He correctly points out that wikis save every edit, allowing for easy recovery and collaboration. There are times - particularly when I'm working on an article with an editor - that the granular Track Changes readout fits the bill better than a wiki's revision history, because I'm interested in seeing every small grammatical correction. But, for the bulk of writing that I do now, which is intended for sharing on the web, Wikis put Word to shame. An award-winning friend of mine at NTEN referred me to this article , by Jeremy Reimer , suggesting that Word, the ubiquitous Microsoft text manipulation application, has gone the way of the dinosaur.

There was a really useful discussion thread on the NTEN list for requests about wiki software and summarized on the blog . I contributed my two cents about wiki adoption off the top of my head and Rob did a great summary of my advice and also from others -- so I'm posting here for the next time I want to think about wiki adoption. Wikis are good for creating a knowledge base or encyclopedia I love the slideshow from the good folks from Atlassian Software www.atlassian.com . It gives me another opportunity to thank Jeffrey S.

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. With over 35 sections on different types of software systems, and many people volunteering to review, we knew it could be a versioning nightmare if we were just emailing around Word docs with comments. I, like most nonprofit staffers I imagine, both love my job and always have a mountain of work to get through.

That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing.  Most importantly, we need to update the wiki: [link] . We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that If you plan to work on a section of the wiki, please Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season.  It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US.

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. The use of wikis for communities of practice, behind the firewall, to support project teams, to reduce email, or whatever is becoming more common. Photo by Mushon I I

In early May, I wrote a post asking all of you for suggestions for "changebloggers," people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, to build community, and/or to facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. Changeblogger wiki to list your changeblog, podcast or vlog (set up by SocialButterfly ). Since then, a number of different changeblogger tools, communites and events have been created which I encourage you to join, and to invite others to join: 1. Changeblogger Ning social network to connect with other

In May, I wrote a post asking 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. wiki, Twitter, face-to-face meetups, online meetups, etc.). SocialButterfly has Your responses resulted in a long list of Changebloggers and lots of suggestions for how we can connect (i.e. Hooray!

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

The online facilitation list recently had a thread about choosing wikis. The work of the editors is done on a wiki. So, I went poking around the wiki and I discovered this wonderful exercise she created to get people comfortable. I'm also reminded of Andy Robert's wiki on wiki facilitation Origina l photo CC by license in Flickr User Start Cooking The discussion included some pointers to the tools as well as some clarifying questions.