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Ron DonaldsonSenior Knowledge Ecologist, English Nature |
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 /VIEW-IMAGE/$File/view-image.png "Image information"){kind=small} I am most interested in how a sense of belonging emerges, not just in relation to a community but, just as importantly,in connectedness with nature and place. I personally find my own sense of belonging strongest with friends in traditional pubs drinking traditional ales, camping with the family where there are rock pools and fossil-rich cliffs (especially around Whitby), and in old churches, cathedrals and archaeological sites. Born in 1957 to a father who was the last of at least seven generations of Donaldsons to build ships on Wearside in the north-east of England. I studied Ecology and Geology to degree level in Sunderland, my hometown. The newsagent said he would keep my paper job open - so I still have fallback position. I then spent 20 years in Civil Service IT and Information Systems before seeing the light on an interviewing course when the trainer noticed I was asking questions in binary. I now spend my time facilitating story circles, speaking at conferences and seeding multiple attractors as events, ideas and stories in order to create the conditions (trust, friendship and a sense of belonging) necessary for knowledge sharing to flourish.
Download  Making Knowledge Work Conference Materials, May 2005Making Knowledge Work, May 2005 Past Event  Communities of Practice in the Public Sector and NGOs   23 May 2003, Unicom Seminars Kensington Close Hotel, London, United Kingdom Communities of Practice in Action II 25 Feb 2004, UNICOM Seminars Kensington Close Hotel, London, United Kingdom The European Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Forum 19 - 20 Sep 2007, Osney Media London, United Kingdom Person  Ron Donaldson Senior Knowledge Ecologist, English Nature
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