Expert knowledge builds communities.
If you have expert knowledge of an exciting subject, use it.
Do not leave people wondering what you were trying to achieve when you visited their town. People want and expect expert knowledge. The knowledge they can discuss, and the more this is true, the more your ideas and expert knowledge will get shared. Few communities have effective knowledge management systems for all community members, making knowledge management an essential requirement in any community or business development program.
Without good content to support your initiatives, people will forget what you discussed with them. Regardless of your expertise and previous experiences, only you know and understand. When community members share your expert knowledge and content, they put their reputation up for all to see. So be careful not to alienate groups or down-talk minorities in the community. They, too, deserve to have access to sound knowledge.
A successful team is more than the sum of its parts; it is your role to turn a collection of individuals with different strengths, weaknesses and personalities into a cohesive unit capable of making things happen.
Integration of expert knowledge assets becomes critical.
Creating community cohesion means understanding team formation and building positive relationships with and between team members. To do this effectively, you will also need access to many tools for creating and managing a team. The most critical skill will revolve around building trust within the organisations and the community using expert knowledge.
Integration of all your activities becomes critical to leveraging available knowledge.
Your ability to communicate clearly and efficiently is vital to the success of any community or economic gardening program. Ambiguous or confused messages can lead to misunderstandings and delays getting a program off the ground. Bringing people together to solve problems is essential to any program, so access to the proper knowledge at the right time is critical.
To ensure a program’s continued success, everyone must be open to new ideas, opportunities, and ways of thinking. This means giving the people involved the tools they need to spark and encourage creativity, which leads to innovation. This is critical to community development when funding new initiatives is challenging.
Problem-solving and decision-making are a fundamental part of any program.
Starting with the proper practical knowledge is half the battle.
Being a community developer is not always easy. There will likely be times when you have to deal with poor performance or even let someone go. Other challenges might include managing conflict, dealing with negative behaviour, and managing during tough economic times. These things will be easier if you utilise the right technology, tools, processes, and checklists.
The other half is keeping up momentum; you must get expert advice to help you do it. Why not use knowledge management to your advantage?
Quotable Quotes.
“As an ‘Economic Gardener’, your role is to make people think, take action, not do it for them, which makes knowledge management a critical aspect of your work “. Peter Sergeant
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a person’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that they learn thoroughly”. Thomas Huxley