Because You Need to Know Podcast ™

This was recorded 14 October 2017. Edwin K. Morris is the president and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services which produces this educational program, “Because you Need to Know," It is part of the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management. Sharon Myers is the content marketing manager at Cutco, located in Olean, NY. She is also the owner of SMA Consulting Services where she has worked with companies and non-profit institutions in the areas of marketing, communications, branding, public relations and fundraising. Sharon has served as the director of admissions communications for St. Bonaventure University, as the executive director of development and marketing at Archbishop Walsh Academy & Southern Tier Catholic School, as the executive director of marketing and communications at Houghton College and the director of communications at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute. Prior to moving into the Olean area, she worked internationally as the academic director of the European School of Economics in Milan, Italy and as the direct marketing executive for the World Wide Fund for Nature in the United Kingdom. Sharon started her career in the arts at the Indianapolis Opera Company (IN), interned at the Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), worked as the subscriptions manager at GeVa Theatre (Rochester, NY) and started the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre (Rochester, NY) with two colleagues. Sharon currently serves on the board of directors for the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation and on the alumni board of trustees for Butler University. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, Leadership Cattaraugus class of 2013 and graduate of the Lasallian Leadership Institute. She received her bachelor’s degree in arts administration / voice principal from Butler University and her MBA in International Management from the University of London.

Edwin K. Morris President and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services hosts this program, “Because you need to know," It is part of the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management. Stan Garfield is a knowledge management author, speaker, and community leader based in Northville, Michigan. He has worked in the field of knowledge management for over 20 years. Stan spent 8 years at Deloitte leading communities and enterprise social networking. Prior to that, he spent 25 years at HP, Compaq, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Stan launched Digital's first knowledge management program in 1996, helped develop the corporate KM strategy for Compaq, and led the Worldwide Consulting & Integration Knowledge Management Program for HP. He also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, St. Louis University School of Medicine, and Washington University School of Medicine. Stan holds a BS in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. He leads the SIKM Leaders Community with over 600 members globally, and is invited to present at numerous conferences, including KMWorld. Stan has published over 100 LinkedIn articles on leadership, innovation, knowledge management, communities of practice, enterprise social networks, and social media.

This was recorded 11 May 2016. Edwin K. Morris President and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services hosts this program, “Because you need to know," It is part of the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management. Lisa Tallman is a knowledge management strategist dedicated to social good. She is Sr. Director of Knowledge Management at YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for YMCA’s across the United States. She ensures YMCAs have access to knowledge, tools, and resources to collaborate to strengthen their local communities. Prior to joining the Y, Lisa worked for Grant Thornton, an accounting and advisory firm, where she was part of a team that instituted KM from scratch- developing processes, training team members to manage knowledge, and building a new technology platform. She has spent almost 15 years defining and shaping knowledge management for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Lisa earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Master’s Degree in English focused on Technical Communication from Eastern Michigan University. At Chicago Booth, she was chair of a student group that provided consulting services for nonprofits. This experience coupled with her work at the Y has allowed her to see how knowledge management adds value to large and small non-profits alike.

Edwin K. Morris President and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services hosts this program, “Because you need to know," It is part of the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management. David Gurteen is a keynote speaker and conversational facilitator. He works in the fields of knowledge management, organizational learning and conversational leadership. He gives keynote talks, designs and facilitates Knowledge Cafés and runs workshops around the world. He is best known as the creator of the Gurteen Knowledge Café – a conversational process to bring a group of people together to learn from each other and make better sense of a rapidly changing, complex world. He is the founder of the Gurteen Knowledge Community – a global network of over 22,000 people in 160 countries. This conversation was recorded on February 17th 2016.

Edwin K. Morris is the President and founder of Pioneer Knowledge Services, America’s first knowledge management nonprofit. Edwin is the host of, “Because you need to know". This program serves the mission to educate and bring awareness around knowledge management. Join in as knowledge management and innovation with in western NY is explored. Ms. Kimberly LaMendola is the Local Food Projects Manager and Regional Development Coordinator for the regional planning and development organization, Southern Tier West. She serves constituents of Western NY specifically in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties. She helps farmers and food producers to expand consumer markets, increase demand for local food products, and cooperatively market and promote regional food items. Kimberly also serves as the region’s coordinator for the area development grant program sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission and is very active in developing eligible projects that will benefit the region’s economic vibrancy.