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#*Decide what topic you wish to address in a community in order to identify the domain. | #*Decide what topic you wish to address in a community in order to identify the domain. | ||
− | #*To encourage people to participate, start a discussion on a domain or a | + | #*To encourage people to participate, start a discussion on a domain or a small problem and present ideas and/or solutions for resolving this problem. |
#*Find a committed leader or coordinator for the community:volunteer to be the community leader yourself or identify someone else. The community leader should know the subject, have energy for stimulating collaboration, regularly spend time increasing membership, lining up speakers, hosting calls and meetings, asking and answering questions, and posting information which is useful to the members. | #*Find a committed leader or coordinator for the community:volunteer to be the community leader yourself or identify someone else. The community leader should know the subject, have energy for stimulating collaboration, regularly spend time increasing membership, lining up speakers, hosting calls and meetings, asking and answering questions, and posting information which is useful to the members. | ||
#*Identify thought leaders to legimate the community and potential members to leverage knowledge. The community will need a critical mass of members. You usually need at least 50 members, with 100 being a better target. Try to take advantage of existing networks. | #*Identify thought leaders to legimate the community and potential members to leverage knowledge. The community will need a critical mass of members. You usually need at least 50 members, with 100 being a better target. Try to take advantage of existing networks. | ||
#*Decide on a initial technology platform and create one or more tools for the community to use (threaded [[Discussion Board|discussion board]], collaborative team space, web site or portal, [[Wiki|Wiki]], [[Blog|Blog]], or newsletter). | #*Decide on a initial technology platform and create one or more tools for the community to use (threaded [[Discussion Board|discussion board]], collaborative team space, web site or portal, [[Wiki|Wiki]], [[Blog|Blog]], or newsletter). | ||
#'''Starting-up:''' | #'''Starting-up:''' | ||
− | #* | + | #*Publicize the existence of your communicty once it isestablished to help recruit new members. |
#* Watch the production of intermediate results, summaries and conclusions of the discussions. | #* Watch the production of intermediate results, summaries and conclusions of the discussions. | ||
#*Gather a core group (leader, experts, stakeholders) and maintain one closer circle (involved members) and one outside circle (interested members, contributors, readers). | #*Gather a core group (leader, experts, stakeholders) and maintain one closer circle (involved members) and one outside circle (interested members, contributors, readers). |
Revision as of 11:20, 7 October 2008
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (CoPs) |
A process of social learning where a group of people who share an interest, a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, collaborate to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations without necessarily being in a formal work meeting. CoP members are bounded one another through exposure to a common class of problems, common pursuit of solutions, and embodying a store of knowledge, by shared practices and common beliefs. Communities of practice generally cut across organizational boundaries and help create and share knowledge. It is the best way to : [1]
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Implementing a CoP |
Main Components
Step by Step
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia (16 April 2008), www.km4dev.org (16 April 2008), www.kstoolkit.org (24 September 2008)
- ↑ www.deza.ch (29 September 2008)
- ↑ www.kstoolkit.org (24 September 2008), www.kunnskapsnettverk.no (25September 2008), www.communities.hp.com (29 September 2008), Ramalingam, B., Tools for Knowledge and Learning, odi, 2006