Tag Archives: CoP

Communities of Practice – What I’ve Learnt

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Steve Dale

I  was recently asked  by a colleague to share some “words of wisdom” about what I’d learnt from 9 years of consultancy projects that involved setting up Communities of Practice. I could have written an essay on this topic (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice | Tagged CoP, KMers, tips | 3 Comments

Maximising the power of collective knowledge

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Steve Dale

Introduction This is a summary of one of the breakout session I ran at the Cisco Public Services Summit, Oslo 9-11 December 2011.  It describes the role of Communities of Practice in supporting more effective collaboration and knowledge sharing between … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Knowledge Hub, Public Sector, Social Business, Social Enterprise | Tagged ciscopss, CoP, intelligus, khub, pfiks, social business | 1 Comment

The Role of the Facilitator in Building and Sustaining Communities of Practice

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Steve Dale

I have the honour of being invited to present at the XIII Seminari Compartim L’e-moderador i altres nous agents de coneixement a les organitzacions on 21st September 2011. The event is sponsored by Generaliti de Cataluña, centre d’Estudis Juridics, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Facilitation, Knowledge Management | Tagged community health, CoP, e-Moderator, facilitator | 1 Comment

Communities of Practice: a strategy for more effective collaboration

Posted on June 23, 2011 by stephendaleC8

Acting as a public administrator, it was my privilege to arrange and facilitate a meeting this morning between a delegation from the Government of Singapore and some of the ‘expert’ Community of Practice Facilitators from the local government Community of … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, Communities of Practice, Public Sector | Tagged collaboration, Communities of Practice, CoP, KM | 2 Comments

CoP Usability and Sociability Heuristics

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Steve Dale

As some of my regular readers will know, I’m involved in a major new project to deliver the ‘next generation’ community of practice platform for UK local government organisations, see previous blog posts about the ‘Knowledge Hub’. The current platform … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Knowledge Hub | Tagged CoP, heuristics, Knowledge Hub | 2 Comments

Icentivising Community of Practice Contributors

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Steve Dale

I think that most community of practice (CoP) facilitators or moderators will recognise the challenge in getting conversations started within the community. The ratio of ‘lurkers’ to ‘contributors’ is one of the standard indicators that should be measured for any … Continue reading →

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Communities of Practice in Local Government

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Steve Dale

It’s always pleasing to get some good publicity about how Communities of Practice are reshaping the way that local government works; creating new opportunities for knowledge sharing, collaboration and co-creation. The article in e-government bulletin says it all, and indeed … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Knowledge Hub, Knowledge Management, Public Sector | Tagged CoP, IDeA, khub | Leave a comment

Discovering the value of Social Networks and Communities of Practice

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Steve Dale

There has been much written about measuring the value of online communities such as Social Networks or Communities of Practice.  However, most pundits tend to think of measuring value from a purely financial perspective, i.e. the Return on Investment (ROI).  … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, Communities of Practice, ROI, Social Computing, Social Network Analysis, social web | Tagged CoP, ROI, social networks | 4 Comments

PHIN 2009 Conference – CoP Presentation

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Steve Dale

I am very pleased to have been invited to speak at the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) conference in Atlanta, Georgia, taking place between 30th August and 3rd September. This will be my second visit to Atlanta, having been there … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Event, ROI, Social Networking Tools | Tagged CDC, conference, CoP, PHIN | Leave a comment

Local Government Communities of Practice strategy wins award

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Steve Dale

I’m pleased to announce that the IDeA CoP Platform won an award at the GC Awards yesterday evening. The award was for the best public sector project for collaborative working, and can be placed alongside the award we won at … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, News, Public Sector | Tagged Awards, CoP | 8 Comments