Posted by Semantix

For those who may have missed it in the Online Info Brochure, I will be doing a brief session on Thursday 4th December, 13.45 - 14.15 in Theatre A on Communities of Practice, and specifically how Web 2.0 technologies and processes have been used to support the development of virtual CoPs across the local government sector.

The initiative was formally launched in December 2007, since which over 580 CoPs and more than 20,000 registered users are actively engaged in some element of local government service improvement.

During my session I will cover the following points:

1. Introducing a sceptical and mature staff demographic to the concept of virtual collaboration using Social Computing/Web 2.0 facilities
2. Developing a trusted environment in a permiable network.
3. Leveraging Web 2.0 and social media applications for virtual collaboration.
4. What makes a successful CoP and how is success measured?
5. Lesson learnt.
6. What next (future developments)

Whether you’re thinking of developing a CoP strategy, or you you already have one, come along to this session and compare notes.

I’ll also be happy to meet up during the conference, or answer any questions before, during or after the conference.