71 Articles match "Facilitation","Help","Wiki"

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Thursday, July 29, 2010
People like to help. . Helping others gives them a sense of autonomy and choice, which is a reward to the brain. Also, in comments on my previous post, Sarah Stewart asked about facilitation as a blogging strategy, thinking about using a blog to facilitate conversations: You. decribe all these functions you have listed?
 
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
We used a wiki and conference calls to check in as a group.  There You can dig deeper into the details over at the wiki as each participant shared a one-page “lab report.&#   The experiments were very focused initial forays into social media.  Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. There was also one-on-one coaching.   I
 
Sunday, April 4, 2010
The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months.  Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another.  I said yes. Photo by James Leventhal.
 

The Best from the Nonprofit Technology Community

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.
put a question on Twitter, " What are your best Wiki adoption tips? But, I'd love to see a range of examples that de-construct the development of a wiki in a nonprofit setting. It really helped you understand the inner workings of the collaborative construction of content on Wikipedia. Screenshot of podcamp Wiki.
I've mostly used wikis as a personal portfolio and have participated in community or collaborative wikis facilitated by others. I've been a participant in design discussions about wiki projects, but never the main architect. I'm also looking at Andy Robert's thoughts on Wikis and Nancy White's Wiki basics and key links.
What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) Its success can distort understanding of what makes a wiki work. After all, if Wikipedia could succeed as a collaborative documentation of well, everything, isn't your specific wiki bound to thrive as well? But wikis are a very specific tool.
different volunteer will facilitate each month, and watch for resources that we can then post to the website. [.] We'll be talking more about how this group can contribute as part of the ongoing dialogue as we definitely want to help accelerate the population of certain high-value areas. dig it!
am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit.  Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki.  It is time for the community to write the Hollywood ending ! But we didn't stop there. 
A couple weeks ago I asked you and the Have Fun * Do Good Facebook group for suggestions for Changebloggers, people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. Should it be virtual, or in person?
quot; For me, live blogging notes from conferences and other gatherings helps me think through my fingers about what is being said in the room (and helps me retain it and share it with others (usually via my blog.) Wikis can also be used in the pre-planning or organizing some of the social events. or furl.
This is part of series of reflections on what I've learned about working wikily through working on NTEN's  WeAreMedia wiki - not so much the content, but the community curriculum development and knowledge sharing process.   Where "responsible" community members and the wiki gardener (me) will add.  Flickr Photo by Key Lime Pie.
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. For more information about Stanford's Social Entrepreneurship in the Bay Area spring break, check out their wiki and blog.