by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How is a community of practice different from an informal network in regard to social learning? All communities of practice are networks in the sense that they involve connections among members. But not all networks are communities of practice: a community of practice...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
How are communities of practice different from more familiar structures like teams or task forces? A team is held together by a task. When the task is accomplished the team disperses. Team members are likely to learn something in the performance of that task, but this...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, Definitions, FAQ's, Resources
A community of practice is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. This definition reflects the fundamentally social nature of human learning. It is very broad. It applies to a...
by Team BE | Dec 28, 2011 | All entries, BEtreat, News
We are running three different BEtreat workshops in 2012 and starting a one-year certificate as a professional development program. A primer BEtreat – July 9-13: By popular demand we are holding a “State-of-the-art BEtreat” Primer BEtreat for people...
by Team BE | Dec 27, 2011 | All entries, Reflections
We had an interesting online conversation with members of KC Blue, the community-leader community at IBM. The meeting was hosted by Laurie Miller and Sandy Yarchin. Many of the members have followed Etienne’s writings to cultivate IBM communities so it felt like a...
