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How your work gets richer with Social Media: the case of “Millions Fed”

Submitted by ICT-KM on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:11

Antonella’s post on the experience of the CGIAR at COP 15 documented how social media helps your communication efforts.
Key message: if you want your work to reach wider audiences, to get enriched by their contributions and to be as visible as possible- You can’t go wrong with social media; something the ICT-KM Program has been actively promoting for a while now. And there’s a battery of tools out there that can help you get the job done. But you need to use them in a smart way….

Looking Behind the Africa Trial Sites Network

Submitted by ICT-KM on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:59

While Asia and Latin America have benefitted from the Green Revolution, agricultural yields in Africa have increased little over the last half century. This gap is due, in part, to the current state of African research systems. Improved systems will lead to increased yields, a solution that African governments and donors already recognize.

Virtualization 2.0 (#2 CGIAR Strategic Technologies Series)

Submitted by ICT-KM on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 03:00

As I said when I posted the Top#1 Strategic Technology post on Storage Infrastructure a few weeks ago, a properly functioning Storage infrastructure goes hand in hand with an efficient ‘Virtual‘ environment, so it actually makes sense that the Virtualization 2.0 topic ranked #2 in the Strategic Technologies for the CGIAR in 2010.

Call for proposals for the Knowledge Share Fair in Cali, May 2010

Submitted by ICT-KM on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:21

[Post disponible en Español]
The call for proposals for the Knowledge Share Fair, to be held in Cali, Colombia, 25-27 May 2010, is now open.
Applications should be submitted in Spanish or English. In case of submissions in Spanish, we encourage you to provide an abstract in English.
Download the call for proposals:

Social media and institutional communications: the CGIAR experience at COP15

Submitted by ICT-KM on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 18:01

When I blogged about social media and agriculture at COP15 back in December, the adventure of the CGIAR and its partners at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen had just begun. It was an exciting time with the tag “Copenhagen” gaining the top 10 trending topics on the opening day of the Conference. In the following days, sitting in Rome and watching the #cop15 tag on Twitter was like being in the middle of the crowds demonstrating in the streets. But there was a lot going on behind the scenes and away from the TV cameras.

Google Maps, Open Source and Plotting Ongoing Research: Demonstrating Innovation

Submitted by ICT-KM on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:59

It is the perfect time to celebrate CGX 2.0’s birthday by talking about the tangible differences made by ICT-KM’s choice to shift away from proprietary technical architectures and move towards a more ample and sustainable technical landscape. This technical landscape is epitomized by what is called Enterprise 2.0, “a system of web-based technologies that provide rapid and agile collaboration, information sharing, emergence and integration capabilities in the extended enterprise” (

Agriculture Information Access Marketplace: join us in Montpellier

Submitted by ICT-KM on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 05:23

On Monday 25th April 2010, just before the official opening of the IAALD XIIIth World Conference in Montpellier, France the CIARD partners are organizing an Agriculture Information Access Marketplace: an informal, interactive event which will see the participation of a wide range of organizations, both large and small.
A fast moving forum that will allow you to share ideas and learn with exhibitors who have real experience in the challenges of the digital information world. Hands-on trainings will also be held.

Happy 1st birthday, CGX 2.0!

Submitted by ICT-KM on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 18:01

On February 16, 2009, we activated the Google Analytics tracking code on cgxchange.org… so today is CGX 2.0 first online birthday. We were just going into the beta phase, with a survey and consultation with users: the first official announcement went out on March 23…
To celebrate and reflect on the first year of life of CGXchange reborn, here’s a quick summary of last year’s highlights:

Empowering the new CGIAR

Submitted by ICT-KM on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 08:52

The selection of a new board is the latest step in the CGIAR Change Management Initiative. The CGIAR is renewing …and with this renewal comes a new way of doing business.
Shared services, joint positions, distributed teams, 24/7 coverage, regional hubs, Megaprograms…. all new terminology, all new ways of doing business.
If we are serious about doing things differently and doing them well, we need to ensure we embrace the innovations in technologies and media that can support these new processes.

Problems opening the CGIAR Research map?

Submitted by ICT-KM on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 04:27

When opening the CGIAR Research map , if you use Internet Explorer 7 you may be experiencing….

How do I fix this problem?
You may use another browser (Firefox, Chrome) or upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.
This problem no longer occurs in Internet Explorer 8.
To upgrade to Internet Explorer 8, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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