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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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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0.

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Open Source Strategic Planning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After lunch, conference participants got to to choose two presenters to spend an hour with in a small group to ask questions and deepened the learning. ” While Wikipedia is the fifth most visited web site, its budget and staff is relatively small and it relies on 100,000 contributors across the world to create and edit content.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. What Is Web 2.0? Google Maps. Podcasting.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. I'm live blogging the conference sessions which are being conducted in Romanian. Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Requires sustained effort.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. 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. Direct Content. Social Media in Disaster Response.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

They also happen face to face at the NTC and other conferences. A wiki is a great low-cost solution if your community is comfortable with it technically. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy. The tag points to individual resources, but is that knowledge? That’s where curation comes in to lend a helping hand.