Government and NGOs
Introduction
Karen Huffman, National Geographic Society
Karen introduces the Pecha Kucha format, the speakers and what order they speak in.
Sharing information through wikis
Whitney Hall, National Geographic Society
Whitney discusses her role within the photographic story development and visual content of National Geographic articles. Next, she presents the Biomimetics case study and the need to share information among numerous people spread across the world, to compile info in one place and allow many to contribute.
Government-wide collaboration and management of a large wiki
Emily Fort, Executive Office of the President — Office of Management & Budget
Emily's team was tasked with implementing a wiki for .gov and .mil organizations to collaborate. Over 14,000 users (growing at 1,000/month) are using Confluence to share ideas across different government bodies. She covers permissions, customisations and workflows for the different spaces and users.
Wikis: Almost better than chocolate...
Karen Huffman, National Geographic Society
Hailing from the knowledge management arena with experience in MediaWiki and Confluence, Karen defines wikis and provides various wiki-101 resources. She offers how wikis are scalable, flexible, secure, and how extensible they are.
Going Greener: New ways for sharing resources and research
Ariel Deiaco-Lohr, National Geographic Society
Ariel shares the planning and goals of her wiki deployment. They take print products and distribute them across the globe resulting in a masive coordination effort. Goals of Ariel's wiki include: 1) go green - no hard copies, 2) save cash, 3) share information.
Development of the DC Chapter of SLA's wiki
Dianne Schnurrpusch, Defense Technical Information Center
Dianne started with PB Wiki. She wanted to expedite time to post information and go green. Karen Huffman inspired her to use wikis and subsequently switched to Confluence. Along with others, the Treasurer of Dianne's group adopted the wiki and cut down on printed financial reports. Adoption of Confluence has been steady. Dianne also shares 'lessons learned.'
The differences between MediaWiki vs. Confluence
Douglas J. Joubert, National Institutes of Health
This presentation title is misleading. Douglas' team uses MediaWiki, but he does not offer any compare/contrast with Confluence. Instead, his presentation mainly focuses on change management and the processes by which they grew consensus on wiki technology.
Supporting wiki designers with a design pattern library
Dan Wendling, National Institutes of Health
Dan's team at NIH uses Confluence to share wiki design patterns with users. In this presentation, he goes over some of the patterns.
Confluence architecture and method for developing templates
Jeremy Swan, National Institutes of Health
Their Confluence instance is called the "Science@NICHD" wiki. They have created multiple themes and templates, some really terrific design. They share and collaborate on 3D modeling and animated visualizations... very cool stuff.
Q&A
Karen Huffman, National Geographic Society & Panel
A meaty Q&A concludes the Pecha Kucha webast. Don't skip this one because it's "just" Q&A — there's some good stuff here about adoption, features, and process!