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

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

Resources http://brainoff.com/web4dev/

The Case Studies 1 st 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

Future Intentions of Use

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! [email_address]

Demo http://brainoff.com/web4dev/