Collaborative Tools Session
Wikis
Web for Development Conference
November 22, 2006
Mikel Maron
http://brainoff.com/weblog/
mikel_maron@yahoo.com
Wiki
http://brainoff.com/web4dev/
Anyone Can Edit
No
Hierarchical
Structure
All Revisions
Archived
Quick and Cheap
Informal
Collaborative
and
Sturdy
A
Global
Blackboard
Wikipedia
Companies
Distributed
Disaster
Response
CIA
Software
MediaWiki
Other
Softwares
Services
The Case Studies
1st UN Wikis?
Knowledge Management
in a
Community of Practice
http://europeandcis.undp.org/WaterWiki
New Regional
Coordinator
Word Attachments
and
Formal Reports
Initial Task:
Gather Resources
in Excel
Why not a Wiki?
MediaWiki
+
Plugins
Developed
Starting Point
A Bit of
Structure
Simplified
Interface
Maps
Public View
Private Edit
Meta Details
Documented
A Social Change
Magic
Ingredients
Results
729 Pages
1 million+ PageViews
11131 Edits
UNDP (Coprorate)
Regional Strategy on
Water Governance in Europe & CIS
A Full Time
Position
Resources for a
Global Community
http://www.un-instraw.org/wiki/training/
Internally
Updated
Databases
Starting Content
& Direction
Structure
and Simplicity
Open to All
Google Maps
Any Page
Calendaring
434 Pages
175,958 Page Views
2,772 Edits
Rethinking
How they Publish
Take Away
Thanks!
mikel_maron@yahoo.co
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Demo
http://brainoff.com/web4dev/