Foundations Workshop starts May 10th
CPsquare is pleased to offer its online Foundations of
Communities of Practice workshop starting on May 10th,
presented by Etienne Wenger, John Smith, and Bronwyn
Stuckey. This online workshop examines what communities
of practice are, why they are important, how to
develop, nurture, and leverage them, and how to build a
knowledge strategy around them.
The workshop simulates a community that's global and
generative. It provides the opportunity to consider
community issues in general and examine a range of
specific communities of practice, whether presented
by our guest speakers or by workshop participants.
The experience of the improvisation that's necessary
to make a community work is powerful and is something
you really can't get from a book. Among other things
participants collaborate on projects in a community
context on community themes, including:
- Assessing the readiness of an organization for a community of practice initiative
- Exploring portal technology from a CoP perspective
- Developing a community start-up kit
- Teasing "readers" of an online forum to make substantial contributions
- Examining feature-sets of online tools; how to make do with what you have
- Roles of CoPs in specific organizational settings
In addition to working on a project of your choice
with others, as a participant you have access to the
projects that have accumulated over the years.
Participation in the workshop involves asynchronous
web-based conferencing, scheduled teleconferences, and
participant-organized meetings over the Internet.
Mentors from previous workshops augment the simulated
community, the faculty, and the guest speakers to
provide a very rich experience of learning in
community.
The workshop participants come from many different
industries, countries, organizational settings, and
professions. Guest speakers from leading companies
discuss their experience in implementing community-
based knowledge strategies.
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