Speaking Engagements...

Larry Chait has spoken at over 35 conferences on topics including knowledge management, process improvement, and the management of change.

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Sample Abridged Presentations

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 Plugging the Brain Drain— Retaining Expertise in Today's Organizations (Adobe Acrobat/pdf, 900K) Click here.
Today, the traditional problem of holding on to intellectual capital as people come and go is turning into a crisis.  Even worse, intellectual capital is squandered through poor assimilation, inadequate training, and ineffective processes.  To stop this constant brain drain, efforts to manage knowledge must be intensified. If done well, these efforts can leverage intellectual assets to improve the overall ROI on human capital.

 Change Ensurance (Adobe Acrobat/pdf, 425K) Click here.
Statistics show that the about three-quarters of major change initiatives fail to achieve their objectives.  But with new diagnostic and change management tools, managers can identify and root out the seeds of failure well in advance of their germination.  These tools help ensure successful change.

 Collaboration— Requirements for Success (Adobe Acrobat/pdf, 480K) Click here.
Material written about Collaboration is focused on software applications, program features, and hardware/ communications technologies.  Seldom does the discussion cover the other 80% of the factors that are critical to successful implementation and operation of Collaboration initiatives.

Recent speaking engagements

 Root Cause, March, 2010, Cambridge, MA:  "Innovations and Trends—Consumer Electronics Show, 1010."

 Lesley University, December, 2009, Cambridge, MA:  "Strategic Issues for Nonprofit Survival."

 KMWorld Conference, November, 2009, San Jose, CA:  "Gaining Support and Buy-in for KM Practices and Culture."

 Boston KM Forum, Symposium on Personal Knowledge Management, October, 2009, Bentley University, Waltham, MA:  "New Tools for Personal Knowledge Management."

 Boston KM Forum, Symposium on KM 2.0, April, 2008, Bentley College, Waltham, MA:  "KM 2.0—Real or Hype?"

 KMWorld Conference, November, 2007, San Jose, CA:  "Managing Expertise:  A Key Focus for KM."

 KMWorld Conference, November, 2007, San Jose, CA:  Half-day workshop, "Critical Factors for KM Initiatives."

 Critical Logic Webinar, "Why are IT Projects so Hard?", September, 2007:  "Making Change Stick."

 Boston KM Forum Symposium on Leveraging Knowledge, June, 2007, Bentley College, Waltham, MA: "KM Leadership."

 Shared Insights" Portals, Collaboration, and Content Conference, May, 2007, Las Vegas, NV:  "Your Portal is Working—But It Isn't."

 Shared Insights" Portals, Collaboration, and Content Conference, May, 2007, Las Vegas, NV:  Half-day workshop, "Critical Factors in KM Initiatives."

 KMWorld Conference, November, 2006, San Jose, CA:  Knowledge Portal - A Case Study."

 KMWorld Conference, November, 2006, San Jose, CA:  Half-day workshop, "Critical Factors in KM Initiatives."

 Boston KM Forum Symposium on Finding Experts, October, 2006, Bentley College, Waltham, MA: "Leveraging Knowledge - Finding Experts."

 Boston KM Forum Symposium on Finding 'Stuff," June, 2006, Bentley College, Waltham, MA: "Leveraging Knowledge - Finding 'Stuff' on the Internet."

 DCI's Portals, Collaboration & Content Management Conference, April 2006, San Diego, CA:  Half-day workshop, "Leveraging Knowledge through Portals: KM in a Portals Environment."

 DCI's Portals, Collaboration & Content Management Conference, April 2006, San Diego, CA:  "Project Change Management: Avoiding Failure, Ensuring Success."

 DCI's Portals Collaboration and Content Management Conference, November, 2005, Miami, FL: "Managing Corporate Expertise."

 DCI Self-Service Conference, June, 2005, Boston, MA:  "Knowledge Management and Self-Service."

 Gilbane Conference on Content Management, December, 2004, Boston, MA:  Co-manager of the Enterprise Search, Collaboration, and Knowledge Management Track; Panel Convener and Moderator, "Collaboration and Knowledge Management Best Practices;" Panel Convener and Moderator, "Knowledge Management & Technology."

 Operational Excellence Conference, May, 2004, Boston , MA: "Creating a High Performing Culture."

 Innovative Enterprise World Summit, October, 2003, Boston MA: "Plugging the Brain Drain—Keeping Intellectual Capital When Human Capital Departs."

 Innovative Enterprise World Summit, October, 2003, Boston MA: "Is KM Dead…or Alive and Thriving?" (Panel Convener and Moderator).

 IBM Knowledge and Organizational Performance Forum , June, 2003, Atlanta, GA: "What is the Future of KM?" (Panelist)

 AIIM 2003, April, 2003, New York: "Change Ensurance."

 DCI Employee Relations Management Conference, August, 2002, New York, NY: "Plugging the Brain Drain—Keeping Intellectual Capital When Human Capital Departs."

 DCI Corporate Portals Conference, July, 2002, Boston, MA: "Content Management—The 'Soft' Keys to Success."

 Collaborate East, June, 2002, Boston, MA: "Collaboration— Requirements for Success."

 AIIM 2002, March, 2002, San Francisco: "Content Management—Requirements for Success."

 Boston KM Forum, January, 2002, Needham, MA; Topic: "Keeping Intellectual Capital when Human Capital Departs."

 Boston College/Arthur D. Little School of Management, November, 2001, Boston, MA: "Knowledge Management."

 Earley and Associates Content Management Seminar, multiple dates, June through November, 2001: "Content Management—It's Much More than Content."

 PDVSA KM Conference, October, 2000, Caracas Venezuela: "Lessons on Knowledge Management."

 DCI's  Portals Conference, August, 2000, Boston, MA: "Portal Personalization— What It Is, How It Works."

 University of Sao Paulo MBA/MOT Program, April, 2000 and 2001, Waltham, MA: "Knowledge Management."

 Special Libraries Association, April, 2000, Farmington, CT: "Changes in the Information Services Function."