Experiences, impressions and initiatives

Find a list of impressions and experiences from participants in relation to KM4DEV in general or to this particular event (Almada, June 2008). Below, find a list of (personal) action points and initiatives put forward by participants for follow-up.

(Back to KM4DEV 2008, Information for participants)

Thought and experience clouds

• My ‘KM4DEV envy’ started here and lasted until I finally got a chance in Zeist ’07  (Riff)
• Consultation is not participation  try harder
• All it took for me to feel part of KM4DEV was a little F2F…
• Informality encourages creativity – Play is good – Many people want to be helpful – Ravens don’t fly under water – it takes all sorts – Play is good;
• 1. Open space method – 2. Do-monstration;
• Complex systems  Every intervention has 100 (continuous) effects
• KM4DEV com. is creative and artistic
• Sharing 1) similar concerns 2) various dimensions 3) open space!
• KM4DEV is flat – non-hierarchical;
• Need for a theoretical framework / foundation KM4DEV;
• Doledge for emergence of ideas;
• Always communicate;
• Chaos works;
• Need to take (more) time to read and learn from each other;
• New technologies but always thinking why;
• We are more and for everywhere: diversity with one common goal;
• KM4DEV resource network;
• Similar challenges exist all over;
• I have other skills beyond my professional expertise – there are audiences within audiences – Twitter may be useful after all – Cell phone applications are still the innovation target;
• This is a rich community;
• Learning about new developments;
• Km4DEV gatherings attract new folks – I want to know why (what is the pattern?)
• Groovy to be amongst KS proponents and doers;
• The twit is coming and we still manage to listen;
• Moving towards change;
• Fun and intense;
• Fun to learn (it is fun to learn and we need fun to learn better);
• Knowledge networking for peace in South Asia;
• I-phones are cool
• There’s a whole world of knowledge management out there to continue discovering;
• KM4DEV = great source of knowledge resource;
• How to assess the KM needs of a community, evaluating health of CoPs;
• BELLASAP open space booklet;
• KM network – KS tools / strategies;
• Listening to others – meet face to face – exchange experiences – analyse;
• Links with professional humans working on same issues;
• Everyone is an expert;
• Be fearless to try and discover;
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Technology;
• New KM (KM 2.0);
• Live & love the Chaos;
• Collective working with a touch of chaos can be relatively painless;
• Energy and ideas really flow in a relaxed environment;
• We are all working hard to go ONwards;
• Vision – Streatgy is not action – stories;
• Alternatives – networking – sharing. I hope we’ll create new networks;
• KM people need to be tenacious;
• KM4DEV regional platform;
• Mobiles and their potential for us is changing faster than I can think;
• What are the fewest minimum structures to put in place to enable learning and not stifle it.
• Open works;
• Warmth matters;
• Use of wikis;
• Wiki – new questions and priorities – Links;
• Networks of real KM colleagues that are ready to help, learn and share from each other;
• Intuitions are more shared than individual;
• KS for KM for development – New ideas;
• People – interests – friends – future – DEV – innovation;
• Follow your guts! You are allowed to do what you enjoy!
• Cultural exchange – professional exchange;
• More Arts in our actions;
• There is SUPPORT out there…
• Humour / laughter 4 KM4DEV;
• We must do more justice to reality, i.e. complexity;
• The importance of KM in large institutions. SHARING;
• Different ways to do things – We can make a difference.
• All orgs seem to have trouble with the cultural change component of KM;
• David made me an addict of sharing with KM4DEV (Manuel);
• New methods of organizing F2F meeting;
• How to participate more in the KM4DEV community;
• Cultural change – Learning for change – User-driven;
• There are few organizations that do KS + KM + ICT for others;
• Balance social–ICT – More ways of sharing;
• Impact & pitfalls of trying to change culture – Importance of process;
• The rich potential learning partnerships right under my nose;
• Connecting – sharing ideas! & Challenges = inspire
• The future of KM4DEV might take place – It is worthwhile to plant a seed ;
• Knowledge expedition;
• You’ve touched my heart, I’m not alone;
• Richness of dialogues and interactions were amazing! I need to time to digest and reflect on learning ;
• Thank you to all the supportive people! Sarah, Nancy, Carl…
• This really is an exceptional community of people;
• Open space works;
• Safety + support;
• Open space works;
• Community;
• Open space methodology;
• Need for a theoretical framework / foundation KM4DEV;
• Distributed leadership;
• Knowledge sharing – Learning alliance – Forging knowledge bridge.

Personal actions

• To strengthen the ILO KS community to bring forward the existing impulse;
• Start implementing creative KS games;
• Learning about the process of culture change stories;
• Non-active  participate (Danny)
• Use more open space in workshops (drink less sangria) elsa;
• KS curricula X LAC (Kemly);
• Implement a wiki in CAFOD (James);
• No need for a KM strategy;
• Use people / know in KM4DEV better in professional learning partnerships (Bev);
• Practice what I preach – more sharing (e.g. this meeting);
• Share cultural change going on at institutional level (Vicky);
• Knowledge sharing and forging a learning alliance (Dhurjati);
• KM4DEV – Philippines (Kris);
• Link up with Sybil on M&E / KS and PCM discussion – Process of Knowledge audit- Gauri – Add section on KS toolkit on the craft of storytelling – Add to exit interview techniques (PTO…) – Reflect on learning – Coordinate with KM HIV/AIDS group on specific activity to present at KM4DEV next year  (Taline);
• The role of the private sector;
• To create an approach to Words for change with …. & ….. (Carl Jackson);
• How to transform traditional organizations in learning organizations (Artur)?
• Apply Open space methodology to my work. How? I’ll be working on that!!!
• Explore methods of e-learning;
• Toolkit on processes;
• Most significant change group (Rutti);
• Use new methods for facilitation online and face-to-face;
• Provide stories fro presentations by senior management;
• Twittering events (Michael);
• KS online;
• Managing information and knowledge within a very large group;
• Use and propagate open space format in TNG / KM / ETC (Vijaya);
• Demonstrating impact of KS?L WG or M&E of KM (Sybil, Care);
• M&E & KS (Kemly);
• Link ICARDA to agrifeeds.org (Andrea);
• To learn about and put into practice working with technology;
• Raise Awareness about KS in my organization;
• Visit ??? at the IDS only chalk
• Motivate Southern partners  KM4DEV;
• Share and document practices with ‘learning alliances or multi-stakeholder approaches. Project: learn to appreciate ‘local knowledge’ (Dorine);
• Bring together or at least share better our (and others’) initiatives (Maarten);
• Self-help group for poor, abused, exploited independent consultant (Marc);
• Look further into how to incorporate more people from the South to KM4DEV (Denise);
• Geneva lunch, Bern lunch, talk with management, do Wiki.