Ewen Le Borgne's Posts - Knowledge Management for Development2024-03-29T15:56:25ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgnehttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1545885653?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.km4dev.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=0bxrl8g5s7we0&xn_auth=noTaking stock of KM strategies - https://km4meu.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/km-strategy_taking-stock/tag:www.km4dev.org,2015-04-08:2672907:BlogPost:885472015-04-08T05:28:36.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>A lot of people on KM4Dev and outside are wondering how (and if) to develop a KM strategy.</p>
<p>I faced the same issues a while back, so I started pulling together resources that I found interesting on this topic and turned them into a blog post. </p>
<p>Sorry for the self-promotion here but the point is this could be very useful to many KM4Devers: …</p>
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<p>A lot of people on KM4Dev and outside are wondering how (and if) to develop a KM strategy.</p>
<p>I faced the same issues a while back, so I started pulling together resources that I found interesting on this topic and turned them into a blog post. </p>
<p>Sorry for the self-promotion here but the point is this could be very useful to many KM4Devers: </p>
<p><a href="https://km4meu.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/km-strategy_taking-stock/" target="_blank">https://km4meu.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/km-strategy_taking-stock/</a></p>
<p>And please let me know what other guidance documents and other bits you found useful in developing KM strategies :)</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p>Ewen</p>Did you know it was 'Open Access Week' and also 'International Facilitation Week'?tag:www.km4dev.org,2014-10-22:2672907:BlogPost:842332014-10-22T08:42:06.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p><span>Check out some more about these two events and why it's a great idea to combine the two (from the ILRI practice): </span></p>
<p><a href="http://maarifa.ilri.org/2014/10/20/oa-facilitation/" target="_blank">http://maarifa.ilri.org/2014/10/20/oa-facilitation/</a></p>
<p>Feel free to share your own experiences and to join in the events for these two special events in the same week :)</p>
<p><span>Check out some more about these two events and why it's a great idea to combine the two (from the ILRI practice): </span></p>
<p><a href="http://maarifa.ilri.org/2014/10/20/oa-facilitation/" target="_blank">http://maarifa.ilri.org/2014/10/20/oa-facilitation/</a></p>
<p>Feel free to share your own experiences and to join in the events for these two special events in the same week :)</p>CGIAR and partners 'Facilitation Survey - Please help us and fill it out by 20 October :)tag:www.km4dev.org,2014-10-13:2672907:BlogPost:838342014-10-13T08:27:35.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p><span>Dear all, </span><br></br><br></br><span>A number of CGIAR KM/comms/learning folks (</span><span>Cristina Sette, Peter Ballantyne, Petr Kosina, Michael Victor and myself, </span><span>under the lead of </span><span>Simone Staiger and with inputs from a couple of others including Nadia Manning-Thomas)</span><span> have developed a survey for which we would love to get answers from CGIAR folks and partners (involved in CGIAR events) by October 21:…</span><br></br><br></br></p>
<p><span>Dear all, </span><br/><br/><span>A number of CGIAR KM/comms/learning folks (</span><span>Cristina Sette, Peter Ballantyne, Petr Kosina, Michael Victor and myself, </span><span>under the lead of </span><span>Simone Staiger and with inputs from a couple of others including Nadia Manning-Thomas)</span><span> have developed a survey for which we would love to get answers from CGIAR folks and partners (involved in CGIAR events) by October 21:</span><br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CGIARfacilitation">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CGIARfacilitation</a><span> </span><br/><br/><span>More and more meeting and event organizers across CGIAR are employing facilitation professionals and facilitation methods to enhance the effectiveness of their meetings and events. </span><br/><br/><span>The objective of this survey is to analyze the evolution, added value, lessons learned, and current trends of facilitation within CGIAR. </span><br/><br/><span>Generally, facilitati</span><span>on techniques aim to improve the way people meet, engage, think collectively, and shape or make decisions. Facilitation, virtual or face-to-face, supports activities such as project design, planning and review, stakeholder consultation, brainstorming, internal meetings, or communities of practice. Facilitation plays important roles in the functioning of innovation and R4D platforms or networks. </span><br/><br/><span>This survey is directed to:</span><br/><br/><span>- facilitation practitioners, </span><br/><span>- non-specialists who do some facilitation, </span><br/><span>- people who participate in meetings or events that are facilitated. </span><br/><br/><span>The focus is on CGIAR and partner organizations.</span><br/><br/><span>The conclusions of the analysis will be shared in form of a publication in the Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4Dev Journal) to be published in 2015. </span><br/><br/><span>Thank you for your participation in this survey, which should be possible in a 15-minute span.</span></p>
<p><strong>Please reply before October, 21 2014</strong></p>[KM4Dev-Futures] Important discussion for all KM4Dev members on leadership and succession managementtag:www.km4dev.org,2014-02-18:2672907:BlogPost:761982014-02-18T05:17:18.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p><span>Hello KM4Dev,</span><br></br><br></br><span>We are now moving to </span>the third topic of the focused conversations related to shaping the future of KM4Dev (the exchange has already started on the <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l" target="_blank">KM4Dev Dgroup</a>)</p>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Community leadership in KM4Dev happens thanks to a self-managing and participatory collective of volunteers known as the…</span></div>
<p><span>Hello KM4Dev,</span><br/><br/><span>We are now moving to </span>the third topic of the focused conversations related to shaping the future of KM4Dev (the exchange has already started on the <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l" target="_blank">KM4Dev Dgroup</a>)</p>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Community leadership in KM4Dev happens thanks to a self-managing and participatory collective of volunteers known as the</span> <a href="http://www.km4dev.org/page/core-group" target="_blank"><span>Core Group</span></a><span>. The purpose of the KM4Dev Core Group is that members contribute their time and energy towards supporting the needs of KM4Dev members and developing the community (for more info see core group</span> <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Draft_Terms_of_Reference_%28TORs%29_for_Core_Group_Members" target="_blank"><span>TORs</span></a><span>).</span></div>
<div><br/><p dir="ltr"><span>A challenge for our community is to ensure that community members feel encouraged to volunteer as Core Group members, are enabled to play a useful and gratifying part in collective leadership, and can leave in a transparent and healthy manner for the best of the community and of themselves. In other words, a crucial challenge for KM4Dev is Core Group succession management.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Community members Jasmin Suministrado and Benedict Rimando have led one of the IFAD-funded</span> <span>KM4Dev Futures</span> <span>studies looking at this challenge and have identified that the processes and systems for succession management are quite random and not well institutionalized. Indeed the ideal picture is far from the current reality.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b><span>We would like to ask the community to read </span><span>Jasmin and Benedict’s study on</span> <span><a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_Futures:_Ideas_for_improving_Core_Group_succession_management" target="_blank">Ideas for improving Core Group succession management in KM4Dev</a></span> <span>w</span><span>hich has very interesting components:</span></b></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Why this matters (in this community of practice as in any other)</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>The ideal picture and the reality of succession management - from the perspectives of a) a</span> <span>community member</span> <span>and b) a</span> <span>Core Group member</span><span>.</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Some suggestions (as mind maps) for each of the steps in succession management: Awareness building, matching needs & opportunities, recruitment and application, initiation, integration and performance, withdrawal and renewal.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Based on your reading of the study, we would love you to reflect on your own experiences in KM4Dev and in other communities, and</span> <span>build up this conversation by sharing your ideas for improving succession in the KM4Dev core group.</span> <span>Possible topics include:</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>What is your experience of leadership succession in informal groups and community organisations (including KM4Dev) as a volunteer leader or regular member?</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>Where do you think are the most immediate succession needs? At what phase described in Jasmin/Benedict’s piece of work, or otherwise?</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span>What early wins and long term approaches to Core Group suggestion management can get us to a healthier and more transparent, more effective Core Group and community as a whole?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you to Jasmin and Benedict for this</span> <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_Futures:_Ideas_for_improving_Core_Group_succession_management" target="_blank"><span>important piece of work</span></a><span>. Lets here from you now.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Warm wishes,</span></p>
<br/><span>Carl Jackson & Ewen Le Borgne</span></div>Join local KM4Dev groups and find out more about the KM4Dev core group!tag:www.km4dev.org,2014-01-30:2672907:BlogPost:760602014-01-30T13:36:47.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>If you are based in: </p>
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<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia" target="_blank">Ethiopia</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/sage_burkina" target="_blank">Burkina Faso</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-dakar" target="_blank">Dakar</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/nairobi" target="_blank">Nairobi</a>, …</li>
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<p>If you are based in: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia" target="_blank">Ethiopia</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/sage_burkina" target="_blank">Burkina Faso</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-dakar" target="_blank">Dakar</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/nairobi" target="_blank">Nairobi</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/knowledge-management-nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devzimbabwe" target="_blank">Zimbabwe</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devforafrica" target="_blank">Africa</a> generally, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devbangladesh" target="_blank">Bangladesh</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-india" target="_blank">India</a>,</li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev_indonesia" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev_nepal" target="_blank">Nepal</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>,</li>
