Toronto Wiki Tuesday (18th March) March 18, 2008

Toronto's monthly gathering about wiki technologies, deployments and adoption. Come along, share your story over a beer.

What's being presented and About our speaker:
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* As part of the 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series, Damir Sudaveric (Industrial Engineer) will lead discussions next Tuesday at Toronto Wiki Tuesday at Epicure Cafe. Here's Damir's description http://www.damirsystems.com/?p=64:

Why?
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Suppose you have a small consulting/service shop—what should you use for a website? What is it for? How do you package and sell your knowledge? We shall explore a few examples out there, mostly MS-MVP sites, comment on structure and usability.

What?
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Blog, wiki, or both? When should a content be in a wiki and when in a blog?

How?
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* Using WordPress and MediaWiki to drive a promotional & customer support site.
* Installation hurdles to overcome.
* Customer reactions.
* Benefits and drawbacks.

Extras
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Wiki to go; run a wiki from an USB stick. Ideal for managing notes and "private" knowledge.
The fastest way to introduce wikis into an office (corporate) environment.

When and Where:
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6:30pm, Tuesday 18th March at 502 Queen Street West in the Front Room: http://www.theepicure.ca/event.html
Please sign up at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/383503/

Who should come and why:
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Interested in the topic? Got an opinion? Or just interested to network? Come join our community.

* Managers and leaders responsible for evaluating the use of wikis
* Change transformation agents using wikis to instigate organisational transparency using a wiki
* Consultants and designers who build integration, navigation, visuals and plugins
* Wiki users Wiki gardeners who improve content clarity

About Toronto Wiki Tuesdays and Blended Perspectives:
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Toronto Wiki Tuesdays has been running since 2005 and has a mandate to spread the word about how a wiki can transform communication in organisations and the nature of business. Toronto Wiki Tuesdays was founded and is run by Martin Cleaver M.Sc. MBA, Head Blender of Blended Perspectives and a Chair of WikiSym, the International Symposium on the use of Wikis.

* http://www.torontowikituesdays.com/
* http://martin.cleaver.org/blog/2008/03/03/toronto-wiki-tuesdays-march-april-and-onward-2008/
* http://martin.cleaver.org/blog/2008/03/05/wikisym2008-im-chair-for-demos-and-posters/

Official Website: http://www.torontowikituesdays.com