The document outlines a workshop aimed at enhancing knowledge-sharing and communication within organizations through social media tools. It highlights the benefits of effective collaboration, such as stronger relationships and improved efficiency, while addressing common issues like duplicating efforts and lack of information flow. The workshop encourages the use of various online tools to foster better connections and resource sharing among team members and stakeholders.

1. Ways to collaborate and share knowledge using social media Tools with Laura whitehead, Amy Sample Ward & Beth Kanter NCVO INFORMATION 2.0 CONFERENCE, LONDON - 24TH NOVEMBER 2008

2. SUMMARY COULD BETTER KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND CLOSER COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE YOUR ORGANISATION CREATE STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS, EFFICIENCY, INSIGHT AND EFFECTIVENESS? IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW THE LATEST TOOLS FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION AND SHARING CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE WAY YOU WORK. WHY ARE YOU HERE?

3. Back to basics - What can social media Be used for? Personal knowledge and internal information sharing - being able to share and connect with related organisations and people to discuss particular subjects. Using tools which can help you to collate, collaborate and share more effectively. Communicating your message - reaching out to new audiences and communities, for example it could help support fundraising campaigns, tell the stories of your volunteers or keep funders and partners up to date with your developments and news.

4. the problem The Symptoms... is knowledge flowing through your organisation? Are people writing documents from scratch, even though similar documents (may possibly!) exist? Are decisions made without full information and understanding?

5. getting started encourage people to use other people’s knowledge... help everyone to connect...

6. http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/26/wiki-collaboration-leads-to-happiness/

7. Treasure hunt help people to find the resources they need delicious for bookmarks, flickr for photos, RSS Readers such as Google Reader or Netvibes Tag it!

8. Shared documents, shared resources Create spaces for people to share documents and collaborate Google docs, zoho or even a web CMS or A wiki

9. START SHARING AND WORKING WITH OTHERS

10. Laura Whitehead http://laura.popokatea.co.uk Amy Sample Ward http://www.amysampleward.org / Beth Kanter http://beth.typepad.com /