I am pleased to announce the following unanimous confirmation of two new officers to KIPA.  Effective immediately, Cathy Koloff assumes the position of Vice President.  Cathy takes over the reigns from Pamela Louderback, our former VP.  Also, effective immediately, Michelle Farabough assumes the position of Treasurer.    Michelle takes over the role from Bill Dietrich, who ably and actively staffed that position.  These terms are two-year terms, expiring at the close of 2016.  So that you will know in some small measure just how capable your newest of

KIPA and the Tulsa Techfest recently announced plans to include a dedicated Knowledge Management track at the October 11 event hosted by OSU Tulsa.  The all-day session will feature presentations by highly respected KM thought leaders Dr. Dan Duffy, Phil Barnett, Joe Colannino and Chuck Tryon.

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General:

The Knowledge & Information Professional Association (KIPA) is an evolving umbrella group of diverse knowledge and information professionals who share a common goal of advancing the intelligent sharing of personal and organizational knowledge. Professionals represented in KIPA include knowledge managers, content managers, IT specialists, information analysts, librarians, archivists, records managers, document managers, web developers, and information architects. The group vision is to develop a network of knowledge specialists who will help each other understand how each specialty works together to build a total structure of knowledge and information management within an organization.