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The advantages of developing your own toolkit (or platform, strategy, bibliography, taxonomy etc.) The fact that the toolbox is developed together with internal as well as external expertise means that staff know who they can follow-up with for advice and support on when and how to use them. MORE
This is a short post to recap the online workshop I did with David Spinks of CMX about developing Collaborative Innovation Communities. I’ve developed a workshop to help organizations learn about, ideate on and plan their Collaborative Innovation strategy. MORE
Team Leadership DevelopmentSadly, you cannot create a High-Performing Team in a day or afternoon or even over lunch. MORE
Next monday I will have an interview with a journalist of a magazine about international development cooperation ( Vice Versa ). What knowledge to share, how to share, and what needs to be done for innovation in international development cooperation? ". development development2.0 MORE
A couple of weeks ago I spent some time with staff of the UN Global Compact Office (GC). We used some frameworks from my work with Global Action Networks to explore their applicability and potential usefulness for the… Net Dev Global Compact GRI PRI TI MORE
For a recording of the webinar described below, go here. Slides are available here. For more information about the Academy, go here. For access to the toolbox described in the webinar, go here. Presenter: Klaus Althoff … Net Dev MORE
Carl Jackson of Westhill Knowledge Group (formerly at IDS – Institute of Development Studies ), colleague at KM4Dev , friend and all around smart and funny guy took 20 minutes to share some of his experiences supporting and participating in online communities in international development. MORE
The agility of cloud time development is great, but then so is the stability of non-cloud time development cycles. One of the promises of cloud services is that you always have the latest stuff available. MORE
We are developing a network and communities of practice. Margaret is currently Director of Development at vinspired the volunteering charity for 14-25 year olds, and has previously worked for Spacehive and the Big Lottery Fund. New Hub for London role to develop civil society networks and civic tech. I’m currently writing for a new Networked City blog which complements our NWC wiki and NWC forum. MORE
And then something like this comes through, "Developing Real Skills. A lot of virtual team research crosses my screen, most of which is earnest and much of which is the equivalent of a Sunday-night eat-up of what's in the refrigerator. Collaboration Telecommuting Virtual Teams MORE
In development, this is a different case. Large organisations may have applications, but smaller development organisations in the north or organisations in the south may not have invested in any systems. However, I have the impression that so few people like working with wikis and are comfortable working with wikis that the real revolution that Shirky promised, worldwide collaboration at scales we have never seen, is still very far ahead for development. MORE
So while I talked with the software developers and coaches at the agile coach camp last weekend, I kept thinking: What if we used the principles that they use to make software development more participatory, user-oriented and faster learning and adopted them in international development projects? The basics of this new approach are summed up in the: Manifesto for Agile Software Development. “We are uncovering better ways of developing. MORE
Here is a poster design I’ve been working on for a while – it summarises the empirical, evidence based taxonomy development process we recommend. This is the link to an A4 pdf version. This is the link to an A3 pdf version. We’re going to look at costs/prices for printing this on high quality poster paper and shipping it if there’s a demand. Let us know MORE
Based on hard-won experience I have pulled together a comprehensive model to help enterprises exploit the full power of all the great tools available (mostly free) to turbo-charge ALL their outbound, inbound and two-way sales and marketing communications. MORE
What I read a lot about is that VR storytelling helps to develop empathy for, by example, the refugees. More is needed than a VR app to develop empathy. I see that there is a lot of development in VR applications. MORE
Do you work for an international development NGO? Objective of the workshop: Introduce researchers, communications professionals and knowledge sharing practitioners to social media tools and support their social media strategy development. Develop your strategy. MORE
This module title is Network Development Challenges. It introduces core network concepts and further develops them … EventsIn partnership with The Network University I am offering a three-week virtual courses for people who are working in, for or with networks. MORE
They can just be paper exercises to support a check-box mentality rather than supporting a real capability development. Developing_a_KM_Maturity_Assessment_v2.pdf I have always been very cautious about KM Maturity Assessments. They carry a lot of assumptions about how KM should be implemented, that may not always be true for everybody. They often have features that get in the way of action planning that really matches the need of the organisation concerned. MORE
