Using the Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH) Program as an example, Kaplan discusses how a KM framework has long-term benefits. The program, started in 1992, provides a nationally applicable standardized methodology that estimates potential losses from earthquakes, hurricane winds, and floods. Until 2009, there was no ramework for capturing the critical historical knowledge, its reuse, and the knowledge necessary to evolve new models for new hazards as well as improving the performance of the current model. He shares successes derived from the program’s investment in KM.

Our speaker describes how a major defense contractor is incorporating commercial text analysis and business intelligence software products into their global supply chain division. Better supplier intelligence shortens the cycle time for reviewing and selecting new suppliers and reduces the risk of supplier nonconformance on government programs. Get some tips on using these types of products in your environment.

Optimizing organizational knowledge is the key objective and critical point smart decision making. Portal Solutions defines Knowledge Optimization as the effective integration, organization, and presentation of knowledge. Daniel will discuss the three essential elements of Knowledge Optimization that drive solution ROI, end user adoption and identify must-have system capabilities.

People already share knowledge within the enterprise. If you want people to share more, or with different people (or both) you’re going to have to make it either really easy for them, or really important to them (or preferably both). Hear some successful strategies for using social media tools to connect people, enhance knowledgesharing, and enable collaboration within the enterprise.

Our expert consultant shares secrets from her recent book on how to best take advantage of the social computing features of SharePoint. She highlights a practical approach of how you can take advantage of these features to deliver your knowledge management objectives.

This talk describes optimal learning environments that any organization can create and illustrates with real-world examples of successful enterprises.

Based on work with more than 30 organizations in New Zealand and using SharePoint 2010 extensions and designs for compliance grade record-keeping and IM/KM applications, this session compares the capabilities of the SharePoint 2010 platform versus “real” record-keeping retention and disposal needs. Practical problems and shortfalls are outlined with examples. Margison discusses the added functionality organizations need to be building or acquiring.

Enterprise 2.0 is the term used to describe the next generation of the web’s impact on the “wired” (and wireless) knowledge workplace. It is characterized by collaboration spaces and social networking, blogs, wikis and hosted software applications that increasingly integrate with an organization’s information systems architecture and operations. This session looks at the new interconnected workplace environment, the Wirearchy, from a strategic perspective and suggests strategies for creating successful enterprise 2.0 workspaces.

How do you get your enterprise to emerge creative and identify innovative ideas? Join the former CKO of the U.S. Navy, as she provides tips and techniques to use in your organization to spark fresh ideas and creative solutions.

Based on practices that worked and lessons learned from KM initiatives, our  speaker provides tips and techniques for KM strategies that add value to successful  KM initiatives aligned with business operations and performance.

Mandel presents his 5-year strategic plan to modernize the document and records  management processes within the District of Columbia government. The District  has over 60 agencies and 35,000 employees, with unique elements of state, county,  and city organizations mixed together. An aggressive move to electronic records  management and digitization is underway. Mandel shares his experiences, lessons  learned, progress to date, and future plans.

Overcoming barriers to knowledge-sharing is always a challenge. Murray shares concrete strategies and practices for using cultural differences to your advantage. He says, “Even little things can make the biggest difference.” Come and
hear how!

A veteran of NASA and the FAA, Newman discusses techniques and technologies  for KCT processes including a storytelling-based knowledge capture approach, best practices, lessons learned, and pitfalls or failure modes. He uses  examples from the Ares I-X Rocket Technology Demonstration Program.

The presentation provides a practical application of chaos theory for creating  useful content focal points from the chaotic mess of content resources distributed across the web. Several examples will be provided, both from the internet,  where socially generated content is exploding, and from the enterprise, where social tools are contributing to content bloat. The examples illustrate how activity can make information more discoverable and easier to explore through various  visualization techniques.

Have you built your new solution? Are users coming? Our expert consultant shares tips and success stories from organizations that have successfully deployed SharePoint. Learn about creative approaches for awareness, training, communications, and launch.

Retaining and leveraging the critical and relevant knowledge of any workforce is a challenge. Many organizations lack a consistent and disciplined process for capturing and retaining for reuse their workforce’s relevant  information, experience,and insight. This session presents ways to ensure such knowledge is not  only retained, but also passed along to the next generation of professionals. Get some insights and ideas for addressing the risks to performance associated with  this challenge.