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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

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A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. Typical wiki communities are work groups within a company, educators and students, and hobbyists. Begin by identifying what your community needs and articulate what the purpose of your wiki is.

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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. But what's even better is that this wasn't an isolated training, it was part of an new online community called Engage365 which runs on a platform called " Conference 2.0 ".

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Connecting with Your Community

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The biggest advantage that social media can give your organizations is the ability to build networks of constituents, community, and followers without borders and limitations. For a great example of a Wikispaces wiki used for social media action, check out We Are Media. And, Common Craft has a great breakdown of just how wikis work.