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Where do knowledge
brokers come from?
DR. BRONWYNNE WILTON AND DR. ANNE BERGEN
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION FORUM JUNE 9-10, 2014
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Getting started
What kind of person would be LEAST
suited to be a knowledge broker?
What skills would this person be
missing?
How would they practice knowledge
brokering?
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Who are knowledge brokers? 3
Intermediaries
Individuals & Organizations
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Who are knowledge brokers? 4
Boundary workers
Part of multiple worlds
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Who are knowledge brokers? 5
Bridge scientists
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Who are knowledge brokers? 6
(Policy) advisors &
consultants
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Who are knowledge brokers? 7
Dogma breakers?
Transactional vs. transformational work.
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Where do we come from? 8
Education
Training
Career history
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Sharing Experiences - Questions for
Discussion
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1)What is your disciplinary background?
2)How did you get into KMb?
3)What element of your training helps you the most
in your work (e.g., skills)
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Some Challenges 10
• Short-term contracts
• Lack of job mobility (within institution)
• Isolation - lack of colleagues (within institution)
• Unclear roles
• Unclear key competencies
• Hard to define success
See Lightowler & Knight, 2013
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Sharing Experiences - Question for
Discussion
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What is your biggest challenge on a day-
to-day basis?
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Some Key Competencies 12
• Facilitating, convening,
and hosting
• Planning and scoping
• Synthesizing, curating,
and summarizing
+ Curiosity!!
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Sharing Ideas- Question for
Discussion
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What skills would you like to build for
your own KMb practice?
What would you include in a KMb
(graduate) training program?