Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice

@incollection{KNICOP_17, abstract = {The boundaries of a Community of Practice (CoP) have changed significantly because of changes in organizations and the nature of the work they do. Organizations have become more distributed across geography and across industries. Relationships between people inside an organization and those previously considered outside (customers, suppliers, managers of collaborating organizations, other stakeholders) are becoming more important. In addition, organizations have discovered the value of collaborative work due to the new emphasis on Knowledge Management - harvesting the learning of the experience of members of the organization so that it is available to the whole organization. This chapter offers a practical toolkit of best practices, tips and examples from the authors' work t.aining leaders to launch and sustain a virtual CoP including tips for chartering the community, defining roles, and creating the culture that will sustain the community over time.}, address = {Hershey, PA}, author = {Ladd, Amy and Kimball, Lisa }, booktitle = {Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice}, chapter = {17}, citeulike-article-id = {2663635}, editor = {Hildreth, Paul and Kimble, Chris }, keywords = {asynchronous\_communications, communication, communities\_of\_practice, community\_building, community\_of\_practice, cop, face-to-face, facilitation, it\_platform, knicop, learning\_communities, meetings, online\_community, organizational\_learning, relationship\_building, set\_of\_guidelines, synchronous\_communication, virtual\_communities, virtual\_organizations, virtual\_teams}, pages = {202--215}, posted-at = {2008-04-13 14:59:36}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IGI Global}, title = {Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice}, url = {http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Chapter\_17.html}, year = {2004} }

TY - CHAP ID - KNICOP_17 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2663635 N2 - The boundaries of a Community of Practice (CoP) have changed significantly because of changes in organizations and the nature of the work they do. Organizations have become more distributed across geography and across industries. Relationships between people inside an organization and those previously considered outside (customers, suppliers, managers of collaborating organizations, other stakeholders) are becoming more important. In addition, organizations have discovered the value of collaborative work due to the new emphasis on Knowledge Management - harvesting the learning of the experience of members of the organization so that it is available to the whole organization. This chapter offers a practical toolkit of best practices, tips and examples from the authors' work t.aining leaders to launch and sustain a virtual CoP including tips for chartering the community, defining roles, and creating the culture that will sustain the community over time. AD - Hershey, PA EP - 215 TI - Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice PB - IGI Global T2 - Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice SP - 202 KW - asynchronous_communications KW - communication KW - communities_of_practice KW - community_building KW - community_of_practice KW - cop KW - face-to-face KW - facilitation KW - it_platform KW - knicop KW - learning_communities KW - meetings KW - online_community KW - organizational_learning KW - relationship_building KW - set_of_guidelines KW - synchronous_communication KW - virtual_communities KW - virtual_organizations KW - virtual_teams AU - Ladd, Amy AU - Kimball, Lisa A2 - Hildreth, Paul A2 - Kimble, Chris PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.chris-kimble.com/KNICOP/Chapters/Chapter_17.html ER -