dgroups: communities of practice for development
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Dgroups:Communit ies of Pract ice for developmentDr Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Chair, DgroupsFoundationwww.dgroups.info K4D 2017
Out l ine/ overview
1. What is Dgroups?
2. What is the role of Dgroups& CoPsin AK4D & SDGs?
3. What can we do to maximise the potent ial of CoPs?
What is a CoP?
“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.” Etienne Wenger
What is a CoP?
Virtual CoPs
1. What is Dgroups?
The Dgroups vision:
“A world where every person is able to contribute to dialogue and decision-making for internat ional development and social just ice”
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Each Dgroups Partner:
• Membership of DgroupsCouncil• www.dgroups.org/YOURNAME• Unlimited # CoPs• Unlimited # affiliates• IT support • Mutual support from other Partners
to create and sustain CoPs.
Dgroups
>800 CoPs(~40 CoPs per Partner)
>0.25m members>0.5m messages/day
Dgroups works because…
• Simple, reliable software (Community Cloud)
• Email-based – very easy to use• Non-commercial, Multilingual,
Effective…
2. What is the role of Dgroups and CoPs in K4D/ SDGs?
How to improve communicat ion?Old way: 1000s of F2F meetings
Environmentally damaging
Expensive
Exclusive
Sporadic
Opaque
How to improve communicat ion?Old way: 1000s of F2F meetings
New way:Fewer F2F meetings, connected by 24/7 CoPs
Environmentally damaging Environmentally friendly
Expensive Inexpensive
Exclusive Inclusive
Sporadic Continuous
Opaque Transparent
3. What can we doto maximise the potent ial of CoPs?
What can we do?
1. Include CoPs in Agenda K4D
2. Commit to support CoPs
3. Join Dgroups
Join Dgroups
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