AALEP'S COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP) AND WHY WE NEED YOU?

A community of practice is a group of people who come together to share and learn from one another face-to-face or virtually. They are held together by a common interest in a body of knowledge and are driven by a desire and need to share problems, experiences, insights, templates, tools and best practices. Members deepen their knowledge by interacting on an ongoing basis. This interaction leads to continuous learning and innovation.

Our Objective

To enable colleagues in government relations/public policy advocacy/public affairs to learn from one another through the sharing of issues, ideas, lessons learned, problems and their solutions, research findings and other relevant aspects of the members’ interest.

Our Mission and Outcome

1. Developing Knowledge ( Develop and Manage Good Practice, Build Organizational Competence);
2. Developing and Managing Materials (Tools, Guidelines, Templates);
3. Connecting People Across Boundaries (Who knows what);
4. Sharing Ideas and Insights (Sharing Complex Ideas and Insights, Helping each other solve problems and find innovation)

Our 5 Stage Process

1. Connection (Finding one another) We need you!
2. Building Stage (Learning about each other, Sharing experience and knowledge, Building common vocabulary, Creating roles and norms)
3. Engaging Stage (Accessing and Learning)
4. Active Stage (Collaboration)
5. Adaptive Stage (Members working together advance the knowledge and even the definition of our profession)

Why do people join a COP ?

1. Common Interest/Advancing the Profession 50%
2. Tangible Results (Useful information, Specific Answer, Personal Gain): 26%
3. Intangible Returns (Enjoyment, Learning, Reputation): 24%

Thank you for helping us develop a COP in the field government relations/public policy advocacy/public affairs. We can't do it without you! and beside

AALEP's COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP IS FREE!!!!!