Rewriting "Getting Started" Guide
Please post your thoughts in the comments (and later as edits here) on how we should rewrite the "Getting Started" guide (5 pages at the moment).
From the comments, here are some things that we probably should include in the guide:
- Various (and brief) use cases of WiserEarth
- Information on how WE can help expand a new member's knowledge of an issue
- Examples of how WE could help translate one's global perspective to local actions
- Link to 24/7 IM support channel. Possible tool --> TinyChat and BabelWith.me
(try joining this room --> http://tinychat.com/wiserearth or this one --> http://www.babelwith.me/XCHrC) - ....
Draft outline:
Page 1: Basics
- Tagline brief explanation
- Space: for discovering, networking, sharing and collaboration
- Community: x members from x countries working on x issue areas
- Information: editable directories of organizations, resources, events, jobs, solutions and wikipages
- What community members are saying about WiserEarth
Page 2: Tools
- Your profile and network
- Member-editable directories
- WiserEarth groups
- Areas of Focus: linking everything on site.
- WiserEarth as a community of communities
Page 3: Interface
- Navigation --> general and group
- What's happening? --> Dashboard, messages, invitations and watchlist
- What can you do on a page? --> Actions, upload files and photos, show history, share, comment, rate
- Contributors to this page?
- Group interface: as member / as admin
Page 4: Discovering
- What's new
- Explore
- Search
- In groups
- Advanced search
- Friend Feed
- Watchlist
Page 5: Networking
- Messaging another community member
- Messaging group members
- Connecting with another community member
- Messaging people in your network
Page 6: Sharing
- From main navigation
- From group
- To groups
- To facebook wall
- Share to the world
- Share with API
Page 7: Collaborating
- Finding and contacting people and organizations
- Joining and contributing to existing groups
- Starting a new group
- Managing and growing a group
Page 8: Help and Feedback
- WiserEarth Help Desk
- WiserEarth Group Support
- WiserEarth Suggestions
Comments (1 - 6 of 6)
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The underlying 'benefit' of WE might be discovery. When I go to conventions like Bionners I learn things and discover things - new ideas, new ways to do old ways, meet old friends and make new friends. WiserEarth seems to be developing that same kind of matrix. Over the past few years, seeing now WE has been developing - I don't think it has been or will be a static network, because of the changing needs, issues and continuing solutions that people bring to the WE Convening.
It’s not about 'getting started', but continuing on with what one is interested in and expanding that interest through the convening process that WE offers. |
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Deborah's comment on the Getting Started page:
"The ideal world would be we would have a Wiser Angel on board 24x7 to IM with newcomers and introduce them to what might be of interest, sorta create their profile along with them ..... NOW that would be something completely different (or not ....) kinda like what they do in Second Life when you join..... maybe we need to create a tutorial session in Second Life. Are we there yet?"
24/7 IM support would be nice. We can set this up and include in the Getting Started page and the Help Desk. Two questions:
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Thanks Frank,
From your view it appears that the "Getting Started" guide should provide new members with:
All valid points imho. Adding this to the wiki above of possible things to include in the guide.
~Bowo |
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A suggested metaphor for WiserEarth
Open 24/7- WiserEarth a worldwide conference for the Earth, where you can be a participant, a presenter, an organizer, where you or your organization can expand your relationships with the world. |
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Regarding the “10 Ways to Get the Most Out of WiserEarth”
What I’m trying to do is figure out how to use WE to make the changes I see regarding water issue that face people all over the world. How has WE helped me in that quest? Understanding how to relate world issues to local issues, develop messaging that relates to changing the demands of people with the needs of nature is what I need to learn So how does that relate to “10 Ways to Get the Most Out of WiserEarth”? Am I looking for answers? No I’m looking for ‘patterning’ – trying to understand how the relationships of ‘group’ issues might relate to the demands of people and the needs of nature. The conversations I’m have with WE people in a few of the groups I’ve created and joined have been helpful, population, waste, nation states, all play a part in helping me to develop a unifying understanding. It’s an on going process… I don’t know if this helps at all, but it’s where I am today with my relationship to WE. |
Hello all,
Just posted a draft outline. Any ideas / thoughts? We may want to trim down the number of pages. Page 1 and Page 8?
Thanks,
Bowo