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	What's New? Communities of Practice Startup Kit Web Gem - Art by Ann Perodeau LearningEdge News

Communities of Practice Startup Kit

Dave has now finished his communities of practice workshop with Etienne Wenger and CPsquare.org. The next workshop begins on October 6th and any one interested in Communities of Practice should seriously consider signing up. Part of the workshop involved organizing into teams and working on projects. During the June workshop, Dave Whittington, Nick Noakes, Oliver Schwabe, John Palka, Jeanne Longley, Bobbie Allaire and Shona Fraser worked on a Communities of Practice Startup Kit. The startup kit is based on work from previous project groups, startup toolkits that are already available, sources such as Senge's Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, plus the team's own input. The toolkit is meant to be flexible and users can choose their entry point depending on their context. Two scenario documents are provided to help people see how the toolkit could be applied to actual situations. The toolkit and scenario documents are supplied in a zip file. The toolkit is the result of a three week collaborative online project, where learning about working within a CoP was as important as the result of the work. The kit is supplied "as is". While it is not a fully polished document, and contains many "loose ends", it should still prove useful during the early startup phase of CoP development and clearly demonstrates what can be achieved within a well facilitated CoP. Communities of Practice Startup Kit »

Web Gem - Art by Ann Perodeau

In keeping with a summer (and hopefully relaxing!) theme, we'd like to highlight the artwork of Ann Perodeau, one of our colleagues who's been recently certified in LearningEdge. Ann is an accomplished artist and her website, Wilderness Art, is full of Canadian wilderness scenes. You can also order her artwork as gift cards, customized to your own company. Wilderness Art »

LearningEdge News

LearningEdge is a set of tools and processes that bring together learning strategy and business goals in a participatory, practical and easy-to-apply manner. If you are interesting in your organization becoming a learning organization, LearningEdge provides the map to get there. Click here to download a presentation about LearningEdge. 2003 LearningEdge Certification Dates Calliope Learning is the only company in North America licensed to train and certify people in the use of the LearningEdge toolset. Below are our fall dates: 2003 Dates Location Early Bird Cut Off Registration Deadline September 8, 9, 10 Vancouver July 28 August 11 September 15, 16, 17 Edmonton August 4 August 18 December 8, 9, 10 Toronto October 27 November 24 The cost is $2400 (plus GST), regular rate and $2200 early bird rate. Click here to register. Fall Information Sessions We will be holding LearningEdge information sessions in Vancouver and Edmonton this September. To register, please email info@calliopelearning.com, or call (250) 213 6239. September Information Sessions Details Registration Deadline Vancouver, Monday, September 8 Blue Horizon Hotel, Baker Room 1225 Robson Street 5:00 - 6:30 Friday September 5 Edmonton, Monday, September 15 Varscona Hotel, Thomas Bennett Room 8208 - 106 Street 5:00 to 6:30 Friday September 12 LearningEdge on the Move!! We've had some requests for taking LearningEdge to other parts of Canada at different times from our scheduled workshops. If you can get 6 people interested, we'll travel to you! Call us today at (250) 213 6239 or email info@calliopelearning.com to explore the possibilities. Certification Sponsorship Opportunities Contact us if you are interested in taking the LearningEdge Certification but need some help financially. We've tried to come up with a creative solution that could be especially attractive to independent consultants. LearningEdge Online Presentation »