Introduction to the August 2013 Knowledge Letter

These days my mission is more and more focused on the role of conversation in business and in particular the development of the Knowledge Cafe. To this end, I have a whole load of Knowledge Cafes coming up in various guises. Most of them are public, so come along if you can make it and get to know what it's all about.

• Future Forum: Collaborate to Innovate: but do we need to change our attitudes and behaviours first?, Cisco, 3 Sept, Reading, UK
  
  
• Department of Education, 4 Sept, London (private)
  
  
• Henley Forum, Henley UK, 18 Sept (Henley Forum members only)
  
  
• Knowledge Cafe sponsored by the Cabinet Office: How can we more actively share knowledge within the workplace?, 23 Sept, Cabinet Office, London (invite only)
  
  
• The 3 Davids of KM: Knowledge Management Workshop, TallyFox, 24 Sept, London
  
  
• London Knowledge Cafe: Institute of Knowledge Transfer, 1 or 2 Oct, University of Greenwich London
  
  
• The 3 Davids of KM: Knowledge Management Workshop, TallyFox, 9 Nov, Frankfurt
  
  
• London Knowledge Cafe: What steps to do libraries and information services need to take to survive in the Google age?, 16 Oct, British Library, London
  
  
• OLC MENA, 30 - 31 Oct, Dubai
  
  
• London Knowledge Cafe: Parliamentary Library, early Nov, London
  
  
• KM Asia, 12 - 14 Nov, Singapore
  
  
• KM Russia, 27 - 28 Nov, Moscow

I am sorry these events are mostly in the UK but if you would like me to run a Knowledge Cafe or workshop in your area or for your organisation then drop me a line and I will send you a document that describes the various ways in which I teach and run the Knowledge Cafe.