The Association Social Media Wiki is up and buzzing again! It's a wiki - so add yourself, if you work for an association and you guys undertake any kind of activity in the social space - social networks, wikis, podcasts, blogs, videos, photosharing, anything! Super kudos to Lindy Dreyer , who revamped the whole site AND created a super fresh video on the main page to help walk you through how to add yourself to the wiki. I am so excited. Check out all these fellow associations using social media .

Heard of the Association Social Media Wiki ? (Say, We're very happy to take this on and continue to help you make this the best free resource for associations looking for help with social media. Tags: associations social media wiki Say, Why yes, Maddie, I have! even if you haven't...haha).

About an hour ago I noticed a Tweet from Andy Carvin, NPR's Social Media Guru and social media disaster volunteer coordinator: Please retweet: Online volunteers needed to help prep for Hurricane Ida, updating HurricaneWiki.org, etc: http://bit.ly/2lPQkr Most importantly, we need to update the wiki: http://hurricanewiki.org . We Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season.  That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. 

Now, for the next tool of my affection: wikis . A couple of months ago Laura Quinn, our Executive Director, asked me look into using a wiki to help with version control when having people review our upcoming Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits: Fundraising, Outreach, and Communications. I did a little bit of research first, reading Peter Campbell's post on how wikis are becoming more relevant than (gasp!) I, like most nonprofit staffers I imagine, both love my job and always have a mountain of work to get through. So, with that in mind, I am always looking

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. The materials would be used for face-to-face workshops where adult learners there would use the wiki as a resource - and perhaps add to it. I have a project coming up where I'm thinking through a collaborative design for say - curriculum development, a repository for existing instructional materials,and to leverage knowledge from a group

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. really helped you understand the inner workings of the collaborative The use of wikis for communities Photo by Mushon I I

I fear they’ll come out in no particular order, but you’re invited to help me knock this into shape by commenting below. I’ll also set up a wiki ( Update: here’s the link ). Right, need to set up that wiki… I thought it was about time to re-visit the role of the “buzz director” - flesh out the role I first floated last October. This is especially urgent given that much of the action is now taking place away from your own (increasingly irrelevant ) website, ‘out there’, in social networks and online

The goal of this wiki is to provide a source for strategies and tools in the social media sphere specifically for NONPROFITS. Building the curriculum in a networked way on a wiki and offering it through a creative commons license will allow nonprofit practitioners to share ideas and avoid duplication. We Are Media will: * Pull together a wide variety of individuals who will collectively help contribute ideas and pointers to content that is meaningful to the nonprofit leaders and staffers who are charged with integrating social media into their communications strategy

thought about that story when I saw Dave Cormier's Connectivism Wiki or MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses). The philosophy is: I'd suggest we follow the ADD DON'T TAKE AWAY model of wiki building. Just disagreeable topic with your opinion. So, I asked Dave via Twitter " Wow do you build a giving culture on a wiki?" If you have kids, you probably also read bedtime stories to them. In our house, we've read everything from Horton Hears a Who to Good Night Moon.

Danny Horn from the Muppet Wiki left a very valuable comment on my wiki post . He shares some tips about building wiki communities. Thanks Danny! Hi Beth: I'm one of the founders of Muppet Wiki, and I think I can answer some some of those questions about how wiki communities magically happen. The most important thing, which a lot of people don't recognize, is that you have have to treat your contributors like they're people.