New instruments for virtual CoP work Human Development Community of Practice Meeting Bratislava, 21 May 2008
How it works now? Advantages Extensive network (1000+ professionals) Keep track of ‘Consolidated Answers’ Pre-moderated Disadvantages ‘Asking the whole world’ ‘Yet Another ’ Not very fast No way to communicate ideas ?
How it works now? Advantages Fast way to get answer Connecting to resource persons Disadvantages Don’t keep track of questions No way to communicate ideas Don’t involve all potentially interested ?
What is the new webspace? Less formal More regional focus One entry point ws.undp.sk/human_development Two tools Group discussions Blog plus sharing files associated with discussions plus list of participants = Who-is-doing-what
Group discussions Raise the question, which could be interesting for many Share the idea, document, etc Ask for comments ? ? !!?
Blog News and articles in reverse chronological order Sharing pieces of knowledge Everyone could comment (coming soon) Everyone could write ?!