Clouds of Discussions

There have many ideas shared on SLA's blog, KM listserv, Twitter #slaname, and comments posted on SLA's Alignment Initiative. Daniel Lee and I thought it might be helpful to see the discussions visually from selected resources. Below are a handful of word clouds generated by Worlde. Although each word cloud only represents ideas from the last few days, it's interesting to watch the word patterns that emerge from the different resources.

SLA Alignment Initiative (view as slideshow)
	SLA KM Listserv, 10/25/2009		SLA Blog Discussion, 10/25/2009
	SLA Alignment Initiative Wiki Comments, 10/25/2009		2009 SLA Twitter #slaname, 10/25/2009
	SLA Alignment Initiative Wiki, Twitter, Blog, & KM Listserv, 10/25/2009		SLA @ 100

A dear friend of mine who is a cultural anthropologist and I co-read Treading Lightly by Karl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe and developed five questions that we derived from the book related to cultural perceptions, innovations, intangibles, respect, leadership, and sustainability. Please take a few moments to share your ideas and stories on our SLA KM's wiki virtual book discussion. You do not necessarily have to have read the book to respond.

(Note: Log-in with your SLA wiki username/password. If you don't yet have an account, you will need to set one up before you can contribute your ideas as comments to the wiki page.)

Hi all. I am a new Library Sciences student, and fairly new to KM as well. I am a recently unemployed structured finance attorney, hoping to use KM as an access to return to big law. As part of my schoolwork, I am planning on writing a paper on the progress being made in incorporating KM into large law firms in the US. Any advice as to books or articles I could use in preparing this paper would be appreciated.

I am just adapting to being back in school and hope to become an active member of this group.

Paul

The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Knowledge Management Division officer election.

The newly elected officers, starting their terms as of January 1, 2010 are:

Chair-Elect: Denise Chochrek (3 year term progressing to Chair, then Past Chair)
Secretary: Jeffrey Dreiblatt (2 year term)
Director of Professional Development: Sharon Christenson (2 year term)

Their bios can be found at
http://wiki.sla.org/display/~dstern/Slate+of+Nominees+for+2010+SLA+KM+Board

We look forward to a great transition, and would like to remind all members to contribute toward the Division initiatives.
Things don't happen without volunteers.

David Stern, Liz Arnold

First Announcement - Sign Up Now!

Dale Stanley and Guy St. Clair are teaching two of Click U's most popular courses on the two days preceding the Leadership Summit.

KMKS 01 The Fundamentals of KM/Knowledge Services will be presented on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

KMKS 03 The Knowledge Audit will be presented on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

For summit attendees and others in the St. Louis Metro Area (or others who come to St. Louis for the courses, even if not attending the summit), Stanley and St. Clair will be presenting the face-to-face courses at the summit hotel, the St. Louis Station Marriott. SLA members can earn 1 CEU from IACET for each course for  successful attendance and participation.

The Fundamentals of KM/Knowledge Services and The Knowledge Audit are part of SLA's Click U Certificate Program in Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services. However, these courses can be taken individually for participants who are not enrolled in the full certificate program (and if you do decide to enroll later - for significant cost savings - you can enroll in the full certificate program and still get your discount after attending two consecutive courses).

As noted, the courses will be presented at the summit hotel and guest rooms are available. Hotel information is here.

Membership in SLA is not required, so feel free to invite others in the St. Louis Metropolitan area to participate. We've found that these courses are one of our best opportunities for creating our own community of practice. It's a CoP of people who want to know how to, as we describe knowledge services, "put KM to work." Join us as we learn about the practical side of KM. Come to the Leadership Summit two days early and be part of this exciting learning experience.

Register for KMKS 01 here and for KMKS 03 here.

Dear SLA KM members (and friends),

The Nominating Committee now presents our final slate of candidates for election at

http://tinyurl.com/2010-SLA-DKM-Board-Elections

The SurveyMonkey election ballot will remain open until September 11th.

NOTE: Only members of the SLA KM Division will be valid to vote.

     David Stern & Liz Arnold, Nominating Committee

Dear SLA KM members (and friends),

The Nominating Committee now presents our slate of proposed candidates at

http://wiki.sla.org/display/~dstern/Slate+of+Nominees+for+2010+SLA+KM+Board

Our next steps are to

(1) open the floor for additional nominations,

Please send any additional names to the Nominating Committee by Friday at 3pm:
hdavid.stern@gmail.com or lzard53@aol.com

(2) open the SurveyMonkey election ballot (last week of August, for seven days).

Once the slate is complete we will announce the election URL.
NOTE: Only members of the SLA KM Division will be valid to vote.

David & Liz, Nominating Committee