You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:
The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users.
KM and KS in General Monitoring and Evaluation About the KM4Dev Community General Development Topics Knowledge and International Development Communities and Networks Group Methods and Knowledge Sharing Knowledge Sharing Technologies Capacity Development
You can use this field to assign custom, non hierarchic keywords to this page. The field autocompletes values as you type, based on previously entered keywords, so to minimize the risk of creating duplicates. Even so, before editing this field, you may want to take a look at the complete list of already created keywords (right click - "Open Link in New Tab").
Add keywords separated by commas:
Region: AfricaArab StatesAsia and the PacificEurope and the CISLatin America and the CaribbeanNorth America Country:
Original message posted by (Name Surname):
Posted on date: JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Text of original message:
I know there's quite a bit of overlap with the Outcome Mapping (OM) discussion group, but I wanted to call your attention to this post on how to synthesize discussion threads. This has been an issue for me with km4dev from the beginning; how do we archive/harvest threads which way have a relatively short half-life on their own. My own experience from years past, when I ran a email list for USAID called RFNET, was what I had to pay a knowledgeable reviewer about 3 weeks of work a year to synthesize these threads into monthly 1-2 page summary sheets which would be indexed and readily accessed. While an expense, this mail list had a broader "corporate" purpose (in this case promoting and institutionalizing internal reforms) that made that cost worthwhile. In fact, without that expense the value of a continuous exchange on a constantly changing set of issues was seriously degraded, once a month or so had passed. This instant messaging world ironically can make knowledge even more fleeting and ephemeral, somewhat memorable for those directly in the thread, but a confused jumble of ideas for the rest of us - like trying to gain insights by attending cocktail parties for a month (well, not necessarily THAT bad!). I know we've done a very good job within the km4dev family using the wiki space for some of this, but I wonder what more can be done. This is an interesting approach Simon raises for OM; are there others out there we all can learn from? Is the voluntary approach suggested by Simon sufficient for all uses and all groups? And by the way, under the auspices of the [http://microlinks.typepad.com/knowledgedriven/a-hearty-welcome.html Knowledge Driven] microenterprise Development effort at USAID, I've started a blog as part of the KDMD KM Lab; I've already highlighted some issues of interest to chat group, and was planning in fact to cover this topic - how to harvest from threads - later next week. But I thought now might be an opportune time to flag the blog, even though it's just beginning its maiden cruise. Please fell free to comment on any other of it; I will drag any relevant material over to either OM or km4dev if of broader value.
Add each Name Surname followed by a comma):
Add a link to a related discussion by clicking on "Add another", then fill in the apposite fields.
Enter the exact page title of the related discussion hosted at this wiki:
Enter below the summary of the discussion, possibly following the given outline.
=== 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]
This is a minor edit Watch this page
Cancel
