KM as a Career - An In-Depth Dialogue with the Professional

Date/Time: 

2016-07-30 14:00 to 17:00

Location: 

"Club Metro, Metro Town, Tiu Keng Leng"

Exclusive event for MSc KM students & graduates 

The KM Career & Challenges Series

KM as a Career - An In-Depth Dialogue with the Professional


Is KM a profession?  Can KM be a career?  What kind of works a KM manager is supposed to do in reality?  What will be the expectations?  What is the prospect of being a KM manager?  Are these the answers you are looking for if you are a KM student or graduate, or if you want to develop a second career?  If these are your questions too, this is an opportunity you can't lose.

We have invited some of our KM graduates with solid experience in the KM profession, and also experience in our MSc KM course in this activity.  They will tell us their stories, and will have an in-depth interactive dialogue with us, with focus on:

  • Market recruits KM professionals with special skills (IT, HR, admin, etc), what are the right mix?
  • The happy moments and the challenges as a KM professional
  • What that's not taught in the class? How to bridge the gap?  
  • Future outlook of KM career in HK

Venue:

Venue Club Metro, Metro Town, MTR Tiu Keng Leng Station
Instruction Wait at MTR station Exit B to be escorted to Club Metro
Assembly Point Exit B of MTR Tiu Keng Leng station.  Text or call KF Cheng at 9889-3449
Time of Assembly 14:00 - 14:15 of 30 Jul, 2016 (Saturday)

The MTR Route Map

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Tiu Keng Leng Station Layout

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Parking Facilities

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Entrance of Metro Town from Exit B of Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station

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Club Metro Swimming Pool View

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Club Metro Meeting Room from Outside

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Club Metro Meeting Room

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View from Club Metro Meeting Room

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Ho Yin Seafood Restaurant

(for those who join for lunch)

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Review:

A blog "Developing Career in KM" was written by KF Cheng after the event @ http://kmp.hk/blogs/developing-career-in-km

Schedule


Schedule

Date 30 Jul 2016 (Saturday)
Time 14:00 - 17:00
Venue Club Metro, Metro Town, Tiu Keng Leng (MTR Tiu Keng Leng Station) 調景嶺地鐵站
Fee HK$50 each, to cover cost of venue rental, collected upon arrival
Eligibility Exclusive for KMP members who are MScKM students or graduates
Limits We shall limit to max 15 participants
Lunch (optional) Those interested can gather for lunch at 12:00 noon on a shared-cost basis at the Ho Yin Seafood Restaurant 豪宴海鮮酒家 at the Tiu Keng Leng station 調景嶺地鐵站

Detailed Rundown

14:00 - 14:15 Escorted transit from MTR Station to Club Metro
14:15 - 14:30 Opening
14:30 - 15:30 Discussion: KM as a career 

Modulator:  William Ng

Speakers:  Raymond Ng, Andreas Sher
15:30 - 17:00 In-depth Dialogue: Interaction with the Speakers

Speakers:  Raymond Ng, Andreas Sher

Speakers

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Raymond Ng

Raymond Ng is a practitioner in knowledge management with specializations in both enterprise content management and cultivation of enterprise collaboration. He has more than ten years working experience in the fields of knowledge management and information technology. Over the years, by encouraging and implementing the use of relevant practices and technologies, he has demonstrated the importance of knowledge management and brought positive changes to different organizations and firms. He has led regional projects in implementing content management systems, knowledge bases and social media applications. In academic side, he has a bachelor degree in applied computing and a master degree in knowledge management. In social corporate responsibility side, he is an active participant in helping startups by advising knowledge management practices.

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Andreas Sher

Andreas’ career started in the Quality Management field in the engineering industry. Having worked for two major Design Consultancies and the Airport Authority as Quality Manager, his skill set covered not only quality auditing and management but also included managing intranets, physical libraries, asset management and managing innovation projects.

After completing the KM Master’s programme is 2010, Andreas joined the MTR Project Division’s Innovation and Knowledge Management team as the manager for innovation (EII – Innovation). This position encompassed more than just developing and monitoring innovation projects, it included managing the intranet both in terms of creation and curation of content as well as system administration, assisting the many communities of practice develop and carry out programmes of activities, liasing with other knowledge management specialists in the organization, carrying out innovation and after action review workshops and publicizing innovation within the organisation through publications and events. 

This was followed by the position of Knowledge Management Director at Pico Global Services, the corporate arm of the Pico group. As a director level position this mean developing an overall KM strategy and liaise with the heads of the various offices around the world to introduce and develop KM practices. There were also practical tasks of monitoring and administering the intranet, maintaining the global staff list, and developing a Design Library system to capture the knowledge of past projects for inspiration and reuse.

With this wealth of experience, he is now working as a freelance consultant, and is perfecting his elevator speech on what the term knowledge really means.