In the beginning … Shwu Jiau Teoh Way back in the early 1980s, there was no email in the CGIAR. When scientists wanted to collaborate with each other, they did so using the technology available at that time: phone, fax, telex and cable. Some of these communication methods were often slow and unreliable,...

Are you a researcher? Do you work in a research organisation, project or program? Are you looking for ways to better conduct your research for development, share knowledge, engage with stakeholders, and achieve impact? To help answer those questions, visit ‘Improving impact through knowledge sharing...

Vietnamese Visions: An interview with Natasja Sheriff from the WorldFish Centre about the KSinR Pilot Project – ‘Applying KS tools to impact monitoring and evaluation’ Human beings have survived through adaptation. And for centuries people have come up with ingenious ways of coping with environmental...

As mentioned in earlier posts, the Institutional KS Project supported WorldFish in their exploration of videos as a way to convey short and sharp messages about research that shows impact on the ground. The “storymercial” experience has recently been presented at the Share Fair by two colleagues,...

This booklet summarizes the project achievements of the Institutional Knowledge Sharing project of the ICT-KM Program in the areas of: Capacitiy builing, M&E and learning; Strategies and change management; Problem solving and good practices. The booklet also tells the story of the three pilto...

The Institutional KS Project will exhibit the below poster at the Annual General Meeting (AGM08) of the CGIAR in Maputo early next month. The poster represents the project framework and examples of interventions and activities from the last two years.  The poster text can also be seen on the Institutional...

As announced in a previous blog post, WorldFish delivered it’s storymercial, a short and punchy video that aims at attracting investors, partners and media to support research and apply its outputs. WorldFish now shares this innovative KS approach through a “how to” guide. See the guide ”How...

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...

The Project Leader of the Knowledge Sharing in Research (KSinR) project recently visited the WorldFish-lead Pilot project in Vietnam. The objectives of the trip were: To observe the use of Outcome Mapping in the project Provide support in the use of chosen KS tools Capture lessons from the project Collect...

The Institutional Knowledge Sharing project is supporting three pilot activities in three CGIAR centers in order to contribute to institutional innovation, and learn about the effectiveness of KS approaches. Two of the pilots have now made available their products.   “Recovering from natural disasters”...