One of the guys from pbwiki.com emailed me today and said that they are launching free wikis in two weeks! Surprise, shock and horror ;-O I found out about these guys (pbwiki.com) accidentally when I went to sign-up for a bloggers event that is taking place in London, very, very soon - for those in the charity sector. The event is being run by the fab gang from charitycomms - see the group on facebook! - share, learn, and join the conversation! So...sign up to the event was via pbwiki.com - so, i setup an account in order to add myself to the list. After I couldn't help but have a nosy round. In the sales blurb bit, I saw nothing about charities! - so I dropped them an email and they said thy are to launch a new free service in two weeks! - don't believe me? check out the email they sent (minus personal details).
Wikis are fab - cos they free up knowledge that is locked up in emails, systems, and laptops Information wants to be free and wants to be your helpful friend...but it can't be, when it is caged up in office systems that are not very accessible to remote workers..or when it is in laptops or swimming in a sea of webmail - even with mail search it's a blimmin nightmare!
That's right those of us on the coal face of delivering services to other charities sometimes duplicate efforts
Wikis (wikipedia definition of a wiki) provide an editorial platofrm where we can share knowledge. What ever we want it to be: funding sources, grants, case-studies, best practises, tools, tips, etc. The perfect web platform for remote collaboration. This is where wikis come in to rescue us. If you are not to comfortable with technology, then check out the fab and accessible video from the nice people at common craft who explain everything in plain english ;D
Common Craft's Wikis in Plain English...
Resources/References Wikipedia's definition of what a wiki is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Benefits & pitfalls of wikis
http://tinyurl.com/dm96qw
Wikis at work: benefits & practices
http://tinyurl.com/b8jh9c
Wikis in higher education: teaching and learning with
http://tinyurl.com/crubfd
Just three major employee benefits?
http://tinyurl.com/bby786
wiki software - wikipedia compilation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software
free wikis for life - comin soon pwiki.com
http://pbwiki.com/
