Leveraging Knowledge

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• Leveraging Knowledge Search Transforming How
  We Transfer and Use Knowledge
• April 5, 2007

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Welcome

• About the Boston KM Forum
• Community of practice for people working in the
  field of Knowledge Management (KM)
• Provides an environment for the exchange of
  ideas, best practices, and business opportunities
• Works to develop programs that support personal
  and professional growth

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Exhibitors

• Endecahttp//endeca.com/
• Fasthttp//www.fastsearch.com/
• IBM/OmniFindhttp//www-306.ibm.com/software/data/
  enterprise-search/omnifind-enterprise/
• Jarg Corporationhttp//www.semantxls.com/index.ht
  ml
• Siderean/Seamarkhttp//www.siderean.com/

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Events

• Upcoming KM Forum events
• Third Thursday April 19
• First Friday May 4
• June Bentley symposium week of 6/25 the role
  of Leadership in advancing KM efforts
• October Bentley program October 2 KMF goes
  international!
• Dave Snowden from Cognitive Edge on Sense-Making
  and Knowledge Management
• Possibly Shawn Callahan from Anecdote on
  Appreciative Inquiry
• Other events ? ? ?

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Why Enterprise Search?
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Why Enterprise Search?
Source Delphi, DM Direct Search Special Report,
2005
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Todays agenda

• Lynda Moulton, LWM Technology Services and The
  Gilbane GroupTechnological Assembly of Search
  Challenges, 1974 - 2007
• Theresa Regli, CMS Watch, Moderator Doug
  Cornelius, Goodwin Procter LLP Rich Lawson,
  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Sharon Wilson,
  Boston Consulting GroupPanel Discussion The
  Whole Nine Yards the Full Suite of Tools Needed
  for Enterprise Search
• Introduction of Exhibitors and Break
• Matt Brown, Forrester ResearchThe Future of
  Search and Information Access

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Todays agenda, continued

• Lunch, Exhibits, and Networking
• Joyce Ward, LexisNexis, Moderator Pete Bell,
  Endeca David Cobosco, IBM Software
  Group/OmniFind Michael DiLascio,
  Siderean/Seamark Anant Khanolkar, Autonomy
  Hadley Reynolds, Fast Search Transfer Panel
  Discussion How Search Tool Companies are
  Positioning Themselves
• Wrap up and Networking

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How many of you know about Soople?
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www.soople.com
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http//www.lucasmcdonnell.com/26-essential-knowled
ge-management-sites-and-blogs/

1. Aa..ha!
2. The APQC Knowledge Management Blog
3. Anecdote
4. Association of Knowledgework
5. Babson Knowledge
6. Boxes and Arrows
7. BRINT
8. Chris Collisons blog
9. Cindy Gordon
10. CIOs Knowledge Management section
11. Collaborative Thinking
12. Column Two
13. A Compound of Alchymie
14. Creative Chaos Dina Mehtas blog
15. Destination KM
16. Dove Lane
17. Dr. Dans Daily Dose
18. Eclectic Bill

1. Elsua
2. Full Circle Online Interaction
3. How to Save the World
4. InsideKnowledge Magazine
5. KM.gov
6. KM World
7. The KNOW Network
8. KnowledgeBoard
9. Knowledge Jolt with Jack
10. Knowledgeline
11. The Knowledge Management Advantage
12. Knowledge-at-work
13. Mathemagenic Learning and KM Insights
14. Musings of a Social Architect
15. Portals and KM
16. Stan Garfields Weekly Knowledge Management Blog
17. Talking Knowledge Management

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Who can tell me what this number represents?
6,400,000,000

• 9.440 Google hits
• Viable cells in 1/4 teaspoon of Acidophilus
  powder
• 1989 6-month revenue of Phillips Petroleum
• High score in the game, Divide and Conquer
• And

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Who can tell me what this number represents?
6,400,000,000
US Web searchesin June, 2006
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Heres some data on market share in the Internet
search market.
Percentage of searches done by US web surfers in
July 2006 at home, work, and at universities
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• Leveraging Knowledge Search Transforming How
  We Transfer and Use Knowledge
• April 5, 2007