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Evaluating a Community of Practice

I'm looking at ways to evaluate the performance of a Community of Practice (internal to a public sector department) and wondering if members have any tips on this? ie what could be a measure of the value created by a CoP?

I have looked at Wenger's work but haven't been able to find anything that really spells out in monetary terms what the value of CoPs are.

Samples of CoP evaluations greatfully…

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Added by Peter Chomley on March 30, 2010 at 3:18am — 1 Comment

Instrument de inter-comunicare “wiki” in sprijinul expertilor si consultantilor in fonduri europene

In sprijinul Programului National de pregatire sistematica cu recunoastere academica a expertilor si consultantilor pentru Fonduri Structurale, initiat de Platforma “EU-RO Clearing Funds”, sub egida caruia se desfasoara Cursul online de tip post-universitar de medie durata, multumita…

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Added by Sandu ZAMFIRESCU on March 20, 2010 at 11:32am — No Comments

KM4Dev meeting Cali Colombia May 27&28 Give input on meeting concept through a survey

“All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in

making the connections” Arthur Aufderheide, University of Minnesota.

By bringing together Knowledge Management professionals over two days

from 27- 29 May, 2010 at the International Center for Tropical

Agriculture (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia, and in connection with

the CGIAR-FAO Share Fair (same location, 25-27 May, 2010)… Continue

Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on March 15, 2010 at 7:28pm — No Comments

ISCB Global Network "ICTs for scientific capacities building"

ISCB Is an initiative of the Tunisian Association for scientific research assistance over the net Atars'net As an immediate follow up action of the seminar,Within the ICT 4 All Forum that was held on 24 – 25 Nov. 2009 in Hammamet – Tunisia, the Tunisian Association for scientific research assistance over the net Atars'net and the International Centre for Science and High Technology of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization…

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Added by Sonia A bdellatif on March 9, 2010 at 12:34pm — No Comments

List of Knowledge Management Events

A list to various calendars with upcoming KM events and conferences can be found on the respective KM4Dev Wiki page for Upcoming KM Events.

Added by Johannes Schunter on March 8, 2010 at 4:26pm — No Comments

Adjusment on our definition of Knowledge

Considering our DI-KW (stands for Data Information Knowledge Wisdom) model, as from Feb 8, 2010 via…

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Added by Md Santo on March 7, 2010 at 5:46pm — 2 Comments

Introducing the Change Journey

Today is the day of the official inauguration of the Change Journey.

My colleague Vesa Purokuru and I have worked for the last year to present you this meta model to change processes. It does not replace any other model or tool - it incorporates the entire wisdom and knowledge that exists on the dynamics of change processes.

The Change Journey is a radical approach to change. It is based on the paradigm that… Continue

Added by Holger Nauheimer on March 2, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

How We Are Linking the Field to KM: Establishing Sustainable K4Health Learning Centers in Malawi

(This post was originally published on the K4Health Blog)

By Scott Dalessandro, Communication Specialist & Toolkit Coordinator

As my family and friends in Washington and Baltimore coped with the so-called “…

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Added by Chris Rottler on February 22, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Call for proposals: Knowledge Fair Latin America and Caribbean, Cali, Colombia

Dear all,

In January 2009, Rome-based agencies working in agricultural research and development, and food security joined forces to co-organize the first Knowledge Share Fair in order to enable their staff to showcase, recreate and invent ways to share knowledge and improve…

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Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on February 18, 2010 at 10:24pm — No Comments

Arab Human and Knowledge Development

Cairo's Al-Ahram Weekly English website has never been very heavy on knowledge management. I usually read it for its book reviews, which are excellent. But an edition…

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Added by John Gaynard on February 5, 2010 at 11:33pm — No Comments

Subverting, Disenchanting and Rationalizing Pre-Modern Knowledge Systems: A Strategy for Revealing Modernity in Africa

Some members of KM4DEV may be interested in some thinking about upgrading pre-modern knowledge systems in the African region for uncovering a distinctive style of modernity. Follow this link:

http://sites.google.com/site/revealingmodernityinafrica/newpaper (20 pages)

