Wikipatterns

Plant and Grow a Successful Wiki.
A combination of a web page and a Word document, a wiki is a tool that′s simple like email but powerful enough to reduce your cluttered inbox and busy meeting schedule. Wikipatterns will help you learn how to build a 21st–century tool for collaboration, whether your team is in the same office or split among offices around the world. Wikis can transform business collaboration, and you′ll learn the ins and outs of making the most of this enduring collaboration tool. This book answers questions like:What is a wiki?How does an organization′s wiki differ from Wikipedia?How do I make a case for using a wiki?What′s the best way to get started?How do wikis change an organization′s culture?How do wikis "fit" with other collaboration tools?What are the patterns of use and behavior that positively and negatively affect the wiki?How do I encourage participation and make the wiki "stick" as an idea and a tool?
About wikipatterns.com
Wikipatterns.com is a toolbox of ideas and strategies for anyone looking to build a successful wiki. It′s also a wiki, which means you can help build the information based on your experiences!

Spis treści:
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1 Grassroots is Best.
Case Study: LeapFrog.
Chapter 2 Your Wiki Isn’t (Necessarily) Wikipedia.
Case Study: Johns Hopkins University.
Chapter 3 What’s Five Minutes Really Worth?
Case Study: Sun Microsystems.
Chapter 4 11 Steps to a Successful Wiki Pilot.
Case Study: Red Ant.
Case Study: A Conversation with a WikiChampion: Jude Higdon.
Chapter 5 Drive Large–Scale Adoption.
Case Study: JavaPolis.
Case Study: A Conversation with a WikiChampion: Jeff Calado.
Chapter 6 Prevent (or Minimize) Obstacles.
Case Study: Kerrydale Street.
Chapter 7 Inspirational Bull∗∗∗ ;∗
Case Study: Constitution Day.
Case Study: Peter Higgs: Using a Wiki in Research.
Appendix Questions & Answers.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Stewart Mader is Wiki Evangelist for Atlassian Software Systems, makers of the award–winning and widely used Confluence wiki software. Stewart has worked with business, academic, and non–profit organizations to grow vibrant collaborative communities. He also publishes Blog on Wiki Patterns (www.ikiw.org), and recently wrote an online book on how the wiki is transforming education and research.

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Plant and Grow a Successful Wiki.
A combination of a web page and a Word document, a wiki is a tool that′s simple like email but powerful enough to reduce your cluttered inbox and busy meeting schedule. Wikipatterns will help you learn how to build a 21st–century tool for collaboration, whether your team is in the same office or split among offices around the world. Wikis can transform business collaboration, and you′ll learn the ins and outs of making the most of this enduring collaboration tool. This book answers questions like:What is a wiki?How does an organization′s wiki differ from Wikipedia?How do I make a case for using a wiki?What′s the best way to get started?How do wikis change an organization′s culture?How do wikis "fit" with other collaboration tools?What are the patterns of use and behavior that positively and negatively affect the wiki?How do I encourage participation and make the wiki "stick" as an idea and a tool?
About wikipatterns.com
Wikipatterns.com is a toolbox of ideas and strategies for anyone looking to build a successful wiki. It′s also a wiki, which means you can help build the information based on your experiences!