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The Future of Knowledge Sharing People and Technology !. actKM Conference October 2007. David Gurteen Gurteen Knowledge. Begin 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
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The Future of Knowledge Sharing People and Technology! actKM Conference October 2007 David Gurteen Gurteen Knowledge David Gurteen
Begin 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 David Gurteen
My Story David Gurteen
My 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 David Gurteen
Gurteen Knowledge Website • People Profiles • Books • Events • Quotations • Places • Articles • Categories • Countries/Cities David Gurteen
Knowledge 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 David Gurteen
Knowledge Log • Weblog story • First blog March 2002 • Integrate Blog & newsletterAugust 2007! • My website is MY blog David Gurteen
RSS Feeds • July 2002 • My weblog, site updates,jobs, events, books, quotes • “Pimped” by Feedburner • Other feeds • Google Video, YouTube,Twitter, Flickr David Gurteen
Email 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 David Gurteen
Media Player • August 2006 • Single page accessto multi-media files • YouTube • Google Video • WMV • SlideShare • Free ajax code David Gurteen
Gurteen Search Engine • Google Customised Search Engine • Searches over 800 KM websites and weblogs David Gurteen
Other Features • Polls • Raffles • Knowledge Seeds • Knowledge Slide Show • Downloads • Users can post comments, events, books etc David Gurteen
Lotus 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 David Gurteen
Use of Social Tools David Gurteen
Flickr • 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 David Gurteen
Skype • Lotus Notes, Firefox • Skype • Voip, Skype-in, Skype-out, SMS, IM • Presence • Conference calls • Webcam • Pamela: record interviews David Gurteen
YouTube & 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 David Gurteen
Twitter • Micro-blog • Update from mobile phone • Panel on my website • Twitter: current activity • Skype: online presence • 78 people following me David Gurteen
FaceBook • Over 250 friends • About 200 Community members • Keeps you connected and in-touch at the ‘micro-level’ • Waiting to see what emerges David Gurteen
Podcasts • Video iPod • TEDTalks • Video podcast of allmy Google videos • Undocumented Google feature+ Feedburner • Took minutes to create David Gurteen
Google 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! David Gurteen
My 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 David Gurteen
Some thoughts on the future David Gurteen
The 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! David Gurteen
The 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 David Gurteen
The 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 David Gurteen
Conclusion David Gurteen
Social Tools are phenomenal KM tools with vast potential.How you can make the most of them? David Gurteen
Conversation! Questions? David Gurteen
www.gurteen.com David Gurteen Gurteen Knowledge Tel: +44 1252 812 878 Email: david.gurteen@gurteen.com David Gurteen
Important disclaimer: This site is not affiliated with the Chicago Police Department. This site uses crime data obtained from the CPD's CLEARmap Web site, which is a publicly available database of reported crime. David Gurteen