I’ve just completed my first ‘Hot Seat’ session for the IDeA Communities of Practice. My specialist subject “The Knowledge Hub” – a leading-edge project planned for the local government sector this year. I think I managed to answer all of the ques…
I’ve just completed my first ‘Hot Seat’ session for the IDeA Communities of Practice. My specialist subject “The Knowledge Hub” – a leading-edge project planned for the local government sector this year. I think I managed to answer all of the ques…
I’ve just completed my first ‘Hot Seat’ session for the IDeA Communities of Practice. My specialist subject “The Knowledge Hub”. I think I managed to answer all of the questions correctly, and was encouraged to see that we had over 470 page views …
Day 3 of the online facilitation conference being run by IDeA, http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/c/10030/blog/blog-display.do?backlink=ref&… and I’m on this afternoon 2pm – 4pm doing a ‘Hot Seat’ on “The Knowledge Hub”, the next generaton commu…
CoPs are not about bringing knowledge into an organisation but about helping to grow the knowledge that we need to become more effective in our jobs. My quote.
I think that most community of practice (CoP) facilitators or moderators will recognise the challenge in getting conversations started within the community. The ratio of ‘lurkers’ to ‘contributors’ is one of the standard indicators that should be …
No to IE6 I’ve often wondered why there isn’t more of a groundswell of discontent amongst users who have no other choice but to use Internet Explorer version 6 (IE6) as their interface to the web world. I’m thinking primarily of public secto…
It’s always pleasing to get some good publicity about how Communities of Practice are reshaping the way that local government works; creating new opportunities for knowledge sharing, collaboration and co-creation. The article in e-government bulle…
There has been much written about measuring the value of online communities such as Social Networks or Communities of Practice. However, most pundits tend to think of measuring value from a purely financial perspective, i.e. the Return on Investme…
If you’re not quite yet in the Christmas spirit, you must watch this. David Attenborough – eat your heart out!