www.straitsknowledge.com blog articles how-to guides events publications book videos about The Technology Question in KM Tools In my recent posts I was rather focusing on some soft factors of implementing knowledge related activities, like suggestions for organising your knowledge or on how to promote knowledge management initiatives. MORE >>

link] December 3-4, 2009 Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture , Rome, Italy. link] December 7-9, 2009 International Association for the Scientific Knowledge (IASK) Teaching and Learning : Excellence and Quality – Timeless Challenges in Education, Proto, Portugal. link] January 8, 2010 Higher Ed Tech Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. MORE >>

Starting about 2000 GM put together a vibrant KM program. The KM program produced over 5000 best practices that impacted both quality and schedule and led to millions in cost avoidance. In 2008 KM was alive and well at GM. Why didn’t KM save General Motors? Providing all the knowledge available on the issue. MORE >>

Nick Milton says in a blog post: "…there is no point in creating a culture of sharing, if you have no culture of re-use. Pull is a far more powerful driver for Knowledge Management than Push, and I would always look to create a culture of knowledge seeking before creating a culture of knowledge sharing." MORE >>

Federal Computer Week has a piece on knowledge management as seen by the US Department of Defense and the soldier in the field. But DOD isn’t always receptive to the open disclosure required of knowledge management. If you aren't in the military, how does this situation affect your knowledge management efforts? MORE >>