10 Best Reasons To Use A Wiki
This video on YouTube provides “a look at 10 reasons how a wiki can connect teams within companies, helping them get more done, together.” (Description from YouTube)
Source: Atlassian Get your own wikiWiki’s allow for asynchronous collaboration and communication between groups of people. The excerpt below was adapted from Atlassian and is used for YMCA staff and volunteers participating in the Wiki Course. John Zeus is the author of the Wiki Course for YMCA’s Enterprise Wikis.
Why Wiki?
#1 Get More Done, Together
Get the best people on the right tasks and produce better overall results by letting everyone contribute.
Break down information silos between teams, departments, and individuals – it’s crowd-sourcing for your organization.
#2 Anyone Can Contribute
Anyone can put content online, quickly and securely – just click ‘Edit’ and start typing.
A rich content editor does the work for you with Autocomplete, Autoformatting, Autoconvert, and shortcuts for everything.
#3 Connect People and Content
Bringing the right people into the work and discussions taking place in Confluence is easy.
Share content in seconds and @mention teammates in any page, blog post, or comment.
#4 Capture Knowledge, Forever
Capture the tacit knowledge of your co-workers, often trapped in email, in Confluence where it’s never lost.
Instant and familiar, engage everyone and encourage collaboration with Quick Comments and Likes.
#5 Discover What’s Popular
Confluence makes sure you won’t miss another important conversation again.
With a live ‘Popular’ content stream and weekly email summaries you’ll never lose touch of what’s trending in your company.
#6 Find Content, Fast
Quick Navigation and Search makes sure you find what you’re looking for, fast.
Start typing and watch Confluence suggest pages, blogs, files, and people.
#7 Keep Private Parts, Private
Confluence meets the demands of the enterprise environment by keeping your content safe and secure.
Permissions at the Global, Space, and Page level give you the flexibility to decide exactly who can view and edit content.
#8 Connect to Microsoft
Combine powerful free-form content creation and collaboration with the document management and workflow strengths of SharePoint and Office.
Get up-and-running quickly with out-of-the-box integration with Active Directory for user management and authentication.
#9 Easy to Customize & Brand
Create customized designs and brand Confluence to match your corporate style.
Expand your audience with complete branding, advanced design tools, drag-and-drop layouts, navigation, and drafts.
#10 Extend with Add-ons
Customize Confluence with themes, application connectors, content importers, and more.
Browse the Atlassian Plugin Exchange and find add-ons that extend functionality and connect Confluence to other enterprise tools.
A Wiki that Works for Everyone
Source: Atlassian Get your own wiki
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