I have been reading a good paper of ecosystem growth and development and thinking to the interrelations with digital ecosystems. This paper gives useful guidelines to explain the development and changes in digital ecosystems. Ecosystem growth and development. MORE
We are developing a network and communities of practice. Margaret is currently Director of Development at vinspired the volunteering charity for 14-25 year olds, and has previously worked for Spacehive and the Big Lottery Fund. New Hub for London role to develop civil society networks and civic tech. I’m currently writing for a new Networked City blog which complements our NWC wiki and NWC forum. MORE
What about little companies using sole trader web developers? That was one I heard last week – and the developer had added a Google blogspot blog to the self hosted site rather than Wordpress. MORE
Following a Lobbi strategy group meeting yesterday – which I trailed here – it looks as if one strand of development will focus on a kit of technology tools to support local change agents … that is people doing good stuff in their community. MORE
It was our sense that we needed to look at the problem differently, with an appreciation for complexity and the diverse contexts across large international development organizations. collaboration complexity international development MORE
Dialogical Organization Development is a label Bob Marshak and I have … Blog Change By Gervase Bushe – Simon Fraser University. This is one of a series of guest blogs on large systems change written as part of GOLDEN’s Ecosystems Labs activ ity. MORE
There’s often a big gap between those working in innovative ways in communities to develop our physical assets of land and buildings, and those with the tech skills to use public data and online systems to develop local digital assets. In the first instance Our Digital Community is inviting expressions of interest from people who would like to join a peer network about developing digital assets and enterprises to deliver social impact. MORE
I found a book which divides the learning professional in personal and professional development. I have been rethinking my focus. I started working within the framework of knowledge management and communities of practice. MORE
I have been exploring the power of Net-Map for personal development and happiness for a few years now. If you allow the wind to lift you up, you can fly (picture by Dan Markeye). MORE
My talk will be on developing a strategic approach to Office 365. Developing a Strategic Approach to Office 365. Tonight at the Christchurch SharePoint User Group I will be presenting the first session of the evening. Office 365 offers a tremendous set of capabilities in a quick to acquire, quick to start consuming model. These capabilities provide many opportunities to re-think how work gets done, and drive strategic benefit for an organisation. MORE
This is the Chinese version of the Taxonomy poster that Patrick shared in 2012. To download the PDF version of the Chinese poster, click here. I had enjoyed being part of the process of translating the original poster into Chinese. It felt like visiting an old friend. MORE
Earlier this week I spent an evening in the Treasury, Whitehall, talking not about the economy but about how visuals and other creative approaches may be used to develop and communicate policy. MORE
Here is a poster design I’ve been working on for a while – it summarises the empirical, evidence based taxonomy development process we recommend. MORE
" How do you justify investment a specific people development activity (e.g. Secondly you identify the key skills of the leader, their current levels and the target improvements in these levels expected from the specific Leadership Development intervention you are planning. MORE
With a set of Liberating Structures we can create a more adaptive and actionable strategy for project design and development that contextualizes the plan into a fuller picture of the landscape within which it operates. This is a very belated follow up … Continue reading Adaptive Strategy Development. Introduction Designing in complex and emergent contexts challenges the traditional log frame approach. MORE
Later this spring, Gervase Bushe and Bob Marshak will be publishing a new text on Dialogic Organizational Development. It is a book that is a mix of theory and mpractice, written by both academics and practitioners. I contributed a chapter on holding containers. MORE
My latest article for The BrainYard has just been published: Stop Runaway Software Development Projects : " Software development projects have a long history of running over schedule and budget. MORE
The Association for Information and Image Management has issued a call for volunteers to develop three Knowledge Management Standards – for individual competencies, for organisational capabilities, and for KM education programmes. I like the structure. It’s a very tricky (=political) area, but one best tackled by institutions rather than small partisan groups, so I wish it well! MORE
This one's for the developers out there: " The Paradox of Agile PM and Virtual Team s " by Dr. David F. As I am not a developer, I'm ready to take some heaved tomatoes for getting this wrong technically but.you get the picture. MORE
