Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice

Editors, Paul Hildreth and Chris Kimble
Publisher, Idea Group Publishing
Hard cover ISBN: 159140200X Soft cover ISBN: 1591402700



John D. Smith

Biography

John D. Smith received a B.A. from St. John's College and an M.Arch. from the University of New Mexico. He was a planner, administrator and technologist at the University of Colorado for many years. He has been organizing and supporting Communities of Practice informally for his entire professional life and formally since 1997. He has been instrumental in the development and organization of the Foundations of Community of Practice workshop and in CPsquare. He is an independent consultant working out of Portland, Oregon, speaking and working internationally since 1999. For further details see the Learning Alliances website.

Chapters

Chapter 14 - BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE