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Wikis for Nonprofits:Could a Wiki Help Your Organization?
Julie Spriggs
You are asked to do more with less.
© Dave Belfer-Shevett ([email protected])
Your mission is engaging, and exhausting.
The amount to do can be overwhelming. The amount to do can be overwhelming.
http://flickr.com/photos/zen/1121085610/
But you want to do it to make a greater impact.
Image courtesy: Kraus-Fitch Architects http://www.krausfitch.com/
A wiki can help.
Nils Peterson
Wikis are easy to use, often free, and allow collaboration, knowledge retention,
search, and real-time centralization of information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Here is how a wiki works.
http://blip.tv/file/get/Leelefever-WikisInPlainEnglish801.wmv
A wiki is distinct from other commonly used communication and collaboration
tools.
Collaboration on complex documents and finding the right version of a document can be
difficult. Wikis can facilitate this.
Courtesy "Intellipedians" US Intelligence Community
Ideas and plans are hidden in dispersed email inboxes.
Wikis allow groups to coordinate and centralize.
Copyright © 2008, Valdis Krebs http://orgnet.com/email.html
Whiteboard ideas get lost. Wikis help you retain, organize, and then find all those great
thoughts.
flickr.com/photos/lisamac/293093751
Project management systems can be complex and costly.
Wikis can be free, flexible, and easy to learn.
As well, wikis connect ideas, people, data
and build community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community
You can use wikis for tasks critical to your organization.
example: COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT CREATION – a report
http://scpsvisioning.wikispaces.com/Board+Presentation
example: COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT CREATION – a report
example: COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT CREATION – a report
example: COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT CREATION – a report
example: COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT CREATION – how to manual
Other topics: Website development (21) ; Innovation stuff (6); Technology (5); Documentation (7); Misc (6).
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
http://np2020.wikispaces.com/
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – planning a conference
http://np2020.wikispaces.com/Conference+Notes
http://np2020.wikispaces.com/Conference+Notes
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – an event
Most current view of page
History of page
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – an event
example: PROJECT MANAGEMENT – an event
Most current view of page
History of page
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – organizational
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – organizational
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – organizational
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – organizational
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – intraorganizational for practitioners
Thoughtfarmer
example: KNOWLEDGE BASE – glossary
example: INTRANET - department
Home page
example: INTRANET - department
Calendar
example: INTRANET - department
Collaborative document creationMore annual report
example: INTRANET - department
Policies
example: INTRANET - department
Department content- Presentations
example: INTRANET- department
Content- Organization’s press releases
example: INTRANET - department
Organization archived content- Blog
example: INTRANET - department
Permissions
example: EXTRANET – organizing constituents
example: EXTRANET – organizing constituents
example: EXTRANET – disaster management
End of examples
To ensure your wiki thrives, create a platform for success.
Andreas Feininger
tip: Define the scope of the wiki and Structure itOffice of Disability Services Policies and Procedures Manual
DAWNSource “Structure, Populate, Review, Invite, Garden”: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office
tip: Scope: In-the-flow wikis may be adopted more readily.
In-the-flow wiki
Source: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office http://michaeli.typepad.com/my_weblog/page/2/
=Used during the daily flow of work to get work done For example: for project management, collaborative document creation, collaborative workspace
=Out of the daily flow of work= Capturing knowledge and insights that people collect in the course of their work.
Above-the-flow wiki
tip: Sometimes in addition to creating a structure of pages and links, you also need templates for pages.
tip: Seed it (Populate it) with content, Review it and discuss your adoption
strategy
Source “Structure, Populate, Review, Invite, Garden”: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office
tip: Seed it (Populate it) with content, Review it and discuss your adoption
strategy
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Source “Structure, Populate, Review, Invite, Garden”: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office
tip: Invite others to read and start participating.
Source “Structure, Populate, Review, Invite, Garden”: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office
tip: Garden it…and find people for key roles
Champions
Gardeners
Wiki master
Page stewards
Notifications allow a community to monitor the wiki
You are asked to do more with less.
A wiki can help.
Source: SPRIG: “Structure, Populate, Review, Invite, Garden”: Michael Idinopulos in his blog: Transparent Office
What kind of wiki
might
you want to launch?
Thanks to: Mark Topping, Alex Wilkinson, Anand Sethupathy and others at NPower NY
Bloggers: Michael Idinopulos: Transparent Office; Bill Ives, Portals and KM; Beth Kanter1, Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media; Michele Martin, The Bamboo Project, Ross Mayfield, Ross Mayfield’s Weblog; Laura Quinn, Idealware2.
Images: Dave Belfer-Shevett, Nils Peterson, Laura Fitch, Architect, Chris Rasmussen, Intellipedia, Valdis Krebs, Lisa Mac, Bluepudding, Wikipedia, flickr, Library of Congress, Colleen Lewis of Columbia ODS, wikispaces, Indiana NPower, Andreas Feininger
Screenshots and Interviews: Chris Condayan of American Society of Microbiology, Jon Stahl of ONE/Northwest, Tera Wozniak and Susan Morales-Barias of the Johnson Center, Julie Van Dore of Common Ground, Eric Skiff of clipmarks, Jeremy Wallace of picnet, Darren Gibbons of Thoughtfarmer, Brian Satterfield3, techsoup.org
Interviews: Cindy Rockwell of Customer Vision, Eric Frazer of Behavioral Health Intelligence, Jeremy Wallace of Picnet, Peter Campbell of Earth Justice, Hong Hunt of the San Francisco Goodwill, Andrew Houghton of VolunteerMatch, Richard Petty of Independent Living Research Utilization, Laurel of Atlassian, Kristine Molnar of Pbwiki, Anushka Ratnayake of kiva.org, Sanjay Patel, Edie Rabin, Joel Stern, Michael Ross of Aidmatrix, Frank Moore of the New York Academy of Medicine
1. One of Beth Kanter’s posts led me to the American Society of Microbiology wiki.2. Laura Quinn’s Idealware article led me to ONE/Northwest’s wiki.3. Brian Satterfield’s article on techsoup.org led me to the Johnson Center’s conference wiki.