a helpful answer must be developed in the context of the host organization and their extended network and 2.) I believe we need a new and more holistic approach to develop modern communities – communities that are a significant evolution of the current support and Q&A-based silos. MORE
I pointed out my belief in the power of south-south learning to increase the impact of development efforts. I explained my vision that in my idea the counterpart model in development (the northern expert working with a southern person for a longer period of time) has disappeared because it is not how people learn and change happens. Can we in the Netherlands also learn from developing countries? social change development knowledge management MORE
Over the past half year I facilitated a social media capacity building trajectory for a group of 14 development organisations (and 2 networks) in countries like Vietnam, Mali, Bolivia etc., So those are good entry points to leverage social media for your own purposes as a development NGO. MORE
Earlier this week I spent an evening in the Treasury, Whitehall, talking not about the economy but about how visuals and other creative approaches may be used to develop and communicate policy. MORE
With a set of Liberating Structures we can create a more adaptive and actionable strategy for project design and development that contextualizes the plan into a fuller picture of the landscape within which it operates. MORE
First time-use of a Net-Map-procedure in a culture development process. With the decision to perform a network analysis, the Institute for Cultural Policy entered new territory within the framework of cultural development processes. MORE
As a response to my earlier post about agile international development, Mitchell Toomey of UNDP invited me to join their discussion forum around “development 2.0″ ″ which basically looks at what development projects can learn from the way that successful web 2.0 MORE
Development Related Topics Social Reporter
JUNE 25, 2018
We are developing a network and communities of practice. Margaret is currently Director of Development at vinspired the volunteering charity for 14-25 year olds, and has previously worked for Spacehive and the Big Lottery Fund. New Hub for London role to develop civil society networks and civic tech. I’m currently writing for a new Networked City blog which complements our NWC wiki and NWC forum.
Social Reporter
JUNE 25, 2018
We are developing a network and communities of practice. Margaret is currently Director of Development at vinspired the volunteering charity for 14-25 year olds, and has previously worked for Spacehive and the Big Lottery Fund. New Hub for London role to develop civil society networks and civic tech. I’m currently writing for a new Networked City blog which complements our NWC wiki and NWC forum.
Full Circle Associates
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
With a set of Liberating Structures we can create a more adaptive and actionable strategy for project design and development that contextualizes the plan into a fuller picture of the landscape within which it operates.
The Bumble Bee
JUNE 28, 2014
" How do you justify investment a specific people development activity (e.g. Secondly you identify the key skills of the leader, their current levels and the target improvements in these levels expected from the specific Leadership Development intervention you are planning.
Net-Map Toolbox
OCTOBER 6, 2011
As a response to my earlier post about agile international development, Mitchell Toomey of UNDP invited me to join their discussion forum around “development 2.0″ ″ which basically looks at what development projects can learn from the way that successful web 2.0
Net-Map Toolbox
JULY 13, 2015
First time-use of a Net-Map-procedure in a culture development process. With the decision to perform a network analysis, the Institute for Cultural Policy entered new territory within the framework of cultural development processes.
The Bumble Bee
JUNE 14, 2017
Team Leadership DevelopmentSadly, you cannot create a High-Performing Team in a day or afternoon or even over lunch.
Net-Map Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
So while I talked with the software developers and coaches at the agile coach camp last weekend, I kept thinking: What if we used the principles that they use to make software development more participatory, user-oriented and faster learning and adopted them in international development projects? The basics of this new approach are summed up in the: Manifesto for Agile Software Development. “We are uncovering better ways of developing.
Green Chameleon
APRIL 30, 2012
Here is a poster design I’ve been working on for a while – it summarises the empirical, evidence based taxonomy development process we recommend. This is the link to an A4 pdf version. This is the link to an A3 pdf version. We’re going to look at costs/prices for printing this on high quality poster paper and shipping it if there’s a demand. Let us know
Networking Action
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Dialogical Organization Development is a label Bob Marshak and I have … Blog Change By Gervase Bushe – Simon Fraser University. This is one of a series of guest blogs on large systems change written as part of GOLDEN’s Ecosystems Labs activ ity.
