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 Full Circle Associates | Nancy White | blog post + video clip | 15 December 2011 | Nancy White discusses various aspects of strengthening CoPs, mechanisms to measure their effectiveness and improve our understanding of how people are participating in CoPs. 

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"

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.

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

2011, February 21 | Alex Dowbor | blog post | visualization of type of strcuture of network or CoP: rigid, formal, right balance, loose, disconnected

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.

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

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

CPSquare | Communities of Practice Bibliography

List of articles by Richard McDermott. 

Barry Wellman, February 2001 | o appear in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 25 (2001). Special Issue on "Networks, Class and Place," edited by Talja Blokland and Mike Savage. Computer networks are social networks. Social affordances of computer supported social networks--broader bandwidth, wireless portability, globalized connectivity, personalization--are fostering the movement from door-to-door and place-to-place communities to person-to-person and role-to-role communities. People connect in social networks rather than in communal groups. In-person and computer-mediated communication are integrated in communities characterized by personalized networking.

Bang The Table resources including Online Consultation Guide Book, Online Engagement Continuum, 100 Ideas to Engage your Community Online, Presentations, Tip Sheets

Laurel Papworth | blog post | 2007, 5 December | tips on moderation online

Minimal hierarchy, organizational diversity and responsiveness characterize ecosystems. Ecosystems are a response to the increasing complexity of strategic horizons and short half-life of designs. To cope with the uncertainties firms see themselves and th