Assessing the Value of Communities of Practice: Developing a Valuation Tool for the FPS of Canada

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Full text (in PDF) of Vicky Carpio Tam's MBA thesis. November 2003.

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Assessing the Value of Communities of Practice: Summary of Findings

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Vicky Carpio Tam is an employee of Fisheries & Oceans Canada currently on education leave, doing her MBA thesis on the value that Communities of Practice bring to federal government organizations. This is a summary of findings from a survey sent to Canadian government agencies in September 2002.

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Cultivating Communities of Practice

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This is Etienne Wenger's presentation on Cultivating Communities of Practice from Day 1 of the Ottawa Workshop.

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Incentives for Communities

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Matrix submitted by Violeta Fuduric, Communities Specialist, USAID/PPC/DEI/DIS. Based on responses received to a KS incentives question on the KM4dev mailing list.

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Facilitating Networks - A Good Practice Guide

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If you are considering setting up a network or wondering how to make yours better, these good practices will prompt you to ask questions you'll need answers too. Based on experience captured by DFID staff at workshops for Network Facilitators in 2004.

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Network Support Pilot Project Review

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The report is a review of the CIDA pilot project to provide extra support to Agency networks. It outlines the challenges faced both by the networks and by the pilot project itself.

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UNDP Knowledge Services: Real-Time Solutions for a Developing World

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PDF brochure on UNDP's SURF knowledge networks.

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UNDP's How to Launch a Network

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A primer for UNDP's Networks (Communities of Practice), which includes success factors and tips.

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USAID Community of Practice Pilots Project

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This is an executive summary of a recently completed USAID pilot project with Communities of Practice which took place from March 2003 through August 2003.

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2002 Thematic Group Leader Survey

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This report, written by the World Bank Institute, examines the state of TGs today and complements the work of the Operations Evaluation Dept.

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Thematic Group Survey

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This report on the World Bank's communities of practice - Thematic Groups - was written by the Operations Evaluation Department.

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Communities of Practice: Lessons from Latin America

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INTRAC Praxis Note no. 16, by Brenda Bucheli and Gabriela Romo.

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Experiences with Communities of Practice in India

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This Working Paper is the outcome of a short study commissioned by Intercooperation on existing communities of practice (CoPs) in the development sector in India. CoPs have come to prominence amongst many organisations in the context of Knowledge Management. This paper explores a number of pertinent experiences from the private sector, but focuses on experiences in the development sector in India.

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Work the Net - A Management Guide for Formal Networks

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The guide addresses networking practitioners, as well as other professionals wishing to set up a network, but also established networkers will find some useful tips. It was developed by professionals with sound experience in designing and running networks.This hands-on guide describes how formal networks can be set up, managed and used in an efficient and effective way. The process-oriented approach is explained with a flow chart, and checklists summarise the crucial steps. A resource section provides relevant publications and websites.

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Manual para el Mapeo de Redes como una Herramienta de Diagnóstico (Manual for using network maps as a diagnostic tool)

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Los resultados de la investigación-acción realizada han mostrado la utlidad del Análisis de las redes sociales como una herramienta diagnostica para entender losflujos de información entre las diversas actores que actuan en las cadenas productivas. De Louise Clark, del CIAT, 2006.

(The results of this investigation-action have shown the usefulness of Social Network Analysis as a diagnostic tool to understand the information flows between the diverse actors at play in the production chains. From Louise Clark, CIAT, 2006.)

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Interaction, Networks and Communities of Practice (CoP): Bases for Knownledge Management in Education

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This is Neli Maria Mengalli's thesis on "Interaction, Networks and Communities of Practice" (in Portugese).

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SDC Thematic Service Knowledge and Research: Focus on Knowledge, number 10

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SDC's Thematic Service Knowledge and Research FOCUS on KNOWLEDGE is about initiatives, events, processes, achievements, lessons and new questions. Special Issue no. 10 is on Communities of Practice.

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Communities of Practice (COP) - from Own to Shared Knowledge

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SDC has published a flyer that provides in a nutshell a good understanding of what a Community of Practice is and what its main characteristics are. The flyer is available in English, French, Spanish and German. It can be downloaded from the SDC COP website.

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Networking for learning: The human face of knowledge management?

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Pelican publications are designed to summarise and complement electronically shared materials, and to foster debate on aspects of evidence-based communication and learning. In this publication, we focus on the learning function of networking between different stakeholders. We discuss what we know about what works, what does not work, and what could work when it comes to networking for learning.

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