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- The Triple-A Framework to Make Research Available and Useful
- Collaborative, Flexible and Fun
- KSinR Synthesis Workshop
- AGCommons: An Attempt to Improve Farm Productivity and Profitability
- Knowledge, Education, and Learning Workshop, Maputo, December 08: Social Report Outline
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"ShareFair around the Corner"
The ICT-KM Program of the CGIAR, Bioversity International, FAO, IFAD and WFP are jointly organizing a three-day event entitled Knowledge Share Fair for Agricultural Development and Food Security to be held at FAO Headquarters on 20 - 22 January 2009.
ShareFair is divided into eight KS themes that participants can explore, from "K for influence and advocacy" to "K for me", and includes approximately 20 presentations on KS techniques and methods from CGIAR staff. The keynote speaker for the KS Fair is Geoff Parcell, co-author of "Learning to Fly" and considered by many to be the father of Knowledge Management.
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Collaborative, Flexible and Fun
FAO and the ICT-KM Program recently joined forces for the second edition of an innovative three-phase, capacity-building opportunity that gives participants an understanding and appreciation of the value of knowledge sharing (KS) in research and institutional settings. The Knowledge Sharing Workshop was conceived by the Program’s Institutional KS Project, which later teamed up with FAO to offer a second edition, giving staff from FAO and CGIAR as well as their research partners an opportunity to explore and experiment with KS principles and methods.
The face-to-face meeting of this workshop, held in Rome in October 2008, saw participants working in teams to get a better understanding of those specific interests that were previously identified during phase one. The first phase (the event’s online portion) involved participants meeting and working virtually to:
- exchange and explore knowledge-sharing challenges and opportunities;
- explore the crucial role of networks in research projects and institutional settings;
- discuss and experiment with possible ways to make the most of face-to-face and virtual collaboration.
The workshop curriculum was strongly linked to the KS Toolkit, a KS online resource created by the Institutional Knowledge Sharing Project and later joined by FAO. Several participants who attended the workshop to explore knowledge sharing tools and methods felt that Open Space, among other techniques experimented, was an excellent tool for motivating participation, especially since it allowed participants to develop their own agenda.
Jo Cadilhon, Marketing Officer (Quality Improvement) at FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, participated in the workshop and had this to say afterwards: "To sum it up in just three words, I have realized that knowledge sharing is collaborative, flexible, and, very importantly, fun."
The idea of people with specific needs converging and discussing real issues meant that many participants were fully involved and open to hearing the experiences of a diverse group of people. Most came away with ideas for concrete applications to apply in the work place.
The Share Fair, organized by Bioversity International, the CGIAR, FAO, IFAD, and WFP, will be another opportunity to present the workshop’s ideas, program and experiences to, hopefully, offer a third edition of this very positive experience and involve even more partner organizations.
Click here to read blog entries on the workshop.
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