Summary:…

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Added by Jacques L. Hamel on February 5, 2010 at 11:22am — No Comments

KM4Dev Drinks in London on 22 Feb

I've created a new event for a drink we are planning - a KM4Dev meet up at the Black Friar pub in central London from 4-5.30pm on Monday 22 Feb:
http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=30%22

More details at the event page here: http://www.km4dev.org/events/km4dev-meetup-london-22-feb

Hope to see you there

Added by Carl Jackson on February 4, 2010 at 12:52pm — 3 Comments

Pre-announcement: 2010 KM4Dev meeting in Colombia May 2010 - invitation to join organizing team

The KM4dev Core group has been discussing possibilities for 2010 KM4Dev meetings. While different locations have been explored in the context of funding opportunities, and interesting connected events, we have also discussed opportunities for making more out of the regional and linguistic diversity in the community.

Lucie Lamoureux summarized nicely that "KM4dev events come in all shapes and sizes (annual meetings, regional meetings, informal get-togethers, etc.) which is perfectly… Continue

Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on February 2, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

'Capacity is Development' Knowledge Fair - deadline for submission February 5, 2010

Dear KM colleagues,

I thought that given the focus of this community you might be interested in this opportunity to share experiences in capacity development! You can also feel free to forward on this call to any colleagues you think may have an interesting experience to share. Below please find specific information about the UNDP sponsored, "Capacity is Development Knowledge Fair".

Best regards,

Aimee Maron

Impact Alliance…

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Added by Aimee L. Maron on February 1, 2010 at 11:26pm — No Comments

Haiti Relief Toolkit: Essential Knowledge and Resources for Relief Efforts

In an effort to assist the thousands of aid workers in Haiti responding to the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks, K4Health has published the Haiti Relief Toolkit which provides practical and technical health-related information for those on the ground.

The Haiti Relief Toolkit is a resource to help health workers respond more effectively to the earthquake relief efforts underway in… Continue

Added by Chris Rottler on January 22, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

CALL for Case Studies - Knowledge Management, monitoring and evaluation

The project “Spaces for Engagement: Using knowledge to improve pro poor public policy” (a GDNet initiative, implemented in Latin America by CIPPEC) is launching a call that will support the production of case studies that reflect experiences of the following two organizational practices:

§ Incorporation and socialization of experiences and knowledge on the influence of research in public policy within and between Think Tanks of the region

§ Monitoring and evaluation of the… Continue

Added by Clara Richards on January 20, 2010 at 8:25pm — No Comments

Findings on Health Information Needs in Malawi: Something for Everyone

(This post was originally published on the K4Health Blog)

By Scott Dalessandro

Whether you’re passionate about the health information needs of community health workers and policy makers in Malawi, or are interested in learning the preferred formats and methods to receive and find that information, you’re sure to find something interesting in K4Health’s latest report, Malawi: Assessment of Information… Continue

Added by Chris Rottler on January 7, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

bonne année 2010

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

Tous mes vœux de réussites professionnelles et personnelles pour cette nouvelle année qui débute; que celle-ci soit riche également dans nos échanges autour du KM.

Je vous invite à participer au Café des connaissances organisé par l'ami Joël Muzard et si vous etes parisien vous pouvez vous joindre au groupe francophone qui se réunit dans les locaux de BFD pour cette occasion.

A bientôt

Cordialement

Pascal… Continue

Added by Pascal Bernardon on January 5, 2010 at 5:21pm — No Comments

WEB-BASED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 2.0 MAP

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24331515/WEB-BASED-KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT-2-0-MAP representing a web-based KM 2.0 diagram map from PT Mobee Indonesia as a corporate conducting their KM 2.0 in practice. Needless to say, surely KM is an access mechanism that can be used across any management tool type. So, don't put KM vs SM

Added by Md Santo on December 20, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

Accelerated leadership trajectories in communities of practice

[Cross-posted from this post in my main blog.]

This is something that have been in the blogging pipeline for a while, but thanks to the conversations with John Smith I actually finished it :)

A couple of months ago I went through two different, but somewhat parallel experiences. One is from… Continue

Added by Lilia Efimova on December 18, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments