long time..

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Building knowledge management program for non-for-profit (NGO) organisation is bit different compare to corporate scope. At least it is my sense during my work now both in NGO and Corporate environment.

Most in NGO cases, which is almost always in project based-dynamic organisation, sustainable effort is a challenge. Cost is a big constraint. People is always hard to catch and sit back together. While in corporate, commitment can be build by pushing the reward and performance evaluation system.

There, stop a moment.

Take a look the presentation I gave to several clients as my ideas pop up on the way. Off course some of the concept is not mine, but I take here and there, from people talks, from experiences etc.

Any comment and advises are high appreciate.

Check the link and share it with others, if you think you love to. happy sharing!

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Information System Development and collection building for Resources Center (local government post).

This proposal is to support establishment of Information/Resource Centers in districts to promote dissemination of public information.

Specific objectives:

• Enhance collaboration among districts by building standard-integrated information system to manage information resources and collections.
• Promote free flaw of public information in local government / districts
• Increase assess to public information for internal and external community to support local development and businesses;
• Provide newly establish information specialists with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to perform their duties effectively;
• Informational support of decision- making process in each districts/municipalities

What will information centers do?

Disseminate public information

• Produce leaflets, brochures etc. on various issues local population is interested in local and national languages.
• Building collections based on documents, publication materials and its related form according the local needs.
• Support decision making process in districts/municipalities by providing them with quality information
• Run public surveys, opinion polls etc.
• Support co-operation between LG bodies and local population
• Approach various donors and provide information about their activities to local interested groups.

Activities to support establishment and functioning Information/Resource Center:

To fulfill above mentioned objectives the following activities will be undertaken:

• Supporting establishment of I/RC
• Trainings for I/RC staff
• Orientation workshops for local government members
• Consultation and monitoring I/RC activities
• Developing operational manual for I/RC

First steps to keep the purpose plan run in efficient and effective manner:

For information system dbase and framework: Set local knowledge and information needs assessment to build scenario for knowledge/information sharing in term knowledge accumulation and creation anticipation to preferred alternative which is closed to elusive alternative (long-term goal).

For collection building: Identify local knowledge/traditional knowledge which include traditional institution, traditional technology, educational institution, religious institution, grass-root initiatives and institution, local political institution, local business etc.

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Strengthened data and information management systems at the Kecamatan Level

Background:

Information services are essential to the roll out of the inclusive information society. Their impartial operation helps to safeguard universal civil rights and intellectual freedom. The unique feature of information services is that they respond to the particular questions and needs of individuals, completing the general transmission of knowledge by the mass media. They build capacity and provide support and training for effective use of digital and other information resources. Information centres/ libraries are critical to the development agenda and help to realize the Millennium Development Goals, including reduction of poverty.

Data and information availability in resource centers is a tool for community to enrich their knowledge on running their life. Community here is people of regencies, government officers, businessmen and also others who have their interest or business in term of local government’s assets.

Information is central to the workings of local authorities in their day-to-day operations, their management and forward planning, their strategies, and their politics. Meanwhile, Governments run on the bedrock of information. Without current and historical information, readily available and of indisputable quality, the wrong policies can be forged.

To provide betterment in resource center, we need to strengthened data and information management system which have strong bound with its related stakeholders. Several improvements can help make the national system for storing and distributing local government data more effective. Agencies tasked with collecting, archiving, assimilating, and disseminating data need to increase their cooperation and coordination and provide faster, easier, and more unified access to raw and processed data. In return, information specialist and other data generators need to feed valuable, high quality data into the national system in a timely way.

Goals

1. Enable users to discover and access data and information via the Internet.

a. Improve access to data

Several activities are planned under this objective which will enable improved access to data:

1. Expand the directory to facilitate access to data. Agencies will provide descriptions in the format needed for this action.

2. Ensure the provision of socioeconomic data collected by statistical agencies (e.g., the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Affairs), by resource management agencies (e.g., the Department of Agriculture, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Fish and Wildlife Service), by energy-related agencies (e.g., the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency), and by national and local agencies.

b. Management of local government data.

A priority under this goal will be the management of data. This is important to observe and monitoring element focuses on developing new capabilities for local business potential resources. Local data management is hampered by its requirement for extensive metadata and availability (at present mostly in non-electronic form and in the hands of individual investigators).

c. Data and information portals.

Under this objective, we will consolidate agency data information into one portal; that is, an agency home page would provide a mechanism for identifying all available data and information. It will create special, tailored portals for data products of interest to the various working groups. These portals will use the emerging web metadata clearinghouse technology to allow researchers to locate and access coincident data of interest from various observation systems. This will require implementation of climate quality data and metadata documentation, standards, and formatting policies that will make possible the combined use of targeted data products taken at different times, by different means, and for different purposes.

2. Collect and manage data in multiple locations

a. Develop standard metadata guidelines.