<li>the <a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devphilippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devbrussels" target="_blank">Brussels</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/thehaguekm" target="_blank">The Hague</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/kmrussia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/atlantakm" target="_blank">Atlanta</a>, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devwashingtondc" target="_blank">DC/USA</a>... </li>
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<p>... then there is a <b>KM4Dev group </b>that exists in your vicinity!</p>
<p>Feel free to join these groups! Some are big, some are small, some are very active, some are not, but hey, if you don't check these groups they may never take off - it's your chance to bring KM4Dev to your context and needs... If you live in another country and you know other people who might be interested in setting up such a local group, why not try it (and ask people who started the existing ones for tips and tricks)?</p>
<p>Furthermore, many people don't know about the KM4Dev core group so here's a page with more information: <a href="http://www.km4dev.org/page/core-group" target="_blank">http://www.km4dev.org/page/core-group</a>. We are working on ways to make interactions between KM4Dev members and core group members easier - though at any time you can wave at us and I'm sure one of us will respond :)</p>What inspires people in KM(4Dev): PEOPLE (and a few other topics) - reflections from Camillo Villa after the KM4Dev Seattle eventtag:www.km4dev.org,2013-10-03:2672907:BlogPost:737272013-10-03T11:12:04.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p><em><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/profile/CamiloVilla" target="_blank">Camilo Villa</a> recently posted this very inspirational message about a little survey he did following the <a href="http://www.km4dev.org/xn/detail/2672907:Comment:71650" target="_blank">Seattle KM4Dev 2013 annual gathering</a> (with full event documentation at: <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_2013_workshop" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_2013_workshop</a>).</em></p>
<p><em>I couldn't resist but to…</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/profile/CamiloVilla" target="_blank">Camilo Villa</a> recently posted this very inspirational message about a little survey he did following the <a href="http://www.km4dev.org/xn/detail/2672907:Comment:71650" target="_blank">Seattle KM4Dev 2013 annual gathering</a> (with full event documentation at: <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_2013_workshop" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_2013_workshop</a>).</em></p>
<p><em>I couldn't resist but to share this on Ning so all of you also find out what the value of KM and KM4Dev is for many of us, and crucially what the value is of annual KM4Dev events and the fact that they bring us together... </em></p>
<p><em>Camilo, I hope you don't mind. </em></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>People</b></span></p>
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<p class="p1">In this opportunity, the annual gathering brought many new faces. In particular a large representation from the USA, both citizens from this country and expatriates located there. Europeans where the second large group. From Africa and Latin America there were only few participants. As usual, participants work in different domains: health, education, local government, science, etc. and all types of organisations ranging from private to public, from non-government multilateral and also several independent consultants and practitioners.</p>
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<p class="p1">At the end of the event I did a quick survey among participants asking them: “What did inspire them”. The most common answer was: people. In fact, to meet people with the same interests and struggles, to realise that “we are not alone” was considered one of the most valuable contributions brought by the event.</p>
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<p class="p1">Indeed, the community creates a rich and valuable space to have inspiring conversations and to find support to face different kinds of problems and situations. The different electronic platforms offer a variety of channels to interact but the face-to-face interactions offer a richer space to exchange experiences and knowledge. The possibility of sharing challenges and failures within a safe space creates deeper connections among community members.</p>
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<p class="p1">Somehow, this encounters play a key role providing a richer basement to the community. The fact that emotions, ideas and, experiences are shared in a lively way creates a kind of glue that fuels the dynamics of the whole community. Interactions are not only among “emails” but mainly among individuals with whom there is a richer connection.</p>
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<p class="p1">Probably, the fact that development matters are at the core of the community contributes to this need to include the human side of the interactions. The spin off of this practice is that relationships growth beyond the scope of the Internet means and the discussed topics. Rich forms of friendship started in one of these annual gatherings that were the fertile soil in which new alliances and partnerships took shape.</p>
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<p class="p1">From a different perspective, this human side was also present in different ways. For instance the fact that a mother that “had” to bring her kid to the workshop and the warm welcome that the boy received, or the conversation labelled as “Work-life balance: finding calm in the chaos” that took place during the last block of the Open Space are just but two examples of the need to reflect and re-shape the borders between work and private life. Not to bring work into private life but to refresh work pace and culture with a more humanistic approach.</p>
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<p class="p1">The richness Internet is a very powerful mean but once more it was possible to witness that nothing will replace the charme of looking into each other eyes.</p>
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<p class="p1"><em>Camilo continues with another reflection from the Seattle meeting, about the topics tackled...</em></p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Topics</b></p>
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<p class="p1">The Open Space was a kind of thermometer to identify those topics that currently trigger participants. They can be organised under four different groups: learning, strategy, tools and means and diverse.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Learning.</b> That learning was in the agenda is not a surprise. It doesn’t matter from which perspective we approach knowledge issues, learning remains as the core aspect of it. The success and impact of developing strategies, programmes or tools to promote sharing or enhance access to data and information will always depend on learning. The conversations on learning varied around concerns on how to measure learning, how to capitalize it and how to capture it. And, of course, it was also an approach from a monitoring and evaluation perspective.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Knowledge strategy.</b> There were several conversations about knowledge strategies in different types of organisations, mainly in large ones. The focus of these conversations varied around the scope, the process and the results from experiences. Several participants expressed how difficult it is to promote knowledge strategies within organisations in which most actors do not understand the benefits of it. To develop knowledge sharing and collaboration practices requires changes in the organisational culture and this is a major challenge.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Tools and means.</b> Compared with previous years, the interest for tools seems to be decreasing. In Seattle, the conversations developed around open source and communities of practice and one inquiring about experiences with different tools. The growing offer of tools and techniques has somehow contributed to dilute the emphasis on tool. But most probable, this shift in the agenda is the result of the acquired experience that have shown the relevance of culture and practices.</p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Diverse.</b> There was a set of conversations that covered a wide range of topics, some more oriented to practical issues, such as a poster making session and others to more theoretical issues such as complexity or concerns about big data. The interest for networks and relationships continues in the agenda but also with lower intensity. There were also a couple of exploratory conversations, inquiring for the direction that would follow KM or how to connect with education institutions to challenge the current learning and (non)sharing paradigm promoted by them. Interestingly there was a conversation about work-life balance: finding calm in the chaos.</p>
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<p class="p4">As usual, the yearly gathering is an interesting scenario to feel the current agendas among people and organisations. From my perspective, learning and culture are becoming more central while tools or networks have reduced their presence. And, monitoring and evaluation continues to be a key challenge as organisations and managers want to see the results and impact of knowledge interventions.</p>All tips and tricks to get blogging: The art of blogging, taking stocktag:www.km4dev.org,2013-08-22:2672907:BlogPost:722652013-08-22T05:30:00.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>Blogging has been one of the umost important activities in my life as knowledge worker over the past five to six years, both for personal knowledge management (to process my thoughts, curate information and analyse my work and surrounding) as for wider knowledge sharing with other individuals and institutions.</p>
<p>I would encourage anyone to start blogging if they haven't done so yet, and to see for themselves. However it takes some time and tips can help, so I compiled this overview of…</p>
<p>Blogging has been one of the umost important activities in my life as knowledge worker over the past five to six years, both for personal knowledge management (to process my thoughts, curate information and analyse my work and surrounding) as for wider knowledge sharing with other individuals and institutions.</p>
<p>I would encourage anyone to start blogging if they haven't done so yet, and to see for themselves. However it takes some time and tips can help, so I compiled this overview of blogging tips, tricks, tutorials, experiences, advices etc. from within my personal learning network and beyond. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/the-art-of-blogging-taking-stock/" target="_blank">http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/the-art-of-blogging-taking-stock/</a></strong></p>
