Projects blogs

iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part eleven) Taking another look at persuasive communications

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 27th April 2012

Thanks to everyone who commented on our last iKnowHow blog about persuasive communications via the site and our LinkedIn group. It’s clearly an important topic for us all. Madeleine has promised to start a how-to guide based on what we have learnt so far so there can be a permanent place where you can share your ideas.

In the meantime we wanted to share with you what we have learnt since last week. more >

Tags:

Open innovation

From SSE to the Nominet Trust: The Story of the Digital Assistant Academy

By: sinead@eightfold.org
On: 26th April 2012

I remember my first day at the School for Social Entrepreneurs like it was yesterday. 20 of us, all dressed up to the nines, assessing each other, trying to impress, and trying not to give away how nervous we were. Over the next 11 months, these strangers would become friends and colleagues; social businesses would be planned and built, and there would be laughter and tears.

more >

Tags:

iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part ten) - Online persuasion, communications and motivation

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 20th April 2012

We launched the first iKnowHow wiki section (collaborative working) just over a month ago and instantly got a flurry of contributions. It was very exciting after all our planning to see people keen to try out this new 'thing' and join in with the fun. However in recent weeks contributions have dripped rather than flowed. Why? And what can we do about it?

more >

Tags:

iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part nine) Reading, evolved

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 16th April 2012

Well first things first, a quick plug: today we launch the third and final subject for our iKnowHow wiki project; giving you complete access to all of our material on commissioning and procurement.

So, back to the issue of this blog: how to strike the right balance between creating a good reading experience and making it obvious that a wiki guide is editable? After all, most people come to our site to read information and advice – they don’t want their reading experience interrupted by big edit buttons and menus. However, wikis thrive with lots of editorial input – it needs to be obvious that people can edit them (and easy for them to do so). more >

What we support

Latest tweets

Sign up to our RSS Feed

Projects blogs

Knowledge Centre blogs

Key beneficiary

Area of interest

Internet focus

Authors

Archive

What we support

Latest tweets

Sign up to our RSS Feed

Sign up to our newsletter

Projects blogs

Knowledge Centre blogs

Key beneficiary

Area of interest

Internet focus

Authors

Archive

Share