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Presented by Tsehay Gashaw, Abenet Yabowork and Daniel Haile-Michael, Nairobi, 17-20 September 2013.
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Introduction to ILRI’s ‘big five’ knowledge sharing and communication tools
Tsehay Gashaw, Abenet Yabowork and Daniel H/Michael
ILRI Komms KlinicsILRI ,Nairobi, 17-20 September 2013
Introduction
ILRI produces lots of knowledge and publishes it in many forms and places.
This session tells you how to find and contribute to ILRI’s knowledge through ‘big Five’ comms tools and practical exercises.
Overview
• Finding and following ILRI knowledge• Sharing updates with Yammer• Using the ILRI website and updating your profile• Searching for ILRI and CGIAR information on CGSpace• Working with wikis
Finding and following ILRI information
What we produce
NewsPhotosPresentationsVideosDocument and reportsEvent calendarProject updates
What we produce
ilriclippings: http://clippings.ilri.org/
What we produce
ilriannouncements: http://ilriannouncements.wordpress.com
What we produce
Project updates: http://safefoodfairfood.wordpress.com/
How to get ILRI’s knowledge
On Web site / ilrinetOn YammerBy EmailDigital signageSearch GoogleOn Twitter / facebook / linkedin
Finding ILRI’s knowledge online
Where to find ILRI information and knowledge?• Tools and resources
• http://infoilri.wordpress.com/• http://ilrinet.ilri.cgiar.org/• http://www.ilri.org/
• Need help? Where to find comms support• FAQ: http://ilri-comms.wikispaces.com/Communications+support• http://infoilri.wordpress.com/comms-tips/
Key tool:• Subscribe to Email alerts
• http://ilri.org/RssFeeds
Finding ILRI’s knowledge online
Q &A
Yammer – connect with colleagues
Sharing updates with Yammer
Yammer is:• ‘Facebook for the CGIAR’• Members can:
• Share updates• Follow updates from colleagues and teams and others• Post questions and links and documents
• Key actions• Join with your cgiar.org email• Update profile • Set notification• Follow colleagues• Groups and Networks
Yammer – connect with colleagues
Yammer – profile update
Yammer – Set your notification
Yammer – groups
Yammer – different networks
Yammer
Q &A
Using the ILRI website and updating your profile
ILRI websitehttp://www.ilri.org
What’s in ILRI websitehttp://www.ilri.org
Top Menu◦Who we are: units, management, board etc◦Where we work: Regions, country◦Programs◦Research: Projects, Outputs, CRP, Research programs◦Media: Photos, News, Films, audio, subscriptions◦ Information: Events, Publications, ICT, Publications◦Capacity building: Learning Resources, Alumni ◦ Jobs◦Contact us
Where we work? (Regions)http://www.ilri.org/EastAfrica
South AsiaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaWest AfricaSoutheast Asia
Where we work? (Countries)http://www.ilri.org/kenya
Programshttp://www.ilri.org
• Animal Bioscience• Animal Science for sustainable
productivity• BecA-ILRI hub• Bioscience facilities• Feed and Forage Bioscience• Food safety and Zoonoses• Livelihoods, gender and impact• Livestock system and the environments• Policy trade and value chains• Vaccine biosciences
Subject category (Taxonomy)http://www.ilri.org/animalbreeding
Taxonomy : is a free tagging that helps to organize content on a given website.
• Issue term: major subject area where ILRI is working
• Country term: Countries where ILRI is Working
Subject category (Taxonomy)http://www.ilri.org
Update profile (http://www.ilri.org/user)
Profileshttp://www.ilri.org
• Personal Information• My ILRI Work • My web address
ILRI website
Q &A
CGSpace: Finding ILRI and CGIAR information
CGSpace is:
• ILRI, and some others ‘document repository’• Where we publish (and store and describe) everything• Open access How can I use it?
• Search and browse and download [remember can search on google]
• Subscribe to RSS / e-mail alerts• View statistics• Contribute content (via others)
CGSpace : http://cgspace.cgiar.org/ Mahider: http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/1
Search result
Search, browse, subscribe
Search result
Outputs harvested
Scientists’ research results
Video/audio Presentation
PublicationsJournals
Outputs re-published
User
How does Mahider /CGSpace work?
Contains
CGSpace: Finding ILRI and CGIAR information
Com
mun
ities
Find content
Mahider
Browse
options
Mahider: Finding ILRI and CGIAR information
Browse by
program &
projects
Browse by sub-
communities &
type of docs
More browse
options
Find content
Subscribe
Login for admins
Statistics
Recent
CGSpace: Finding ILRI and CGIAR information
Q &A
Wikis – supporting collaboration
Working with wikis
• Collaboration and document sharing spaces• Easy to us• Anyone with permission can contribute or modify contents• Track and undo changes• Email notifications
• How can I use?• If new, create account / get invite• Accept invitation/join• Collaborate, share, browse and edit• Upload files
NBDC wiki: http://nilebdc.wikispaces.com/
L & F wiki: http://livestock-fish.wikispaces.com/
Ilri-comms wiki: http://ilri-comms.wikispaces.com/home//
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Wiki
Q &A
Exercise
• Visit the ILRI website (www.ilri.org) • Login and update your profile www.ilri.org/user• Visit the website list of Newsfeeds• Subscribe to a feed• Visit the www.ilri.org/ring
• Visit an ILRI news service or project website• Open the top story; click on a subject category• On the right side, subscribe to the email alert
• Visit ILRInet – http://ilrinet.ilri.cgiar.org• Under the announcements list click the ‘more’ button• Subscribe to email updates• Open a news story and submit a comment
Exercise
• From web site or ILRInet front page• Visit ILRI presentations or posters – download a poster or presentation • Visit ILRI flickr – find photos about kenya or animal feeding or the ILRI campus• Watch and ILRI film on youtube
• Login to Yammer (join if necessary) www.yammer.com• Update your profile• Post an update to the ILRINET group• Like or reply to someone on yammer• Follow some colleagues• Update notifications
Exercise
• Visit CGSpace http://cgspace.cgiar.org• Find what Jimmy Smith has written• Browse for CRP A4NH products• Visit the ILRI community and sign up for email alerts• See what CGSpace has on climate change
• Visit the ilri training wiki (URL)• Join• Edit a page• Delete someone else’s text• Undelete it• Create a new page with your name first_second• Write something about yourself
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