Friends, I'm putting together a panel discussion in a week to talk about virtual communities. Joe Cothrel (on this list) is one of the speakers and Richard ...
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matthew_simpson@...
Apr 5, 2000 8:44 pm
Hi John, I firmly believe that there is a world-wide population of people, who focus on communities of practice, and who are coalescing via various forums and...
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Eric C. Adams
eric@...
Apr 5, 2000 10:08 pm
Hi John and Matthew, I sometimes find it helpful to think of communities in stages. I coauthored a book chapter on what we percieved to be a primary...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 5, 2000 11:33 pm
Denham sent these along to me, but I thought they should be thrown into the pot. He agreed. John --* --* John D. Smith | 503.963.8229 | 2025 SE Elliott Ave.,...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 6, 2000 9:08 pm
This seminar with Nancy Dixon might interest some of the people on this list. If you go, would you consider posting your reactions, learning, etc. back to the...
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Fred Nickols
nickols@...
Apr 7, 2000 12:20 am
John Smith wrote (I think it was John although I can't be sure because the e-mail was a little mixed up) -- (and I apologize for the repeat but I ... Well, I...
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Patricia Arnold
pa@...
Apr 7, 2000 12:41 pm
Hi John and all those who contributed to the Wenger's CoP class discussion so far, first of all let me connect this discussion briefly to the lurkers/ponderers...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:41 pm
What gifts! THANKS to Mathew Simpson, Eric Adams, Denham Grey, Fred Nichols, and Patricia Arnold for putting finger to keyboard with your insights. (And...
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matthew_simpson@...
Apr 7, 2000 5:26 pm
We are developing a world-wide social platform so that we can learn together about the way people unite when they share a common practice. (25 words) Do I get...
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Denham Grey
dgrey@...
Apr 9, 2000 1:20 am
A constant theme here has been, what are real communities of practice and can they exisit in cyberspace?.<p> Sasha Barab and Tom Duffy have an interesting book...
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Dori Digenti
digenti@...
Apr 9, 2000 11:23 am
Dear Colleagues, [I apologize in advance if this post is inflamatory or is just simply from the limited subculture of Boston, Massachusetts.] This is a...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 9, 2000 8:27 pm
Dori, Denham, Matthew, and all, I agree that only recuriting people who "get it" is really dangerous. Makes things easy in the short term, but long term leads...
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Patricia Arnold
pa@...
Apr 9, 2000 8:40 pm
IMO our discussion forum here isn't yet a real CoP - or it would mean stretching the concept of CoP that it applies to any interest group, network etc. But...
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Denham Grey
dgrey@...
Apr 9, 2000 9:33 pm
Hi Patricia, ... available online? I located this page with a pdf preprint version which may help you. http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/copfrt.html Denham...
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Denham Grey
dgrey@...
Apr 9, 2000 9:34 pm
Hi Patricia, ... available online? I located this page with a pdf preprint version which may help you. http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/copfrt.html Denham...
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Patricia Arnold
pa@...
Apr 10, 2000 1:49 pm
Hi Denham, thanks a lot for the URL - there is surely some score here for 'mutual engagement and support' - and speed :-) Patricia...
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Fourth Wave Group, Inc.
laramie@...
Apr 10, 2000 3:27 pm
Alert! Lurker de-cloaking off starboard bow! (Stand down your phasers. It's only me...Laramie) Excellent summary below, Matt. Thanks! A disturbing thought ran...
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al_zayha@...
Apr 11, 2000 9:01 pm
I'm Al Zayha, knowledge enabler for a consulting organization at HP. I lead a global consulting team in the creation and implementation of processes, methods,...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 11, 2000 9:18 pm
Welcome Al! Could you tell us a story about how you helped your organization understand the value of human networks? (Or a story that you used to show that...
Below is a text-only version of my previous posting on a framework for assessing collaboration needs. My apologies for those who use email to read messages...
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Paul Ford
pmford3@...
Apr 14, 2000 1:58 am
Our community now has over 90 members registered as of 13-Apr-00. Many members have signed up in the last month or two. I would like to welcome these new...
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Fourth Wave Group, Inc.
laramie@...
Apr 15, 2000 2:50 am
All, For your consideration, I have posted my recent article on the business role of knowledge management to my Web site. The article is not available to the...
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Jon Sidoli
jonm2m@...
Apr 15, 2000 3:50 am
Extremely intertesting article <The enterprise does not own or control its human capital. Instead, individual employees offer the enterprise an opportunity to...
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Fourth Wave Group, Inc.
laramie@...
Apr 15, 2000 1:38 pm
I agree that a knowledge worker should be considered "an enterprise of one." Every individual should manage his or her career as if it were an enterprise, one ...
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Jon Sidoli
jonm2m@...
Apr 15, 2000 5:28 pm
There actually might be a new practice at the confluence of: E-lancing, HR, OD and KM/KE CoP My website may have been down. It is up now. Website: ...
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 15, 2000 11:50 pm
I went to the meeting of a very interesting little community on Friday morning and wrote lots of notes during and after the meeting. I was intending to write...
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Bobby Bryx
bryx@...
Apr 16, 2000 10:29 am
Paul Ford's contribution of 13 April is where I started. He describes 4 types of groups in an enterprise, Functional Org unit, Teams, ...
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Heath Row
heath@...
Apr 17, 2000 2:54 pm
Participants might be interested in a couple of information technology management takes on the ROI of online community and KM activities within organizations....
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John D. Smith
smithjd@...
Apr 18, 2000 10:34 pm
During Etienne Wenger's class on Communities of Practice at KEU last fall, Nancy White and Mihaela Mousou spent a day (plus) with us as guest speakers talking...
