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Audio presentation for Academic Initiative members
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What is the difference between a community and a community of practice? How does the community
of practice concept apply to organizations? What impact does technology have on it?
On September 20, 2007 Etienne Wenger gave a conference call presentation and led a discussion about communities
of practice to the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Alumni Community.
The presentation, entitled "Online Communities of Practice and Social Learning", was recorded and a replay of
the audio files and accompanying material are available to Academic Initiative members, at no charge.
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Etienne Wenger is a globally recognized thought leader in the field of communities of practice
and their application to organizations. He was featured by Training Magazine in their series "A new Breed
of Visionaries". A pioneer of the "community of practice" research, he is author
and co-author of seminal articles and books on the topic.
Etienne is also a founder of CPsquare, a cross-organizational, cross-sector community of practice
itself. His work is influencing a growing number of organizations in the private
and public sectors. Indeed, cultivating communities of practice is increasingly recognized as the most
effective way for organizations to address the knowledge challenges they face.
Etienne helps organizations
apply these ideas through consulting, public speaking, and workshops, both online and face-to-face.
His new research project, "Learning for a small planet," is a broad, cross-sectoral investigation
of the nature of learning and learning institutions at the dawn of the new millennium.
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