Sharing our Stories the Pecha Kucha Way
Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) is Japanese for chit-chat. This model offers a lively presentation format for sharing ideas: 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds or approximately 6 minutes 40 seconds (see Pecha Kucha video for an overview)! Join forces with a local group of experts to discuss their implementation of and best practice models for wikis. Many of the participants will talk about Atlassian's Confluence wiki software but a handful of other wikis will be highlighted as well. It is not necessarily the tool but the way individuals have applied collaboration and engagement techniques to foster communication, streamline workflows, and promote the exchange of ideas. The presentations will center on technological configuration, wiki architecture, deployment of wikis, and methods for fostering and growing knowledge spaces across organizations and our professional associations.
Recap of ideas covered during the panel discussions:
- Site tours, stories, lessons learned, mistakes made
- Favorite features and functionality about wikis
- Site architecture and security management
- Methods/techniques for engagement, building trust, collaborating internally vs. externally
Participatory Organizations
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
- Diane Schnurrpusch - Development of DC Chapter of SLA's wiki
Executive Office of the President - Office of Management & Budget (EOP-OMB)
- Emily Fort - Discuss government-wide collaboration and management of a large Confluence instance.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Doug Joubert - Compare the differences between MediaWiki vs. Confluence, and the change management involved in implementing Wiki's
- Jeremy Swan - Review the Confluence architecture and method for developing templates.
- Dan Wendling - A Confluence wiki's design pattern library and thoughts about usability.
National Geographic Society (NGS)
- Ariel Deiaco-Lohr and Whitney Hall - Discuss going greener, new ways for sharing resources and research material for staff and partners.
- Karen Huffman - Show the many uses and limitless potential, while focusing also on Confluence's features/functionality and the establishment of policies and roles.
Presentations
Videos
Click here to view the video presentations on Atlassian's blog recorded by Mark Halvorson. The videos are a wonderful way to review the presentations as well as the discussion with all the participants.
Handouts
| Name | Size | Creator (Last Modifier) | Creation Date | Last Mod Date | Comment | ||
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 20090514_JourbertDoug_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
3.06 Mb | Karen Huffman | May 12, 2009 | May 12, 2009 | Doug Joubert's presentation/handout. | |
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20090514_WendlingDan_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
468 kb | Daniel Wendling | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Dan Wendling's accessible presentation | |
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20090514_HuffmanKaren_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
389 kb | Karen Huffman | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Karen Huffman's presentation/handout | |
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20090514_FortEmily_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
348 kb | Karen Huffman | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Emily Fort's presentation/handout | |
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20090514_Deiaco-LohrAriel_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
264 kb | Karen Huffman | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Ariel Deiaco-Lohr's presentation/handout | |
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20090514_SchnurrpuschDiane_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
248 kb | Karen Huffman (modified by Karen Huffman) | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Diane Schnurrpusch's presentation/handout | |
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20090514_HallWhitney_PechaKucha_Wikis.pdf |
140 kb | Karen Huffman | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Whitney Hall's presentation/handout | |
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 20090514_WendlingDan_PechaKucha_Wikis.ppt |
1.03 Mb | Daniel Wendling | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | Dan Wendling's PowerPoint presentation | |
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 20090514_WendlingDan_PechaKucha_Wikis.mp4 |
6.61 Mb | Daniel Wendling | May 14, 2009 | May 14, 2009 | Dan Wendling's movie of presentation |
Logistics
There are TWO options available for attending the event. Please select the appropriate link below to register.
Directions:
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is located at 1735 New York Avenue NW between 17th & 18th Streets NW near the Old Executive Office Building and the Corcoran Art Gallery.
- From Faragut North Metro (Red line): Exit the metro. Walk south (downtown) on 17th Street, passing the Old Executive Office Building. Turn right on New York Avenue. Walk 1 block to AIA on your right. Approx. 10 minute walk.
- From Faragut West Metro (Orange/Blue lines): Exit the metro. Walk south (downtown) on 18th Street. Turn left on New York Avenue. AIA will be on your left. Approx. 10 minute walk.
- Parking: The AIA has a private parking garage. Cost is $15.00 and must be paid in cash. The entrance to the parking lot is on New York Avenue near 17th Street. There is a sign that says "private parking 1735 NY Ave only" but you ARE ALLOWED to park in the lot.