commsdays_nairobi2011

Comms Days on the ILRI Nairobi Campus August 2011

What is planned:

1. ILRI 'comms exchange' in the morning of 24 August. 2. Agknowledge cafe with external people in the afternoon of 25 August. 3. Komms Klinics for campus staff 25 and 26 August

Below is the rough agenda for the comms exchange and the 'komms klinics'

** ILRI Comms Exchange ** ** 24 August, 9:00 – 13:00 ** ** Ndama Lounge **

For ourselves, I want to cover how we use, and can improve using and supporting, various tools. agenda details to follow: Dspace/mahider Blogging Slideshare Flickr Wiki’s Ilri website Yammer Ilrinet Google calendar Delicious Mendeley – can we make use of this? Ilri-comms wiki Ilri-comms yammer Facebook Twitter Brochures – Kampus Komms creative commons liveSTOCK exchange

** Komms Klinics ** ** 25 and 26 August **


 * || **Infocenter**
 * 25 participants** || **Infocenter Cybercafe**
 * 15 participants** || **IT Training room**
 * 25 participants** ||
 * Thursday 9.00 – 10.15 || Introducing social media at ILRI - Peter || Introducing film and video at ILRI – Zerihun, Apollo, Paul || Using the ILRI website – Liya ||
 * Thursday 10.45- 12.00 || Publishing with blogs – Susan, Evelyn, others || Using Mahider – Peter || Using Yammer – Zerihun, Tsehay ||
 * Thursday 13.30 – 14.45 ||  || Photo sharing at ILRI – Liya, Susan || Using Wikispaces at ILRI - Tsehay ||
 * Thursday 14:00 – 16:30 || Agknowledge Café

Open session on ideas and experiences with agricultural knowledge sharing in Kenya ||  ||   ||
 * Thursday 15.00 – 16.15 ||  || Using Slideshare at ILRI – Zerihun || Introducing iGoogle and Twitter – Tsehay, Liya, Susan ||
 * Friday 9.00 – 10.15 || Social reporting your meeting – Peter, Tsehay || Introducing film and video at ILRI – Zerihun, Apollo, Paul || Using the ILRI website – Liya ||
 * Friday 10.45 – 12.00 || Publishing with blogs – Susan, Evelyn, others || Using Mahider –Peter || Using Yammer – Zerihun, Tsehay ||
 * Friday 13.30 – 14.45 || Comms toolkit for your project – Peter || Photo sharing at ILRI – Liya, Susan || Using Wikispaces at ILRI - Tsehay ||
 * Friday 15:00 – 16:15 ||  || Using Slideshare at ILRI – Zerihun || Introducing iGoogle and Twitter – Tsehay, Liya, Susan ||
 * Friday 15:00 – 16:15 ||  || Using Slideshare at ILRI – Zerihun || Introducing iGoogle and Twitter – Tsehay, Liya, Susan ||

=AgKnowledge Café= Invitation to an informal knowledge sharing space, ILRI InfoCenter, Nairobi, 25 August: 14:00 – 16:30

The IKMemergent Programme ([]) that co-sponsored the AgKnowledge Africa share fair in Addis Ababa last year in October will hold some follow up discussions in Nairobi next week – on ways to catalyze the creation and exchange of ‘local’ agricultural content or knowledge. To know more about the planned activities that week, please send an email to Pete Cranston (pete.euforic@gmail.com)

As part of the week’s activities, we will organize an informal participatory discussion on different experiences and ideas people in Kenya have on this topic. The idea is to stimulate collaboration and innovation.

Please join us in this networking event.

If you want to briefly share a project or activity you are working on, please LET Peter Ballantyne know ASAP

Please confirm your attendance by email to Wilson Maina (w.maina@cgiar.org) before midday Wednesday 24 August.