Conversations: The tin opener to knowledge.

The capturing and the sharing of people’s experiences, reflections, and learning can create value within any firm where knowledge is a primary asset. Intra-organizational knowledge development conversation via podcast-style recording and sharing has the potential to be a major contributor to the art of knowledge management.
Renowned KM Podcaster Edwin K. Morris will lead an engaging discussion about how you can apply these principles to your organisation.

The link for this meeting is:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzM0MzQ1MzktNGZhYy00ZjZmLTliZDQtYmMzOGEyYTYzOWU1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22dfebdc19-6c97-4fb8-bd83-77b9d7ecbf3c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2299bd175c-9fda-40e8-9d5c-0fa40b3c7e22%22%7d

Outcomes:

• Pask’s Conversation Theory
• Benjamin Franklin and the Junto Club
• Cocreated Conversations
• Intraorganizational Knowledge Maturity

Our Speaker:
Edwin K. Morris is the president and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services (PKS), a non-profit organization with a charitable purpose. PKS involves clients customizing knowledge solutions and training to cultivate an organizational disposition and culture that values knowledge as a sustainable asset. He has served as an adjunct instructor for Kent State University’s School of Digital Sciences and the Information Architecture and Knowledge Management graduate program. He earned his M.S. in 2012. He was awarded the Thomas J. Froehlich Award from Kent State in 2013, recognizing academic excellence and promise for leadership in information architecture and knowledge management. In 2016 Morris was selected by Kent State University’s School of Library and information Sciences peers and faculty as the 2016 Alumnus of the year. This honor recognized Morris for his significant contribution to the knowledge management profession. A disabled veteran, Morris started his service in 1981; and was deployed to Iraq twice — as a sergeant in 2004 and then as a second lieutenant in 2005. In the years thereafter, he served as a contracted trainer, doctrine writer, lessons learned knowledge leader, and knowledge management leads for various government contractors serving Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Agenda:

• Intro The concept of Pioneer Knowledge Services
• Why do conversations matter?
• Break out room assignment – (10minutes) Determine and define learning and conversation regarding organizational constructs. Present what your group depicts the top five things needed for both.
• Discuss what elements are in the Junto Club.

Timing:
6:00 - 6:30 networking over drinks and nibbles
6:30 - 7:45 exploration of the topic
7:45 - 8:00 wrap up and informal conversations
8:00 Dinner for interested parties