The “Maximising Impact of Agricultural Research In Africa: A Workshop on Research Communication” set to take place October 21st and 22nd in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is being organised by IFPRI, WBI, GDN and ICT-KM.
To start the interactions amongst the participants, A DGroup has been set up.
The...
The “Maximising Impact of Agricultural Research In Africa: A Workshop on Research Communication” being organised by IFPRI, WBI, GDN and ICT-KM (KSinR Project) is set to take place October 21st and 22nd in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Robert Zoellick of the World Bank recently proposed that funding...
IWMI’s newsletter ‘Water Figures’ Issue 3 2008 released this month has an article in it on the work of the KSinR Project and its Pilot Projects- “Improving the Impact of research through Knowledge Sharing” by Nadia Manning-Thomas.
The article begins with a look at some...
The face-to-face part of the KS workshop has come to a successful end. During the meeting, we tried out many different KS Tools and Methods. After each “experiment”, we debriefed the content (as it related to real issue we are working on), process and possible applications. In addition to...
Eight participants, and two facilitators of the first KS Workshop are joining efforts to write a joint article about their multiple perspectives around knowledge sharing in the context of our workshop experience. I am talking about Alessandra Galié (ICARDA), Ben Hack (consultant), Alexandra Jorge (ILRI...
A previous post informed you all about an article- ‘Sharing knowledge-Tell us a story‘- based on the Knowledge Sharing in Research(KSinR) Project and its Pilot Projects in the New Agriculturalist Magazine (September edition).
This article got alot of interesting feedback and has been picked...
In the recent edition of the New Agriculturalist Magazine (October 2008) is an interesting article on ‘Points of View: Agricultural research and development- which way now?” presenting a selection of viewpoints from some of those researchers, practitioners, private sector and farmer representatives,...
In my previous blog posting yesterday, I wrote about a recent trip I made to visit the WorldFish-lead KSinR Pilot Project which has been tying out Outcome Mapping as a knowledge sharing approach to enhance a research project on fish culture activities in Vietnam.
But why Outcome Mapping? How does this...
It exists several Content Management Systems (CMS) on the market. They are proposing different features and tools. We have to evaluate what are our needs and the best system adapted for them. Most the other tools could be integrating more easily with the CMS.
A other tool, Delicious is useful to share...
I have appreciated the value of using open space methods – not just for a specific workshop but as a way to work with colleagues and create an open and creative work environment.
Why not use this for your regular weekly/monthly meetings with your staff. Let them choose the topics to discuss and let...
The ICT-KM Program of the CGIAR promotes and supports the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and knowledge management (KM) to improve the effectiveness of the CGIAR System's work on behalf of the poor in developing countries.
