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Free Webinar: Collaborate with Wikis

Tech Soup

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks. Tags: Event Online Seminar Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Attention Nonprofit Wiki Users: Let's Desconstruct Your Wiki!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I 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. Perhaps you most likely remember this amazing deconstruction by John Udell of the Wikipedia entry on ??? Screenshot of podcamp Wiki.

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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. Here are five tips from some of the best in the non-profit business."

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. If the Wikipedia community can build Wikipedia with the smallest handful of grant dollars and paid staff, what could the AIDs community do if it embraced these tools? Citizen journalism. Google Maps.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! public information???