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David Gurteen
The Future of Knowledge Sharing The Future of Knowledge Sharing
People and TechnologyPeople and Technology!!
actKM ConferenceOctober 2007
David GurteenGurteen Knowledge
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Begin with the end in mindBegin with the end in mind
• Technology is not everything but …• My story – how I use technology• Not to show I am clever or promote my site• But to demonstrate the POWER - technology can put
in the hands of the individual• To provoke thought, sow seeds in your minds• To draw some lessons & thoughts of the future
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My StoryMy Story
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My WebsiteMy Website
• Created August 1999• Did not want to create a ‘marketing’ website• Provide value through real content• Demo my capabilities in an authentic way• A resource for myself• Built from existing material• Lotus Notes based
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Gurteen Knowledge WebsiteGurteen Knowledge Website
• People Profiles• Books• Events• Quotations• Places• Articles• Categories• Countries/Cities
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Knowledge LetterKnowledge Letter
• 1st issue May 2000 to 200 people• Issue 88 in 8th year!
– 15,000 people in 154 countries
• To draw more people to my site• Had long wanted to write• Blog-like• Lesson: talk in my own voice• Lotus Notes driven
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Knowledge LogKnowledge Log
• Weblog story• First blog March 2002• Integrate Blog & newsletter
August 2007!• My website is MY blog
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RSS FeedsRSS Feeds
• July 2002• My weblog, site updates,
jobs, events, books, quotes• “Pimped” by Feedburner• Other feeds
– Google Video, YouTube,Twitter, Flickr
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Email FeedsEmail Feeds
• Quote of the day• Knowledge Cards
– One a week for 20 weeks
• New Books• New Events• New Jobs
Over 2,000 people receive my quote of the day by e-mail and RSS
feed
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Media PlayerMedia Player
• August 2006• Single page access
to multi-media files– YouTube– Google Video– WMV– SlideShare
• Free ajax code
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Gurteen Search EngineGurteen Search Engine
• Google Customised Search Engine• Searches over 800 KM websites and weblogs
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Other FeaturesOther Features
• Polls• Raffles• Knowledge Seeds• Knowledge Slide Show• Downloads• Users can post comments, events, books etc
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Lotus NotesLotus Notes
• Everything is driven by Lotus Notes• My site and all its functions is a single Notes
application• Over 8 years - a huge programming effort• A content management system• Adding new content is trivial
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Use of Social ToolsUse of Social Tools
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FlickrFlickr
• I photo every event in which I participate
• Upload to Flickr• Embed slide show on my website• Can merge photos taken by
different people with a common tag & create a composite slide show
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SkypeSkype
• Lotus Notes, Firefox• Skype
– Voip, Skype-in, Skype-out, SMS, IM– Presence– Conference calls– Webcam
• Pamela: record interviews
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YouTube & Google VideoYouTube & Google Video
• Started out with “What is KM?”– Over 30 mini-interviews uploaded– Embedded in my site
• Other KM and related videos on my site e.g. Patrick Lambe (blip.tv)
• HK Knowledge Café, NLB talk• More planned
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TwitterTwitter
• Micro-blog– Update from mobile phone
• Panel on my website• Twitter: current activity• Skype: online presence• 78 people following me
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FaceBookFaceBook
• Over 250 friends• About 200 Community members• Keeps you connected and in-touch at the
‘micro-level’• Waiting to see what emerges
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PodcastsPodcasts
• Video iPod• TEDTalks• Video podcast of all
my Google videos– Undocumented Google feature
+ Feedburner– Took minutes to create
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Google ToolsGoogle Tools
• Google Maps• Google Video• Google Search Engine• Google Alerts• Google Maps API• Google Reader• Google MP3 player• Google Gadgets• Google Webmaster tools• Google Adsense• Google Analytics• Google Docs
The operating system is the web!
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My ToolsMy Tools
• My Tools section on my website• Lists all tools I use• How I use them• Plus problems, tips etc• Robin Good
http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/my-tools
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Some thoughts on the futureSome thoughts on the future
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The FutureThe Future
• I’ve been an early adopter• I take this for granted• I never foresaw the growth in social tools and
their enthusiastic adoption• But we have only just started• The use of these tools and the new ways of
working that they enable is transformational!
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The FutureThe Future
• More and more amazing online tools– Powerful– Easy to learn, easy to use– Highly customizable/programmable– Free
• All the things that I have done– Anyone can do today– Outside and inside the firewall!– You do not need to be a programmer
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The FutureThe Future
• More home workers• More mobile people working, globally,
anyplace, anytime• More independent workers• Social tools provide ideal support for this type
of work• People will demand access to these tools
within their organizations
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ConclusionConclusion
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Social Tools are phenomenal KM toolsSocial Tools are phenomenal KM tools with vast potential. with vast potential.
How you can make the most of them?How you can make the most of them?
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Conversation! Questions?
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www.gurteen.com
David GurteenGurteen KnowledgeTel: +44 1252 812 878Email: david.gurteen@gurteen.com
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