the Wiki way beyond the Wikipedia

PowerPoint is evil

the Web it is a changin’

• the Static Web and the Live Web– library - broadcast - my space– information - content - stories – mass - niche - people

• open source content

• content relationships

• conversations

Blogs: Wikis with training wheels

Blogs Wikis• linear web• read/respond read/edit/write• author and reader/writer collaboration• boundaried freeform• managed enabled

a case in point: Wikipedia

• 188,056 contributors – 55,744 who contribute at least five times per

month

• 3.8m articles

• 7558 new articles per day

• 6.8 M edits per month

so join in…

• search

• edit

• create

but it’s more than the Wikipedia• Cambrian House• CrowdSpirit • Katrinahelp• Mercyships• the HackWiki• PlayStories• This World is Our World

the principles & the implications

• crowdsourcing• open source• the Network Effect

• out of control• conversations in action

so what can you do…

• information sharing

• strategy

• creative thinking

• team-building

ah but what about..?

• Vandalism– Heavy metal umlaut

• authority – Nature magazine

• brand• IP

the real issue

• embedding

• resourcing

• permission

• starting

no time like the present…

• www.wikidot.com

• the starting page– aim– philosophy– permission

talk to me…

www.theinternationale.org :: the Blog

www.conversationacademy.com :: the training