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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.

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Workshop at BAVC

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The wiki for the workshop is here. The questions articulated by participants at the beginning were excellent and have given some good ideas for future posts. I did a version of the social media game that focuses on strategy, adoption, and selection of tools.

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How can we prepare organizational leaders to work in a networked world?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This value network, or web of formal and informal relationships that must be managed, is the third level of network a leader needs to understand and articulate. Social media in its many forms – blogs, Twitter, social networking sites, wikis, etc. – can strengthen existing networks as well as stimulate new networks.

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Power and Light: Transparency and Effectiveness in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foundation Center President Bradford Smith started off with a very clear articulation about why transparency is important. An example of the last point, is the Packard OE Wiki that has been dubbed “Public Learning.” Required for foundations, the right thing to do. Can increase effectiveness of the work.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake. Managing intellectual capital usually includes the development of wikis, communities of practice, expertise databases, and other repositories of all sorts… but let’s pause here and not get ahead of ourselves (trust me, it’s easy to do!)

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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Online Communications that Don't Suck

NTEN

Given our multiple team members, we use a wiki as an easy-to-use online collaborative space, where we keep a calendar of upcoming blog topics and draft blog posts. The wiki helps us avoid version control issues and allows us to keep a history of changes by author. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it.