What a pleasant surprise to see an article that featured Social Media Tools for Work and Learning in the Mobilize This Blog. The Mobilize This site is a blog resting in the Research Impact Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University.

ResearchImpact, Canada’s emerging knowledge mobilization network, is designed to support the active, two-way exchange of information and expertise between knowledge creators and knowledge users.

The title of the article is “Items of Interest to Ontario Community Groups and Especially those in York Region – Help with Social Media and Access to Infrastructure $$$. whee, quite the title….

It feels good to receive recognition and support from such a well known learning institution. Knowledge mobilization is such a fundamental aspect of the work I’ve been doing with non profits in York Region.I didn’t really think much about it when we were working on our York Region  “learning community” projects.

I believe my project with Street Kids International was the first one for the KM unit at York University. This experience with the KM Unit was so positive for us. We didn’t get bogged down with the usual slow responses or lost in the bureaucratic maze.

In my community work I’ve come to appreciate how social media strategies and tools can bring great results. These results can be the creation of new knowledge (better tools), finding more efficient ways to work collaboratively to address complex community problems and most importantly build stronger relationships between diverse with disconnected practitioners and those that use their services.

I’m looking forward to participating in the upcoming workshop “What’s the Point of 2.0″. I hope that my work in York Region might answer some of that question.

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