The document discusses innovative methods and tools for adding meaning and value to information. It outlines various processes for making information more meaningful, such as conversation, collaboration, recording experiences, storytelling, visualizing information, and analyzing. Various tools are presented that support these processes, such as wikis, mind maps, social network maps, and narrative templates. The role of information professionals is shifting to act as "cultural anthropologists" who help people use information more effectively and understand how they learn.

1. Presentation to KM World & Intranets 2006 A203 Innovative Methods & Tools for Adding Meaning & Value to Information

3. Ways We Add Meaning to Information P2P communication tools (phone); Conver- sation tools (talking stick); Collaboration tools (wikis, whiteboards, Open Space); Coll. Wisdom/surveying tools; Directories/people-finders/soc. net. maps Others' experiences/additional info; Others' interpretations/ perspectives/ ideas/POV; Collective wisdom Conversing/consulting; Canvassing/surveying; Collaborating Recording tools; Cameras/SVP tools; Cultural anthropology tools; Mindmaps Reviewable detailed recordings; transcripts; Observations (objective and subjective); Interviews Recording/photographing; Observing first-hand Metaphors/analogies/allegories; Alternate perspectives; Shoe-on-the-other-foot POV Reorganizing; Analogizing; Restating ("in other words"); Re-enacting/re-framing Analytical report templates; Structured thinking methodologies Implications; Action plans Analyzing; Inferring significance; Inferring consequences; Deciding on resultant actions Storytelling templates/models (myths, fables etc.); Storyboards; Blogs; Storybooks/periodicals (e.g. New Yorker); Cartoons; Training: listening/storytelling Lessons/learnings; Vicarious experience; Experience-lesson connections; Strong memories; Story personalization Reading/hearing/internalizing stories; Narrating/memorizing/retelling stories Visualizations & graphics; Tables; Eco- language (animated visualizations); Single frames; Mapping/systems thinking tools Models; Representations; Systems diagrams; Maps Illustrating; Modeling; Systems thinking; Mapping Training: creative thinking; Self-tests & exercises Applications (real and potential); Tests of learning/understanding; Practice Imagining; Applying Blogs/diaries; Storyboards; Cartoons; Mindmaps/concept maps; FAQs Synopses Synthesizing/distilling; Simplifying (without over-simplifying) Training: critical/analytical thinking; Desktop search tools (for combining) Context; Insights Reflecting/considering; Interpreting; Drawing on examples from personal experience; Combining/integrating with other personal knowledge Meditation; Training: attention skills Works of art Paying attention; awareness; mindfulness Some Tools Supporting these Processes: Valuable 'End-Products' of these Processes: Processes that Add Meaning to Information:

4. Weblogs & Diaries Synthesizing Tools Cartoons Storyboards

5. Synthesizing Tools Concept Maps Mind Maps

6. Visualizations Eco- Language Modeling Tools

7. Single Frame Presentations Modeling Tools

8. Systems Thinking Charts Modeling Tools Social Network Maps Market Maps

9. Storytelling Tools Narrative Templates Storyboards Weblogs & Diaries

10. Analyzing Tools Structured Thinking Analytical Report Templates

11. Virtual Presence Tools Recording Tools Mind Maps Cultural Anthropology Tools

12. Surveying Tools Canvassing Tools Prediction Market Tools

13. People Finders Conversing / Collaborating Tools Whiteboard/ Virtual Presence Tools

14. Wikis Open Space Technology Conversing / Collaborating Tools

17. The Role of Information Professionals http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/09/27.html

20. The Future of KM Overview of Thoughts for KM 2.0 Ask the Experts Presentation to KM World & Intranets 2006 B304