You and KM4Dev: Reflections on the past, present and future
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Contents
Summary
Detailed Description
the meat of the topic – clearly, crisply communicated summary of the topic. Where relevant, a brief story – no more than 1-2 paragraphs - of how this topic has been turned into practice, ideally from the KM4Dev archives? If the example is long, separate into a separate subsection
Examples in Application
One or a few practical examples and references that illustrate the topic or show how it is done in practice
Recommended Resources
Links to publications, websites, contacts and general resources shared in the e-discussion
Contributors
All replies in full are available in the discussion page. Contributions received with thanks from:
Melissa Bator
Riff Fullan
John Smith
Jaap Pels
Jasmin Suministrado
Charles Dhewa
Martina Hetzel
Carl Jackson
Jaap Pels
Pete Cranston
John Emeka Akude
Related Discussions
Summary
This is the second of a series of focused conversations exploring KM4Dev futures. This one revolves around the work on KM4Dev Futures: Interviews with Current Members undertaken by Melissa Bator.
Detailed Description
The discussion revolved around three themes – the meaning of KM4Dev, the kinds and levels of participation, and thoughts on the leadership structure. The first two are of course interconnected.
The focused conversation affirmed the multi-faceted nature of KM4Dev and confirmed some of what Melissa discovered in her interviews with members as meaning of KM4dev – specifically, continuously learning from peers, the ability to participate in rich conversations about KM4Dev, and the expansion of professional network. In addition to these, other meanings shared included getting revitalized on KM work primarily through face-to-face activities, sharing resources on KM, leveraging KM4Dev connections and knowledge of who’s who to facilitate working with other "big" organizations, and using KM4Dev to help oneself learn (by processing his/her thoughts before contributing to discussions, for instance).
On the topic of ways of participating, other than joining discussions and providing resource contributions (such as KM documents and job postings), another way of participating shared was recruiting new members which can help sustain the community.
From the interviews of Melissa and from the reply gathered in the conversation, there is a need for better clarity around the leadership structure and processes of the KM4Dev. With this ambiguity, improvements were difficult to identify. This topic lends itself nicely to transition to the third focused conversation topic which touches heavily on the KM4Dev leadership — ie, the Core Group succession management.
