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KM4Dev Addis / Ethiopia
Who are we?What do/did we do?
How can we all make this more useful?
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What is KM4Dev?
• Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) is a community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches. Our main communication forum is the KM4dev Dgroup.
• To join the discussion, send a blank email to:[email protected]
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KM4Dev engagement channels
• Mailing list: http://next.dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l
• Ning page: www.km4dev.org • Wiki: http://wiki.km4dev.org/Main_Page• Face-to-face events• Other channels (unofficial): Twitter account,
LinkedIn page, Facebook page…• Local groups• And a journal!
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Face-to-face events
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• Other channels (unofficial): LinkedIn page, Facebook page
• And more ‘regional/national/city’ groups:– Africa– Burkina Faso, India, Brazil– Rome, The Hague, Washington etc.– Including of course our Addis Ababa/Ethiopia
group!
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Our groupOur rationale• Our vision: KM as development and economic driving force for Ethiopia;• Value expected from this network: better capacity, motivation, shared knowledge, attracting
more people to KM;– Having a group of peers: establish a professional association for KM4Dev; creating links and
networking with other orgs that work on KM; bring together more KM experts; a professional network and individual contacts; face-to-face meetings;
– Capacity development: create capacities to build our own capacity on KM (e.g. use of social media); come up with e-learning facility on specific tools and approaches etc.; Short trainings;
– Knowledge sharing on ideas, tools and approaches: Sharing experiences and innovate ideas; knowledge sharing with other countries from the global KM4Dev community; sharing and learning platform on KM4Dev tools and approaches; share and have a practical experience on social media tools;
– Reach out a wider audience and engage local institutions in KM work;– Conceptualizing KM for development; – Convincing about KM for development: motivate knowledge sharing; offer a platform for advocacy on
KM;• Activities expected: mentoring, communicating, short trainings, socializing, meetings.• Products expected: publications, websites, e-learning; discussion forum.
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Our engagement channels
• Our Ning page:– To announce events (RSVP)– To document them
• Our Facebook page– To discuss/converse online
• Our quarterly get-togethers– To bring the group together and build it– To present little projects and ideas
• Side group work?
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Ning: http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia
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Ning events
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/km4devaddiset/
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What we’ve done so far: 1st meeting
• Explore and find our rationale• Agree on our engagement and communication
platforms• Agree on our meeting routine• Develop an agenda for the first real meeting
• Notes available on http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia/forum/topics/notes-from-the-first-get-together-26-january-2012
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What we’ve done so far: 2nd meeting
• Discussion on ‘What is knowledge management’?• Mapping of ICT/KM project• Introducing social media• Prepare the next agenda• (later) Agree on 2-h parallel sessions
• Notes available on: http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4dev-addis-ababa-ethiopia/forum/topics/notes-from-the-second-get-together-27-april-2012
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What we’ve done so far: 3rd meeting
• Follow up on ICT/KM project mapping: idea to invite other projects – more to discuss this time
• Case study: IFPRI’s knowledge management/communication work & very interesting Q&A
• Review of the meeting (good KM practice)
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For this gathering?
• Intro / who is who / what is KM4Dev (AA/ET)• Separate block:
– Peer assist about a sustainable information system– Tool session: blogs
• Common block:– Reflect on previous slot– ICT-KM project mapping as common trunk?
• Separate block:– ‘How to engage with farmers’– ‘KM at GIZ’
• Close (reflect, review, plan)
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How can we make this more useful?
• RSVP events ;)• Share– Share what we discuss (in our organisation and networks)– Invite people to join our group
• Engage– Converse online (Facebook)– Work in small groups
• Connect– With other networks– With KM4Dev globally?
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