1. Knowledge Sharing &
Communication Mechanisms

2. Regional Collaboration
• Sec/CT attend CO Project Launch with
Key Stakeholders
• Meeting, Annual Review Workshop: Face
to face
• Capacity Building, Cross-border visits
• EMPHASIS Webpage part of CARE
Website -integration
• EMPHASIS Social Networking site -
integration

3. Communication Strategy
• Chat, Tele or video conference: Skype
• E-mail Forum or group:
• Web based : Ning
• E-mail based: Yahoo, or Google groups in Ning
• Collaborative document: Google Docs in Ning
• Blog: Ning, Blogger in Ning
• Knowledge Assets: Consolidated Replies,
Strategic Papers, - Ning
• Archives: Reports, Guidelines, budgets - Ning
• Resources: Documents, Websites, Contacts,
Organizations
• Wiki – link to Emphasis Wiki from Ning

4. Communication Strategy - contd
• SMS: Twitter & GupShup in Ning
• Calendar of Events – Google Calendar in Ning
• Community Walk Map – Google Map in Ning
• Photos: flicker, Photobucket in Ning
• Videos & Audio: YouTube in Ning
• Poll: Poll Daddy in Ning,
• Action Groups: Ning
• Transliteration: Nepali, Bengali, Hindi,
• Inter/Intra Linkages: CARE, UN, KARAM, IOM,
ILO
• Social Nets: Facebook in Ning, Explore Orkut,
Bebo, Linked in, Plaxo,

5. E-Forum: Q-R-CR Format
• Query: Moderated to bring out best responses
– Type: Advice, Experience, E-discussion
• Replies:
– Reply by - average 15 days
– Moderated for appropriate and technical content
• Consolidated Reply:
– Discussion Summary plus Recommended Resources
like Documents, Websites, Contacts, Organizations

6. Collaborative document
Purpose: A Group of people linked virtually
producing any MS Office document
collaboratively in Ning
Tasks:
• Determine whether Google docs is better
in Ning
• Testing: Groups to test Huddle
Workspaces which is slower than Google

7. Communication Flow chart
Chat, Tele, Video Conf Discussion Transcripts
E-forum discussion Discussion summary
Blogs Consolidated Replies
SMS Final Blog
Group work Collaborative Document
Uploading of Reports, Guidelines, budgets
Transliteration Translated docs

8. Communication Flow chart
Discussion Transcripts Knowledge Assets
or Resources
Discussion summary consisting of
Recommended
Documents,
Consolidated Replies Websites,
Contacts,
Final Blog Organizations…
Collaborative Document
Reports, Guidelines, budgets Archives
Translated docs

9. Action points
• Define role of Facilitator
• Develop criteria for appropriate materials
• Define purpose of social networking site
for info-sharing and function for KM
• Use template to consolidate e-forum
discussions
• Criteria for Membership, rules of
participation – written in Help page

10. Time Line - KM Strategy
Clarify integration with CO website Dec 09
Develop Concept Note, purpose, function, CMS, consult Nov 09
& finalize
Identify in-house Facilitator & develop TOR End Nov
Design and train facilitator in implementation - 2 days Mid Dec
Design Orientation Program & train CT Rep on KM Mid Ded
Launch web site 1 Jan 10