Regional Knowledge Leaders
From Regional Knowledge Resource Kit
Who are the Regional Knowledge Leaders?
Representatives from 38 of Australia's 56 regional NRM bodies have been trained as Regional Knowledge Leaders, as well as a number of representatives from Australia's Rural R&D Corporations and other similar NRM and R&D organisations that work with regional NRM bodies. The Regional Knowledge Leaders have been trained in ten workshops held across Australia between March and June 2008.
Two earlier workshops also trained a range of people who work with regional NRM bodies at a State/Territory level, including Australian Government NRM Facilitators, State agency officers, and State regional NRM support organisations.
Click here for a list of current Regional Knowledge Leaders, also called RKRK 'Users', and their contact details. Also included are the consultants and officers who were involved in the development and delivery of the Regional Knowledge Leaders training.
What can the Leaders do?
The Regional Knowledge Leaders training covered:
- Understanding information and knowledge - what are the differences between them, how to work with them in a regional NRM context.
- How to facilitate the 5-stage Regional Knowledge Strategy process.
- Experiential learning of the special facilitation techniques used in the Regional Knowledge Strategy development process, including 'anecdote circles' (Stage 3 of the process) and 'sensemaking' (part of Stage 4 of the process).
- How to edit the RKRK wiki and become part of the Friends of the Regional Knowledge Resource Kit.
- Introduction to the NRM Toolbar.
How is the RKRK edited?
The Regional Knowledge Resource Kit (RKRK) has been developed as a 'wiki' website. Only Regional Knowledge Leaders and the consultants and officers who were involved in the development of the RKRK are able to edit this wiki. A wiki is a collaborative website that can be edited by anyone who has access to it. Editing pages works the same as it does in Wikipedia. There is also a help page within this wiki and a more detailed users guide available to members of the Friends of the Regional Knowledge Resource Kit Yahoo! Group.
