The document discusses using wikis for collaborative work and knowledge sharing. It provides examples of how UN organizations have used wikis to gather resources, share knowledge across global communities, and rethink how they publish information. Key benefits of wikis mentioned include their low cost, ability to be edited by anyone, and capacity to archive all revisions.

1. Collaborative Tools Session Wikis Web for Development Conference November 22, 2006 Mikel Maron http://brainoff.com/weblog/ [email_address]

3. Wiki http://brainoff.com/web4dev/

4. Anyone Can Edit

5. No Hierarchical Structure

6. All Revisions Archived

7. Quick and Cheap

8. Informal

9. Collaborative and Sturdy

10. A Global Blackboard

11. Wikipedia

12. Companies

13. Distributed Disaster Response

14. CIA

15. Software

16. MediaWiki

17. Other Softwares

18. Services

19. Resources http://brainoff.com/web4dev/

20. The Case Studies 1 st UN Wikis?

21. Knowledge Management in a Community of Practice http://europeandcis.undp.org/WaterWiki

22. New Regional Coordinator

23. Word Attachments and Formal Reports

24. Initial Task: Gather Resources in Excel

25. Why not a Wiki?

26. MediaWiki + Plugins

27. Developed Starting Point

28. A Bit of Structure

29. Simplified Interface

30. Maps

31. Public View Private Edit

32. Meta Details Documented

33. Future Intentions of Use

34. A Social Change

35. Magic Ingredients

36. Results

37. 729 Pages 1 million+ PageViews 11131 Edits

38. UNDP (Coprorate) Regional Strategy on Water Governance in Europe & CIS

39. A Full Time Position

40. Resources for a Global Community http://www.un-instraw.org/wiki/training/

41. Internally Updated Databases

42. Starting Content & Direction

43. Structure and Simplicity

44. Open to All

45. Google Maps Any Page

46. Calendaring

47. 434 Pages 175,958 Page Views 2,772 Edits

48. Rethinking How they Publish

49. Take Away

50. Thanks! [email_address]

51. Demo http://brainoff.com/web4dev/