Full Circle Associates
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
With a set of Liberating Structures we can create a more adaptive and actionable strategy for project design and development that contextualizes the plan into a fuller picture of the landscape within which it operates. This is a very belated follow up … Continue reading Adaptive Strategy Development. Introduction Designing in complex and emergent contexts challenges the traditional log frame approach.
Joitske Hulsebosch
AUGUST 23, 2011
I pointed out my belief in the power of south-south learning to increase the impact of development efforts. I explained my vision that in my idea the counterpart model in development (the northern expert working with a southern person for a longer period of time) has disappeared because it is not how people learn and change happens. Can we in the Netherlands also learn from developing countries? social change development knowledge management
Net-Map Toolbox
MARCH 25, 2014
I have been exploring the power of Net-Map for personal development and happiness for a few years now. If you allow the wind to lift you up, you can fly (picture by Dan Markeye).
Joitske Hulsebosch
AUGUST 11, 2011
Next monday I will have an interview with a journalist of a magazine about international development cooperation ( Vice Versa ). What knowledge to share, how to share, and what needs to be done for innovation in international development cooperation? ". development development2.0
Nancy White
JUNE 2, 2011
Carl Jackson of Westhill Knowledge Group (formerly at IDS – Institute of Development Studies ), colleague at KM4Dev , friend and all around smart and funny guy took 20 minutes to share some of his experiences supporting and participating in online communities in international development.
Full Circle Associates
APRIL 3, 2015
It was our sense that we needed to look at the problem differently, with an appreciation for complexity and the diverse contexts across large international development organizations. collaboration complexity international development
Networking Action
JUNE 9, 2014
For a recording of the webinar described below, go here. Slides are available here. For more information about the Academy, go here. For access to the toolbox described in the webinar, go here. Presenter: Klaus Althoff … Net Dev
Michael Sampson - Currents
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
My talk will be on developing a strategic approach to Office 365. Developing a Strategic Approach to Office 365. Tonight at the Christchurch SharePoint User Group I will be presenting the first session of the evening. Office 365 offers a tremendous set of capabilities in a quick to acquire, quick to start consuming model. These capabilities provide many opportunities to re-think how work gets done, and drive strategic benefit for an organisation.
Chris Corrigan
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Later this spring, Gervase Bushe and Bob Marshak will be publishing a new text on Dialogic Organizational Development. It is a book that is a mix of theory and mpractice, written by both academics and practitioners. I contributed a chapter on holding containers.
Online Community Strategy
AUGUST 1, 2016
a helpful answer must be developed in the context of the host organization and their extended network and 2.) I believe we need a new and more holistic approach to develop modern communities – communities that are a significant evolution of the current support and Q&A-based silos.
Joitske Hulsebosch
JANUARY 24, 2011
Over the past half year I facilitated a social media capacity building trajectory for a group of 14 development organisations (and 2 networks) in countries like Vietnam, Mali, Bolivia etc., So those are good entry points to leverage social media for your own purposes as a development NGO.
Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy
APRIL 18, 2010
What about little companies using sole trader web developers? That was one I heard last week – and the developer had added a Google blogspot blog to the self hosted site rather than Wordpress.
Nancy White
APRIL 28, 2009
Do you work for an international development NGO? Objective of the workshop: Introduce researchers, communications professionals and knowledge sharing practitioners to social media tools and support their social media strategy development. Develop your strategy.
Networking Action
JULY 30, 2012
This module title is Network Development Challenges. It introduces core network concepts and further develops them … EventsIn partnership with The Network University I am offering a three-week virtual courses for people who are working in, for or with networks.
Social Reporter
MAY 21, 2013
Following a Lobbi strategy group meeting yesterday – which I trailed here – it looks as if one strand of development will focus on a kit of technology tools to support local change agents … that is people doing good stuff in their community.
Social Reporter
MAY 13, 2011
Earlier this week I spent an evening in the Treasury, Whitehall, talking not about the economy but about how visuals and other creative approaches may be used to develop and communicate policy.
Green Chameleon
JULY 30, 2017
They can just be paper exercises to support a check-box mentality rather than supporting a real capability development. Developing_a_KM_Maturity_Assessment_v2.pdf I have always been very cautious about KM Maturity Assessments. They carry a lot of assumptions about how KM should be implemented, that may not always be true for everybody. They often have features that get in the way of action planning that really matches the need of the organisation concerned.
