Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Masterclass Pretoria

In this one day workshop you will get to understand the desired outcomes, fundamental principals and benefits of the Knowledge Café process. You will go on to participate in a Knowledge Café; to experience the benefits first hand and to reflect on and discuss the experience within the session. You will leave the workshop understanding the power of the Knowledge Café and with sufficient knowledge to run to one.

About the workshop
Knowledge Sharing is a key issue for Knowledge Management and for organizational success. But real Knowledge Sharing requires an open mindset and continues to be a challenge for many organizations. In fact, it can be difficult to even get people to talk openly to one another other about their specific corporate interests, opportunities and responsibilities.

One way of energizing an organization to achieve real Knowledge Sharing benefits is the use of Knowledge Cafés. A Knowledge Café is an effective vehicle for opening up conversations and discussions that lead to sharing.

One way of thinking of the Knowledge Café is as a tool that is used to share tacit knowledge. It can be used within teams or Communities of Practice to question entrenched assumptions, to help facilitate learning from others and gain a deeper collective understanding of a subject - through conversation.

It is not just about talking and networking though these are secondary benefits but allowing people to engage each other in "dialogue" with the aim of learning from each other rather than entering into unproductive debate and attempting to impose their views on the other which invariably end in failure and frustration.

Who should attend?
The workshop is designed for anyone who is tasked or involved in developing a knowledge sharing or more innovative culture within their organization. You do not need to be a professional facilitator. People interested might include: Knowledge Management Practitioners, Learning and Development Practitioners, Human Resource Practitioners, Project Leaders, Change Managers, Trainers, Facilitators, CoP Leaders and others.

David Gurteen, your workshop facilitator, has been running Knowledge Cafés in a variety of settings and cultures, around the world for the last 5 years including: London; Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta; Hong Kong; Dubai; Singapore; Canberra; Barcelona; Washington DC; Moscow and elsewhere. From this experience, he has developed a highly successful format: the Gurteen Knowledge Café.

Date: 19 November 2008
Venue: Wingate Country Club, Pretoria
Cost: R2800 plus VAT

To enquire or to register, please contact Dalene Duvenage of 4Knowledge.
Email: dalene@4knowledge.co.za
or Mobile: 082-413-1922.