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Community Roundtable |In its third annual report The Community Roundtable examines the continued evolution of the social business industry and analyzes best practices and lessons learned from industry leaders and practitioners. Based on insights gleaned from over 100 roundtable calls with members of TheCR Network, a membership-based peer network of community professionals, the 60+ page comprehensive report highlights artifacts, patterns and initiatives likely to occur as organizations evolve and mature their social business competency. http://www.community-roundtable.com/

Information Technology is no longer regarded solely as a repository within knowledge management but also as acollaborative tool. This change of role gives rise to online communities (OLCs), which extend the loci of existing communities ofpractice. To leverage the potential of these communities, organisations must understand the mechanisms underpinningmembers' decisions to share knowledge and expertise within the community. This paper discusses existing research anddevelops a theoretical model of factors that affect knowledge sharing in OLCs. The aim is to increase our understanding of theantecedents to knowledge-sharing in OLCs

The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language, 2009, 13(2) | Annotated bibliography by Kirsti Newgarden, University of Connecticut, American English Language Institute.  While the focus of the author is in the area of second language learners, the bibliography will provide useful references "for those interested in the educational value and potential use of social networking technologies for online learning, mobile learning, student recruitment, and engagement of students in learning.

Community Roundtable | May 2012 | The Community Maturity Model (CMM) can be used as a roadmap for social business planning or as a communications tool to align various stakeholders. Definitions of the stages and competencies can be found in the 2012 State of Community Management report.

Michael Norton | January 2011 | 12 page via SlideShare| A guide on how we have built communities of practice on the Communities of Practice for Public Service website.

The 2012 State of Community Management report examines the continued evolution of the social business industry and analyzes organizational patterns and lessons learned from industry leaders and practitioners. Also includes Community Maturity Model

The Community Roundtable, 2011 Organizations understand that using social technologies successfully requires both business process adaptation and people that understand how to manage these new social environments - at both a tactical and a strategic level. The conversation is no longer primarily about technology but about doing business effectively in a new communications environment.  Community management is a critical element of managing networked environments effectively.

Session by Etienne Wenger at the 2nd Global AgriKnowledge ShareFair IFAD, Rome, 26-20 September 2011| session outputs include: webcast of key note address; blogpost "Insights in learning communities"; video "CoPs as vehicle to develop strategic capabilities in organisations; blog post "Share Fair 2011 - day 0 - A conversation with Etienne Wenger"; blog post "CoPs: A concept to consider for CGIAR research programs"

What's the PONT | blog post | July 6, 2011 | interesting post on community participation

The website presents and informs the work of the Connected Online Communities of Practice project. Site content includes briefs and reports, ideas and suggestions. Draft Report http://edcocp.org/report/ provides an excellent example of user engagement; i.e. inviting comment. The tool used is http://digress.it/

CPSquare | Communities of Practice Bibliography

Ful Circle | blog / website | Nancy White | links to all posts tagged "communities of proactice"

Socious | Online community blog | Joshua Paul | September 13, 2011 | The second post in the series of 4 focus on the organization and its senior leadership - Category 2: Structural and Management Challenges to Successful Private Online Communities

Knoco Stories | Nick Milton | September 21, 2011 | blog post provides some insights into building trust into a community

2012, Feb 12 | blog post | discuss why CoPs matter in the transformational effort. Also includes short YouTube of Etinne Wenger.

blog post | November 16, 2011 | provides some insights into why online CoPs make slow progress

Cahtherine Shinners | June 18-21, 2012 Conference Presentation | 26 slide PPT covering strategy, launch, engagement, growth and metrics.