I’ve picked up on a couple of blogs recently referring to Ning, a platform for creating individual social networks or communities of practice. It allows you to have your own…
Category: <span>Communities of Practice</span>
I came across the idea of Action Oriented communities of practice on the Anecdote blog by Shawn Callahan. It refers to the point in the CoP life cycle when the…
There’s an excellent commentary by Barb Brown on the role of Technology Stewards. Being a technology steward has very little to do with being an expert technology user, instead it’s…
I thought this Flash animation from the University of Ottawa was a neat introduction to facilitating a Peer Assist session for a community of practice. A Peer Assist is an…
I had ocassion recently to discuss the "1% rule" with a colleague, in relation to contributions to an on-line community of practice. My colleague professed to not having heard about…
It was an enjoyable evening at the Online Information Awards on Wednesday (29th) though regretably we didn’t win in our category "Innovation in Knowledge Management" for the local government Communities…