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<p>I hope it helps you to jump up and start blogging - and in turn share your own experiences!</p>
<p>Remember we have a list of KM4Dev bloggers on the wiki on: <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_Bloggers" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4Dev_Bloggers</a> </p>(meanwhile, on the KM4Dev mailing list) M&E of KM - a fascinating discussion to followtag:www.km4dev.org,2013-05-06:2672907:BlogPost:683722013-05-06T11:16:03.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>Hereby some of the messages exchanged until now. Follow the rest on: <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l">KM4Dev</a></p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p>Ewen</p>
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<div><div><p><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:mhetzel@asocam.org" target="_blank">mhetzel@asocam.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mhetzel@asocam.org" target="_blank">mhetzel@asocam.org</a>] <br></br><b>Sent:</b> 03 May 2013 20:42<br></br><b>To:</b> KM4Dev<br></br><b>Subject:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey…</p>
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<p>Hereby some of the messages exchanged until now. Follow the rest on: <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l">KM4Dev</a></p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p>Ewen</p>
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<div><div><p><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:mhetzel@asocam.org" target="_blank">mhetzel@asocam.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mhetzel@asocam.org" target="_blank">mhetzel@asocam.org</a>] <br/><b>Sent:</b> 03 May 2013 20:42<br/><b>To:</b> KM4Dev<br/><b>Subject:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM</p>
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<p>Dear everyone,</p>
<p>I just looked at the 100 indicators and I am a bit disappointed. They do not help me very much in my work.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am interested in KM <b>for development and for development cooperation</b>. Not in KM in generally.</p>
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<p>I had mentioned in a previous post, the various levels that exist worldwide for the development cooperation (see above). For me a set of indicators should help to measure the "architecture"/the “design” of the KM stategy and KM activities <b>in this system</b>. For me, the key question is whether it has made a KM stategy/activities to different levels (which ones?), are there mechanisms established "to force" aid workers to deal better with information, knowledge and experiences through appropriate methods?, so that people who need support (often called "the poors") better get this support (more effectively)?</p>
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<p>For me the question is not if KM, but rather how in the development system.</p>
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<p>Once I read an interesting article (from 2003) that said that KM strategies in development cooperation shouldn´t be designed within organizational limits. I totally agree (see: Knowledge Sharing in Development Agencies: <b><i>Knowledge Fortress or Knowledge Pool? </i></b><i>Geoff Barnard, Paper prepared for the EADI/IMWG Conference, Dublin, September 2003)</i></p>
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<p>To measure how many participants are in an online forum… realmente no sé dónde estamos.</p>
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<p>Slightly confused greets Tina :-)</p>
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<p><b>Levels of aid system and possible starting points of WM measures:</b></p>
<p>- Donor organization in the North</p>
<p>- Organization in the North</p>
<p>- Donor organization in the South</p>
<p>- Organization in the South</p>
<p>- Program level</p>
<p>- Project level</p>
<p>- Level Results</p>
<p>- Focus topic (who is participating? Which level?)</p>
<p>- Focus “in the field” (rather than office)</p>
<p>- Focus territory (for example province)</p>
<p>- Focus partner organization</p>
<p>- Focus target group</p>
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<div><p><b>Martina Hetzel</b></p>
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<div><div><p><b>De:</b> <a href="mailto:p.grunewald@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">p.grunewald@lboro.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:p.grunewald@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">mailto:p.grunewald@lboro.ac.uk</a>] <br/><b>Enviado el:</b> jueves, 02 de mayo de 2013 9:47<br/><b>Para:</b> KM4Dev<br/><b>Asunto:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM</p>
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<p>Good to see that our report raises these discussions and I hope that everyone takes away from the reports and discussions something that they find useful.</p>
<p>I agree very much with Charles’s comment.</p>
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<p>To me the tangible and intangible distinction has a lot to do with tacit and explicit knowledge (and information). The term knowledge management suggests that we are in the business of managing knowledge. Knowledge however is a very individual and highly contextualised thing (mostly tacit – difficult to externalise, write down, etc.). For management to occur there need to be objects (that<i>can</i> be managed). These objects can be either explicit knowledge or information (what we often call knowledge products) or processes (processes of learning, knowledge sharing, etc.).</p>
<p>Both of these are tangible because people meet and share knowledge and knowledge products are downloaded, printed, etc. This are the things we do not struggle measuring.</p>
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<p>However, what we really want to know are how people’s (tacit) knowledge changes and how this influences what they do (policy, practice). These things are situated in the realm of the tacit and sometimes not even the person her-/himself can tell what influence a certain conversation, blogpost, etc. had on how they think and act.</p>
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<p>Thus, I think that we have to be realistic about what we can achieve through M&E (numbers and stories alike) even if this means seeing (and selling) KM as a supportive function that tries to facilitate and improve processes that would be going on anyways.</p>
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<p>I know that this is quite a controversial thing to say but I thank that there is two sides to the coin: 1. Being as good at KM (and M&E) as we can possibly be and 2. Managing our own and other’s expectations.</p>
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<div><div><p><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:nadejda_loumbeva@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">nadejda_loumbeva@yahoo.co.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:nadejda_loumbeva@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">mailto:nadejda_loumbeva@yahoo.co.uk</a>] <br/><b>Sent:</b> 02 May 2013 14:06<br/><b>To:</b> KM4Dev<br/><b>Subject:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM</p>
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<div><p>Excellent discussion.</p>
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<div><p>Just a point to throw in in the pot: As we monitor, evaluate and take stock of the benefits of our KM interventions, we should not just look at how KM has enhanced our organisations from the point of view of learning, collaboration, decreased turnover, etc (all very important things). We should also show how KM interventions (be those CoPs, workshops, trainings) have enhanced the delivery of our organisations on their strategic goals and objectives. In other words, we should show how KM contributes in a direct way to our organisations fulfilling their mandates.</p>
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<div><p>I think this discussion is really important to our community and the future of KM.</p>
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<p><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:dhewac@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">dhewac@yahoo.co.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:dhewac@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">dhewac@yahoo.co.uk</a>] <br/><b>Sent:</b> 02 May 2013 14:06<br/><b>To:</b> KM4Dev<br/><b>Subject:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM</p>
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<div><p>Our collective headache is trying to achieve intangible outcomes using tangible things. Investing X amount of dollars to improve people's lives; spending X number of days and dollars to persuade poor people to change their habits.<br/><br/>Ciao,<br/><br/>Charles</p>
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<p><b>From:</b> Stephen Bounds <<a href="mailto:km@bounds.net.au" target="_blank">km@bounds.net.au</a>><br/><b>To:</b> KM4Dev <<a href="mailto:km4dev-l@dgroups.org" target="_blank">km4dev-l@dgroups.org</a>> <br/><b>Cc:</b> Arthur Shelley <<a href="mailto:Arthur@organizationalzoo.com" target="_blank">Arthur@organizationalzoo.com</a>> <br/><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 2 May 2013, 4:52<br/><b>Subject:</b> [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM</p>
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<div><p><br/>Hi Walter & Arthur,<br/><br/>Firstly, I wanted to congratulate Walter and the KM4Dev Innovation Fund <br/>on conducting the survey and the workshop and publishing the results. <br/>More of this needs to happen!<br/><br/>However, I wanted to make a couple of point about your list of 100 KM <br/>indicators. My concern with these is that they are, at best, a proxy <br/>for an assumed business benefit.<br/><br/>I say 'assumed' because even if, for example, metric #26 "% of enquiries <br/>answered within X days" scored well, this wouldn't necessarily justify <br/>the expense of obtaining that number. There is still the next step of <br/>turning that into a concrete benefit to the organisation.<br/><br/>Now _of the whole list_, only 3 (#90, 91, 92) directly demonstrate a <br/>business benefit. #94 squeaks in *if* you can robustly measure the <br/>savings (which is very difficult). While they may be useful *internal* <br/>indicators of a knowledge program's success or otherwise, they are not <br/>strong external measures of success, because they start from an implicit <br/>belief that the activities being measured are a good thing.<br/><br/>I think it's important that we be cognisant of the difference and think <br/>about how we can develop more robust external measures of success.<br/><br/>Arthur: I'm curious about this quote --<br/><br/>> Many of the immediately observable benefits of good KM are intangible,<br/>> such as collaborative development of ideas, leveraging one's network<br/>> or COP to mitigate a risk BEFORE it becomes an issue, building trust,<br/>> loyalty and belonging etc. these are not EASILY measured, BUT they<br/>> CAN BE, as can the symptoms of their absence.<br/><br/>I really like your idea of tying intangible measures to tangibles, but <br/>are you aiming to prove a correlation between two measures or something <br/>stronger?<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>-- Stephen.