The first Connected Futures: New Social Strategies and Tools for Communities of Practice workshop sponsored by CPsquare, the begins this week.
The goals of this five week workshop are to help participants:
- Become more confident scanning the marketplace for tools to support a community’s ongoing activities
- Develop a deeper understanding of how new tools are chosen, adopted and supported in communities
- Have productive and lasting social connections with other participants, leaders and community conveners.
Participants will have the opportunity to develop plans for integrating new social strategies and technologies into their communities of practice. Best of all, they will work with colleagues who share similar interests and who bring with them a variety of experiences and expertise.
The workshop will be facilitated by some of the most creative minds and practitioners in this arena, including: Beth Kanter, Beverly Trayner, Bronwyn Stuckey, Etienne Wenger, John Smith, Nancy White, Nick Noakes, Shawn Callahan, Shirley Williams, and Susanne Nyrop. The workshop should prove to be an enormously Grand Adventure and learning event! Come join the fun – and look here for more thoughts about it as it unfolds.
There are several public venues that will highlight the workshop’s content as it progresses:
Connected Futures April – May 2008 blog
Connected Futures CP2tech01 Twitter feed
Tools for Communities wiki
Also, be sure to look for postings that are tagged cp2tech01 (Spring 2008 workshop) and cp2tech (general)
And don’t forget to keep an eye out for the soon to be published, much anticpated book, Technology Stewardship for Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, and John D. Smith. Stay tuned to Technology for Communities for more information!