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== Welcome the the KM4DEV Wiki! ==
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= Welcome to the KM4Dev wiki! =
  
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'''Welcome to the KM4Dev wiki!'''  
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This wiki is both a working area for the '''Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev)''' community and a way for us to make our joint work accessible to a wider audience. KM4Dev is a community of international development practitioners interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches.
  
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This wiki is both a working area for the '''Knowledge '''Management for Development (KM4Dev) community and a way for us to make our joint work accessible to a wider audience. KM4Dev is a community of international development practitioners interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches. For more information on the community, click here [http://www.km4dev.org/index.php/articles/htmlpages/580?], or download this one-page flyer [http://www.km4dev.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=380].  
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Read [http://www.km4dev.org/notes more information on the community], or download this [http://www.km4dev.org/xn/detail/2672907:Topic:1403 one-page flyer].  
  
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This work is licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/]Creative Commons License.  
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Our community communicates regularly on an email list, have a site built on a content management system for archives and resource sharing and now have this wiki! The wiki is only one entry point to the resources and work of KM4Dev. To find additional resources such as articles, papers, books and web links, [http://www.km4dev.org/forum/category/listByTitle click here].  
  
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Our community communicates regularly on an email list, have a site built on a content management system for archives and resource sharing and now have this wiki! The wiki is only one entry point to the resources and work of KM4Dev. To find additional resources such as articles, papers, books and web links, click here [http://www.km4dev.org/index.php/articles/c32].  
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The [[KM4D Journal]] is also a great source of information on KM for development.  
  
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The KM4D Journal is also a great source of information on KM for development [http://www.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj].  
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Finally, the KM4Dev discussion list is where many of the ongoing dialogues among KM4Dev members take place and it is, in a very real sense, where the community 'lives'. To subscribe to the KM4Dev list, [http://dgroups.org/Community.aspx?c=038278af-a7cd-4c4e-bed0-ac8ea0b7b57f click here].
  
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Finally, the KM4Dev discussion list is where many of the ongoing dialogues among KM4Dev members take place and it is, in a very real sense, where the community 'lives'. To subscribe to the KM4Dev list, click here (link to list)
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<br>'''About this wiki'''  
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| style="background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-right:10px; vertical-align:top;" width="27%" | <p style="color:#8E8E8E; font-size:120%; padding-bottom:0.15em;">'''Getting Started'''</p>
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* See the '''[[Help:Site Map|Site Map]]''' for a list of key pages.
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* Read the '''[[Help:Contents|Help Page]]''' to learn how to use this wiki.
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* '''[[Special:RequestAccount|Request an Account]]''' to start editing pages.
  
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This wiki is currently used in several ways:  
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See which '''[[Sub-Communities]]''' operate within KM4Dev.
  
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#As a collaborative space during workshops or to work on different projects (link to to Main page section called Other Pages)
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#As a space to present shared perceptions (often arising from conversations on the KM4Dev mailing list) of the 'state-of-the-art' in conceptualising knowledge management and knowledge sharing, particularly in an international development context
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#As a environment where you can learn to use a wiki (link to Main page intro and How to work with a wiki)
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KM4Dev members regularly undertake specific initiatives in the area of knowledge management for development.
  
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Our first project on the KM4Dev wiki was the [http://wiki.km4dev.org/wiki/index.php/Community_Knowledge [Community Knowledge]] area, (formerly called the FAQTory ( [[FAQ Index]])- a place to make and use FAQs and information pages out of our knowledge surfaced in our online conversations and from member experiences. This project gives us a chance to co-edit, created linked pages as background resources and play with a new tool. We encourage you to look around and play with us.  
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See the current '''[[Initiatives|KM4Dev initiatives and other key pages]]'''.
  
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If you are new to wikis, we have a [[Wiki Tip Page]] and a play-based wiki experiment, the [[KM4Dev Cook Book]] which was an experiment from May 2006 to use the tool in a playful manner.
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Below you will find links to the key areas we have made so far. If you have suggestions or observations, please share them on our [[Wiki Feedback Center]]. If you see something that needs fixing, FIX IT!
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This section hosts '''[[Discussions|summaries of discussions]]'''.
  
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Discussions are originally run on the [http://dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l KM4Dev mailing list]. Members are then encouraged to summarize and categorize them using this wiki, in order to consolidate the shared knowledge and make it easy to find and re-use.
  
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#'''Get a wiki account:''' We have had problems with spammers on this wiki, so we have to add people manually. To request a wiki account: email Lucie Lamoureux at llamoureux AT bellanet.org (replace ' AT ' by '@'). Within a couple of days Lucie will send you an email with your account name and password.
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#'''Come back to the wiki and log in:''' Look in the upper right hand corner of the page. Once you log in you will be able to edit and add pages.
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Members of KM4Dev can have '''[[Members|personal pages on this wiki]]'''.
  
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== How to work with a wiki ==
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Even if the main reference for profiles is the [http://www.km4dev.org/profiles/members/ members portal on the KM4Dev website], personal pages on this wiki are aimed to offer an immediate way to '''see which discussions each member has contributed to'''.
  
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[[TestPages]] - a place for you to play with the wiki - edit and see what happens!
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Browse pages using the '''[[Special:BrowseData|advanced search]]''' to drill down through the wiki's pages, using '''topics, countries and other semantic criteria as filters'''.
  
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[[KM4Dev Cook Book]]- a fun exercise to get comfortable using a wiki
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[[Wiki Editing Basics and Tip Page]] - editing basics to help get you started and a few formatting tips for making your wiki pages look nice if you want
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**[[KM4Dev Workshop - Brighton July 2006]]: "Knowledge, Learning and Change in International Development" (Brighton 10-12 July 2006)
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 5 March 2013

Welcome to the KM4Dev wiki!

This wiki is both a working area for the Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) community and a way for us to make our joint work accessible to a wider audience. KM4Dev is a community of international development practitioners interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches.

Read more information on the community, or download this one-page flyer.

Our community communicates regularly on an email list, have a site built on a content management system for archives and resource sharing and now have this wiki! The wiki is only one entry point to the resources and work of KM4Dev. To find additional resources such as articles, papers, books and web links, click here.

The KM4D Journal is also a great source of information on KM for development.

Finally, the KM4Dev discussion list is where many of the ongoing dialogues among KM4Dev members take place and it is, in a very real sense, where the community 'lives'. To subscribe to the KM4Dev list, click here.

Icon-help.png

Getting Started
Icon-subcommunities.png

Sub-Communities

See which Sub-Communities operate within KM4Dev.

Icon-projects.png

Initiatives

KM4Dev members regularly undertake specific initiatives in the area of knowledge management for development.

See the current KM4Dev initiatives and other key pages.

Icon-discussions.png

Discussions

This section hosts summaries of discussions.

Discussions are originally run on the KM4Dev mailing list. Members are then encouraged to summarize and categorize them using this wiki, in order to consolidate the shared knowledge and make it easy to find and re-use.

Icon-people.png

Members

Members of KM4Dev can have personal pages on this wiki.

Even if the main reference for profiles is the members portal on the KM4Dev website, personal pages on this wiki are aimed to offer an immediate way to see which discussions each member has contributed to.

Icon-tag cloud.png

Advanced Search

Browse pages using the advanced search to drill down through the wiki's pages, using topics, countries and other semantic criteria as filters.

Semantic browsing is currently possible only for Discussions and Profiles.


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