 2017, describes that evolution from Era 1: Leveraging explicit knowledge to Era 2: Leveraging experiential knowledge and Era 3: Leveraging collective knowledge. David's view on the structure and evolution of KM is like Nancy's except he sees four levels of KM rather than three eras. In his definition, knowledge only exists in the human mind. Anything documented or stored in a computer is information, this includes encyclopaedias, patents, process and how-to information that is often referred to in everyday language as knowledge. David's four levels are "information management", "knowledge sharing", "sense making and decision making" and "agency and communityship". In this Zoom Knowledge Café, David will talk briefly about these four levels of KM as he sees them, especially levels 3 and 4 which he thinks tend to get overlooked. He will then pose the question: "What's missing from Knowledge Management?" and run a short Knowledge Café.

The above webinars will be facilitated by Stephen Phillips.