2009 actKM Awards

In 2009, actKM will once again judge and award prizes to organisations or individuals that have made significant achievements in organisational capability, performance or sustainability through the application of knowledge-based projects or activities.

actKM now calls for submissions for the 10th annual Knowledge Management Awards, to be announced at actKM 09 dinner on 12 October 2009 at University House, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Tickets for the awards dinner are available at www.actkm.org.au for a price of $70.

Cost

There is no cost to submit for the actKM Awards

Eligibility

All Australian-based public, private and not-for-profit organisations are invited to submit responses for consideration.

Categories

Awards are provided for cultural and technological initiatives

Criteria

1. How well did the initiative achieve the objective (must relate/contribute to delivery of organisational outcomes in terms of core business)
2. How was/is the knowledge project implemented (management support, innovation, and communications)
3. What organisational improvement was/will be realised (capability improvement, savings, service improvement, extra business)
4. What were the risk and challenges and how were they managed
5. What was/is the extent of stakeholder satisfaction (internal and external, customers, partners, etc.)

Closing Date

Monday 28th September 2009

Submission

Submissions should include a 150 word summary.  The response should be against the criteria and submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format to conference2009@actkm.org

Judging

A panel of judges will be selected from a broad range of industry groups and will, collectively, have a broad range of experience in knowledge management.  Submissions will be assessed solely on the submission and in accordance with these Submission Guidelines. The judging panel will be independent of all submissions. Judges decisions shall be final and no correspondence shall be entered into.

Enquiries

Any additional information can be obtained from the Convenor at: conference2009@actkm.org