When?

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Duration: One hour

Starttime:

• 09:00 US/Pacific
• 12:00 US/Eastern
• 16:00 UTC
• 18:00 Europe/Amsterdam
• 21:30 Asia/Calcutta

How to join?

Simply follow the #KMers Twitter tag during the time the twitter chat takes place.

You can attend the chats from the KMers.org site by clicking on the "Chat" link in the main menu

If you want to give your reaction, please use the #kmers hashtag at the end of your tweets. 
It will then show up in the discussion.

Chat topic "Knowledge Management for Non Profits"

During this chat we will dig deeper into knowledge management for non profit organizations! 

Most non profit organizations  have taken steps in adopting some sort of knowledge management strategy, although approaches have varied quite widely, as has the terminology used, and the levels of investment made.

The promise and potential of these initiatives has often yet to be fully realised. But clearly, the knowledge and learning approach can and does provide useful tools and approaches, which, if properly, consistently and thoughtfully applied, can help address some of the symptoms of the institutional malaise faced by modern non profit organisations.

What has tended to happen is that non profit organisations have generally leaned towards linear and technocentric interpretations of knowledge management, in line with the descriptive early traditions of KM and organisational development or ‘institution building’.

Is this still true?

During this chat we will talk about experiences, approaches and best practices for knowledge management in non profit organizations.

Discussion Questions

1. Are you working or did you work on knowledge mangement (or related fields) for a non profit organization?
2. What (in your opinion or experience) are the differences between knowledge management in profit and not for profit organizations? Or are they similar?
3. Do you know examples of succesful knowledge management strategies, tools, stories and/or practices in non profit organizations? Can you share?
4. What are key lessons you have learned in your work in knowledge management for a non profit?(If you didn't work for a non profit: What lessons you have learned do you think are speficically useful in a non profit context)
5. How can non profit organizations effectively share knowledge between one another? Do you have experiences, examples that worked?
6. Do you have other tips for those that work on knowledge management in non profit organizations?

We hope to see you there!