Swiss Faculty co-lead Certified Knowledge Management Training

The full five-day Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) workshop will be held in Basel, 27 November – 1 December 2006.  The training will be jointly led for the first time by Swiss faculty who bring their own extensive experience of knowledge management and European practice to enrich the quality of the learning program. 

The workshop week will be co-led by Douglas Weidner, President, International Knowledge Management Institute; Pavel Kraus, President, Swiss Knowledge Management Forum and Senior Partner of aht'intermediation GmbH; Beat Knechtli, Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Zurich, Switzerland, and Barry Hardy, Director, KM Institute Switzerland.

Beat Knechtli, will lead discussions of KM and Leadership, Culture, Organisational Development & Change Management, whereas Pavel Kraus will cover KM Structure, KM Tools, IT Support & Measurement, and the Business Case and metrics for KM.  Case Studies & Discussions will be used to illustrate the application of KM principles and best practices.  (See below and also visit the website of KM Institute, Switzerland at http://www.kminstituteswitzerland.org/ for further program information.) 

Basel CKM Program Brochure:

Download kmtraining_brochure_611web2.pdf

Barry Hardy

Please contact me, +41 61 851 0170, barry.hardy [at] douglasconnect.com for further information and to discuss your specific training needs and requirements.

(continued....) 

The Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) was created by the KM Institute`s Douglas Weidner, and is a world-leading flagship KM certification training program. It is a full 5-Day learning workshop with instructor-led activities, dynamic interaction among students and additional blended supporting materials, activities and eLearning extending to the equivalent of at least 14 workshop days. The CKM training has been used to train over 600 top managers from organisations worldwide since 2001. The workshop will be delivered in English.

Part of the course can be accessed in eLearning mode prior to the workshop leaving more time for discussion and exercises at the workshop. Additional modules will also be available in eLearning mode post-workshop. The CKM certification is part of the requirement towards Masters CKM and faculty status.

Instructors
Douglas Weidner, President, International Knowledge Management Institute
Pavel Kraus, President, Swiss Knowledge Management Forum and Senior Partner of aht'intermediation GmbH
Beat Knechtli, Director and Chief Knowledge Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Zurich, Switzerland
Barry Hardy, Director, KM Institute Switzerland

What You Will Learn
    * Understand and easily grasp the KM Essentials, the most common Knowledge Management principles and techniques
    * Benefit from access to the most robust KM Body of Knowledge (KMBOK™) available
    * Learn to actually "perform KM" through our unique, "learn by doing" approach
    * Benefit from Senior Faculty’s dynamic teaching and extensive KM experience
    * Discuss Application of KM Principles to Case Studies & Business Issues
    * KM and Leadership, Culture, Organisational Development & Change Management
    * KM Structure, KM Tools, IT Support & Measurement, Collaborative Environments
    * Knowledge Assessment & Audit, KM Metrics, Knowledge Mapping
    * Create the KM Vision for your organisation, including a solid strategy to get there
    * Discuss how to initiate, nurture, manage and innovate with Communities of Practice
    * Demonstrate to your employers and colleagues you can actually lead a KM initiative!
    * Earn the coveted CKM designation

Who should attend?
Managers and team leaders in a position to apply best knowledge management practices and initiatives in their organisation including senior and middle-management, knowledge managers, IT professionals, MBAs, independent consultants, R&D managers, marketing and product managers.

