My Favourite Tipples from a Knowledge Management Specialist
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By Ana Neves

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My Favourite Tipples are shared by Ana Neves, knowledge management consultant. She shares her favourite email newsletters and blogs from Portugal and beyond.

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I don't tend to visit websites to check for new content. Instead I rely on a few email newsletters, and on the amazing network of people I follow on Twitter and on Zite, to bring the best content to my attention. My Favourite Tipples below reflect that.

• Observador: This is a Portuguese digital newspaper and was launched only last month. However, it has become a favourite because of the simple language and the way they go about "explaining" the news. I particularly like the daily email sent by the editor with a brief overview of what happened overnight and highlighting the main events expected for the day.
  
  
• Twitter: Twitter (and Facebook to some extent) is where I get to hear the latest news, where I am alerted to cool books, must-read posts, etc.. I've met many great people through Twitter and I've come to trust their opinion to help me digest the large amount of online content.
  
  
• Knowledge et al: I very much like to read Paul Corney's stories about his work assignments all over the world, about his take on Portuguese culture and his views of (knowledge management in) organisations.
  
  
• The Art of Life and Work: I tend to read all of Ana Silva's (aka @AnaDataGirl) blog posts. Yes, she's a friend but she is also a very clever person with a very balanced (rational-emotional) take on corporate life. That comes across in her posts where she focuses on the impact of technology in the way people socialise and where she explores the concept of serendipity.

An article in FreePint which I found particularly interesting:

When I started working in knowledge management I believed the value of doing it was so obvious that a) we should not have to explain it and b) we should not aim to measure it.

My views have changed dramatically and, although I still think the value of knowledge management is obvious, I see the importance of telling people about it and being able to show proof of it.

So, the article Four Components of "Value" Essential for Meaningful Conversations with Stakeholders about what "value" means has struck a chord. I like the way it encourages us to consider the target audience of the conversation about "value"; to link the conversation to established objectives; to tie the value to specific metrics; and to keep communicating the value of the work done.

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