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Social reporting using video

After some very - but very basic - basic editing, I'm just now uploading my first social reporting in the form of a video reportage of the 'get to know your KM4Dev community buddies' bingo 2009! Need to find a more serious, but hopefully shareware video editing tool, to make the video's more appealing to watch. Go to the video directly: click here.

Added by Peter J. Bury on October 7, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Exploring Social Reporting from KM4Dev 2009

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

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

Added by Riff Fullan on October 7, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

Some thoughts on #KM4Dev

[cross-posted from my weblog]

It’s nice to be a newcomer – you can go around, say that you are new and don’t know much and ask stupid questions. This is what I have been doing at KM4Dev meeting so far.

It’s always nice and strange to discover a network of people who do work and think on issues close to those of my own, but were pretty invisible from my perspective until now.… Continue

Added by Lilia Efimova on October 7, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments

New improved version of KM Software!

Comintelli (www.comintelli.com), a cutting-edge developer of Enterprise Knowledge Management software, today launched Knowledge XChanger™ version 6.0, a new product that helps companies shorten Time To Knowledge by providing a central repository or portal where information is organized and quickly made searchable across an entire organization.

Time To Knowledge is the length of time it takes from knowledge and insight being conceived until it is available for business purposes by… Continue

Added by Daniel Thomasson on September 24, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Learning Log 1.5

It's September 09 and while I have technically finished writing Learning Log, it is not ready for publication. What I have done, however, is to write a short White Paper to try to explain how the novel could be used in the context of a course or a workshop.

Integration Didactic Fiction in Structured Training: Illustrated with Learning Log, a Knowledge Management Novel.…

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Added by Barbara Fillip on September 12, 2009 at 9:28pm — No Comments

A Farmer’s Diligent Hand

Written by: Amor Grace B. Babaran

A farmer’s hand is his most important instrument. But not all farmers use theirs fully. Alfredo Mariño Segovia is more of an exception.

“Life is difficult before, when the New People’s Army (NPA) invaded our barangay and took over our farm. I have no other choice but to vacate our farm and leave the area temporarily. All I have is faith that someday, God will restore everything and make everything better. I am complete, I have two… Continue

Added by Amor Grace Babaran on September 10, 2009 at 8:55am — No Comments

Need Help with the KM4Dev Wiki?

We have a fabulous wiki resource for KM4Dev. You can find it here (or click on the "Other Resources" tab and select "main wiki.") To contribute to the wiki you need an account. We had to do this because we had some spammers attack the wiki.

If you need an account, you can write to either Lucie Lamoureux or me. You can click on my… Continue

Added by Nancy White on August 31, 2009 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Enhancing the development value of research: Join GFAR's regional e-consultations

A series of electronic and face-to-face consultations are being conducted at regional and global levels which will preceed the GCARD Conferences (see below) in order to capture the contributions and perspectives of all stakeholders in the agricultural research, education and development systems. This will reshape the global agricultural research for development (AR4D) agenda and centre it on the needs of the poor in developing countries.

Organized by GFAR, the Global Conference on… Continue

Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on August 25, 2009 at 6:27pm — No Comments

KMAfrica.com SIGS

We have been involved with creating a SIG space for www.KMAfrica.com based on FOSS software. The SIGs are available on http://isivivane.com/kmafrica/?q=og - if you have resources that could be published on KMAfrica for the KMAfrica.com community, please email info@kmafrica.com or contact me.

Steve

Added by Steve Banhegyi on July 25, 2009 at 4:26pm — No Comments

1000 years in Bali - an example of a complex adaptive system

Here is a great practical example of collective intelligence crafting an irrigation system and a democratic over the period of 1000 years. Stephen Lansing, and anthropologist from University of Arizona with some fascinating insights about a complex adaptive… Continue

Added by Holger Nauheimer on July 15, 2009 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Social Media for Development Workshop September 2009

Dear all,

See the full announcement:

http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/announcement-social-media-for-deve

lopment-workshop/

From the learnings from the successful pilot (See blog posts about the event), and second Social Media Online Workshop, the CGIAR through its ICT-KM Program, is pleased to offer a new online opportunity for… Continue

Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on July 9, 2009 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Fiction for Development

In fantasy land, I would be making a living writing didactic short stories or full size novels about development themes. In real life, I make it up as I go along.

In Learning Log, the didactic novel I'm finishing ... WILL FINISH by September 09, the main… Continue

Added by Barbara Fillip on July 3, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Great presentation on nature and success factors of Enterprise 2.0

This is one of the best presentations on Enterprise 2.0 I've seen so far. It clearly communicates what Web 2.0 is about, why traditional KM approaches as well as poorly rolled-out Enterprise 2.0 fail and what factors need to come together to make it work.

http://www.besser20.de/english/

Added by Johannes Schunter on June 18, 2009 at 8:41pm — 2 Comments

Social media changing history?

A very interesting article on use of social media being used for change...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/iran-social-media/

Added by Jessica Robbins on June 17, 2009 at 11:11pm — No Comments

Recommendations and Lessons from Knowledge Sharing Efforts in the CGIAR

In July 2008 the Institutional Knowledge Sharing (IKS) Project commissioned RE4D.net to conduct an independent evaluation of the first phase (2004-2006) of the Knowledge Sharing project. This study assesses the results of the four pilot activities, illustrates the systemic impact of the project, and presents lessons distilled from the combined experience of KS professionals in six CGIAR centers.

The study used semi-structured, open-ended telephone interviews to gather feedback from… Continue

Added by Simone Staiger-Rivas on June 16, 2009 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Knowledge sharing methods and tools

An interesting set of slides by KM4dev community member Roxanna Samii:

http://www.slideshare.net/ifad/knowledge-sharing-methods-and-tools

Added by Lucie Lamoureux on June 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Will KM4Dev become Ning only?

Curious to find out whether we as KM4Dev community will end up doing all virtual stuff on Ning only!? What do you think?

Added by Peter J. Bury on May 8, 2009 at 10:39am — 3 Comments

KM4D journal issue on learning, KM and collaboration in the water sector

The December issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal is dedicated to effective (and potential) contribution of approaches to learning, collaboration and knowledge management (KM) to the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, and the integrated water resource management (IWRM) sector.

Check out the full call for papers.:… Continue

Added by Lucie Lamoureux on May 5, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment