Value to organizations?
Why should organizations pay attention to communities of practice and networks? Communities of practice are the perfect vehicle for involving practitioners directly in the management of the knowledge they need …
Month: December 2011
Communities versus networks?
How is a community of practice different from an informal network in regard to social learning? All communities of practice are networks in the sense that they involve connections among …
Communities versus teams?
How are communities of practice different from more familiar structures like teams or task forces? A team is held together by a task. When the task is accomplished the team …
Three BEtreats in 2012
We are running three different BEtreat workshops in 2012 and starting a one-year certificate as a professional development program. A primer BEtreat – July 9-13: By popular demand we are …
Multiple communities, identity and information anxiety
We had an interesting online conversation with members of KC Blue, the community-leader community at IBM. The meeting was hosted by Laurie Miller and Sandy Yarchin. Many of the members …
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Evaluation framework
As communities and networks go more mainstream there is an increasing demand from organizations to have ways of monitoring their value. How can we make the connection between the activities …
New beginning!
Hello world! Our reasons for adding one more offering to the already crowded blogosphere are several. We are: excited to share some of the resources we’re creating and to hear …
