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leT’s have a knoWledge
conFeRence!
LESLEYANN SHNEIER
World Bank Group
19.1 Introduction
e intuitive idea was to change an existing model of one knowledge
talk per month, disconnected from any knowledge activities, and not
giving anything back to the speakers, to a gathering of like-minded
people who would share what they do, learn from one another, and
network during the knowledge fair. e challenge was keeping it to
a peer-to-peer learning workshop rather than a conference of talks
by “gurus”. Working with facilitators to design interactive sessions,
AdobeConnect moderators to ensure active participation by an online
audience, and combining a workshop with concurrent sessions with
extended time at lunch for a knowledge fair led to a high ...