<br/><br/>====================================<br/>Stephen Bounds<br/>Director & Principal Consultant<br/>knowquestion Pty Ltd<br/>E: <a href="mailto:sb@knowquestion.com.au" target="_blank">sb@knowquestion.com.au</a><br/>M: 0401 829 096<br/>====================================<br/><br/>On 2/05/2013 10:24 AM, Arthur Shelley wrote:<br/>> Nancy, Steve, Eric, Walter & Phillip,<br/>><br/>> This report & discussion completely aligns with my experiences in KM in<br/>> the corporate and education sectors as well. There is generally a<br/>> passionate KM "tribe" who actively live the principles of KM and "the<br/>> others". Members of the tribe often find philanthropic forums such as<br/>> KM4Dev, actKM, SIKM Leaders ... to engage with others of their kind<br/>> (because they are a minority group in their own organisation)<br/>><br/>> In a good organisation, the tribe has sufficient members to impact the<br/>> wider culture and "KM is practiced" (but sadly often not measured or<br/>> actively discussed to highlight the true impact of what it does). Many<br/>> of the immediately observable benefits of good KM are intangible, such<br/>> as collaborative development of ideas, leveraging one's network or COP<br/>> to mitigate a risk BEFORE it becomes an issue, building trust, loyalty<br/>> and belonging etc. these are not EASILY measured, BUT they CAN BE, as<br/>> can the symptoms of their absence.<br/>><br/>> The best way to highlight the benefits are to build a culture of<br/>> storytelling around the successes. It is not bragging, it is sharing to<br/>> generate motivation and awareness amongst others. It is important to<br/>> give the credit to those who are involved. That is, "look at what these<br/>> people achieved through collaboration", not "look at how the KM team got<br/>> them to be better". See <a href="http://organizationalzoo.com/blog/?p=82" target="_blank">http://organizationalzoo.com/blog/?p=82</a><br/>><br/>> All intangibles can be made more visible through linking to plausible<br/>> tangibles. For example, collaboration builds trust which increases<br/>> loyalty and therefore lower staff turnover (which has significant cost<br/>> benefits in lower training & recruitment costs and the inefficiencies<br/>> of new workers getting up to speed). Putting numbers on this that are<br/>> reasonable estimates does get attention and has been successful in<br/>> organisations I have been involved in. Just start looking at how the<br/>> value can be created through KM and work back to find the success<br/>> stories. Then share the stories with the decision makers (not just<br/>> amongst the "converted tribe"). I have examples of such success stories<br/>> that link intangibles to tangibles if you want them.<br/>><br/>> Arthur<br/>> <a href="http://www.organizationalzoo.com/" target="_blank">www.organizationalzoo.com</a> <<a href="http://www.organizationalzoo.com/" target="_blank">http://www.organizationalzoo.com</a>><br/>> Tweeting as Metaphorage<br/>><br/>> On 01/05/2013, at 20:08, "Eric Mullerbeck" <<a href="mailto:emullerbeck@unicef.org" target="_blank">emullerbeck@unicef.org</a><br/>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:emullerbeck@unicef.org" target="_blank">emullerbeck@unicef.org</a>>> wrote:<br/>><br/>>> Hi Nancy,<br/>>><br/>>> Regardless of how well or poorly development organizations do in<br/>>> supporting country-level results, they will not get out of that<br/>>> business, as it is the core of what they do (purely research-based<br/>>> organizations excepted). But development organizations could easily<br/>>> decide to get out of the business of (formal support for) KM, as it is<br/>>> not perceived as being a core activity – even though we on this list<br/>>> might believe that it is.<br/>>><br/>>> Therefore I think Steve’s concerns are very much to the point.<br/>>><br/>>> Best<br/>>><br/>>> Eric<br/>>><br/>>> *From:*<a href="mailto:nancyw@fullcirc.com" target="_blank">nancyw@fullcirc.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nancyw@fullcirc.com" target="_blank">nancyw@fullcirc.com</a>><br/>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nancyw@fullcirc.com" target="_blank">nancyw@fullcirc.com</a>]<br/>>> *Sent:* 25 April, 2013 10:53 AM<br/>>> *To:* KM4Dev<br/>>> *Subject:* [km4dev-l] RE: Measuring knowledge management: survey<br/>>> report for the KM4Dev innovation fund - #OEKM-KM<br/>>><br/>>> Could it be that these results are more an overall indicator of the<br/>>> state of development organizations than of KM? I think if you asked<br/>>> these kinds of measurability questions about things other than KM you<br/>>> would find similar challenges. Look at how little large development<br/>>> organizations successfully work to support country level results in a<br/>>> tangible, practical and measurable way. How many so called "knowledge<br/>>> products" produced by development organizations even have clear<br/>>> distribution strategies, let alone indicators of use and application?<br/>>><br/>>> What about the issue of KM being something akin to "blood" flowing<br/>>> through an organization vs programme?<br/>>><br/>>> I think this may be a system problem, not a "KM" problem per se. That<br/>>> said, I also think we are accountable and responsible to always moving<br/>>> our own part of the practice forward. But I'd caution us to consider<br/>>> the wider context beyond KM.<br/>>><br/>>> The survey does what a good suvey should do. Provoke more questions!<br/>>><br/>>> Nancy<br/>>><br/>>> At 06:28 AM 4/25/2013, you wrote:<br/>>><br/>>> Thank you Walter for this interesting and eye-opening report.<br/>>><br/>>> I can only express my concern about the findings, which in my view<br/>>> provide further fuel to those who question the merits of KM.<br/>>><br/>>> We need to be able to show objectively measurable benefits which<br/>>> result from KM work, as difficult as this is.<br/>>><br/>>> I believe our community needs to be far more active in this area or we<br/>>> may be swept away by the wind.<br/>>><br/>>> Steve Katz<br/>>> Chief, Knowledge Management and Library Services<br/>>> FAO - Rome<br/>>><br/>>> *From:* <a href="mailto:w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk</a>><br/>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">w.mansfield@lboro.ac.uk</a>>]<br/>>> *Sent:* 25 April 2013 14:00<br/>>> *To:* KM4Dev<br/>>> *Subject:* [BULK] [km4dev-l] Measuring knowledge management: survey<br/>>> report for the KM4Dev innovation fund<br/>>><br/>>> Dear all,<br/>>><br/>>> Earlier this year, with support from the KM4Dev Innovation Fund, we<br/>>> circulated a survey on *The use of indicators for the monitoring and<br/>>> evaluation of knowledge management and knowledge brokering in<br/>>> international development<br/>>> (see project proposal<br/>>> <<a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/The_use_of_Indicators_for_the_Monitoring_and_Evaluation_of_KM_in_International_Development" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/The_use_of_Indicators_for_the_Monitoring_and_Evaluation_of_KM_in_International_Development</a>><br/>>> at<br/>>> *<a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/The_use_of_Indicators_for_the_Monitoring_and_Evaluation_of_KM_in_International_Development" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/The_use_of_Indicators_for_the_Monitoring_and_Evaluation_of_KM_in_International_Development</a><br/>>> *)<br/>>> *<br/>>><br/>>><br/>>> Thank you to all those who took the time to respond to this survey and<br/>>> to send us materials.<br/>>><br/>>><br/>>><br/>>> We are now presenting the survey report which explores the challenges<br/>>> and current practices in the monitoring and evaluation of knowledge<br/>>> management and knowledge brokering. It collates and presents the<br/>>> responses of 68 knowledge and evaluation practitioners. Please find<br/>>> below a link to this survey report:<br/>>> KM4dev%20indicator%20survey%20report.pdf<br/>>> <<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1560700717?profile=original" target="_blank">http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1560700717?profile=original</a>><br/>>> (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/cxbruvx" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/cxbruvx</a>)<br/>>><br/>>><br/>>><br/>>> Warm regards,<br/>>><br/>>><br/>>> Walter Mansfield and Philipp Grunewald (Loughborough University)<br/>>><br/>>><br/>>><br/>>> Walter Mansfield</p>
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</div>Fascinating conversation going on on the mailing listtag:www.km4dev.org,2013-04-03:2672907:BlogPost:660182013-04-03T05:29:30.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>(<em>You can subscribe to the mailing list - where most exchange on KM4Dev is taking place - by </em><span><em>sending a blank email to: join.km4dev-l@dgroups.org</em>)</span></p>
<p>The thread is about "<span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: 2em;">Beyond sharing: how can we encourage collaborat</span><span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: 2em;">ion among network members?</span>"</p>
<p>And here's the latest answer as an example - from Nadia Von Holzen (SDC):</p>
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<p>The thread is about "<span style="font-size: 2em;" class="font-size-2">Beyond sharing: how can we encourage collaborat</span><span style="font-size: 2em;" class="font-size-2">ion among network members?</span>"</p>
<p>And here's the latest answer as an example - from Nadia Von Holzen (SDC):</p>
<p><span>Hi Ramya, Lucie and Nancy,</span></p>
<div>Interesting what you write about networks. Thanks also to Nancy for sharing the Re-Amp report, really some great lessons. I can say yes indeed!</div>
<div>In my experience - at SDC where we support a network structure for sharing and learning - time and trust are key factors. I can only join in what Lucie outlined. It takes time to make the networks functional and thriving. (Several) face-to-face meetings are needed to build the community feeling and the natural and spontaneous sharing. </div>
<div>The win-win is crucial. Our networks operate somehow in the triangle between the networks - the management at HQ - and the field offices where the learning ultimately finds its way into programmes. The networks as a horizontal structure reach across departments, geographical distances and institutional boundaries; they are nevertheless embedded in vertical hierarchy and in the line thinking. It's challenging, to work with a non-hierarchical body within a hierarchy - I don't know if this is all the case for your initiative. The Re-Amp report lessons Nancy shared is crucial here: "Design for a networked not a organisation." I would add: or another organisational unit. As well as the lesson of shared and distributed leadership is crucial in my eyes: "cultivate leadership at many levels". Great! And it really matters for the networks to become vibrant to have and promote multiple leadership; for example for the agenda setting. </div>
<div>I think it is crucial that the agenda setting, or the matchmaking as Lucie mentioned it nicely, is done in a way that win-win is possible for all the stakeholders involved (directly and indirectly). Because in the end the networks have to legitimize their activities and their outcomes not only towards their members, but also towards the management (at least at SDC this is the case). The famous indicators come to play their role.</div>
<div>And absolutely go for cooperation above collaboration because cooperation and co-creation have the biggest learning effect. We promote learning projects (instead of working groups, belonging anyway more to the vertical thinking). Learning projects designed as learning journeys with truly challenging questions nobody can answer, make great sense for a networked approach. Check GIZ and Learn4dev promoting the concept of learning journeys. We will post this week a contribution on the sdclan blog on joint learning journeys. </div>
