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Nonprofit Knowledge Management: Online Seminar

The field of knowledge management has taken on renewed importance in the last year, as more and more organizations are looking to their stakeholders and their social networks for insight and action, especially online. So, I'm very excited to be offering an all-day seminar on Nonprofit Knowledge Management on April 20th, 2007. We'll be covering the best practices for planning successful projects, building readiness in organizations and among stakeholders, and most importantly, how to leverage networks and communities of practice. Posted: 3/13/07; 4:07:09 PM #

Faster: The Challenge to Teachers of Managing the Pace of Learning

Many of my readers are teachers of one kind or another. Some have been given that title formally. Some, like myself, have found that it's one of the most important ways to look at what they do. Some, like many managers and leaders, know that it's an every day part of their job. I continue to be delighted by the work of Asher Bey at The Guru's Handbook. A recent article entitled Faster looks at something I struggle with all the time: managing the pace of learning. I lean toward pushing people toward a radical understanding of the fundamentals, on the assumption that this will give them the greatest leverage in the long run. I often forget that immediate practicality, even if poorly understood, is often a great motivator. Maybe you have similar things to learn about your role as a teacher? Posted: 3/13/07; 8:13:56 AM #

The Poison of Faux Realism

Have you ever had anyone take the air out of a perfectly good conversation about how to make something better by scoffing at how unrealistic your idealism is and how you need to be pragmatic? It's a half truth at best and nasty tactic at worst. Over at my book blog - The Authentic Organization - I write a bit about this phenomenon in a post called The Poison of Faux Realism. Posted: 3/13/07; 8:05:50 AM #

Opposing the Iraq War: Heroes of Resistance

I am often deeply frustrated by the way people with foresight - across a wide range of fields and topics - are ignored, while what might better be called "large followers" are canonized. No doubt you have your own examples of this. Nowhere is this more apparent right now than in the current discussions about the despicable war in Iraq. So, it is with enormous pleasure that I point to Opposing the Iraq War: Heroes of Resistance by John Tirman, which at least names the people - including many public intellectuals and people from civil society - who saw through the lies from the beginning and said something about them. Posted: 3/13/07; 7:51:37 AM #