Sharing Information and Knowledge ‘the ComPart Flowers’ Launch Sessions 1 November 2007

The ComPart ‘Flowers’ What? Key features; illustrations Why? The ‘problem’; the ‘opportunities’ Who? Audiences, users, contributors You? Take five!

What?

Key features; illustrations

Why?

The ‘problem’; the ‘opportunities’

Who?

Audiences, users, contributors

You?

Take five!

What is a ComPart ‘flower’? ‘Web’ space To share information; find information to reflect; learn to communicate; discuss to document experiences and ideas to add value to your work Collection of tools Open, collaborative, participatory

‘Web’ space

To share information; find information

to reflect; learn

to communicate; discuss

to document experiences and ideas

to add value to your work

Collection of tools

Open, collaborative, participatory

join video CONFERENCES and e-learning on the web BLOG lessons news ideas deposit share and find DOCUMENTS join and facilitate DISCUSSION online by email save track, share BOOKMARKS together SEARCH and navigate the development web list and find EVENTS on the calendar ComPart

Different varieties Single tool Multi-tool Issue focus Community focus For an event For a programme For a project

Single tool

Multi-tool

Issue focus

Community focus

For an event

For a programme

For a project

Photos Slides Video Audio New at the Keukenhof?

Photos

Slides

Video

Audio

Common features Open content Inter-connected content Content that ‘flows’ Standard ‘toolkit’ ‘ Pick and mix’ approach to the tools Low ‘drempel’ to create and use Content can be personalised / ‘teamised’ Reinforces other processes

Open content

Inter-connected content

Content that ‘flows’

Standard ‘toolkit’

‘ Pick and mix’ approach to the tools

Low ‘drempel’ to create and use

Content can be personalised / ‘teamised’

Reinforces other processes

Why cultivate ComPart ‘flowers’? Address some problems: Staff and partners full of knowledge; Lots of info Is it shared? Communicated? Available? Accessible? Put to use? Learned from? Grab some opportunities CDP and programmatic approach Aid effectiveness, need to work differently and better Web2 ‘open’ and accessible toolkit, also with south Out of necessity Our collective knowledge is our ultimate asset Knowledge needs to flow and travel, it needs passports, and schengen visa arrangements with developing countries

Address some problems:

Staff and partners full of knowledge; Lots of info

Is it shared? Communicated? Available? Accessible?

Put to use? Learned from?

Grab some opportunities

CDP and programmatic approach

Aid effectiveness, need to work differently and better

Web2 ‘open’ and accessible toolkit, also with south

Out of necessity

Our collective knowledge is our ultimate asset

Knowledge needs to flow and travel, it needs passports, and schengen visa arrangements with developing countries

Where are we now? 4 year effort Starting in our own back garden With partners in 2008 Planted a few seeds Watering some early blooms Adjusting the compost, so the flowers look better Recruiting and training gardeners Need to get them used, not just ‘nice’ to look at!

4 year effort

Starting in our own back garden

With partners in 2008

Planted a few seeds

Watering some early blooms

Adjusting the compost, so the flowers look better

Recruiting and training gardeners

Need to get them used, not just ‘nice’ to look at!

Who are the ‘flowers’ for? Staff in the alliance Staff in partner organisations Anyone else with an interest For us, by us! For YOU!

Staff in the alliance

Staff in partner organisations

Anyone else with an interest

For us, by us!

For YOU!

You and the ‘flowers’ Use content from the flowers Some simple technical innovations in your browser or emailer Use some of the flower tools Talk to Maarten Boers or the learning facilitators Improve the existing flowers Share what you are doing (in a wiki, on a blog); share your bookmarks; volunteer Grow your own flowers Add value to a project, an event, or a collaboration.

Use content from the flowers

Some simple technical innovations in your browser or emailer

Use some of the flower tools

Talk to Maarten Boers or the learning facilitators

Improve the existing flowers

Share what you are doing (in a wiki, on a blog); share your bookmarks; volunteer

Grow your own flowers

Add value to a project, an event, or a collaboration.

5 steps today! Sign up for training http:// iacdrc.pbwiki.com /training/ Create a personal iGoogle account www.google.com/ig Try out the toolbar : the search, the sites On your browser Visit the flowers http://iacdrc.pbwiki.com Sign up to alerts, via email or or your iGoogle account http://iacdrc.pbwiki.com/news+centre

Sign up for training

http:// iacdrc.pbwiki.com /training/

Create a personal iGoogle account

www.google.com/ig

Try out the toolbar : the search, the sites

On your browser

Visit the flowers

http://iacdrc.pbwiki.com

Sign up to alerts, via email or or your iGoogle account

http://iacdrc.pbwiki.com/news+centre

Thank You Expose your experience and information to the sun! Shine some light on your knowledge! - the ComPart Sunflowers -

Expose your experience and information to the sun!

Shine some light on your knowledge!

- the ComPart Sunflowers -