Welcome

A little about ourselves

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The actKM Forum was initiated by a small group of Australian Public Service and private sector knowledge management practitioners based in Canberra, Australia, towards the end of 1998. actKm was the first KM community of practice to form in Australia with around 1100 participants on its discussion forum here and internationally.

The history of actKM and its operation has been documented and published by as:
Callahan - Building a KM CoP

The actKM Forum community

The actKM Forum is a not-for-profit learning community dedicated to building and sharing knowledge about knowledge management, and contributing to improved organisational performance through effective management of knowledge and information resources. It aims to provide an environment where members can create and share knowledge about both public and private sector knowledge management issues.

It was initially focused on public sector knowledge management activities but has become broader over time as the boundaries become blurred and the practices more common.

This environment consists of creating opportunities for members to have conversations and capturing our experiences for other members to use. This is done in a number of ways including monthly meetings, focus group discussions, email discussions, an annual conference and a repository of relevant information available via the Internet site.

The objectives of actKM Forum community include:
  • Raising awareness among senior managers of the strategic nature of their knowledge and information resources, and how these can improve organisational performance.
  • Contributing to more successful KM initiatives in the community.
  • Identifying and promoting successful initiatives that improve performance through better management of knowledge resources, and
  • Creating the conditions where maximum value can be extracted by members from the resources of the group

Join the Listserver (free!)

Participation in the actKM Forum community is free and is obtained by registering online through our webpage at: http://actkm.org/mailman/listinfo/actkm_actkm.org.

The actKM Forum also has a strong international representation with members from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, India, Singapore, France and the Philippines.  actkm is a founding member of the KM Global Network along with the following organisations:
·         Information & Knowledge Management Society of Singapore - iKMS
·         Innovation  and Knowledge Management Club of Thailand - iKlub
·         Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society - HKKMS

Representation in the KMGN has now been passed on to AuSKM.
What actKM does
The actKM forum undertakes the following activities:
  • Discussion Forum – Until January 2006, our list server discussion group was hosted on Yahoo groups.  We commenced a new discussion group hosted on the actKM website on 24 January 2006 and anyone is invited to subscribe through our webpage at: http://actkm.org/mailman/listinfo/actkm_actkm.org
  • Monthly Meetings – Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of each month.  The format of the meetings typically consists of a presentation from an invited guest speaker followed by questions and discussion. Participants are encouraged to give presentations on their knowledge management initiatives in their organisations. The meetings are informal and are followed by drinks and nibbles.
  • Annual Conference – The Forum holds an annual Conference, usually in October.
  • actKM Knowledge Awards – The actKM knowledge awards will be presented to organisations achieving significant benefits through better utilisation of their knowledge and information resources. The awards will be presented at the annual actKM conference dinner in October each year.
  • Websites – http://www.actkm.org also accessed via http://www.actkm.org.au or http://www.actkm.com/
General information about the actKM community can be obtained from www.actkm.org or by contacting us at: convenor@actkm.org.