Capture ECF list learning

Details: How do we capture learning from the ECF email list?

How to capture learning in a form that’s more accessible?

Ways people use the list info:

• filter to specific mailbox
• scan and delete material don’t feel likely to use
• retain things that might be useful, often without reading, but then hard to find stuff again afterwards
• use to shortcut long business processes - persuade internal stakeholders with evidence from others in the sector
• excellent, fast learning

Too much stuff to go back through? More productive to look forward and set up new systems to manage the new information as it comes in.

• Annotated, tagged links to recommended suppliers, research, articles etc
• Regular summary blog – would be useful for the ‘light users’ and allow easy sharing with off list colleagues
• Blogposts reviewing learning against a question posed – get the ‘beneficiary’ to write up as a thank you. Hopefully get them to also report back on how they used the information, and their own experience.
• benchmarking around budgets, projects eg process and budget for CMS implementation or tender. Perhaps run an anonymnous survey to collect case studies and write up as blog post.

Session convener: Jess Day