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This month, we want to introduce you to BOSCO, an organization using wikis and technology to help give the isolated and war-affected people of Northern Uganda a voice in the global community. BOSCO was founded three years ago by Gus Zuehlke, a Catholic minister from Indiana, after he visited several Internally Displaced Persons camps in [...]

Last fall, we held our first monthly education webinar, showing you how to create your classroom wiki and hearing from educators using wikis in their classrooms. Several months ago, we began holding Private Label webinars, introducing you to our Wikispaces Private Label service and letting you see how others use it in their schools, companies, [...]

Wikitox was created by Andrew Dawson in an effort to set up a teaching resource for the management of acute poisoning, a major health problem in the developing world. After a colleague mentioned that he did not have time to create teaching material for his course, Andrew decided to take on this project and chose [...]

On May 13th, Wikispaces will speak at a NetSquared event in San Francisco on how non-profits and educators can use wikis. Rushton Hurley of Next Vista for Learning, and Greg Wolff of the UnaMesa Association will also speak on their experience with wikis in their organizations.
If you are new to wikis, and are unsure [...]

San Francisco Online Community Meetup

For those of you in San Francisco, we’re going to be attending a meetup on 23 Jan with our friends at TechSoup.
The topic is using wikis as community-building tools.
Event details and RSVP are available now.
If you’re in town, drop by.