tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63475762011-09-05T21:00:41.725ZCommunity KnowledgeLooking at issues on sharing knowledge in networks and communities of practice.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1095489325584432922004-09-18T06:33:00.000Z2004-09-18T06:35:25.583ZArticle courtesy of E-government Bulletin:
E-Democracy Champion with an Iron Constitution by Dan Jellinek.
The web site of senior French politician Andre Santini(http://www.andre-santini.net) declares: "Andre Santini has roundedthe decisive cape of his sixtieth year. Despite his great age, he stillpossesses a generous stature and an iron constitution." Further down,after citing his senior Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1094052871861769082004-09-01T15:23:00.000Z2004-09-01T15:34:31.860ZSTAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
I have just returned from a Conference organised by Voluntary Organisations Network North East on the referendum on regional governance to take be held in North East England on the 4th of November.
Some questions remain unresolved from the workshop I attended:
Given the wide range of functions contained within the community and voluntary sector, can Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1093247428910213412004-08-23T07:49:00.000Z2004-08-23T07:50:28.910ZNEWCASTLE NOMINATED
Newcastle City Council is the only local authority to reach the final round of the British Computer Society IT Professional Awards 'Public and not for profit' category. The council has been nominated in recognition of the facilities and staff behind their Customer Services Strategy. Awards will be presented in London on 19 October.
Fo further details:
http://Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1092824307295943132004-08-18T10:11:00.000Z2004-08-18T10:18:27.296ZTHE HIDDEN POWER OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
At long last, two authors have come up with a book highlighting the significance of informal social networks which uses social network analysis in a down-to-earth manner.
This is a must read for anyone interested in the future of organisations in a distributed world.
Find out more about the book at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591392705/qid=Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1092819206034889552004-08-18T08:51:00.000Z2004-08-18T08:53:26.033ZBLOGGING IN THE COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SECTOR
I just wanted to send out a reminder that today is the first day of TechSoup's virtual forum exploring the role of blogging in nonprofit The event is free and open to the public. The discussions will run through the course of the week.
http://www.techsoup.org/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=list&forum=2008&cid=117
Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1082361785182232592004-04-19T08:02:00.000Z2004-04-19T08:07:08.310ZHOWTOONS
"Howtoons are one-page cartoons showing 5-to-15 year-old kids "How To"
build things. Each illustrated episode is a stand-alone fun adventure
accessible to all, including the pre-literate. Howtoons are designed to
encourage children to be active participants in discovering the world
through Play-that-Matters -- fun, creative, and inventive -- and to rely a
lot less on Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1082119252744528212004-04-16T12:37:00.000Z2004-04-16T12:44:51.483ZA Study of Concepts of Knowledge Management
A BSc project by Anna Dening has just been published on the Web with the above title at:
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/students/Anna_Dening/Anna_Dening.html
The Abstract reads:
Knowledge management has come to the forefront of the business world surrounded by an air of publicity and a degree of scepticism. However in recent years, Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1080224410207661642004-03-25T14:15:00.000Z2004-03-25T14:23:39.090ZWhile browsing the excellent Informal Education today I cane across an excellent paper written in 1921 by Tom Bryan on 'Education and Civic Life'.
Tom Bryan (1865-1917) was the first warden of Fircroft College, Birmingham and a significant contributor to the development of adult education practice in Britain. His particular achievement was to take elements of the experience of British adult Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1078660506730263222004-03-07T11:53:00.000Z2004-03-07T11:58:49.670ZThe following appears courtesy of E-Government Bulletin. It is interesting that central government still appears to be experiencing difficulty in driving users to its portal services!
'DIRECTGOV' TO BECOME MAIN UK SERVICE PORTAL.
