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4 Challenges to Wiki Adoption in Organizations: #2 Odd-Sounding Names

The second challenge to social media/enterprise 2.0 adoption that Sandy Kemsley cites has to do with the names of these tools, and the notion that we: …feel a bit silly stating that we blog (as opposed to maintaining a reverse chronological online journal), or use a wiki (as opposed to a collaborative editing workspace). Seriously […]

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How Technical Writers Use Confluence and DITA XML

Anne Gentle writes about a presentation on a customer and documentation wiki sourced with DITA topics by Lisa Dyer of Lombardi Software at the February Central Texas DITA User Group meeting. Lisa’s presentation explores how the company is using DITA and a wiki as the framework for collaborative information development, both internally and with customers […]

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How do you use a wiki? Poll results

On Monday, I posted a reader poll over on Grow Your Wiki asking how people use wikis in organizations. As of last night, 127 people responded, and here’s what they had to say: There were three respondents who chose “Other”, and here are their specific responses: Managing classroom information, garbage trash, and audits. Now, I […]

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4 Challenges to Wiki Adoption in Organizations: #1 High-Level Resistance

Sandy Kemsley writes about 4 challenges to social media/enterprise 2.0 adoption that organizations. The first is resistance at the high-level: …higher-level people are more resistant to bringing in Enterprise 2.0 technologies because it represents a democratization of content and a relative loss of power at their level. What they have to realize is that people […]

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Want to speak at WikiSym 2008? What’s WikiFest?

The WikiSym 2008 Call for Papers is available now. WikiSym will be held 8-10 September in Porto, Portugal! WikiFest – 6:00 talks WikiFest is a new addition this year. It’s devoted to helping you start and grow a successful wiki, and I’ve structured it Pecha Kucha style which means max 6 minutes and 20 slides […]