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...
by Team BE | Dec 27, 2011 | All entries, Practice, Publications, Resources
As communities and networks go more mainstream there is an increasing demand from organizations to have ways of monitoring their value. How can we make the connection between the activities of a community or network and the improved performance of an organization,...
by Team BE | Dec 27, 2011 | All entries, News
Hello world! Our reasons for adding one more offering to the already crowded blogosphere are several. We are: excited to share some of the resources we’re creating and to hear how people are using them; keen to answer some frequently answered questions; looking...