The UK government this week unveiled the first incarnation of what is
intended to become its main conduit for all public services online,
'Directgov' (http://Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1078232591725794702004-03-02T13:02:00.000Z2004-03-02T13:06:09.216ZChris Kimble writes:
"Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice" will be
featured in the Virtual Chautauqua Series at Group Jazz. Full details can
be found in the attached document, but here is a brief extract from a mail
from Amy Ladd of Group Jazz
"… Group Jazz, hosts a Monthly Chautauqua Series. We provide an
interactive web-based forum with threaded discussion Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1077350267960503422004-02-21T07:57:00.000Z2004-02-21T08:00:31.513ZProfessor Tom Wilson writes:
"Old news now - two days old - that Yahoo! has dropped Google as its search engine in favour of its own search engine, provided by Inktomi . So I wondered how it compared. I searched for "Information Research" using both and, surprise, links to the journal were 1st and 2nd in Yahoo! Search and also in Google. Not much difference there. So, I searched for "case-basedGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1076409117572650902004-02-10T10:23:00.000Z2004-02-10T10:36:44.560ZThose of you looking for an easy to moderate read on understanding networks might like to read Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's Linked a steal at 6.88 GBP from Amazon.
Laszlo has also created some excellent images of networks at his Gallery at the University of Notre Dame.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1076333054800067662004-02-09T13:19:00.000Z2004-02-09T13:27:12.233ZSean K. Murphy from Simon Fraser University sent a very complimentary email on the Groupthink Revisited paper. Thanks, Sean.
He also pointed me to a paper by Clay Shirky who some of you might know:
*A Group is its Own Worst Enemy*
In the paper, Clay makes good use of Bion's *Experiences in Groups*. The paper can be downloaded from;
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.htmlGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075823514686864502004-02-03T15:49:00.000Z2004-02-03T15:55:55.013ZI was very pleased to come across the revamped UK Communities Online earlier today which is now being managed by Brixton Online.
Not sure how long it has been managed by Brixton Online but it is great to come across UK community content formatted in this way.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075802996602455392004-02-03T10:09:00.000Z2004-02-03T10:12:15.296ZProfessor Tom Wilson writes...
I'm very impressed by the Mozilla Firebird browzer. It may even displace Opera as my preferred system.
One of the big features is the extent to which it can be customised through 'Tips and Tricks' which allow you to do practically anything by inserting code into one or another of three text files: user.js, userChrome.css, and userContent.css
Try it out, I think Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075720767527262712004-02-02T11:11:00.000Z2004-02-02T11:21:44.793ZHail Geoff, John and fellow bloggers
Thanks for the invite. I seem to have returned rather than just joined as the Blogerator has greeted me by saying 'Welcome Back Andrew'. And in the dim recesses of the old cortex I do seem to remember being here before...
I'm hopeful of being more blogworthy myself as we go on..
Cheers
Andrew
Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09005814223484867522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075296504956046982004-01-28T13:24:00.000Z2004-01-28T13:32:33.623ZFor those interested in E-learning, the E-learning Guild may be of some interest. Associate membership is free and provides you with a newsletter and limited access to their resources while full memebership offers complete access to their services for 99 USD per year.
Personally, I have found the associate membership of great use over the last couple of years. Well worth checking out the Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075228498564940532004-01-27T18:29:00.000Z2004-01-27T18:37:41.043ZMy friend and colleague, Graham Fernee of C3, has kindly provided me with three interesting video clips of KM pioneers talking about their work, as follows:
1. Karl Erik Sveiby, the inventor of the term Knowledge Management.
2. Hubert Saint Onge, a speciaist in leveraging communities of practice for strategic advantage within organisations.
3. Verna Allee, a specialist in mapping how knowledge Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075215031411754722004-01-27T14:49:00.000Z2004-01-27T14:52:40.996ZIan Dunmore writes on Bill Gates ride into *town* yesterday:
"This must be Chairman Bill's month. Not only did the Microsoft supremo recently learn he's destined for a much-prized honorary knighthood (and has apparently been consulting archived editions of Monty Python ever since to find out how he's meant to behave when receiving it) but also found himself the revered guest of an ever Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075211998594071152004-01-27T13:52:00.000Z2004-01-27T14:02:08.030ZHi Geoff
nice to be able to get out and about whilst still climbing the walls of my office.
