Comments on: Rollin’ with the top down http://dcmoc.com/blog/2008/02/14/rollin-with-the-top-down/ Department of Content Management and Online Collaboration Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom http://dcmoc.com/blog/2008/02/14/rollin-with-the-top-down/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tom Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:58:08 +0000 http://dcmoc.com/2008/02/14/rollin-with-the-top-down/#comment-23 That will be a challenge considering that very often one person's "dreck" is another's work of art. I think I see a role for training in supporting that goal. I have had discussions with several groups lately about potentially rolling out a wiki to their people. Most think it would be a great tool, but the number one question I receive is "how can we control this content?" My response has been to say that we can give some guidance on best practices, provide training, and monitor things after the fact, but we also need to be willing to give up some control if it is really going to work like it we hope it will. Tom That will be a challenge considering that very often one person’s “dreck” is another’s work of art. I think I see a role for training in supporting that goal.

I have had discussions with several groups lately about potentially rolling out a wiki to their people. Most think it would be a great tool, but the number one question I receive is “how can we control this content?” My response has been to say that we can give some guidance on best practices, provide training, and monitor things after the fact, but we also need to be willing to give up some control if it is really going to work like it we hope it will.

Tom

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