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<div>Really all the 6 lessons from the Re-Amp report make from my perspective a lot of sense and I can only say: yes indeed!</div>
<div>For the monitoring, the challenge is not the network development but to make the transfer of learning visible. That's where we are busy with. And here I am keen to hear from other organisations working with networks about their experiences.</div>
<div>Ramya, hope these reflections are useful. </div>
<div>Good luck!</div>
<div>Nadia </div>A tribute to KM4Dev: how it transformed my life and how to share the magictag:www.km4dev.org,2012-09-27:2672907:BlogPost:603782012-09-27T06:37:48.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>After six wonderful years of engagement with KM4Dev, I decided to pay a tribute to it and to explain what it gives me and what I give back to it.</p>
<p><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/a-tribute-to-km4dev-what-i-took-and-what-i-give/" target="_blank">http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/a-tribute-to-km4dev-what-i-took-and-what-i-give/</a></p>
<p>Perhaps some inspiration for you too?</p>
<p>After six wonderful years of engagement with KM4Dev, I decided to pay a tribute to it and to explain what it gives me and what I give back to it.</p>
<p><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/a-tribute-to-km4dev-what-i-took-and-what-i-give/" target="_blank">http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/a-tribute-to-km4dev-what-i-took-and-what-i-give/</a></p>
<p>Perhaps some inspiration for you too?</p>What is the role of positive deviants in knowledge work of development organisations?tag:www.km4dev.org,2012-09-19:2672907:BlogPost:595332012-09-19T09:01:35.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
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<p>Following Nancy/Gauri's discussion and the recent Lucie/Charles discussion on 'moving away from knowledge products to knowledge sharing processes', here is a topic that is little explored but could have great potential in helping all of us develop an enabling environment for change, learning, critical reflection, sharing etc. This third episode in the new discussion series means that I will be collecting answers to the question for the next two weeks and then will provide…</p>
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<p>Following Nancy/Gauri's discussion and the recent Lucie/Charles discussion on 'moving away from knowledge products to knowledge sharing processes', here is a topic that is little explored but could have great potential in helping all of us develop an enabling environment for change, learning, critical reflection, sharing etc. This third episode in the new discussion series means that I will be collecting answers to the question for the next two weeks and then will provide an answer picking upon suggestions and ideas and will update the KM4Dev wiki.</p>
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<p>The main question is basically the title of this email: <strong>What is (or could be) the role of positive deviants for knowledge work in development organisations?</strong></p>
<p>To find out what positive deviants are and to prepare this general question about them I have posted some ideas and other leading questions <strong><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/the-role-of-positive-deviants-in-organisations/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p>
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<p>This discussion is simultaneously launched on the <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l" target="_blank">discussion group</a>.</p>Managing or facilitating change, not just a question of wordstag:www.km4dev.org,2012-09-04:2672907:BlogPost:570222012-09-04T06:30:00.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>This <a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/managing-or-facilitating-change-not-just-a-question-of-words/" target="_blank">last blog post</a> I wrote seems to resonate with quite a few people and I thought it might be useful for KM4Dev folks too... You can check my <a href="http://pinterest.com/ewenlb/my-km-blog-in-pictures/" target="_blank">other posts in pictures</a> on Pinterest or…</p>
<p>This <a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/managing-or-facilitating-change-not-just-a-question-of-words/" target="_blank">last blog post</a> I wrote seems to resonate with quite a few people and I thought it might be useful for KM4Dev folks too... You can check my <a href="http://pinterest.com/ewenlb/my-km-blog-in-pictures/" target="_blank">other posts in pictures</a> on Pinterest or <a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/annotated-list-of-all-posts-on-this-blog/" target="_blank">listed</a> on the blog.</p>What can you do when you join KM4Dev? How can you contribute?tag:www.km4dev.org,2012-09-03:2672907:BlogPost:570162012-09-03T07:07:22.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
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<p>A lot of people, when they first join KM4Dev, either as they subscribe to the mailing list or to this Ning site, are wondering how they can contribute to it, what they can do etc.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Thinking_About_Our_Community#What_can_you_do_in.2Ffor_KM4Dev.3F" target="_blank">KM4Dev wiki page</a> offers some options, any other idea or question you have is welcome to make these guidelines even more helpful.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p>A lot of people, when they first join KM4Dev, either as they subscribe to the mailing list or to this Ning site, are wondering how they can contribute to it, what they can do etc.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Thinking_About_Our_Community#What_can_you_do_in.2Ffor_KM4Dev.3F" target="_blank">KM4Dev wiki page</a> offers some options, any other idea or question you have is welcome to make these guidelines even more helpful.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Ewen</p>
<p></p>KM4Dev Learning and Monitoring newstag:www.km4dev.org,2012-07-03:2672907:BlogPost:563052012-07-03T16:49:07.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<div class="im">Dear all,<div>First of all, I would like to thank you all very much for responding to the KM4Dev survey we sent around a while back. We received 141 responses, which is about 10% of this community (at least looking at the amount of mailing list members).</div>
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<div>With this email I also wanted to update you on the activities regarding Learning and Monitoring (L&M), as we kindly asked for your participation in some groups related to this work. For the…</div>
<div class="im">Dear all,<div>First of all, I would like to thank you all very much for responding to the KM4Dev survey we sent around a while back. We received 141 responses, which is about 10% of this community (at least looking at the amount of mailing list members).</div>
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<div>With this email I also wanted to update you on the activities regarding Learning and Monitoring (L&M), as we kindly asked for your participation in some groups related to this work. For the record: <span><i>The IFAD-supported plan of activities for KM4Dev 2012-2013 includes monitoring and evaluation, formulated as 'Learning and Monitoring' (L&M) to emphasise the importance of learning from the activities funded, for the KM4Dev community, IFAD and beyond.</i></span></div>
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<div><span><b>So what's happening?</b></span></div>
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<li>We are currently processing survey results and should come back to you in the next 2 to 3 weeks with some analysis report introducing the results and some recommendations for KM4Dev;</li>
<li>We asked if anyone would like to join our advisory 'tiger team' and four people stepped up (Valerie Brown, Melissa Bator, Brenda Bucelli and Peter Bury) - we suggest you simply join our Learning and Monitoring team and will send you a separate email about this;</li>
<li>We asked if anyone would like to join our baseline focus group and one person stepped up (Mark Hammersley) - we decided, in our L&M group, to not have a focus group and rather carry out another survey like the one you recently filled in the first quarter of next year;</li>
<li>Perhaps we missed some interest among you - then please let us know in the next 2-3 days as we need to move on with this work;</li>
<li>From now on, we will basically review the planned work that is carried out under the IFAD-funded programme and will conduct short after-action reviews and analyses of activities with the people that instigated these activities. As and when, we might carry out additional L&M activities but we aim at keeping it simple and manageable for all of us.</li>
<li>We will document all our activities in a transparent way on the KM4Dev wiki: <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Documenting_the_L%26M_work" target="_blank">http://wiki.km4dev.org/Documenting_the_L%26M_work</a></li>
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<div>We hope this informs you sufficiently about our plans - you can always come back to us for further information about any issue related to learning and monitoring work.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Bertha, Ewen, Simone, Sophie, Willem (the current L&M group)</div>
</div>KM4Dev needs you: Please take the #Learning &#Monitoring baseline survey: http://ow.ly/bbAGitag:www.km4dev.org,2012-05-28:2672907:BlogPost:548992012-05-28T10:20:56.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>For some of us, KM4Dev has been an incredible source of inspiration, learning and action, whether individual or collective. Yet we have very little evidence of this.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As part of the KM4Dev action plan 2012-2013, we have a Learning and Monitoring (L&M) plan that aims at exploring what KM4Dev really provides its members and where it can improve.</p>
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<p>This baseline survey is looking at various learning areas that matter a lot to understand how KM4Dev brings value. It…</p>
<p>For some of us, KM4Dev has been an incredible source of inspiration, learning and action, whether individual or collective. Yet we have very little evidence of this.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As part of the KM4Dev action plan 2012-2013, we have a Learning and Monitoring (L&M) plan that aims at exploring what KM4Dev really provides its members and where it can improve.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This baseline survey is looking at various learning areas that matter a lot to understand how KM4Dev brings value. It will take you about 15 minutes to fill it out. Your participation will bring incredible insights to the community as a whole. Please take time particularly to fill in the open text boxes and share examples or other additional information supporting your response.</p>