Are there any rules here on how corrosively cynical one can be in commenting on for example, funding led initiatives, professional evaluators, project appraisals, etc., or is this meant to be a haven from these life affirming issues?
will attempt to find something interesting to say - in the meantime johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01342559003719294663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075208826896199332004-01-27T13:01:00.000Z2004-01-27T13:12:23.810ZNational DigiTV Project
The National DigiTv Project has just published the findings of its research on the potential of digital TV for delivering public services.
In the section entitled The Way Forward - Citizens, they note the following:
"The telephone is dominant and important to all, while face-to-face contact remains an important route to government for citizens from the lower social grades.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1075052724340643022004-01-25T17:41:00.000Z2004-01-25T17:50:09.436ZIf we learn to figure out how to work through issues in the virtual world can we improve how we do it in the corporeal world?
Try out the following as good examples of serious games:
The Woodrow Wilson International Center Serious Games Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to advance the application of game-based learning and teaching tools to public policy and management challenges.
Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074952381390892082004-01-24T13:40:00.000Z2004-01-24T13:56:45.840ZThe Google search engine, or, the Swiss Army Knife of the Internet as some call it has not only created Googlewacks (The rules are simple: using words that can be found in a dictionary, combine two of them to return only a single result in google. It's harder than you'd think!) We have now started to rate popoularity by Google numbers (The number of pages that show your name!). If you have few Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074951246238246402004-01-24T13:31:00.000Z2004-01-24T13:36:11.186ZFor those of you coming to knowledge management for the first time, I thought it might be useful if I published my literature review.
Although originally writen in 1999, it still provides a useful introduction.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074673539210365672004-01-21T08:21:00.000Z2004-01-21T08:27:39.733ZSoon to be published by Idea Publishing is a collection of papers edited by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth entitled ' Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice'.
Having had a sneak preview of some of the papers, I was interested to see how effectively the collection covered the continuum of informal (my own interest), supported and structured communities of practice.
You can Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074606517137772642004-01-20T13:44:00.000Z2004-01-20T13:51:02.843ZFor those of you interested in applying your facilitation skills online, there is a useful interview with Nancy White, the online facilitation guru at:
http://www.moderatorsnet.com/nancy.htm
Nancy has been facilitating online facilitation training for a number of years and is familiar to many, including myself, for insightful interjections into online discussions.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074584557674320732004-01-20T07:40:00.000Z2004-01-20T07:54:44.090ZA new Specialist Interest Group(SIG) on The Human Side of Knowledge Management has been launched, with an article written by Miguel Cornejo which looks at the mechanics of human trust. You can download a copy of the article at:
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/community/zones/sig/human.html
I have also published the Powerpoint of my recent lecture on the Pedagogy of Trust at the University of Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074443766774471822004-01-18T16:34:00.000Z2004-01-20T08:32:59.280ZWelcome David!
Just had a quick look at your Blog and there is some very interesting stuff there.
On the question of mental and physical spaces, you might want to take a look at the Groupthink Revisited paper.
Geoff.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074430883670862482004-01-18T12:58:00.000Z2004-01-18T13:03:47.686ZGeoff - good to see a new blog in this important area, and hope we can share some ideas and links. I'm over at Designing for Civil Society - DavidDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14047079565653160732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074430062483812262004-01-18T12:46:00.000Z2004-01-18T12:51:20.390ZSome introductory remarks...
More than 50% of the economies on our planet have evolved from a pre-agricultural phase through agricultural and industrial development to the post-industrial present of the so-called ‘knowledge-based economy’.
Within this knowledge-based economy, ‘knowledge’ is hailed as the new asset and ‘intellectual capital’, it is said, is derived from it.
But, what is Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074428865254906422004-01-18T12:26:00.000Z2004-01-18T12:29:41.873ZFor all new members!
You will find a Community Knowledge website starting to appear at:
http://www.communityknowledge.co.uk
Geoff.Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347576.post-1074428087421170442004-01-18T12:13:00.000Z2004-01-18T12:16:44.200ZWelcome to the Community Knowledge Blog!
Postings on sharing knowledge gratefully received...Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178816994018382259noreply@blogger.com0