Communities of practice within and across organization: A guidebook

What does it take to launch and sustain a communities of practice initiative? This book helps guide individuals, teams, and organizations through the process. It is for organizational leaders creating a conducive environment, community leaders launching and sustaining their communities, people in various roles facilitating meetings, activities, and the use of technology, and evaluators accounting for the value communities create. It reflects the combined experiences of the authors in cultivating communities of practice within and across organizations. This second edition includes an additional case study in appendix. It is also printed in higher-quality full color.