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<p>Thanking you for your time and dedication,<br/>Bertha Camacho, Ewen Le Borgne, Simone Staiger, Sophie Alvarez and Willem Bettink (the L&M group).</p>KM4Dev needs you: Please take the #Learning &#Monitoring baseline survey: http://ow.ly/bbAGitag:www.km4dev.org,2012-05-28:2672907:BlogPost:551482012-05-28T10:17:08.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>For some of us, KM4Dev has been an incredible source of inspiration, learning and action, whether individual or collective. Yet we have very little evidence of this.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As part of the KM4Dev action plan 2012-2013, we have a Learning and Monitoring (L&M) plan that aims at exploring what KM4Dev really provides its members and where it can improve.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This baseline survey is looking at various learning areas that matter a lot to understand how KM4Dev brings value. It…</p>
<p>For some of us, KM4Dev has been an incredible source of inspiration, learning and action, whether individual or collective. Yet we have very little evidence of this.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As part of the KM4Dev action plan 2012-2013, we have a Learning and Monitoring (L&M) plan that aims at exploring what KM4Dev really provides its members and where it can improve.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This baseline survey is looking at various learning areas that matter a lot to understand how KM4Dev brings value. It will take you about 15 minutes to fill it out. Your participation will bring incredible insights to the community as a whole. Please take time particularly to fill in the open text boxes and share examples or other additional information supporting your response.</p>
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<p>Thanking you for your time and dedication,<br/>Bertha Camacho, Ewen Le Borgne, Simone Staiger, Sophie Alvarez and Willem Bettink (the L&M group).</p>Some of what ILRI does in/with knowledge management and communicationtag:www.km4dev.org,2012-05-16:2672907:BlogPost:546062012-05-16T12:30:00.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>In relation with the focused discussion that recently looked at the kind of knowledge sharing activities that take place in our organisations (initiated by Gauri and Nancy on the <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l" target="_blank">Dgroup list</a>), hereby a list of posts that relate to what ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) does in this field. </p>
<p>All these posts are on our <a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">'Maarifa' blog</a> - a blog…</p>
<p>In relation with the focused discussion that recently looked at the kind of knowledge sharing activities that take place in our organisations (initiated by Gauri and Nancy on the <a href="http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l" target="_blank">Dgroup list</a>), hereby a list of posts that relate to what ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) does in this field. </p>
<p>All these posts are on our <a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">'Maarifa' blog</a> - a blog which specifically focuses on communication and KM work at and around ILRI. Not all posts mention ILRI work, they also relate to presentations given at ILRI (e.g. by Digital Green on community video). The <strong>posts in bold</strong> are those that relate more to some of the work we do in the field of comms/KM.</p>
<p>Feel free to subscribe to this blog <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=ilrimaarifanews" target="_blank">by email</a> or <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ilrimaarifanews" target="_blank">by RSS feed</a>.</p>
<p>These posts are listed in chronological order, from the most recent to the oldest post.</p>
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<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=840&action=edit" title="Edit “Getting the right content for ICTs in India”">Getting the right content for ICTs in India</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=822&action=edit" title="Edit “Goats and Trees: 10 weeks as a KMIS intern at ILRI, Addis Ababa”">Goats and Trees: 10 weeks as a KMIS intern at ILRI, Addis Ababa</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=782&action=edit" title="Edit “Communication the focus of Volta Basin workshop – when the Nile visits the Volta, knowledge flows like water”">Communication the focus of Volta Basin workshop – when the Nile visits the Volta, knowledge flows like water</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=791&action=edit" title="Edit “Facilitating mechanization entrepreneurship? Yes, we can!”">Facilitating mechanization entrepreneurship? Yes, we can!</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=770&action=edit" title="Edit “Knowledge management and information services at ILRI – What we did in 2011”">Knowledge management and information services at ILRI – What we did in 2011</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=748&action=edit" title="Edit “ICTs, mobile phones and Ethiopian agriculture”">ICTs, mobile phones and Ethiopian agriculture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=740&action=edit" title="Edit “ICTs as enablers of agricultural innovation systems”">ICTs as enablers of agricultural innovation systems</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=732&action=edit" title="Edit “Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time”">Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=711&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI toolbar: How to simplify your browsing experience”">ILRI toolbar: How to simplify your browsing experience</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=693&action=edit" title="Edit “More teamwork and integrated communication for ILRI: Partnerships and communications 2012 plan”">More teamwork and integrated communication for ILRI: Partnerships and communications 2012 plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=674&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI 2011 web services usage update”">ILRI 2011 web services usage update</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=660&action=edit" title="Edit “From mahider to CGSpace: Moving our research outputs to open repositories”">From mahider to CGSpace: Moving our research outputs to open repositories</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=667&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI partnerships and communications – making knowledge travel”">ILRI partnerships and communications – making knowledge travel</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=652&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI KMIS facilitates and documents climate-smart crop breeding workshop for CCAFS”">ILRI KMIS facilitates and documents climate-smart crop breeding workshop for CCAFS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=625&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI ‘communications’ powers the Livestock Exchange event”">ILRI ‘communications’ powers the Livestock Exchange event</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=579&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI ‘communications’ at the 3rd International Forum for Water and Food – Research gets social”">ILRI ‘communications’ at the 3rd International Forum for Water and Food – Research gets social</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=545&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI’s KMIS reports on AgProAfrica Conference”">ILRI’s KMIS reports on AgProAfrica Conference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=539&action=edit" title="Edit “Ewen Le Borgne joins ILRI as Knowledge Sharing and Communication Specialist”">Ewen Le Borgne joins ILRI as Knowledge Sharing and Communication Specialist</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=490&action=edit" title="Edit “Continuous communications learning opportunities for ILRI campus staff”">Continuous communications learning opportunities for ILRI campus staff</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=508&action=edit" title="Edit “CGIAR exhibits at Climate Change and Development for Africa conference”">CGIAR exhibits at Climate Change and Development for Africa conference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=468&action=edit" title="Edit “Agknowledge Africa share fair – the survey results”">Agknowledge Africa share fair – the survey results</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=456&action=edit" title="Edit “Publishing and sharing ‘open’ journal articles in ILRI”">Publishing and sharing ‘open’ journal articles in ILRI</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=422&action=edit" title="Edit “Web 2.0 learning opportunity in Ethiopia ‘empowering’ for participants”">Web 2.0 learning opportunity in Ethiopia ‘empowering’ for participants</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=406&action=edit" title="Edit “Knowledge is like rainwater … supporting the NBDC with knowledge and communication”">Knowledge is like rainwater … supporting the NBDC with knowledge and communication</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=386&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI shares social media skills and tools with partners”">ILRI shares social media skills and tools with partners</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=357&action=edit" title="Edit “Following ILRI news and research outputs as a ‘daily paper’”">Following ILRI news and research outputs as a ‘daily paper’</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=330&action=edit" title="Edit “Livestock and climate change news aggregator”">Livestock and climate change news aggregator</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=325&action=edit" title="Edit “External review of ILRI communications”">External review of ILRI communications</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=257&action=edit" title="Edit “Fifteen communication tools for ILRI staff”">Fifteen communication tools for ILRI staff</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=262&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI research travelling further than ever”">ILRI research travelling further than ever</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=272&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI extends bandwidth and use of ICTs”">ILRI extends bandwidth and use of ICTs</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=266&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI communications getting social”">ILRI communications getting social</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=227&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI adopts Creative Commons license for its research outputs”">ILRI adopts Creative Commons license for its research outputs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=213&action=edit" title="Edit “Liya Dejene joins ILRI Knowledge Management team”">Liya Dejene joins ILRI Knowledge Management team</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=259&action=edit" title="Edit “Dspace training in Nairobi”">Dspace training in Nairobi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=209&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI pool of freelance editors, translators, and communication experts”">ILRI pool of freelance editors, translators, and communication experts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=205&action=edit" title="Edit “Reporting on the 5th All Africa conference on animal agriculture”">Reporting on the 5th All Africa conference on animal agriculture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=194&action=edit" title="Edit “ArcGIS Software Ugrade & Licensing”">ArcGIS Software Ugrade & Licensing</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=79&action=edit" title="Edit “Online access to Africa Science News for ILRI staff”">Online access to Africa Science News for ILRI staff</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=132&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI access to BioOne database”">ILRI access to BioOne database</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=81&action=edit" title="Edit “Sharing Africa’s agricultural and rural development knowledge”">Sharing Africa’s agricultural and rural development knowledge</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=186&action=edit" title="Edit “Check out the new ICT portal”">Check out the new ICT portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=134&action=edit" title="Edit “Yammer for You?”">Yammer for You?