GTZ Bulletin on KM

The latest issue of the GTZ AGRISERVICE Bulletin looks at knowledge management. In particular:
1) linking knowledge management to the strategy of the institution (serving targets),
2) developing a culture of knowledge sharing (trust, reward, procedures),
3) involvement and participation of stakeholders (ownership, user logic),
4) capacity development (training, technology, organisational development),
5) contextualisation of information (content, quality, retrieval, communication),
6) monitoring and evaluation (use, impact).
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eldiscommunity offers groups web2 spaces

The information sharing platform Eldis has started eldiscommunity where groups can create spaces for information sharing and dialogue including discussion forums and blogs.  To make it more accessible for people with poor internet connection the site can also be view in low-band-width mode.
There are already quite a number of groups among which a blog of [...]

Why is my neighborhood in the twitter village not growing?

Many things have been written about twitter, what it does, different ways one can use it, what users get out of it, and if it can serve organizations. Several blog posts (for example here, here, here and here) are pointing out the utility twitter can have for non-profits and, recently, the post Twitter is [...]

Another Starter Move: Social Bookmarking

After blogging about Chris Brogan’s 5 starter moves to engage with social media yesterday, I started preparing a session on collaboration tools for our division retreat, and realized that he had not talked about social bookmarking.
Promoting the use of online bookmarking services (such as del.icio.us) is in my opinion another good way to introduce people [...]

How to start using social media tips

Two days ago Chris Brogan finished a series of 5 posts on tips of how organizations can start to use social media. After starting with a introductory post he talked about Listening, Blogging, Audio and Video, and Social Networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
To me this series presents a great starting point for those curious [...]