During our PKM Workshop this week, we discussed the books we would recommend to others. started the conversation by mentioning the direct connection between PKM and the chapter on Literacy Re-discovered : Things to remember: Having somewhere to write like a blog or Twitter makes you more aware of what is happening around you. PKM SocialLearning WirearchySeb Paquet describes the social web as enabling “ridiculously easy group-forming”, and that’s what we did. also suggested that Euan might be available to discuss the book. MORE >>

I will be presenting on personal knowledge management (PKM) for LearnTrends 2009 on Tuesday, 17 November at 12:00 noon Pacific (15:00 EST & 20:00 GMT). PKM Overview. References: Sense-making with PKM (explains processes in more detail). Creating your PKM Processes (some suggestions). Other PKM Processes (includes diagrams). Learning and Micro-blogging (all about Twitter). In preparation, I’ve created a 5 minute video overview (MP4) of the topic, summarizing many of the posts I’ve written on the subject (click link below to launch video). MORE >>

A few months back, Harold Jarche wrote a very interesting article about sense making with Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). strongly suggest that you also look through the webinar he did on PKM at the LearnTrends conference. So here are my organising rules: If I receive interesting information on twitter, webinars, forums, IM or email I socially bookmark it on Delicious and add an appropriate tag to it. What also helps with social tools like Delicious, is that you can benefit from all the PKM that everyone else is doing. pkm social media enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

Effective learning is the difference between surfing the waves or being drowned by them and PKM (personal knowledge management) can be your customized surfboard. One of the important aspects of PKM is triage, or sorting. Twitter. — What I have found out over several years of using PKM methods and tools is that I have been creating a powerful resource. My PKM process has given me a digital library brimming with my own sticky notes that I can easily find. also offer workshops on how to develop PKM processes that work in various organizational contexts. MORE >>

This graphic is part of the Seek-Sense-Share PKM model  and is based on Five forms of filtering by Tim Kastelle. Still, good experts are valuable and I use platforms like Twitter to connect to them, like Michael Geist on Canadian copyright law or Valdis Krebs on networks. Tweet. Here’s a review of the five forms. Naive filtering is what too often happens in our knowledge searching. It’s like prairie-dogging , or standing up in your cubicle and asking those close to you for advice. Some critics argue that a tsunami of hogwash has already rendered the Web useless. MORE >>