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=181&action=edit" title="Edit “Nadia Manning-Thomas joins ILRI”">Nadia Manning-Thomas joins ILRI</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=136&action=edit" title="Edit “Using SurveyMonkey at ILRI”">Using SurveyMonkey at ILRI</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=139&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI Blogs – Keeping up with your colleagues”">ILRI Blogs – Keeping up with your colleagues</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=190&action=edit" title="Edit “Livestock Fish consultation resources”">Livestock Fish consultation resources</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=178&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI organizes ICTs in Agriculture exhibition at UNECA”">ILRI organizes ICTs in Agriculture exhibition at UNECA</a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=517&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI 2.0: Update on ILRI web communications”">ILRI 2.0: Update on ILRI web communications</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=174&action=edit" title="Edit “Peter Ballantyne on board and leading the Knowledge Management and Information Services team”">Peter Ballantyne on board and leading the Knowledge Management and Information Services team</a></li>
<li><a href="http://infoilri.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=165&action=edit" title="Edit “ILRI InfoCentre participates in the First International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives”">ILRI InfoCentre participates in the First International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives</a></li>
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<p></p>Portrait of the modern knowledge workertag:www.km4dev.org,2012-04-27:2672907:BlogPost:542902012-04-27T06:00:00.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>Shameless plugging here - let me know if it bothers you ;)</p>
<p>From my blog, I thought this could be useful: what is the <a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/portrait-of-the-modern-knowledge-worker/" title="Portrait of the modern knowledge worker">portrait of the modern knowledge worker</a>? </p>
<p><span>I can think of a few traits and characteristics that relate to the desired gifts, skills and attitudes of such a modern day knowledge worker....</span></p>
<p>Click the…</p>
<p>Shameless plugging here - let me know if it bothers you ;)</p>
<p>From my blog, I thought this could be useful: what is the <a title="Portrait of the modern knowledge worker" href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/portrait-of-the-modern-knowledge-worker/">portrait of the modern knowledge worker</a>? </p>
<p><span>I can think of a few traits and characteristics that relate to the desired gifts, skills and attitudes of such a modern day knowledge worker....</span></p>
<p>Click the <a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/portrait-of-the-modern-knowledge-worker/" target="_blank">link</a> for more.</p>
<p></p>The first Francophone issue of the KM4D Journal (2011, Vol. 7, Issue 2) is now online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/currenttag:www.km4dev.org,2012-04-26:2672907:BlogPost:542692012-04-26T07:52:50.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p><span>(re-posting Sarah Cummings's great email about this)</span></p>
<p><span>Just wanted to let you know that the first Francophone issue of the KM4D </span><span class="il">Journal</span><span> (2011, Vol. 7, Issue 2) is now online at:</span><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current" target="_blank">http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current" target="_blank"></a><br></br><span>In particular, we would like to…</span></p>
<p><span>(re-posting Sarah Cummings's great email about this)</span></p>
<p><span>Just wanted to let you know that the first Francophone issue of the KM4D </span><span class="il">Journal</span><span> (2011, Vol. 7, Issue 2) is now online at:</span><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current" target="_blank">http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/current" target="_blank"></a><br/><span>In particular, we would like to congratulate the Guest Editors for putting the issue together: Joël Muzard, Jean Mège, Jocelyne Kompaoré, and Ewen Le Borgne. The issue is in French with the exception of individual article summaries at the end of the </span><span class="il">journal</span><span> which are in both French and English. It is an initiative of Sa-ge </span><a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devfrancophone" target="_blank">http://www.<span class="il">km4dev</span>.org/group/km4devfrancophone</a> (<em>Ce groupe est un espace de discussion, de préparation et de réflection pour les francophones et francophiles de <span class="il">KM4dev</span>. SA-GE utilise également comme outil de communication un Dgroup</em>: Website: <a href="http://dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l/SA-GE" target="_blank">http://dgroups.org/groups/<span class="il">km4dev</span>-l/SA-GE</a>)</p>
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<div><b>Contents</b><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.638751" target="_blank"><br/>L'évolution de la gestion des connaissances – nouveaux défis pour les organisations travaillant pour le développemen</a><br/>Joël Muzard <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2012.664035" target="_blank">Aperçu de l'état des lieux de la gestion de l'information et des connaissances dans des organisations paysannes au Burkina Faso</a> Jocelyne Yennenga Kompaoré<br/><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652153" target="_blank">OASIS : une méthodologie d'apprentissage. Une recherche-action au Niger</a><br/>Lisette Caubergs <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.659091" target="_blank"><br/></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.659091" target="_blank">La gestion des connaissances pour le développement : le cas du Centre Africain de Statistique</a><br/>Issoufou Seidou Sanda <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652154" target="_blank">Les facteurs affectant l'adoption d'un système de gestion des connaissances : cas du centre régional du PNUD à Dakar</a></div>
Serigne Badji <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank">\</a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652152" target="_blank">Ce que vous devriez savoir si vous devez organiser une foire aux savoirs au Sahel</a></div>
Sophie Treinen <br/><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.659087" target="_blank">Réhabilitation du savoir et du savoir-faire en gestion des ressources génétiques du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.)</a></div>
Aïssa Tirichine, Malek Belguedj, Abderrahmane Benkhalifa, Messaouda Guerradi <br/><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.638655" target="_blank">Quand la capitalisation d'expérience investit le champ de la coopération internationale : enquête auprès d'OSI/ONG françaises</a></div>
Sabine Didier <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652150" target="_blank">Bibliographie commentée sur la capitalisation d'expériences dans le développement international</a></div>
Gilles Mersadier <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652151" target="_blank">Comment les acteurs de terrain deviennent les auteurs de la capitalisation et du partage d'expériences ? Les ateliers d'écriture et de capitalisation, un levier pour le développement des échanges Sud-Sud</a></div>
Odile Balizet, Jean Mège <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.638750" target="_blank">Vers la gestion des connaissances et l'apprentissage sectoriel au Burkina Faso : une étude pour le secteur de l'eau et l'assainissement</a></div>
Ewen Le Borgne <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.652149" target="_blank">Le printemps arabe de la gestion des connaissances</a></div>
Kaouther Sfar Gandoura <br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a><br/><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rkmd20/7/2" target="_blank"></a>
<div><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19474199.2011.664043" target="_blank">Article summaries</a></div>
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<p><span>For the c300 of you who have a free print subscription to the KM4D </span><span class="il">Journal</span><span> - for which all </span><span class="il">KM4Dev</span><span> members are eligible - the copy will be arriving on your doormat shortly, if it hasn't arrived already. For those who do not have a free subscription, there are a number of other options available:</span></p>
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<li>Take a good look at the <span class="il">journal</span> website because issues are frequently available free</li>
<li>If you have an interest in a particular article, contact the author directly who will be able to send you a copy</li>
<li>For residents of certain countries, you can gain free access to the <span class="il">journal</span> via the STAR initiative of the publisher<a href="http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/benefits/starform.asp" target="_blank">http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/benefits/starform.asp</a></li>
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<p>The articles from this issue will be posted on the <span class="il">KM4Dev</span> wiki next year.</p>
<p>Best wishes, also from Ewen le Borgne, Ivan Kulis, Lucie Lamoureux and Denise Senmartin</p>
<p>Sarah </p>List of best KM books (from KM4Dev conversation, December 2011)tag:www.km4dev.org,2012-02-05:2672907:BlogPost:518272012-02-05T03:27:37.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>The original list was brainstormed on the KM4Dev mailing list and compiled (now fully available) on Gauri Salokhe's blog: <a href="http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html">http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html</a></p>
<p>(From Gauri's blog)</p>
<p><em>Recently, <a href="http://twitter.com/jschunter">@jschunter</a> asked a question on the …</em></p>
<p>The original list was brainstormed on the KM4Dev mailing list and compiled (now fully available) on Gauri Salokhe's blog: <a href="http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html">http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html</a></p>
<p>(From Gauri's blog)</p>
