Presented by Peter Ballantyne at the EC SHARE–FAO Coordination and Experience Sharing Forum on Food Security–Resilience Building, Addis Ababa, 7-8 December

1. A snapshot of some communication and
knowledge management approaches used by
ILRI
Peter Ballantyne
EC SHARE – FAO Coordination and Experience Sharing Forum on Food
Security – Resilience Building
Addis Ababa, 7-8 December

2. Outline
KM approaches
• Documenting and learning
• Accessibility and dissemination
• Facilitation and engagement
Summary: Key points

3. Two big KM approaches: Codification and
personalisation
Hansen, M.T., Nohria, N. and
Tierney, T.J. 1999. What’s Your
Strategy for Managing
Knowledge? Harvard Business
Review.
https://hbr.org/1999/03/whats-
your-strategy-for-managing-
knowledge
Codification strategy
• knowledge described and
warehoused for re-use. Focus
on technologies.
Personalization strategy
• knowledge [in people] shared
and communicated. Focus on
processes.

4. Two big KM approaches: Codification and
personalisation
Hansen, M.T., Nohria, N. and
Tierney, T.J. 1999. What’s Your
Strategy for Managing
Knowledge? Harvard Business
Review.
https://hbr.org/1999/03/whats-
your-strategy-for-managing-
knowledge
Codification strategy
• knowledge described and
warehoused for re-use. Focus
on technologies.
Personalization strategy
• knowledge [in people] shared
and communicated. Focus on
processes.
Collecting!
Connecting!

5. CKM approach – documentation
In research, formal
products dominate;
In development,
documentation increasingly
important to capture
lessons, insights

6. Documentation – some examples
Story-telling (many media and approaches)
Participatory platforms and forums
Blogging and reporting

11. CKM approach – open and accessible

12. Accessibility – some examples
Collaboration and sharing platforms (such as wikis)
Open access repositories / publishing platforms
Social media
Physical availability in knowledge centers

13. Open projects – work in progress

14. Open information products repository

16. Dissemination on social networks
Facebook
Twitter
linkedin

18. Engagement – some examples
Event design, facilitation, documentation
Online groups and discussions

19. CKM approach – facilitation and engagement
Events and meetings: what we do the most?

20. Group dynamics

21. Documenting events

22. Capturing the process

23. Regular followup and sharing

24. Key points
• Capture and document insights and lessons
(from all)
• Collate and publish products for dissemination
and access
• Design events for effective participation
• Document events and processes
• Establish and motivate regular formal and
informal communication channels
• Try out different approaches, tools, platforms,
techniques

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