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Select from the drop down list of the lead facilitator And select Save changes Please note that the Lead Facilitator will be contactable from the communities tab by the CoP platform message system, when a member is searching for a community. Community themes A community theme is a feature (that facilitators can set up) allowing members to categorise forum, library and wiki posts based on the theme facilitators set up. Please note that they will not receive

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www.straitsknowledge.com blog articles how-to guides events publications book videos about CoP Leadership - A Lesson from the Flight of Pelicans Two days ago, I blogged about whether a CoP could evolve into gangsterism and Patrick offered a case study on a successful CoP gone bad through exclusivism. In the study, one of the causes that led to the dysfunctionality of the CoP was the lack of a leadership renewal process. It made me think of the flight of pelicans. Pelicans prefer to fly in V-shaped formation because it reduces drag and saves energy on long migrations.

www.straitsknowledge.com blog articles how-to guides events publications book videos about Could a CoP Become a Gang I have just watched an episode of “ Get Real ” on Channel News Asia where this week’s feature was on teenage gangs. While membership and participation is voluntary in a CoP, how do we handle the psychological dependence that could emerge? It was most disturbing to hear of how easily members could sign up with a gang but how difficult and life-threatening it could be to get out. Recounting his fight for freedom from the gang he joined, a young lad narrated how threats to harm his family members were made, how he was beaten up so badly he had to stay 4 days away from home so his family would not see his bruises and how he finally won his freedom.

My focus is not on the social computing practitioner, but rather on a regular person wanting to run an online Community of Practice (CoP). It’s more about the social computing practitioner helping a CoP Facilitator help themselves. ie what are the conditions that a facilitator can create to get their CoP off the ground. This is not a post about social computing deploying/piloting/adoption in general. All these are applicable on many levels eg.

you have ever hankered to read a “real life” story about an organic community of practice, one free from the business pressures of CoPs manufactured inside of corporations, read this book. thought it might be fun to look at this community, as best an outsider can do (which is usually not very well) from one of the CoP perspectives Etienne Wenger, John Smith and I use in our upcoming book, Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for community .  In My friend Sue Wolff generously lent me two books recently. The first, Marie Winn’s “ Red-Tails in Love

If you have ever hankered to read a “real life” story about an organic community of practice, one free from the business pressures of CoPs manufactured inside of corporations, read this book. thought it might be fun to look at this community, as best an outsider can do (which is usually not very well) from one of the CoP perspectives Etienne Wenger , John Smith and I use in our upcoming book, Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for community . (Crossposted from my Full Circle blog ) My friend Sue Wolff generously lent me two books recently.