The Knowledge Management Professional Society (KMPro) is an international professional society headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area and is the world's largest KM society with more than 120,000 members in 88 countries world-wide. It is a non-profit, member-driven community committed to promoting KM worldwide, with membership available for those interested in KM.

• We are a society created by KM Professionals and for KM Professionals actively engaged in KM implementation, Change Management, Information Management, Innovation, Human/Intellectual Capital Strategy, Intangible Asset Valuation. KMPro welcomes both experienced practitioners and those new to KM.


• We serve the professional needs of the broad KM community through a variety of training, collaboration, networking, mentoring, partnerships, publishing, advertising opportunities. We also offer our CKM certification graduates with the opportunity to collaborate and network.


• We are 100% member-driven, locally and globally, working together to invigorate the KM community.


• KMPro is an INCLUSIVE organization, and one of our goals is to form strategic alliances and partnerships with those organizations who share our vision, ethics, values and beliefs. We openly seek and promote collaboration with other organizations when such a partnership would provide benefit to our members and would support our vision.


• KMPro is the leading certifying body and largest international association dedicated to knowledge management and in support of this, KMPro has merged the Knowledge Management Certification Board (KMCB) into our organization. KMPro's KM certifications are by far the Knowledge Management credential of choice across a vast array of industries, companies, and government agencies alike. Our training programs are designed to best meet the needs of our members or anyone desiring to obtain a sound foundation in both KM principals and hands-on implementation techniques. Our currently offered CKM training program is based upon a best-practice, strategic knowledge management approach to KM which has been successfully taught for 14 years by a certification instructor with more than 16 years of KM experience.

For questions concerning membership, contact the VP of Member Services at Membership. For questions regarding our training services, please contact your Certification Coordinator at 866-31-KMPRO (866-315-6776) Outside U.S. 01-757-460-6500, or send email to Training.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to encourage the practice of knowledge management, reflect the diversity of thought found in this growing field, and disseminate the best ideas and tools from the many disciplines that facilitate organizational learning and improvement.

Governance

KMPro is incorporated within the State of Maryland, and is governed by its laws. Our Governance page contains our ByLaws. (Note: Bylaws are currently being revised.)

KMPro Leadership

Learn more about the leadership team within KMPro.