Program Topics
KM Terms, Models, Knowledge Definitions and Attributes, Knowledge Episodes & Processes, KM Theory & Principles, KM Strategy & Planning, KM Rationale & Case Studies, Interactive Knowledge Café, Full Life Cycle KM Methodology, KM Body of Knowledge (KMBOK™), Managing KM Initiatives, Knowledge Assessment, Audits and Mapping, KM and Change Management, KM Sciences, KM Tools, Using IT Support and Collaboration Systems Effectively, Social Network Analysis, Organisational Learning, KM and Complex Systems, KM Metrics, Storytelling, Communities, Knowledge Repositories, Benchmarking, KM & Innovation, Personal KM, KM Initiative Planning, KM Project Management, KM Investment Analysis (ROI), Intellectual Capital, Innovation Techniques, Disruptive Technologies, KM Performance Measurement, Knowledge Maturity Model, KM Case Studies & Analysis

Program news and announcements are posted on the KM Institute Switzerland website:
http://www.kminstituteswitzerland.org/

Please contact Dr. Barry Hardy, +41 61 851 0170, barry.hardy [at] douglasconnect.com for further information and to discuss your specific requirements.

Faculty Biographies

Douglas Weidner, President, International Knowledge Management Institute
Douglas Weidner is a pioneering KM practitioner and a respected consultant, columnist, speaker and KM Instructor.  He was the Chief Knowledge Engineer and designated Senior Technical Fellow for $30B Northrop Grumman, and provided their KM innovations to clients worldwide, including KM training, assessment/planning, design, and implementation (1995-2001). He has consulted and mentored the World Bank (1996), the UN (2000), NASA (2000-2001) and many other government agencies and commercial firms. Mr. Weidner developed the Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) and Master CKM Programs in 1999 – 2001, first delivered in 2001. He has certified hundreds of students and continues to deliver these programs worldwide.

Pavel Kraus, President, Swiss Knowledge Management Forum
Dr. Pavel Kraus is currently President of the Swiss Knowledge Management Forum (SKMF) and a Founding Partner of aht'intermediation GmbH, Switzerland.  He had 13 years management experience at Roche, including Marketing Research Management positions with Roche Pharma and the position of Head of Knowledge Management with the Roche Diagnostics Division.  He lectures in Switzerland on topics of knowledge and information management and innovation at the Universities of Applied Sciences in Berne, Lucerne, and Basel.  His recent KM projects include development of best practice and decision making-support systems, document management in crisis situations, development of an early warning system for technology innovation, and the optimization of information organisation and project management.

Beat Knechtli, Director, Corporate Knowledge Manager, PwC Switzerland AG
Beat Knechtli is currently a Director and Chief Knowledge Officer at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Zurich, Switzerland.  Prior to joining PwC in August 2006 he was Knowledge Manager and Deputy Head of Human Relations for 5 years with ABB Switzerland where he was responsible for Knowledge Management, Customized Projects and Consulting, and Organizational Development.  He is also a University Lecturer for Strategic Management, Knowledge Management, Change Management and Innovation Management at the Universities of Applied Science in Basel and Bern in Switzerland.  He is a Member and former Vice President of the Swiss Knowledge Management Forum.  During the period from 1987-2000 he held various leadership and management positions with Roche including acting as consultant and trainer in Personnel and Organizational Development at the corporate level. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Basel and is an M.B.I. (Manager of Business Innovation) and a Certified Knowledge Manager.

Barry Hardy, Director, KM Institute Switzerland
Dr. Barry Hardy has been working in the area of knowledge management, communications and communities since 1994 and has organised numerous international projects in the chemical, life and medical sciences. Dr. Hardy was a National Research Fellow at the FDA Center for Biologics and Evaluation, a Hitchings-Elion Fellow at Oxford University and and is currently managing the InnovationWell Network and Community of Practice.  In the area of Knowledge Management in R&D he is interested in applying KM strategies and methodologies to enabling productivity and successful outcomes in collaborative-based R&D. He has developed technology solutions for internet-based conferencing, tutor-supported e-learning, laboratory automation systems and computational chemistry and informatics. He also directs KM Institute Switzerland dedicated to the provision of professional KM training, workshops and eLearning.

KM Institute KM Institute Switzerland meeting workshop training management executive CKM KM Knowledge Management Knowledge Management Training Management Training Basel Innovation Switzerland events

Comments

[projectmanagement02]

Online project management training is the best solution to any company, organization or professional that wants to learn how to analyze and resolve the problems impacting businesses today.