Hello everyone,
Since many of you have successfully introduced wikis in the workplace, I wonder whether you'd prepared a "sales pitch" to convince the higher-ups of your company.
I'm thinking of composing such a presentation myself, including a definition of the basic principle, a quick outline of the advantages and possible fields of applications etc. Since I'm not very good at these kinda things, it'd be nice to have something to check my draft against. (Of course I can make it available when I'm done - although it will be in German until I get around translating it.)
Also, having such a concise (and semi-standardized) introduction to the "The Wiki Way" would certainly help others pushing for adoption in their organization...
Thanks,
Frederik
2007/1/12, Frederik Dohr fdg001@gmx.net:
Hello everyone,
Since many of you have successfully introduced wikis in the workplace, I wonder whether you'd prepared a "sales pitch" to convince the higher-ups of your company.
I'm thinking of composing such a presentation myself, including a definition of the basic principle, a quick outline of the advantages and possible fields of applications etc. Since I'm not very good at these kinda things, it'd be nice to have something to check my draft against. (Of course I can make it available when I'm done - although it will be in German until I get around translating it.)
Also, having such a concise (and semi-standardized) introduction to the "The Wiki Way" would certainly help others pushing for adoption in their organization...
In our company, we decided to use a wiki to achieve: - Centralization of information. - Text search. - Interactivity (the users can contribute).
I have created a first draft of items that I think should (or might) be in such an initial introduction to wikis.
Due to the restricted formatting options here (and because I hope for contributions), I've chosen to publish it as a wiki page: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Wiki_sales_pitch
This page contains a) a short definition and history b) possible fields of application c) a list of pros and cons e) examples of wiki syntax d) many blunders, probably
Thanks to your suggestions - also those in the thread (accidentally?) started by Nancy - I've tried to incorporate them as concisely as possible.
-- F.
----- Original Message ----- From: Frederik Dohr Date: 2007-01-12 09:59
Hello everyone,
Since many of you have successfully introduced wikis in the workplace, I wonder whether you'd prepared a "sales pitch" to convince the higher-ups of your company.
I'm thinking of composing such a presentation myself, including a definition of the basic principle, a quick outline of the advantages and possible fields of applications etc. Since I'm not very good at these kinda things, it'd be nice to have something to check my draft against. (Of course I can make it available when I'm done - although it will be in German until I get around translating it.)
Also, having such a concise (and semi-standardized) introduction to the "The Wiki Way" would certainly help others pushing for adoption in their organization...
Thanks,
Frederik
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I have created a first draft of items that I think should (or might) be in such an initial introduction to wikis.
Due to the restricted formatting options here (and because I hope for contributions), I've chosen to publish it as a wiki page: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Wiki_sales_pitch
This page has become quite a nice collection of thoughts on the topic by now. Thanks to everyone for their contributions!
The only thing that bugs me now is that it's still located in the Wikia Scratchpad; after all, the quality of that article has certainly passed the scratchpad phase by now (if a wiki page ever does, that is). Is there something more permanent (or prominent) we could move this to?
-- F.
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