Community of Practice
Connect your members, experts
and professionals to share knowledge and learn

What is a Community of Practice?
A Community of PracticeΒ (CoP) is aimed at knowledge sharing and creating learning opportunities within a group of professionals or experts.
This type of community makes it possible for members to share expert insights, explore new markets or opportunities, build networks, collaborate online or on-location and improve their professional skills.
Typical types of organizations
- Associations
- Large corporations
- Government bodies
- Multi-stakeholder initiatives
Typical types of members
- Professionals
- Academics and researchers
- Government employees
- Project stakeholders
Learn from some great examples
Read the success story of these Open Social Communities of Practice.
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Connecting UNDP stakeholders
SparkBlue creates seamless connection, dialogue, and ideation across all UNDP platforms to allow internal and external communication between thousands of UNDP stakeholders.

Making funding data more transparent
The International Aid Transparency Initiative is an online hub where Communities of Practice can explore data, exchange knowledge, build new networks and connect with a multitude of IATI stakeholders.



Pick the perfect solution for our community
Discover the key elements you should focus on when choosing an online community software solution to suite your member needsΒ andΒ organizational goals.
Find 9 key questions for picking the perfect online community software in our free Community Software Buying Guide.
The unique advantages of an online community
Open Social specializes in creating engaging online community platforms. We tailor every platform to the unique needs of each client, making sure we help you reach your goal.
Our software is highly flexible and customizable to suit your unique community needs. The core product has features that help you to:
- Create lasting connections
- Organize online and on-location events
- Activate and engage members
- Drive ideation and content co-creation
- Share ideas, knowledge and expertise
- ... and more! Check out all features here


That’s not all!
Add extra power with extensions
With Open Social, you’re able to extend your core platform with extensions. Empower your community to connect,Β collaborate, and learn.

Real-time Collaboration
Work together on the same content at the same time with track-changes

Dashboard
Get an at-a-glance overview of activities, content streams and community information.
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