Grow Your Wiki

Grow Your Wiki

Speed

Effectiveness

CollaborationProductivity

KnowledgeSharing

Who am I?I’m Stewart Mader, and I’m a recovering email addict.

I built my first wiki for science curriculum.

Then I built wikis here.

And some more wikis here.

Along the way, I’ve created all these toolsto help you get the most out of wikis.

ikiw.org

spaces

barn raising

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barn raising

better meetings

onboarding

sharing

security

A wiki space should be the virtual extensionof your physical work space.

Wikipedia = one giant space

sales

marketing

human resources

designsupport

Wiki in your organization = many spaces

service request

communication software deployments

collaborative learning

Finance Team Space

Wiki use in book publishing

Writing and editing on the wiki

Chapter 5 in progress

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everyone starts together

everyone helps everyone

establishes the wiki as the

center

establishes the wiki as the

Documentation Knowledge base Project management Tacit knowledge Meeting management EncyclopediaOther

How do you use a wiki?

127 ResponsesSurvey conducted 24-27 March 2008

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look familiar?

look familiar?

look familiar?

look familiar?

put it on a wiki!

email a link!

everyone records minutes

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Airlines make money when planes are in the air.So getting people onboard efficiently is key.

are running smoothly. So getting new peopleYour organization makes money when projects

“on board” and up to speed quickly is key.

1. Team space2. “Must-Know” information3. Personal profile page

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sharing = recognition of expertise

contributions build stature in organization

blog = sharing wiki content

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better meetings sharing

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sharing

so what’s the problem with laptops?

hard to lose

Permissions

Share as much as you canSecure what needs to be private

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ikiw.org

WorkshopsStrategy

BarnRaisingTraining