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Read/WriteWeb Newshttp://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wiki_business.php [Read/WriteWeb News] I am doing research of wikis and its adoption in the enterprise market. Wikis are here to stay, companies are investing big time in wikis whether it is a for a department or the entire company, whether it is for internal collaboration with employees or external collaboration with the customers and partners.

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Grow Your Wiki[Grow Your Wiki] Nate Nash: “My Wiki is the Internet”: Instead of repeating the same mistakes of the KM taxonomy trolls (born in the hills of SharePointistan), and bending the Wiki into a hierarchy, make your content able to be found via search. Moreover spend your time making your content as discoverable as possible, and training your users to be SEO pros.

buzzya![buzzya!] Wikis Are Now Serious Business: Now that we've shared with you a list of examples illustrating the possibilities, we'll leave you with consultant Stewart Mader's excellent recent video tutorial series 21 Days of Wiki Adoption. We hope you've found this informative and .

RIA Feeds Most Popular Storieshttp://ria.feedables.com/story/253745/Wikis-Are-Now-Serious-Business [RIA Feeds Most Popular Stories] Wikis Are Now Serious Business: Some people use wikis as personal notepads with version history, as well. If it doesn't have to look fancy and you might want to change it quickly later, try putting it on a wiki.

Please Be Quiethttp://genneaux.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/getting-wiki-buy-in/ [Please Be Quiet] Getting Wiki Buy-In: I think this toolkit is a good start, but certainly isn’t the final world in encouraging participation from your colleagues.  PBwiki must be assuming that the initial motivation for using a wiki is actually sound– something I’m not sure you can generally assume.  Everyone think they know how to use PowerPoint effectively, for example, but I’ve you’ve ever sat through a day of conference sessions you’ll realize that a real understanding of PowerPoint presenting is a rare gift.  I’d argue the same of wiki use and would add an evaluation of your reasons for using a wiki as a first step.  You can reward people all day long, but if the wiki is the wrong tool, the end result won’t be as worthwhile and you might be driving more people away from truly adopting the technology

Grow Your Wiki[Grow Your Wiki] James Dellow on Wikipatterns: “steps naturally from explaining the ...: They are especially useful at the moment because I am slowly trying to convince my company to consider a wiki, with the case studies I can say “here read this, see how and why they did it”

Leading Virtually[Leading Virtually] The Leading Virtually Digest, May 16, 2008: Bottom Line: Managers are finally learning that wikis are a simple yet powerful tool for aiding in collaboration and boosting in business productivity. Wikis are “interactive web sites that allow multiple writers and editors to produce and distribute content collaboratively.” In 2006, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers proclaimed the advantageousness of wikis in virtual team project management by noting that they were useful in organizing, tracking, and publishing work.

Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0http://web20.originalsignal.com/article/38767/wikis-are-now-serious-business.html [Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0] Wikis Are Now Serious Business: Now that we've shared with you a list of examples illustrating the possibilities, we'll leave you with consultant Stewart Mader's excellent recent video tutorial series 21 Days of Wiki Adoption.We hope you've found this informative and .

mindtouch, Inc Blog[mindtouch, Inc Blog] MindTouch seeks a community manager: Maintain active community communication through newsletters, webinars, blogs, social media and forum posts; Coordinate all efforts regarding the wiki, forums, blogs and similar community tools; Provide strategy and thought leadership in ...

ELSUA ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez[ELSUA ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez] Case Study Using Wiki and Social Software in the Enterprise ...: “Hola Luis, A los miembros del ESLUG nos encantaría si en un par de párrafos, hicieras un resumen de tu experimento/campaña  anti-email en español, para que los jefes de las empresas se concienciaran de los beneficios de los softwares sociales (wikis, blogs, etc).

Inside VT knowledgeworks[Inside VT knowledgeworks] Cat Wiki: More collaboration would come from one billion wiki entries from my cat's pet-sitters. I know some might urge me to feel deep embarrassment about hiring pet-sitters for my cat, but I signed a contract with the Humane Society stating that I would take full responsibility for the care of this small, dependent being.

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