The MCN Board started using a wiki when working on the strategic plan. We hope to keep it going to help continuity, keep a history going. But our motivations are completely different, since we're so geographically dispersed.
My thought is, as with any new technology, you'll just have to show people how it can be useful to them personally before they'll get on board. It helps if there's a project everyone is doing together to get the ball rolling. We've been talking about how we might use one in this dept locally but so far it's still in the thinking stage. Good luck, Marla Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 415-357-4186 (voice) Check out SFMOMA Collections Online www.sfmoma.org __________________________________ Past President, Museum Computer Network http://www.mcn.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:43 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] wikis for project management Hi all: Ok, I'm feeling a few days late to the party, given that there was just a discussion on this topic at VSA, but since I didn't go, I'm hoping someone here went and can give me some ideas for how we can use our new internal wiki to help keep discussions OUT of email and onto the static/fluid format which is the wiki. We're moving our website into a content management system and I'm hoping I can collect all of the information from the seven workgroups into one location, especially for our collective sanity as we move forward. But I'm kind of stumped as to the format, and with getting buy-in. Many of the staff are not familiar with using wikis, so I need to train them. Plus I'm having a bit of trouble conceptualizing how the organization of the information should work. Does anyone use a wiki for project management and would be willing to share information about organization? and how did you get everyone using it? Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you
