29.3.05
Deborah Elizabeth Finn: In the nonprofit sector, we need better knowledge management...of our knowledge management
Deborah Elizabeth Finn: In the nonprofit sector, we need better knowledge management...of our knowledge management: "In the nonprofit sector these days, we certainly have a better class of knowledge management problems.
Only a decade ago, there was little in the way consolidation of information (or wisdom!) pertaining to how technology could be used to support, document, analyze, and expand our programmatic goals.
Now, we are experiencing a proliferation - not only of technology resources for programmatic goals, but of collaborative efforts to manage this knowledge (and wisdom!) in various ways that are easily accessible to those that need it.
We may have more knowledge than we can easily find, classify, or absorb - but that is certainly a better problem than a dearth of knowledge.
In addition to TechSoup (a definitive web site), TechFinder (a searchable database), the Del.icio.us nptech Tagging Project (a folksonomy), the N-TEN 501 TechClubs (regional face-to-face gatherings), the Information Systems Forum (an email distribution list), CompuMentor has launched a very promising new project: ConsultantCommons.Org.
Here's the official mission of ConsultantCommons.Org:
ConsultantCommons.org provides an online collaboration space and community for non-profit technical assistance providers to collaboratively build and share knowledge. " ¶ 09:44
Only a decade ago, there was little in the way consolidation of information (or wisdom!) pertaining to how technology could be used to support, document, analyze, and expand our programmatic goals.
Now, we are experiencing a proliferation - not only of technology resources for programmatic goals, but of collaborative efforts to manage this knowledge (and wisdom!) in various ways that are easily accessible to those that need it.
We may have more knowledge than we can easily find, classify, or absorb - but that is certainly a better problem than a dearth of knowledge.
In addition to TechSoup (a definitive web site), TechFinder (a searchable database), the Del.icio.us nptech Tagging Project (a folksonomy), the N-TEN 501 TechClubs (regional face-to-face gatherings), the Information Systems Forum (an email distribution list), CompuMentor has launched a very promising new project: ConsultantCommons.Org.
Here's the official mission of ConsultantCommons.Org:
ConsultantCommons.org provides an online collaboration space and community for non-profit technical assistance providers to collaboratively build and share knowledge. " ¶ 09:44
