Knowledge Network West (KNW) is a knowledge sharing and networking group for those working in KM in law firms and other professional services in the West of UK (Knowledge Lawyers, Law Librarians, Heads of Knowledge, those in project, process and innovation etc). You can find out more about KNW here www.knowledgenetworkwest.com.
 
In order to continue to improve KNW for 2016 and make sure that it serves as wide an audience as possible and provides great value for money, I would be grateful if you would answer a few questions to help me understand which topics you would find useful and how else the group could develop.

Your answers will be anonymous and confidential.

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* 1. How would you characterise your main role? Tick as many as apply.

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* 2. Have you attended a Knowledge Network West event before?

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* 3. What stops you coming to a KNW event?

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* 4. Which of the following topics would interest you?

  1 - not interested 2 3 - neutral 4 5 - really interested
Project Management/LPM
Understanding how KM teams/hierarchies/roles work
Measuring return on investment
Process (Lean, Kaizen, 6 sigma or similar)
Effecting cultural changes/working with different organisations' cultures
Leadership
Innovation and creativity
Improving knowledge sharing through formalised conversations
Conversation as a tools for knowledge sharing
KM theory and practice - basics
Understanding how KM works in other sectors
Developing KM strategies (departmental and whole firm)
Presentation skills
Impact of cloud computing
Social media for marketing
Knowledge-based marketing
Trial, test, learn - iterative improvements
Report writing skills
Personal Knowledge Management and Snowden's theories
Social media for knowledge sharing
Topics relating to learning and training
New ideas for understanding customer engagement/feedback
Process mapping
Developing business cases
Using LinkedIn/Twitter/blogs
Improving sharing of tacit knowledge
Understanding how clients see KM in law firms
Understanding lawyers better, to work with them more effectively
Intranet design
Search and/or know how databases
Presentations from IT suppliers
Improving communication, in particular with the C-Suite/Executive Board
Extranets and KM for clients
KM theory and practice - hot current topics
Change management
Knowledge mapping
Automated document assembly
Reward and recognition schemes
Artifical intelligence

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* 5. What types of presenter would you like to hear from?

  1 - not interested 2 3 - neutral 4 5 - really interested
Clients
Fee earners/users talking about their needs
Consultants/trainers
Suppliers
KM practitioners/experts
Academics or similar
Senior managers from legal sector
Senior managers from other businesses
Members of the group

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* 6. All events will need to be practical/useful, but what kinds of events do you enjoy?

  1 - not interested 2 3 - neutral 4 5 - really interested
Case studies/sharing experiences
Events with a lot of interaction and discussion
General information gathering about what everyone else is doing
Keeping abreast of hot topics
Events where I don't have to speak in public
Explaining application of useful theories

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* 7. Would you be prepared to pay an additional fee (in addition to annual fee, or a larger single event fee) for a particular (famous) presenter?

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* 8. What is your firm's biggest challenge for 2016? (whether KM related or not)

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* 9. What is your biggest personal KM/work challenge for 2016?

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* 10. What other additional services would you find valuable from KNW?

  1 - not interested 2 3 - neutral 4 5 - really interested
An annual survey of IT/KM priorities/other
Our own "experts database"
White papers/articles on topics of interest
Negotiated discounts for annual members from reliable suppliers (if this proves possible)
Separate online discussion/forum area purely for annual members (different to LinkedIn group)
Research link-ups with local Universities (if possible)
Ability to attend meetings at different locations for annual members
Video-linked meetings (to annual members in different towns)
Online training on KM topics
Surveys of best practice relating to KM implementation
A list of names/roles/email addresses of all members (subject to their consent)

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* 11. What other additional services would you find valuable from KNW even if they required an increase (say £25-50) in the annual fee?

  1 - not interested 2 3 - neutral 4 5 - really interested
Online training on KM topics
Additional White papers/articles on topics of interest
Greater discount for buying additional tickets to events
Lunch provided at the training events

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* 12. Would you attend a KNW if it was in a different town? If so, where?

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* 13. Can you suggest someone suitable to present to the group on a topic?

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* 14. Do you have any more ideas to improve KNW?

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* 15. Is there anything we can do/change/offer which would persuade you to join KNW?

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