Under this objective, we will provide additional specific community-based guidelines for scientific metadata content where and as appropriate. One approach will be to adopt the GIS methods which are built on the core standards.

b. Expand collaboration among data providers.

It will expand the collaboration between the national and local government data centers and external (university, commercial, and non-profit) data service providers. This collaboration will build on the strong foundation provided by existing distributed systems, encompassing the data centers established by national agencies, such as provincial and national information centers. The data management plan also calls for expanding partnerships with foreign governments, intergovernmental agencies, and international scientific bodies and data networks to provide data that are needed to address the international character of research and decision making. These collaborations should improve access to regional, state, and local data.

3. Develop integrated information data products

The goal of information analysis and interpretation is to incorporate the multi-disciplinary issues elements of the local government in order to integrate information and provide integrated products. This requires that links between official governments and data managers on one hand and data quality and data products on the other need to be enhanced to provide a more effective translation of user requirements into data products. Data managers must be able to understand, communicate, and work closely with government officials and others to ensure proper stewardship for the data archive and its distribution. Data managers must be included in government working groups and steering committees to guide the integration of data management and local government/national issues and decision support. The system will ensure data quality and preservation by making data management an integral part of any observing or data collection program. Decision support needs will set the priorities for integrated products and help to define and address data management issues associated with the integrated products.

Data analysis will draw on and promote further advances in data-processing automation, data visualization techniques, and web-based data delivery mechanisms. Activities under this objective include:

1. Create a link on the website where decision makers can search for, locate, and link to the local data and information products identified by the other working groups of the government as potentially being of significant use to them.

2. Develop a prototype of the provision of support services for decision support systems. Provide an initial operational capability that interfaces one or more data systems to one or more decision support systems.

3. Implement procedures to solicit climate information requirements from regions, sectors, and users who are using climate projections for management and policy decisions.

a. Application of data products and information.

The emphasis on regional data, modeling, and decision support activities is increasing. Regional data products that can provide up-to-date information on local government conditions to decision makers -- and, if appropriate, allow an interactive "if..., then..." situation -- must be anchored in considerations of input and process uncertainties and outcome accuracies. Decision support services must provide information about uncertainty to be of maximum utility to decision makers. This objective includes:

1. Improve access to natural / potential resources/ conditions data and information for addressing regional concerns and issues

2. Provide geo-referenced and spatially and temporally averaged socioeconomic data products for integrated studies

3. Continually improve and clearly articulate the accuracy of regional data.

b. Harness emerging technologies.

Local Government needs to take advantage of emerging information systems such as Digital Libraries (DL). DL is a paradigm for investment by several agencies that has the potential of becoming the world's most vital environment for discourse and resources promoting excellence in business and education. Data management could be greatly informed and enabled by the DL technology. The guiding principles for the development of DL are to provide a spectrum of interoperability, to provide one library with many portals, and to leverage the energy and achievements of others. DL's effort will focus on building a comprehensive library of digital resources and this effort will enhance the successful implementation of the local government resources.

Goal 4: Preserve data.

a. Enhance the data management infrastructure.

Telecommunications bandwidth capacity must be adequate to accommodate the movement of these larger data volumes as they progress through an information cycle including measurements, distributed scientific analyses, business models, predictions, decision support tools, assessments, and policy and management decisions. Increased levels of bandwidth will become available through government research, development, and funding; commercial availability and acquisition; and nonprofit sector partnering. It is important to keep in mind that the evolutionary realization of this vitally-needed infrastructure must be continually planned. Another critical area requiring enhancement is the development of new technologies for storage of large volumes of data and information.

b. Preserve historical records.

At the same time, many important heritage datasets face a growing risk of loss due to deterioration of paper records, obsolescence of electronic media and associated hardware and software, and the gradual loss of experienced personnel. We look to these historical records, from which we can derive long-term trends, to help provide the missing pieces of the overall puzzle. The primary focus under this objective will be to identify and rescue data that are at risk of being lost due to media deterioration, poor accessibility, or limited distribution

The Works:

This proposal is to support establishment of Information/Resource Centers in districts to promote dissemination of public information.

Specific objectives:

• Enhance collaboration among districts by building standard-integrated information system to manage information resources and collections.
• Promote free flaw of public information in local government / districts
• Increase assess to public information for internal and external community to support local development and businesses;
• Provide newly establish information specialists with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to perform their duties effectively;
• Informational support of decision- making process in each districts/municipalities

What will information centers do?

1. Disseminate public information

2. Produce leaflets, brochures etc. on various issues local population is interested in local and national languages.

3. Building collections based on documents, publication materials and its related form according the local needs.

4. Support decision making process in districts/municipalities by providing them with quality information

5. Run public surveys, opinion polls etc.

6. Support co-operation between LG bodies and local population

7. Approach various donors and provide information about their activities to local interested groups.

Activities to support establishment and functioning Information/Resource Center:

To fulfill above mentioned objectives the following activities will be undertaken:

1. Supporting establishment of I/RC

2. Capacity building by providing trainings for I/RC staff

3. Orientation workshops for local government members

4. Consultation and monitoring I/RC activities

5. Developing operational manual for I/RC

First steps to keep the purpose plan run in efficient and effective manner:

1. For information system dbase and framework: Set local knowledge and information needs assessment to build scenario for knowledge/information sharing in term knowledge accumulation and creation anticipation to preferred alternative which is closed to elusive alternative (long-term goal).

