This month, representatives from twelve companies met to discuss the
formation of a community of practice (CoP) for taxonomy-related
issues. CoP activities might include a technology review, collection of
case histories, an executive briefing on taxonomy return-on-investment,
and training materials for "knowledge stewards."
Local discussion group
The Western New England knowledge management discussion group will hold
a dinner meeting on May 2 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm in Enfield, CT. Discussion
topic is "Role of librarians in knowledge management -- past, present,
future."
COURSES
Next seminar May 16 - 18, 2000, Enfield, CT
Knowledge Base Publishing concepts, tools, and techniques -- self study,
lecture/demo, software tools.
ROUNDTABLES
Roundtable June 1, Hartford, CT
United Technologies Corporation will host a roundtable on "How
to attract and support 'really good minds.'" Every organization has
them -- visionaries, gurus, boundary spanners, experts of all sorts --
but how do you get them to share their know-how?
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