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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

Decide what software to use for your wiki — consider the Wikispaces software available to eligible organizations through TechSoup. The idea came from NetSquared community organizers who were eager to share their best practices and experiences and saw a wiki as the ideal platform. The Online Community and Social Media Team Wiki.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. I blogged about the content last week.

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The Horizon Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The overall intent of the Horizon Project is to demonstrate the exciting benefits of a global connected learning experience. Social Networking. The Horizon Project Wikispace is where teams of students and teachers from around the globe working on action learning experiments using these emerging technologies.

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It is difficult to let go of the old ways. from powerpoint to wikitation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" The description is: Public broadcasting isn't the only industry that's exploring the role of social media in their work. at an amazing pace, and some of their experiences can serve as valuable lessons for what we may want to develop as well. Community groups, nonprofits and other entities are embracing Web 2.0 old ways???

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Critical Friends and A Reflection Process for Working Wikily

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

wondering if i might poke my nose into this knowledge building experiment. currently very curious about the interplay of blog (as socially contructed time based creatures) and wikis (which. He brings the lens of experience of a community building process for a new media curriculum. Some Learnings on Practice.

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Tagged Again. Media Consumption.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wiki: I love wikispaces, but also use mediawiki, socialtext, and pbwiki. Too many others and because I'm being lazy, I'll point you over to Social Source Commons and you can find my toolbox. I'm addicted to Nova, American Experience, Globe Trekker, and whatever else is on PBS. Bookmarks: del.icio.us and magnolia.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. The media here IS the service. So how do we propose to pay for it?