I'd like to see a new wave of interest in global online communities of practice and the professional management required regardless of the technology. - Steve
From: "Neil Pakenham-Walsh" <neil.pakenham-wa...@ghi-net.org> Date: Apr 10, 2017 6:47 AM Subject: [administrators-en] Dgroups at the Knowledge for Development Conference in Geneva, 3-4 April 2017 To: "Dgroups administrators" <administrators...@dgroups.org> Cc: Dgroups was presented as an example of best practice at the Knowledge for Development Conference in Geneva, 3-4 April 2017 Read online: https://www.dgroups.info/2017/04/1457/ Neil Pakenham-Walsh, chair of the Dgroups foundation and founder of HIFA (Healthcare Information for All: five Dgroups with >16,000 members interacting in 3 languages) presented Dgroups to a diverse audience of more than 200 development professionals (many of whom already use Dgroups). He underlined the vital importance of Dgroups and communities of practice to help achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. He called for CoPs to be specifically included in the Agenda Knowledge for Development, and for all stakeholders to support the key recommendation made in the new publication Knowledge Management in the UN System: namely that UN agencies and others should embrace CoPs and realise their full potential. Neil pointed out that CoPs are more environmentally sustainable, more inclusive, more transparent, and much less expensive than international F2F conferences. While the latter are still needed, there is a case for a smarter approach with fewer F2F conferences linked by continuous 24/7 CoPs. View Neil’s presentation here: https://www.slideshare.net/dgroups/dgroups-communities- of-practice-for-development-74789229 Neil Pakenham-Walsh Chair, Dgroups Foundation www.dgroups.info Dgroups: Working for a world where every person is able to contribute to dialogue and decision-making for international development and social justice. Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh MB,BS, DCH, DRCOG Coordinator, HIFA a Co-director, Global Healthcare Information Network Chair, Dgroups Foundation Corner House, Market St Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3PN, UK Tel: +44 (0)1608 811899 Email: neil.pakenham-wa...@ghi-net.org HIFA: www.hifa.org __________ You are receiving this message because you're a member of the community Dgroups administrators. View this contribution on the web site https://dgroups.org/_/jcr01pby A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Dgroups administrators. To reply to sender, send a message to neil.pakenham-wa...@ghi-net.org. To unsubscribe, send an email to leave.administrators...@dgroups.org ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/3DjYA0EnM7h1ItDiML13lu Leave group mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org?subject=Unsubscribe
