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Launching the Global Scale wiki: Learn and share about scaling up!

Amy Sample Ward

Introducing the Global Scale wiki! That’s what led us to start the Global Scale wiki, and we hope that you’ll join us… With this wiki, we are aiming to create a resource for NGO practitioners where guidelines, lessons learned, tips, links and other help for ‘scaling up’ effective programs can be found.

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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.

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A Wiki Tribute to Stephanie McAuliffe

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post is my personal tribute – and a request to send her some good wishes on the Stephanie McAuliffe Wiki. As the Human Resources director, Stephanie managed all Human Resources functions including payroll, benefits, compensation, and employee relations. Stephanie McAuliffe joined the Foundation in 1998.

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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most importantly, we need to update the wiki: [link]. We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that there are resources collected for Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. If you plan to work on a section of the wiki, please let us know which one. Tags: wiki.

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Wikis for Curriculum Development and Instructional Materials

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Her audience is new to wikis, so this is an excellent example of a way to scaffold to comfort levels.

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TechSoup Community Team Wiki Launch

Tech Soup

TechSoup exists not only to provide nonprofits with technology, but also to connect them to the resources they need to use it. We're excited to announce a brand new window into what we do and what we're discovering with the launch of our Community Team Wiki. Tell us what you think of the new wiki in the comments!

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Announcing ImpactRising.Org: Organizational Capacity Building Resource for Nonprofits and Consultants

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Designed to support social sector organizations and consultants with tools and resources to get ready for engagement in capacity-building projects, ImpactRising.org aims to help make the consulting sector stronger. In that spirit, I’m excited to introduce ImpactRising.org as a resource to nonprofits and the consultants they work with.