John Girard, Ph.D. is a tenured full professor at Minot State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate business classes. John’s current research interests include knowledge management, social media, virtual business, online education, and globalization. John is founder and Chief Knowledge Strategist of Sagology (www.sagology.com), a firm dedicated to connecting people with people to facilitate collaboration, learning, and knowledge sharing through keynotes, workshops, and consulting. The Council of College Faculties elected John the 2010 - 11 faculty advisor to the State Board of Higher Education. John is very proud of his service in the Canadian Forces. In 2004, he retired at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel after 24 years in uniform and remains engaged in Defence KM issues.

John is an awarding-winning researcher who speaks regularly on the subject of knowledge management and how enterprises may reap the benefits of creating and exchanging organizational knowledge.  He has spoken in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America at such events as KM World, APQC’s Knowledge Management Conference, the World Congress on Intellectual Capital, KM Australia, InfoVision India and many other events. John has undertaken training and consulting assignments for clients such as the Department of National Defence, Canadian Forces College, Canadian International Development Agency, US Department of Labor, Job Corps, and the Dubai Municipality.

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