• DocumentCode
    2302198
  • Title

    Community of practice mediated by Internet: The case of Philanthropy-Quebec

  • Author

    Plaisent, Michel ; Maguiraga, Lassana ; Bernard, Prosper ; Favreau, Sylvain ; Mercier, Diane

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Manage. & Technol., Univ. of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-18 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    145
  • Lastpage
    148
  • Abstract
    This communication reports on an experiment to create and maintain a community of practices in the sector of philanthropy. After defining such communities, and recalling its advantages, the paper describes how internet can support these communities and illustrates this point of view with the presentation of a real case, running for two years in Canada.
  • Keywords
    Internet; social aspects of automation; Internet; philanthropy sector; practice mediated community; Blogs; Collaboration; Communities; Internet; LinkedIn; Organizations; community; digital tools; internet; philanthropy; social media; virtual;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Information and Communication Technology and it's Applications (DICTAP), 2012 Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangkok
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DICTAP.2012.6215340
  • Filename
    6215340