The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Workshops

Regular Workshops

• Cultivating Communities of Practice State-of-the-art Workshop (4 days)

BEtreat workshops (4 days)

2023 BEtreats:
Social learning spaces (Cutting-edge workshop, 3 days)

2015-2022: Social Learning (Leadership)…
Principles and (best) practice (State-of-the-art workshop)
Pioneering aspects/emerging issues of the field (Cutting-edge workshop)
Hybrid (Practice & research workshop) | 2020 only
Theory and research / Research & Evaluation (Academic/Research workshop)

2013/14 BEtreats:
Professional BEtreats: How do we develop, evaluate, and support learning in networks and communities?
(1) Best practice (State of the art workshop)
(2) Emerging issues (Cutting edge workshop)
Academic BEtreats: What is the latest social learning theory and research?
(1) Current theory and research (State of the art workshop)
(2) Advanced theory and research (Cutting edge workshop)

2012 BEtreats:
Cultivating communities and networks for social learning (State-of-the-art BEtreat/ BEtreat Primer)
Social Learning (Cutting-edge BEtreat / BEtreat ’12)
Social learning theory (Academic BEtreat)

2011 BEtreats:
Leading communities of practice and networks (4 days)

2010 BEtreats:
Convening, leading, and supporting communities of practice (5 days)

Other Workshops

• Jul 2024: The Art of Enabling Social Learning: Communities of practice and systems convening (4 days)
• Oct 2020: Liberating Structures & Social learning** (2 days; w. Full Circle Associates; POSTPONED)

Certificate Courses

• Social Learning Leadership Certificate and Fellowship Program (1-2 years)

Keynotes

• … on all aspects of social learning: Communities of practice in and across organizations; Myths and half-myths about communities of practice; Dimensions of maturity in communities of practice; Learning to make a difference – the art of creating social learning spaces; Learning to make a difference: professional and organizational development through social learning; Learning to make a difference: value-creation in social learning spaces; Systems convening: leadership for the 21st century; Communities of practice: the history of a concept; Social learning theory: recent developments; Communities of practice: a social discipline of learning; Knowledge management as social learning; Social learning in the 21st century; Social learning theory and what it looks like in practice; Social media: strategies for social learning; Social learning capabilities and staying ahead; Social artists and social learning spaces; Learning citizenship and its significance in the 21st century; Crossing boundaries in landscapes of practice; Strategic HR

Conferences

• Communities of Practice Summit (CoP Summit)*
  The Communities of Practice Summit (CoP Summit) is a chance to gather a range of different resources, useful in different contexts and for different purposes. There will be plenty of time for networking and for learning more about a range of experiences in cultivating communities of practice.

Workshops

• Communities of Practice – Interactive Workshops
  (Face-to-face and online/teleconference educational and developmental workshops )
  • Introductory modules: Communities of practice in organizations: the new frontier; True knowledge management: the value of communities of practice
  • Community development modules: Community development: principles; Community development: stages of development; Community development: launch design; Community development: community renewal; Key roles in communities: an ecology of leadership; Community coordination; High-impact communities of practice: key factors; Large and distributed communities of practice; Community-oriented technology
  • Organizational initiative modules: Strategic capability building: knowledge as strategy; Community-based knowledge initiatives: building on experience; Institutionalizing communities: five organizational structures; Developing an organizational practice of community building; The role of community sponsor: leadership in a knowledge economy; Establishing the value of communities of practice; Communities of practice and innovation
  • Theory modules: Foundations: introduction to a social theory of learning; Meaning, identity, and power in communities of practice; The community-structure of large-scale learning systems; Learning for a small planet: a research agenda

Public speaking

• …on topics in communities of practice: Introduction to communities of practice, Advanced topics in communities of practice, Communities of practice in education, Communities of practice and e-learning, Communities of practice and corporate universities, Communities of practice and innovation, Appreciating the value created by communities of practice

Communities

• CPsquare – The Community of Practice on Communities of Practice*²⁾ (2003-2015)
• Communities of Practice Consortium*²⁾ (2000-2002)