E-conference 2005 KM: [round 3] ‘How to share knowledge we manage?’

Dear Participants,

Welcome to the third round of the E-conference 2005 Knowledge Management: ‘The reality on the ground’. The topic for this week is ‘How to share knowledge we manage?’.

It has been a while since we discussed KM. Please find for your convenience the summaries of the previous rounds on the right-hand side of the screen under ‘related pages’. The main issue as I understood the discussions thus far are summarized in the following quotes:

- Gendrano on ‘What do we mean by knowledge management?’; “KM is the sum of human activities by which information is acquired, processed and organized, and made available and actionable to those who need it”.

- Zuberi on ‘Awareness for KM at management levels?’; “we can ‘always try to go ahead, for instance to disseminate the [E-conference] bulletins within the organization and amongst donors and partners. It takes a bottom-up initiative to get the management buy-in for KM initiatives”.

The discussion clarified that KM practice is constrained and coloured by local scope. The reality on the ground is the stage where the music is recreated from the notes. The rhythms and lyrics should be broadcasted to the global arenas.

I would like to suggest we discuss practical experiences on how we share knowledge, for instance, within:

• your own organisation
• your field office(s)
• a project (with project partners)

Your answer: ' We share the knowledge we manage ......'

If you are new to the discussion, please introduce yourself briefly so that we “know” each other. We count on your participation, contribution and motivating involvement in this round.

Kind regards, Jaap Pels

Updated - Thursday 01 September 2005