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WBG Community Development Framework
Summary: The WBG Community Development Framework is a roadmap to support teams design and develop successful Communities of Practice (CoPs) proposing important steps to guide the community through a h...
Definition of Community of Practice
Summary Communities of practice (CoPs) are organized groups of people who collaborate regularly around a specific area to achieve predetermined goals. CoPs are essential because we live in a complex w...
Making a Business Case for a Community of Practice
Summary A Business Case is a document that sets out the future objectives of a Community of Practice (CoP), the broad strategies for achieving them, and the resources and funding needed. The most impo...
Community Lifecycle
Summary: There are five main stages in the community lifecycle: ideation, initiation, growth, maturity, and bifurcation/decline. Communities are dynamic and require different activities at different s...
A Framework for Communities of Practice: Purpose-People-Prac...
Summary: The three elements of the Community of Practice Framework are: purpose, people, and practice. These elements are not static; they change over time. Every Community of Practice needs to know w...
Roles in a Community of Practice
Summary There are many different roles in a Community of Practice (CoP) including: Community Leader, Community Manager, Community Sponsor, Technical Expert, Knowledge Management Advisor, Communicatio...
Sense of Community
Summary: The Sense of Community has four components: membership, influence, fulfillment of needs, and emotional connection. The Sense of Community is a key characteristic of successful communities, su...
The Five Musts of Community Building
Summary The 5 Musts are essential community building principles Building community is a complex, adaptive process; to succeed, follow these principles Apply the 5 Musts by trying out some of the ideas...