D4Ag: Driving dialogue and knowledge exchange in digital agriculture
This post draws from an interview conducted by Dgroups Associate Jessica Ball with Giacomo Rambaldi, an experienced facilitator of online communities of practice. A long-time supporter of the Dgroups Foundation, Giacomo previously served on its Board while working with CTA. He is now one of the lead moderators of the D4Ag online community, a thriving …
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Mapping success together: How a card game helped AQUADAPT projects define success
Throughout 2024, the Dgroups Foundation has been partnering with AQUADAPT (Nature-based Climate Solutions in Aquaculture in Asia-Pacific) on the scoping and design of a knowledge management platform that fosters peer learning, interaction across projects, and streamlined monitoring data collection and analysis. As part of an extensive user-needs consultation, Dgroups Associate Jessica Ball was invited to …
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Online collaboration use cases in-depth – a talk show
As part of a recent virtual discussion around online collaboration use cases, Saskia Harmsen hosted a talk show in which five Dgroups Foundation partners introduced their groups as examples of different collaboration use cases encountered online. IFAD Innovation Network Gladys Morales presented the IFAD innovation network as an example of using online groups to discuss an issue in …
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A use case for online support and interaction around events
As part of a virtual discussion around online collaboration use cases, the Dgroups Foundation recently organized a ‘peer assist’ session to explore ways to maximize the use of online group features to support face-to-face and other events. Jessica Ball brought the questions. She works as part of the KM Team in the UN-REDD programme. Last …
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Exploring use cases for online communities and groups
While development and humanitarian organizations tend to use similar online tools and platforms to collaborate, we tend to use them in different ways and for different purposes. Exploring and sharing tips from these different uses was the focus of a recent Dgroups Foundation online partner experience exchange. The experience-sharing session on 24 February 2023 drew …
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Online interaction in international development: Capitalizing on lessons from an e-conference
Discussions in the recent Foundation-convened e-conference flagged five priority topics essential to effective online dialogue and interaction: Enhancing #participation and #engagement Nurturing effective #COPs Using appropriate #platforms #Learning through e-collaboration #Sustaining engagement through time On 24 September, the Dgroups Foundation facilitated an online meeting to discuss whether these are indeed ‘the’ critical issues and ways …
Case study: Using Dgroups to map rules and regulations governing the use of drones
Giacomo Rambaldi from CTA is a long time user and supporter of Dgroups, having used the platform for more than a decade now. During a recent webinar organized in partnership between FAO-Dgroups, Giacomo presented one specific Dgroup he is administering and that deals with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones technology for agriculture. Watch …
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