A KM Impact Challenge Event hosted by the Society for International Development (SID) Washington DC Knowledge Management Workgroup and The Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development Project

Please join us for a KM Impact Challenge live presentation and webinar on Thursday, January 27 at 12:30 pm EST at 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC.  The event will feature two presentations on the monitoring and evaluation of knowledge management. In the first presentation, a research team from IKM Emergent will present an overview of the programs' experiences grappling with the inherent challenges of monitoring and evaluating knowledge management.  They will describe the journey they have undertaken as a collective enquiry into the world of M&E of KM, present the concept of multiple knowledges and discuss how one particular model can help us better learn about our KM efforts.  For the second presentation, the KM Impact Challenge team will present and discuss preliminary findings, including common challenges, promising methodologies and lessons learned from case stories and other resources that have been shared to date via the KM Impact Challenge. 

IKM Emergent is a five year research program focusing on emergent issues of information and knowledge management and international development.  It is based on an international network of practitioners-cum-researchers, challenging current practice of information and knowledge management in the development sector through its focus on 'multiple knowledges'. To learn more about IKM Emergent visit www.ikmemergent.net

The KM Impact Challenge is a collaborative learning initiative which aims to discover the measures that matter for knowledge management.  Share your case story by January 30th.   Visit http://kdid.org/kmic to view the case stories and library.

About the presenters:

Marie-Ange Binagwaho is the Assessing and Learning Portfolio Manager for USAID's Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development Project

Simon Hearn is a research officer in the Research and Policy in Development Program at the Overseas Development Institute, London

Ewen LeBorgne is a Project Officer at IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, and Senior Editor of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal

Valerie Brown is Director of the Local Sustainability Project, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Health, University of Western Sydney

Moderators:

Stacey Young, Senior Knowledge Management Advisor at USAID and Co-chair of the SID KM Workgroup

Tony Pryor, Senior Manager at International Resources Group and Co-Chair of the SID KM Workgroup

There are two ways to participate

In-Person:  Join us in person for the event in the International Resources Group (IRG) at 1211 Connecticut Avenue NW; 7th Floor; Washington, DC. Click here to RSVP for this event or visitwww.sidw.org and navigate to the October 26 KM workgroup event page listed in the event calendar.

On-Line:

Registration for this webinar is free but you must sign up here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/650385210

Title: KM Impact Challenge Webinar: Perspectives on monitoring and evaluation of knowledge management

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.  Please try to arrive to the webinar at least 15 minutes in advance to allow time to get set-up online prior to opening comments.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees

Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees

Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

The screen casts of the webinar will be shared afterwards at the KM Impact Challenge website.

About the Sponsors

The KM Impact Challenge is an initiative of the Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development (KDMD) project under the USAID Microenterprise Development (MD) office.

The Society for International Development-Washington Chapter is a diverse global forum of international development practitioners and serves as a knowledge broker for ideas and best practices.  SID-Washington is a leading global development membership organization that provides a space for dialogue and bridges a dynamic community of individuals and institutions working in international development.