Campus Strategic Planning Embraces a Wiki
ITI Bloggers October 23rd, 2008
Adelphi University in New York faced the task of devising a new 3-year strategic plan. It chose PBWiki (www.pbwiki.com) as its tool of choice. (PBWiki took honorable mention in the AIIP Technology Award.) According to Andrew White, it took like 60 seconds to download and install the tool.
Why use a wiki?
- Introduce staff to new technologies
- Demonstrate the power of Web 2.0 collaboration
- Allow for input from off-site staff
- Training opportunities
- Group activity
After the success of this project, the staff looked for additional uses for the tool, including web design. The project garnered the increased participation of staff (“everybody”) and was deemed easy to use. The tool truly became a social facilitator.
Paula J. Hane
News Bureau Chief, Information Today, Inc.
Open Planning – epitomized by what Adelphi University is doing with its strategic planning – is a key to the development and execution of successful strategies.