Associations exist only in the mind. As evidence, here's the story of the birth of VISA, an association of tens of thousands of member banks.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2017/04/associations-exist-only-in-the-mind

#associations #assnchat #eventprofs #VISA #CommunityOfPractice #agreements

🎓 Teaching Update: SOGo Community of Practice

📅 Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📍 Online via BigBlueButton

Topics:
• SOGo 5 deployment experiences
• 2FA integration
• Outlook on SOGo 6

📧 Join: [email protected]

#OpenSource #Email #SOGo #CommunityOfPractice

Here are four tools for creating, supporting, and enriching communities of practice: peer conferences, listservs, Slack, and Zoom

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/10/four-tools-for-communities-of-practice

#community #CommunityOfPractice #tools #PeerConference #listserv #Slack #Zoom #assnchat

🎓 Teaching Update: SOGo Community of Practice

📅 Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📍 Online via BigBlueButton

Topics:
• SOGo 5 deployment experiences
• 2FA integration
• Outlook on SOGo 6

📧 Join: [email protected]

#OpenSource #Email #SOGo #CommunityOfPractice

That's why they abbreviate a Community of Practice as "CoP".

#scrum #scrumteam #dev #developer #qa #scrummaster #CommunityOfPractice #jira #Meme #memes #Humor #humour

» Over time, communities of practice risk themselves becoming new silos

» Be intentional about what you want to learn, and about your own behaviour to others

» Delivery by itself is worthless — deliver value

Associations exist only in the mind. As evidence, here's the story of the birth of VISA, an association of tens of thousands of member banks.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2017/04/associations-exist-only-in-the-mind

#associations #assnchat #eventprofs #VISA #CommunityOfPractice #agreements

Community of Practice..
> Thich Nhat Hanh said before he died a few years ago that the next Buddha will be the Sangha. The Sangha, in Buddhist terminology, is the community of practitioners. It’s this idea that we don’t have to look for an individual, for a savior, for an Übermensch. I think the counter to Trump always has been and always will be civil society. ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/magazine/rebecca-solnit-interview.html

#RebeccaSolnit #ThichNhatHanh
#CommunityOfPractice

Die Co-WOERK Community of Practice startet nach Ostern mit vier Online-Treffen ins Sommersemester 2026:

23.04. – OER-Qualität einschätzen
21.05. – Kultur des Teilens
04.06. – Urheberrecht & KI – eure Fragen
02.07. – Didaktik & alternative Prüfungsformen
Donnerstags, 13–14:30 Uhr, online. Für Lehrende an Hochschulen und Berufsschulen, Referendar:innen, Serviceeinrichtungen – alle willkommen.
👉 https://www.co-woerk.de/cop-save-the-date-4

#OER #OffeneBildung #CommunityOfPractice #CoWOERK

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