Past events
LIKE 17 Thursday 26 August
LIKE Posh Picnic
LIKE 16 Thursday 29 July
Guided tour of London's Square Mile
LIKE 15 Thursday 24 June
Civil rights in the digital world with Glyn Wintle - Open Rights Group
Glyn Wintle is a computer programer who frequently gives talks about the Open Rights Group. He makes a living from technical consulting, programming and security work.
Glyn's talk covered all the areas in which the Open Rights Group are involved from the Digital Economy Bill, to the BBC breaking your TV, to Knitting, to the goverment breaking Wikipedia, to copyright and Digital Rights Management.
The Open Rights Group exists to preserve and promote your rights in the digital age. Founded in 2005 by 1,000 digital activists, ORG has become the UK’s leading voice defending freedom of expression, privacy, innovation, consumer rights and creativity on the net.
LIKE 14 Thursday 27 May
LIKE Dinner with Susie Andretta
Transliteracy: In the world of ubiquitous computing are we all competent ‘transliterati’?
Hear our VoxPop of reactions to Susie Andretta's talk
LIKE 13 Wednesday 28 April
LIKE Dinner with James Lappin
A file for our times: reimagining records for the real time world
In the 20th century the 'file' was a ubiquitous information tool within the organisation, the main (or only) source of information about a particular project, case, or piece of work.
The records management profession responded to the coming of the internet and the networked office by attempting to replicate the hard copy file in the digital environment. This was to be done by means of a 'records folder' which would ideally reside in corporate fileplan sitting on an electronic document and records management system (EDRMS).
James explored the reasons why the 'records folder' has not entered our language or permeated our organisational culture to anything like the same extent that the hard copy file did all those years ago. If the records folder hasn't worked, what would work?
James presented us with two questions for discussion: What types of records do 21st century knowledge workers want to read? and What types of systems or standards would be needed to support the capture and management of those records?
LIKE 12 Thurs 25 March
LIKE Dinner with Chris Collison
No more consultants
Chris talked about his recently published book, No more consultants, co-authored with Geoff Parcell. In their book, Chris and Geoff argue that automatically reaching for external consultants to solve a problem misses the opportunity to use the expertise held within the organisation.
Hear our VoxPop of reactions to Chris Collison's talk
Report by Jennifer Smith posted on CILIP Update's blog
LIKE 11 Thurs 25 February
LIKE Dinner with Fran Alexander - Taxonomy Manager, BBC
Taxonomies in an open world
How can we use knowledge systems like taxonomies to create common ground so that we understand each other and share information effectively? At the same time how can we make knowledge systems flexible enough so that we can all use terms we want to use?
LIKE 10 Thursday 28 January
LIKE Dinner with Liz Scott-Wilson, Carol Scott and Virginia Henry
Knowing me, knowing you: information behaviour & culture change
Do professional traits influence information behaviour? A knowledge specialist interviewed a social worker and an engineer about how they see their world, their work and their knowledge and records.
Report from Virginia Henry
LIKE 9 Thursday 3 December
LIKE Dinner with special guest Cerys Hearsey
Tales from the SharePoint trenches
Cerys Hearsey is Metataxis' Sharepoint and Information Architecture expert.
Report from Virginia Henry
LIKE 8 Thursday 29 October
LIKE Dinner with special guest Tim Buckley-Owen
From Walled Garden to Amazon Jungle: orienteering in the new information landscape
Tim Buckley-Owen lead the discussion on the changing information landscape and what it means for all of us. Tim is an independent information industry commentator, with over 35 years’ experience in the information profession. He has previously worked for CILIP, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, and the Library and Information Commission. He's author of "Success at the Enquiry Desk," currently in it's fifth edition, and has written for all the major information industry publications. Tim's vast experience and critical eye give him an expert perspective on the information industry. We were delighted he agreed to join us for dinner and share his views and concerns on orienteering the new information landscape.
With 18 attendees at LIKE 8, from an excellent mix of professional backgrounds and experience, we enjoyed a really good discussion on the changing information landscape. After dinner we asked some LIKE members about themselves and their experience of the evening.
PLAY MP3 Hear what attendees at LIKE 8 had to say about the evening.
LIKE 7 Monday 14 September
Tim Berners Lee
A visit to the Science Museum to hear Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
LIKE 6 Thursday 30 July
Books etc.
1. What's on your bookshelf?
What books have you found most useful in your professional life and would recommend to others in the LIKE group?
2. Workplace bookclubs
Just an excuse for a glass of chardonnay and a gossip, or a useful tool for breaking down barriers and increasing learning in the workplace?
Topic proposed by Jennifer Smith.
LIKE 5 Thursday 25 June
Return on investment
How do you prove the value and ROI of KM? In these tough economic times, demonstrating the value and return on investment of KM is crucial. What are the challenges? What measures can be put in place to achieve this?
LIKE 4 Thursday 28 May
Storytelling and knowledge sharing
What is the role of storytelling in knowledge sharing? What associations does the word ‘story’ conjure up with you; pyjamas or pin striped suit?
Storytelling is as old as humankind, but what makes a good story and what makes storytelling such a powerful tool in knowledge sharing?
Topic proposed by Marja Kingma.
Visual storytelling: An exploration of ‘Telling Tales’ at the V&A by Marja Kingma
LIKE 3 Thursday 30 April
Knowledge and Recession
How the lack of knowledge caused it - and how the application of knowledge could restore confidence.
Topic proposed by Roger Williams.
Wisdom of crowds
Does the wisdom of crowds replace experts and, if not, when should one be used and not the other?
Topic proposed by Matthew Rees.
LIKE 2 Thursday 26 March
The Economic Crisis and the Age of Uncertainty - a debate with Don Tapscott at the RSA
LIKE 1 Thursday 26 February 2009
The starting point. The four founding members met and laid the foundations of LIKE.