2. For collection building: Identify local knowledge/traditional knowledge which include traditional institution, traditional technology, educational institution, religious institution, grass-root initiatives and institution, local political institution, local business etc.

Collaboration Missions

We should urges national, regional and local governments as well as international organizations to :

1. Invest in library and information services as vital elements of information society strategies, policies and budgets.

2. Promote open access to information and recognize the importance of information literacy and vigorously support for strategies to create literate and skilled populace which can advance and benefit from the global information society.

Glossary:

Collection—gathering data from a range of sources, including observing systems and field research

Investigations.

Ingestion—receiving data at data centers and processing it for entry into the archives.

Quality control—determining the reliability of data received.

Archiving and maintenance—standardizing formats, and establishing databases and security at repository centers.

Rescue and conversion—identifying and reformatting historical data for placement into the archives.

Access and distribution—making data and information products available to end users.

Modeling—using data in numerical computer models to describe systems, theories, and phenomena related to natural processes.

Assimilation and data fusion—assembling and blending data, and combining them with models in optimal ways for operational and research purposes.

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As part of my job, am also making newsletter for some institutions ..
here's the samples ..

Uni Apro Telco 1
Uni Apro Telco 2
Uni Apro Telco 3

Management 1
Communications tips 1
Information News 1

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This training materials I have created and used for "How to create clear Report Writing".
The training was given to Indosat employees during 2002.

Length of training is 3 days (24 hours) including games and exercise.
Participant for each class max 24 students, min 20 students.


1. Modul and Description
2. Cover
3. Content
4. How To Make a Research Report
5. Effective Report
6. Report Writing Format
7. Organising Materials
8. Proposal Report
9. Evaluation Form

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Here are detailed articles I uploaded for SulawesiGis project with CLGI.
The contents also can be found in my project wip sites.

All files are in Words format.

Front
Page "Front" contains of main articles which have to be put in front of each menu.

Overview (en) (in): contains overall information about Sulawesi.
Home (en) (in): a welcome page for every body and an explanation about sites
Request (en) (in): covers request data forms
Metadata (en) (in): covers all references used to build the content

Themes
Themes contains of main articles for sub-menu in Themes Path.

Economic (en) (in): contains information about Sulawesi's economic conditions.
Government (en) (in): information about power holders in Sulawesi from its early kingdoms and the colonial era until the present.

Social (en) (in): covers Sulawesi social conditions including poverty, health, and educations.
Environment (en) (in): covers Sulawesi's biodiversity as overall.
Donor (en) (in): This is an opening page informs about projects' activities in Sulawesi and their donors.

Sub Themes
Poverty Page (en) (in): Article about poverty for main menu.
MDG Page (en) (in): Article about Millennium Development Goals for main menu.

Front Technical
this page contains supplement article of "Front" pages
Disclaimer notice: statement of website's copy rights.
GIS information (en) (in): this is glossary that defines meaning and purpose of GIS.
Technical Information (en) (in) : technical information that helps users to open and use the maps

Supplement Articles
These articles contain glossaries and deep understanding and or specific information about terms related to “themes” and “front” article. They are needed to build feature: "do you know" and "games", as well as a references tools for users to understand the content.


Specific Information

Education (en) (in)- education in Sulawesi –

Environment - babi rusa (en) (in) - dugong (en) (in) - anoa (en) (in) – rangkong/R.Cassidix (en) (in)- civet (en) (in)- macaque (en) (in)- maleo (en) (in)- raja laut(en) (in)- tarsus (en) (in)- wallace (en) (in)

People (en) (in)- Watu Pinawetengan (en) (in)- waruga (en) (in)- bugis kingdom (en) (in)- toraja (en) (in) - Megalith (en) (in) - history of people (en) (in) - rivalty (en) (in)- family life (en) (in)- language (en) (in) - great seafarer(en) (in)

Social - Poverty Geography - syariah village (en) (in)- conflict (en) (in)- reducing poverty (en) (in)- poverty - poverty mapping - history (en) (in) - kwashiorkor (en) (in)



Glossary
Education- 9years compulsory education (en) (in)- NER (en) (in) -

Economy – maize (en) (in)

Environment - ecoregion (en) (in) - natural environment (en) (in) - wallace line (en) (in) – watershed (en) (in) – global200 (en) (in)

People - animism

Social - poverty map - grdp (en) (in) - hdi (en) (in) - hpi (en) (in) - poor/poverty

Manual
Manual Map (en) (in)
Manual Attributes Queries (en) (in)

Information Architecture Scheme

Report Status

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