He is starting Phase 2 of a CoP study with the primary, but not exclusive, focus of health and financial services. This week I feature one of Richard’s articles - How to Avoid a Mid-Life Crisis in Your CoPs : Uncovering six keys to sustaining communities. Communities of practice (CoPs) hold great promise for organizational improvement and thrive when first established; however, they can be difficult to maintain beyond mid-life due to loss of Weekly Knowledge Management Blog by Stan Garfield KM Question, Thought Leader, Blog, Link, and Book of the Week [ Blogroll - KM Home Page - Send a Question - Implementing a successful KM programme ] KM Question of the Week Q: What advice do you have for leaders?

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Darren Sidnick’s Learning & Technology: Communities of Practice (CoPs) with Nancy White Communities of Practice (CoPs) with Nancy White Darren wrote: This is a series of blogs on Communities of Practice (CoP). I’m excited as I’ve teamed up with CoP guru, Nancy White [link] . CoP is a hot topic Home About Full Circle Contact Resources Wiki Full Circus Full Circle Associates connections for a changing world, online and offline… Sep 07 2008 Communities of Practice Series with Darren Sidnick #1 Published by Nancy White at 4:21 pm under communities of practice , learning I mentioned a while back I was guest blogging

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was simply unaware of the label, the research and scholarship around these things we call “CoPs.” 8221; Back in the late 90’s technology was just used for distributed Cops - folks who could not physically be together. Through this work I also connected with a specific community, Knowledge Management for Development or “ KM4Dev ” which turned out to be one of my most important CoPs. This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. I

Here’s what Nancy says about community orientation: “In our research of CoPs we noticed 9 general patterns of activities that characterized a community’s orientation. members freedom to roam around the community and access information, and express their point of view, creating a more diverse CoP journal article, a toolkit Nancy White has been generous to share a section out of a chapter of her co-authored (Etienne Wenger and John. D

Smith) forth coming book, Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities. [...] # Marnix Catteeuw on 10 Apr 2009 at 11:07 am Hi Nancy, I used a similar tool to evaluate a CoP : [link] !B9C4E02838429A32!283.entry Subscribe here! Powered by FeedBlitz Technorati Profile Site Map About Full Circle About Nancy White Community Facilitation and Building Services Speaking, Presenting and Workshop Experience Trainings and Workshops Visual and Graphic Work Nancy on Other Sites Contact Resources

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