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DocTrain West 2008 takes place this week at the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown in Vancouver, B.C. I’ll be presenting on How to wow your publisher by writing a book using a wiki today (5/8) from 1-2PM in Point Grey Room.

More worldwide praise for 21 Days of Wiki Adoption - this time from Germany, New Zealand, and the US: Felix Harling from Germany wrote about the series and the Wikipatterns book on his blog EinfachSchnellKlar (Easy-Fast-Clear): Stewart Mader has written wikipatterns, a book that was very well received by the enterprise 2.0 and knowledge management community.

Eighth in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. In order to shift from the culture of individual work to the culture of collaborative work, it is obvious that the issue of trust is crucial: trust is linked not only with the Wiki spirit but it is a very important requirement of creativity and so of the orientation to innovation.

Seventh in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. Strictly linked with transparency concept, openness is at the base of the principle that people work better if they have access to the right information and possibility to assume that all over the organization.

Sixth in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. A common element between Wiki philosophy and innovation successful case histories, is the partial or total absence of structure or, saying better, of hierarchy.

Fifth in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. The social networking aspect is the starting point of a company sensible to Enterprise 2.0 – then Wiki – solutions. Introducing this concept in a workplace context is possible to change in a radical and effective way the previous organizational culture.

The WikiSym 2008 Call for Papers is available now. WikiSym will be held 8-10 September in Porto, Portugal! WikiFest - 6:00 talks WikiFest is a new addition this year. It’s devoted to helping you start and grow a successful wiki, and I’ve structured it Pecha Kucha style which means max 6 minutes and 20 slides - get to the point, do it fast, and hear from as many people as possible!

You’ll just have to watch the video to find out! Sam and Dennis Howlett discussed the differences between online communities and internal collaboration, and it’s well worth watching:

Fourth in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. The true collaboration occurs when people have the possibility to co-work on the same sub-task, activating a mechanism of new knowledge creation.

Third in a series by guest author Vincenzo Cammarata. Sharing is linked with the concept of a democratic access – and then utilization – to all kinds of resources, from physical tools to data and, even better, to ideas and individuals’ insights.