New Year, New Blog, part II

Olaf Brugman, SIG-editor at KnowledgeBoard.com, Europes premier KM-portal, has started a blog experiment for his SIG. Welcome to the Blogosphere!

The SIG, Neighbourhood, focusses on KM in NGO's. This is a type of organisation with somewhat different kinds of problems compared to businesses. NGO's differ greatly amongst themselves, but I think generally that money is scarce, relational networks are absolutely vital, logistics and people might be difficult, and working across cultures and time zones are issues. Most of these factors are important to businesses as well. The big difference however is how results are measured. With an aim on the bottom line that's in no way monetary, answers to the same organisational questions will probably turn out different as well. Also appreciation/acceptance of KM-thinking in NGO's is much different as well.

All in all Neighbourhood adresses important issues, and I'm certain to keep an eye on activities there, as ngo's are amongst our (potential) clients as well.