Tag Archives: communities of practice

£4 million to help local authorities fight climate change

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Dave

Interesting news item this morning on eGov monitor:  A new £4 million programme to help local authorities tackle climate change was announced by Environment Minister Phil Woolas and Local Government Minister John Healey today. The programme will spread existing best … Continue reading →

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CoPs in the Telegraph

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Dave

Simon Dickson pointed me to a post on the Telegraph‘s Three Line Whip blog about the IDeA Communities of Practice platform: These ‘Communities of Practice’ are an attempt, according to their creators, to harness the power of social networking to … Continue reading →

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On facilitation

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Dave

Had a great meeting today with two of my fellow facilitators at the Community of Practice for Knowledge Management in the Public Sector (don’t worry, we’re working on the name). The community has been running for a little while now … Continue reading →

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Public Sector Social Media Meet

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Dave

Members of the Community of Practice for Social Media and Online Collaboration are meeting up at the Learning and Skills Council National Office in Coventry on 26th February 2008 between 10am and 3.30pm for a day of Web 2.0 fun … Continue reading →

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Online collaboration does work

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Dave

Despite now working in further education, I’m still involved in the predominantly local government based Communities of Practice social online collaboration platform, which is developed by the Improvement & Development Agency. For a quick run through of the whys, whats, … Continue reading →

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