World Bank 'forum2014' - innovative organisation-wide learning event

The World Bank has an ambitious 'forum2014' Knowledge Sharing Program running in February 2014; a series of Bank-wide events designed to showcase expertise and accellerate learning. The Masterclass format is intended as a highly participatory, immersive learning event, quite different to 'presentations' or other one-directional learning techniques. I was lucky enough to be involved with the development and deliverey a series of one day Masterclass Facilitators' training course for 28 individuals, who will in turn coach the Masterclass 'experts'. This included knowledge elicitation and transfer skills, as well as specific Masterclass facilitation techniques . I am hoping that Monika WeberFahr, who has been the powerhouse behind the World Bank program will present both the forum2014 program and learning formats employed, at the KIN Summer 2014 Quarterly Workshop.

Innovation SIG Announcement: Eddie Obeng Transformatory Innovation event

Innovation can seem scary – a CEO suddenly imploring his employees to “take risks and be creative” feels like you’re being asked to do crazy things, fail, and fired shortly afterwards. It doesn’t have to be this way. If implemented correctly, innovation can be the most powerful way of transforming your business, and allow you to permanently and sustainably outsmart your competitors in the process.   At this event, Eddie and the Pentacle team will be discussing how to achieve this with “Transformatory Innovation: How to Deliver Novel Change Beyond Your Capabilities”, using our own innovation, QUBE, the ultimate medium for a world changing faster than it learns.You can get an entry pass NOW to the  QUBINAR from http://PentacleTheVBS.com/EntryPass.htm   When:  Thursday 20th February from 17.30 to 19.00 UK time What:  PART 1, start time 17.30 - a 15-minute introduction to QUBE for people who want to learn e-coaching and e-facilitation.            PART 2, start time 17.45 - a free-of-charge QUBINAR led by Prof Eddie Obeng. This will cover the following:- •            Can you innovate without having to become more creative? •            How do you persuade others to buy into radical change? •            Case stories from Pentacle and more .. and then networking. Where: On QUBE Download the app NOW from http://qube.cc/Getting-Started/ Watch the QUBE explainer video at http://PentacleTheVBS.com/QUBE_Explainer.htm Pentacle The Virtual Business School +44 1494 678555  www.PentacleTheVBS.com  www.QUBE.cc

SNA SIG New: Update on Webmapper by Laurence Lock Lee

We have been updating our SNA web based toolsets (Webmapper) to enable us to share the results of an SNA more broadly than only through snapshots in Powerpoint (though we still use this as well). The facility enables us to change the dynamics of how the "Analyze and Share Results" stages (see SNA Toolkit Summary) as the audience can be expanded beyond workshop participants alone. We have also recently added some of our basic business focused analytics to the map that can also be viewed online. The maps are similar to the technology used to visualise KIN member connections through common interests. We have been using this recently with KIN member PWC UK. Works best with Chrome and Firefox browsers and the most recent versions of the others ... will display on tablets with variable interaction capabilities. See here.... http://www.optimice.com.au/demomap.php . Happy to demo to any other interested KIN members.

Feverbee Vircomm summit 2014 - by Erica Hurley

Anyone who took part on the KIN CMAD event on 27th January will know what an inspirational speaker Richard Millington from Feverbee is! His book 'Buzzing Communities' is full of great ideas on how to engage with your community and create a real sense of belonging in your community or network. On 20th-21st January this year he is pulling together a host of speakers for their first ever Virtual Community summit. I (Erica) will be going along and it would be great to see KIN members there too, it promises to be an engaging and informative few days. You can find out more about how to book your place here. Please not that this is not a KIN event, so is open to non-KIN members too...

Upcoming Webinar: SCAN methodology and other Academic Research at KIN, 26 Feb 2014

At KIN's December workshop we shared some of the findings from the SCAN methodology pilot at Severn Trent Water. Through the feedback forms circulated at the event members indicated that they would like to know more about this approach, the reasons we undertook the pilot and also like the opportunity to put questions directly to the researchers and participants in the study. This webinar will give members the opportunity to do this and to openly discuss ideas for other research options, including further development of the KIN Maturity models. Full details can be found on this event page: Webinar: SCAN methodology and other Academic Research at KIN'