Systems 'Center of Excellence' growth
A Systems Center of Excellence model scaled from 5 to more than 500 monthly attendees by using regular meetings to connect siloed teams and apply AI to workflows — a rapid expansion case study for knowledge sharing. That kind of scaling suggests repeatable formats (monthly demos, chase‑ups) work better than ad hoc sessions. (x.com)
The Knowledge Jar’s public Meetup page lists roughly 4,000 active community members and documents monthly meeting attendance in the 200–500+ range. (meetup.com) Meetup event history shows recurring online sessions across October 2024 with multiple listed past events, indicating a sustained monthly cadence rather than one‑off meetups. (meetup.com) The platform’s newsletter frames its mission as “connecting learners and professionals to AI education and knowledge sharing,” positioning the community as a curated training and demo pipeline. (theknowledgejar.beehiiv.com) A separate channel publishes short-form lessons three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) on YouTube, reinforcing the community’s high-frequency content cadence. (youtube.com) Official business records show THE KNOWLEDGE JAR LLC was incorporated in Texas on November 18, 2022, and a Nextdoor profile reiterates the initiative was launched in 2022 as a system‑wide knowledge effort. (texas-biz.com) Membership infrastructure requires login through a hosted Circle community and a dedicated members page on the organization’s site, signaling deliberate investment in platformized knowledge capture and follow‑up workflows. (login.circle.so)
