Matthew Mamet discusses what it takes to build an online community or the purpose of collaborating online with a wiki.

1. Online Collaboration Newport Interactive Marketers May 20, 2010

2. In the Beginning

3. World Wide Revolution

4. Destination Sites

5. Collaboration is powerful

7. Got Tools? A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.

8. Your community

9. It didn’t feel natural

10. Things to Focus on

11. Don’t worry about infrastructure

12. Instead, focus on knowing your audience

13. Start Small, Focus on the Meaningful

14. Utility over design

15. It’s not about Text anymore

16. Allow people to discover something new

17. Enable Conversations

18. Look for patterns

19. Watch for weak links

20. Watch out for Bad Guys

21. Moderate

22. Watch for signs of impending doom

23. Dead Communities are difficult to resurrect

24. What is EditMe? Easiest way to create collaborative websites Use EditMe for sales portals, private intranets, online communities, classroom sites, project team sites – just about any type of web site you need.

27. Platform as a Service – Internal and External APIs

28. Web Application Prototyping