Resource Kit
Introduction to CoPs
Benefits of a CoP
Members, organizations, and the public health community can benefit from working together in a CoP. Benefits to each group include:
Members
Continual learning/ professional development
Access to expertise
Improved communication with peers
Increased productivity and quality of work
Networking for keeping current in field
Sense of professional identity
Enhanced professional reputation
Organizations
Reduced time/cost to retrieve information
Reduced learning curves
Knowledge sharing and distribution
Coordination, standardization, and synergies across organizational units
Reduced rework and reinvention
Innovation
Benchmarking against industry standards
Alliance building
Public Health
Consistent communication and reporting
Improved analytic capability
Promotion of standards
Support and promotion of key national initiatives
Advancement of domain-specific capabilities
Linking of geographically dispersed practitioners
Increased government efficiency
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