Community of Practice

On Monday and Tuesday I took part in the ICKM 2007 in Vienna. I transcribed some of my notes on the best presentations I attended in this weblog. Please feel free to comment my thoughts at the end of the page. I linked some of the terms to wikipedia so the "ICKM Community" can use wikipedia as their knowledge base. I added a number on each presentation so you can easily comment on a specific presentation by referring to the number.

We are often asked what are "Communities of Practice"? Are they more like a discussion board on the internet? What roles and processes do they have? And how can web 2.0 tools help communities to collaborate more efficiently? Some backround information on communities of practice can be found in a weblog I wrote before.

Next week I am hosting a Workshop on community of practice (CoP). Here is the agenda:

Auf dem Wissensmanagement-Stammtisch Ostwestfalen-Lippe der Gesellschaft für Wissensmanagement ist von Rainer Weichbrodt (Brühne Gruppe) eine interessante Idee vorgestellt worden: die Anwendung der Methode Denkhüte von De Bono in elektronischen Foren (die Präsentation befindet sich im