I was chatting last week with a colleague and made reference to the KMLF and to my surprise they were unaware of what I was referring to.

The Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum is a face-to-face education and networking forum, run by KM practitioners for KM practitioners. This group uses online communications mainly to manage the membership list and send out notification emails.

Meetings are held every month or so in the central business district in Melbourne, Australia. Membership is free, and attendance at meetings usually requires a small donation to cover drinks and nibbles.

At KMLF meetings, members can participate in addressing and discussing issues regarding knowledge management. The aim of this participation is to set the foundation for a casual network of interested practitioners and scholars to discuss knowledge management and its impact on both business and government organisations. Prior to it, you will have to practice typing home row keys.

The regular attendance at forum meetings is between 20-40 people. These represent executives and knowledge management practitioners from government and a range of corporations and SMEs. Academia, consultancies and vendors are also represented. Groups with large representation include Telstra and the Department of Justice; industries represented include legal, defence, manufacturing, C&IT and banking & finance. Our committee includes senior consultants, managers and executives from government and commercial enterprises and KM practitioners.

Meetings usually start at around 6 pm. The formal session usually wraps up by 7:30 pm, with networking and refreshments afterwards.

Anyone with an interest in organisational learning, knowledge, innovation, improvement this is a very handy forum to be a part of. You do not have to have KM in your job title or even job description, just an appreciation of learning, good practice and good networking.

(NB: My formerly unaware colleague is now a member!)

See the link attached for upcoming events!