The Knowledge Community toolkit provides the means to gather information of value to your staff. Give them the facts versus the fiction.
What’s Going on?
- Business Forum
- Industry Forum
- Social Forum
- New Products
- Corporate Affairs
- News
- Gossip
- Health
- Sports
- Events
- Movers & Shakers
- Hav-a-laf
Provide links to other sites of intelligence and education so that your staff expand their knowledge and mature beyond the corporate walls.
On Boarding
Allow new staff to find a friend, classmate, someone with similar interests, join a group.
Let them search, browse, review, learn and build their own Blog
- Communication - messaging to individuals and groups, chat sessions
- Search - for people, information, links, education - review, learn and find
- Jobs - link to the Job Page to fill a vacant position with a colleague. Look for the next promotion.
Knowledge House (the house of learning)
A repository of information about the company using learning Blogs and Wiki’s, FAQ’s, for staff to ask questions and the ability to house deep vertical deposits of knowledge.
- Web Builder
Providing the ability for an expert group within the company to be able to build an internal web page dedicated to the pursuit of a single subject of knowledge. When the experts leave the information remains. - It’s a Fact
It can be used for educational purposes by channeling corporate learning facts into Streams as a basis of providing key information for all staff. - Learning Blogs
Another means of storing company information. Stored in Streams, created by experts - Ask an Expert a Question and FAQ’s
Provide staff with a facility to ask an expert a question.
What if
Gather the creative thoughts of your staff. Give them recognition, allow them to shine by being able to pose an idea and show how innovative and talented they are.
Post a Project
Tap unused capacity within the organisation. Create a knowledge ware project and then call for employees and ex-employees to participate.
Solve a Problem
Capture the mental horsepower of the whole workforce to solve organisational problems.
Discussion Forum
Encourage a healthy debate on an open range of topics available to all staff. This is the means to gather solutions from outside the nine dots and a place to find talent.
Alumni Program
Once a staff member has resigned or retired it is important to remain in touch with them as they can be a good source of information and for finding future employees.