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Now that the video is ready, I can add this post on a second thread from the KM4Dev2009 EduHuddle, which is related to networked ways of working. I didn't participate in the breakout discussion on this, but what really resonated with me from that group's report-back was the idea that from an organisational perspective it is not only unnecessary but unsustainable to think in terms of having all the knowledge-related capacities relevant to your work within your own organisation. It is becoming mor… Continue

Getting to this a bit late, but maybe it's still of interest....a couple of threads I found interesting from the EduHuddle (attended Day 1 only) relate to capacity building, the first more around individuals and the second around organisations and networks. In a small breakout group discussion, we heard about Jocelyne Kompaore's work in Burkina Faso, where she works on providing training using a powerful model for building up training materials. This involves working with knowledge-holders (e.g.… Continue

This afternoon KM4Dev community members attending this year's KM4Dev workshop in Brussels will be trying to share a few gems from the various discussions that have been going on in different sessions.

One of the goals - aside from the obvious one of sharing with the broader community of interested people who cannot be physcially at the meeting - is to put people with a lot of experience using social media with those with only a bit of experience to help build capacity as we all report on our di… Continue