Workshop

 

Knowledge: Making it Work

(Pre-event of the conference INFuture2009: Digital Information and Heritage)

Workshop leader :
Bob Bater
Independent consultant in information and knowledge management
United Kingdom, London

3 November 2009
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ivana Lučića 3, Zagreb, Croatia
Council Room

On-line registration

Maximum number of participants: 30

  9.00  –  9.30 Registration, working materials

  9.30  –  9.45 Introduction

  9.45 – 11.00 1st part: Knowledge and Business Impact

  • If only we knew what we know...
  • Knowledge > Capability > Impact
  • The Knowledge Trajectory: Possible > Plausible > Probable > Actual
  • Content & Collection vs. Context & Connection
  • Knowledge Vectors
11.00 –11.15 Coffee break

11.15 –13.00 2nd part: Mind over Matter
  • How Knowledge Works
  • A Cognitive Model of Perception & Action
  • The Complexities of Categorization
  • Culture & Value Systems
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 – 14.30 3rd part: The Dynamics of Description
  • Distinctions empower Decisions
  • Determining Key Attributes
  • Google is Dumb
  • The Magic of Metadata
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee break

14.45 – 15.45 4th part: Exploiting the Knowledge Resource
  • Defining Objectives
  • SKI: Skill + Knowledge + Information = Competence
  • Growing Knowledge in Communities
  • Integrating People, Process & Information
15.45 – 16.00 Conclusion and discussion

16.00 – Certificates for participation

Working language: English

All participants will receive printed materials and certificate for attending the workshop. Coffee, tea and light lunch are included.

Bob Bater
Bob Bater has been an independent consultant in information and knowledge management for over 15 years, working in the UK and in continental Europe. He pioneered the InfoPlex process-based approach to Knowledge Mapping which has supported projects in Knowledge Management, Electronic Document & Records Management (EDRM) and Knowledge Organization with clients as diverse as London Underground, the European Investment Bank and the UK Home Office. He runs regular training courses and workshops for Aslib in the UK and also for the UK National School of Government. He has published a number of papers and has contributed to several books on knowledge & information management, as well as authoring the 2005 Ark Group report 'KM in the Legal Profession: Leveraging Knowledge for Enhanced Profitability'.

Price:
Attendees of the workshop:
2.450 kn / 330 €

INFuture2009 Conference participants and members of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb:
1.250 kn / 165 €

Applications no later than 23 October 2009.

On-line registration

Payment:
No later than 30 October 2009

From Croatia:
Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Lučića 3, 10000 Zagreb – za radionicu Knowledge: Making it Work
Zagrebačka banka, 2360000 – 1101311177, poziv na broj 620-2566

From abroad (either by bank transfer or by check):
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ivana Lucica 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zagrebacka banka d.d., Savska 60, Zagreb, Croatia
IBAN: HR1823600001101311177
SWIFT: ZABAHR2X
CODE: 2566

Payment after 30 October 2009:
- at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Questions about this workshop can be sent to this e-mail address: infuture@infoz.ffzg.hr