<p><em>Recently, <a href="http://twitter.com/jschunter">@jschunter</a> asked a question on the <a href="http://dgroups.org/Community.aspx?c=038278af-a7cd-4c4e-bed0-ac8ea0b7b57f">KM4Dev</a> mailing list on recommendations for KM related books to read during holidays. In the true spirit of knowledge sharing, he received a series of recommendations. I put together a summary of the recommendations for my own benefit but have decided to share it via the blog for others who are not on the list but are interested in KM/Leadership/Change Management. Enjoy!</em><br/><br/><em>Recommendations in no specific order:</em></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Obvious-Once-Know-Answer/dp/0385531680/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1">Everything is Obvious</a> by Duncan Watts</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Management-Intellectual-Organizational-Knowledge/dp/019513866X">The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge</a> (2002) by Choo and Bontis (ed.) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Way-Knowledge-Managing-Unmanageable/dp/0595150462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325157745&sr=1-1">The Way of Knowledge: Managing the Unmanageable</a>. Stowe Boyd 2000.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Implizites-Wissen-Organisationen-Wissensmanagement-Sozialforschung/dp/3531180282/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325157789&sr=1-1">Implizites Wissen in Organisationen. Konzepte, Methoden und Ansätze im Wissensmanagement</a>. Olaf Katenkamp. VS Verlag, 2011</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leader-Who-Had-No-Title/dp/1847378773/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325157847&sr=1-1">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life</a> by Robin Sharma</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Inc-Leadership-through-Storytelling/dp/0787973718/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325157906&sr=1-1">Squirrel Inc.: A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling</a> by Stephen Denning </li>
<li>... For the full list (another 16 titles), go to <a href="http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html">http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-knowledge-management-book-for.html</a></li>
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<p>Thank you Gauri!</p>
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<p>Ewen</p>KM4Dev discussion on 'job handover' summarised on the wiki: ow.ly/8QAbXtag:www.km4dev.org,2012-02-03:2672907:BlogPost:518062012-02-03T06:21:19.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>The discussion was very rich and brought about lots of good ideas and resources to the front.</p>
<p>Find the summary on: <a href="http://t.co/qVc75wd5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ow.ly/8QAbX</a></p>
<p>Hopefully Juliana, who initiated this great conversation thread, will write a 'community note' for the KM4Dev journal later.</p>
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<p>The discussion was very rich and brought about lots of good ideas and resources to the front.</p>
<p>Find the summary on: <a href="http://t.co/qVc75wd5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ow.ly/8QAbX</a></p>
<p>Hopefully Juliana, who initiated this great conversation thread, will write a 'community note' for the KM4Dev journal later.</p>
<p></p>Contribute to the overview of KM strategies!!!tag:www.km4dev.org,2011-09-30:2672907:BlogPost:425662011-09-30T13:00:00.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>This Google doc was sstarted as part of developing a KM4Dev journal article about KM strategies (<a href="http://su.pr/2VZaFB" target="_blank">http://su.pr/2VZaFB</a>) - it is far from being complete and getting more out-of-date by the day but there's a wealth of examples still.</p>
<p>In following the KM4Dev 2011 event, one session was about KM strategies and we thought it'd be a good idea to post this resource on NinG - for information and for further contributions.</p>
<p>(<em>As I post…</em></p>
<p>This Google doc was sstarted as part of developing a KM4Dev journal article about KM strategies (<a href="http://su.pr/2VZaFB" target="_blank">http://su.pr/2VZaFB</a>) - it is far from being complete and getting more out-of-date by the day but there's a wealth of examples still.</p>
<p>In following the KM4Dev 2011 event, one session was about KM strategies and we thought it'd be a good idea to post this resource on NinG - for information and for further contributions.</p>
<p>(<em>As I post this the document author has to change this doc from viewable to editable</em> - <em>this should be done any time now</em>).</p>
<p>Here it is...</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao6QHe7Eeu6UcGhGVlhZdkkzU0RZcXE0WGY4MUZCVEE&hl=en#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao6QHe7Eeu6UcGhGVlhZdkkzU0RZcXE0WGY4MUZCVEE&hl=en#gid=0</a></p>
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<p>Cheers!</p>
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<p>Ewen</p>The very best of our blogs - shall we pull it together?tag:www.km4dev.org,2011-03-26:2672907:BlogPost:204402011-03-26T10:56:07.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>Hello all,</p>
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<p>Many of us are blogging on a regular basis. Some of us are tweeting about what we post, but otherwise it's actually quite difficult to find the stuff that we have been blogging about, while a lot of that stuff could actually be very useful to others.</p>
<p>So hereby I'd like to call upon you all to share the top 5 blog posts that you have written and would like to share with others. I volunteer to compile it all on the wiki and perhaps on this Ning Group…</p>
<p>Hello all,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Many of us are blogging on a regular basis. Some of us are tweeting about what we post, but otherwise it's actually quite difficult to find the stuff that we have been blogging about, while a lot of that stuff could actually be very useful to others.</p>
<p>So hereby I'd like to call upon you all to share the top 5 blog posts that you have written and would like to share with others. I volunteer to compile it all on the wiki and perhaps on this Ning Group too.</p>
<p>And to start with, here is my top 5, in no particular order:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/storytelling-taking-stock/" title="Storytelling: Taking stock">Storytelling: Taking stock</a></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/what-is-learning/" rel="bookmark" title="What is learning?">What is learning?</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/improving-the-value-of-knowledge-work-a-kmers-chat-on-monitoring-assessing-knowledge-management/">(Im)Proving the value of knowledge work: A KMers chat on monitoring / assessing knowledge management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/harvesting-insights-2-beautiful-km/" title="Harvesting insights (2): Beautiful KM">Harvesting insights (2): Beautiful KM</a></li>
<li><a href="http://km4meu.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/capacity-development-taking-stock/" rel="bookmark" title="Capacity development: Taking stock">Capacity development: Taking stock</a></li>
</ul>
I hope you will share yours soon!<br />
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ewen</p>Lancement de la communauté francophone SA-GE sur la gestion et le partage des connaissances pour le développementtag:www.km4dev.org,2009-12-14:2672907:BlogPost:94472009-12-14T09:02:12.000ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
Bonjour à toutes et à tous,<br />
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Vous travaillez dans le développement et les questions de coopération, partage et gestion des connaissances, apprentissage, communication vous tiennent à cœur ? Vous cherchez des pairs confrontés aux mêmes problèmes que vous, ou qui peuvent vous donner un point de vue utile car proche de vos préoccupations ? Vous cherchez informations, outils, approches et idées sur la gestion et le partage des connaissances pour le développement ?<br />
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La communauté de pratique…
Bonjour à toutes et à tous,<br />
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Vous travaillez dans le développement et les questions de coopération, partage et gestion des connaissances, apprentissage, communication vous tiennent à cœur ? Vous cherchez des pairs confrontés aux mêmes problèmes que vous, ou qui peuvent vous donner un point de vue utile car proche de vos préoccupations ? Vous cherchez informations, outils, approches et idées sur la gestion et le partage des connaissances pour le développement ?<br />
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La communauté de pratique SA-GE (Savoirs-Gestion) vient d’être lancée pour répondre à ces besoins !<br />
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SA-GE a été créée en octobre 2009 en parallèle de la rencontre annuelle de la communauté de pratique anglophone Knowledge Management for Development (<a href="http://www.km4dev.org">www.km4dev.org</a>). Avec pour l’instant un groupe d’une trentaine de personnes, SA-GE n’attend que de se développer et de s’épanouir en un réel espace d’échange, de réflexion et d’apprentissage conjoint entre professionnels de la gestion et du partage des connaissances pour le développement. Que vous soyez indépendant, travailleur dans une ONG, une agence étatique ou acteur privé, votre expérience, vos idées en matière de gestion et partage des connaissances pour le développement sont les bienvenus (et votre humour aussi)!<br />
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Que propose SA-GE ?<br />
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· Un groupe de discussion (<a href="http://dgroups.org/Community.aspx?c=532af1c1-1d65-419c-a52c-7af6c8b7451a">http://dgroups.org/Community.aspx?c=532af1c1-1d65-419c-a52c-7af6c8b7451a</a>) pour échanger vos questions, réponses, documents, idées, suggestions ;<br />
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· Un tout récent wiki (<a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/wiki/index.php/SA-GE">http://wiki.km4dev.org/wiki/index.php/SA-GE</a>) pour consolider et résumer les discussions et pour préparer tout travail conjoint ;<br />
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· Une page NING sur la plateforme KM4DEV (<a href="http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devfrancophone">http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devfrancophone</a>) et prochainement un espace d’échange autonome basé sur la plateforme NING pour échanger de façon informelle, proposer des événements, conserver les documents etc. ;<br />
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· Un tag #SA_GE (Twitter) et SA_GE (del.icio.us) pour retrouver des informations pertinentes par rapport aux intérêts du groupe sur ces plateformes de micro-blogging (Twitter) et de partage social de favoris internet (Del.icio.us).<br />
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Comment puis-je joindre le groupe ?<br />
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Il vous suffit de suivre ce lien <a href="http://su.pr/7h3yPF">http://su.pr/7h3yPF</a> ou bien de contacter Ewen Le Borgne (leborgne[arobase]irc[point]nl) et de faire la demande de votre abonnement.<br />
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Pour administrer SA-GE, un groupe noyau a récemment vu le jour. Basé sur une participation volontaire, ce groupe s’occupe de développer la communauté, préparer les rencontres, identifier des financements etc. Si vous souhaitez rejoindre ce groupe contactez Ewen Le Borgne à la même adresse que ci-dessus.<br />
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Alors n’hésitez pas, rejoignez-nous et apprenons à nous connaitre, à nous aider, à nous enrichir mutuellement et à rendre le monde – du développement et de manière générale – un espace plus vivant, plus ouvert et plus généreux, pour une meilleure qualité de vie de tout un chacun.<br />
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A bientôt j’espère !<br />
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Ewen Le Borgne