Joitske Hulsebosch
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
I found a book which divides the learning professional in personal and professional development. I have been rethinking my focus. I started working within the framework of knowledge management and communities of practice.
Green Chameleon
OCTOBER 14, 2014
This is the Chinese version of the Taxonomy poster that Patrick shared in 2012. To download the PDF version of the Chinese poster, click here. I had enjoyed being part of the process of translating the original poster into Chinese. It felt like visiting an old friend.
The Bumble Bee
OCTOBER 31, 2010
Based on hard-won experience I have pulled together a comprehensive model to help enterprises exploit the full power of all the great tools available (mostly free) to turbo-charge ALL their outbound, inbound and two-way sales and marketing communications.
Michael Sampson - Currents
OCTOBER 21, 2011
My latest article for The BrainYard has just been published: Stop Runaway Software Development Projects : " Software development projects have a long history of running over schedule and budget.
Joitske Hulsebosch
APRIL 10, 2018
What I read a lot about is that VR storytelling helps to develop empathy for, by example, the refugees. More is needed than a VR app to develop empathy. I see that there is a lot of development in VR applications.
Joitske Hulsebosch
FEBRUARY 16, 2009
In development, this is a different case. Large organisations may have applications, but smaller development organisations in the north or organisations in the south may not have invested in any systems. However, I have the impression that so few people like working with wikis and are comfortable working with wikis that the real revolution that Shirky promised, worldwide collaboration at scales we have never seen, is still very far ahead for development.
Green Chameleon
AUGUST 21, 2013
The Association for Information and Image Management has issued a call for volunteers to develop three Knowledge Management Standards – for individual competencies, for organisational capabilities, and for KM education programmes. I like the structure. It’s a very tricky (=political) area, but one best tackled by institutions rather than small partisan groups, so I wish it well!
Green Chameleon
APRIL 30, 2012
Here is a poster design I’ve been working on for a while – it summarises the empirical, evidence based taxonomy development process we recommend.
Endless Knots
MARCH 31, 2011
This one's for the developers out there: " The Paradox of Agile PM and Virtual Team s " by Dr. David F. As I am not a developer, I'm ready to take some heaved tomatoes for getting this wrong technically but.you get the picture.
Endless Knots
SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
And then something like this comes through, "Developing Real Skills. A lot of virtual team research crosses my screen, most of which is earnest and much of which is the equivalent of a Sunday-night eat-up of what's in the refrigerator. Collaboration Telecommuting Virtual Teams
Taming the spaces
APRIL 22, 2010
I have been reading a good paper of ecosystem growth and development and thinking to the interrelations with digital ecosystems. This paper gives useful guidelines to explain the development and changes in digital ecosystems. Ecosystem growth and development.
Networking Action
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I spent some time with staff of the UN Global Compact Office (GC). We used some frameworks from my work with Global Action Networks to explore their applicability and potential usefulness for the… Net Dev Global Compact GRI PRI TI
Social Reporter
MAY 13, 2011
Earlier this week I spent an evening in the Treasury, Whitehall, talking not about the economy but about how visuals and other creative approaches may be used to develop and communicate policy.
Online Community Strategy
MAY 9, 2018
This is a short post to recap the online workshop I did with David Spinks of CMX about developing Collaborative Innovation Communities. I’ve developed a workshop to help organizations learn about, ideate on and plan their Collaborative Innovation strategy.
Social Reporter
JUNE 24, 2013
There’s often a big gap between those working in innovative ways in communities to develop our physical assets of land and buildings, and those with the tech skills to use public data and online systems to develop local digital assets. In the first instance Our Digital Community is inviting expressions of interest from people who would like to join a peer network about developing digital assets and enterprises to deliver social impact.
Full Circle Associates
OCTOBER 8, 2014
The advantages of developing your own toolkit (or platform, strategy, bibliography, taxonomy etc.) The fact that the toolbox is developed together with internal as well as external expertise means that staff know who they can follow-up with for advice and support on when and how to use them.
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