After getting over the initial confusion on what exactly I was needing to do with the Wiki page I think I got it down. I would almost consider this to be a smaller version of Wikipedia. The name and all!
I could see where our class could utilize the Wiki Mark made for us over our class projects. Pages could easily be peer edited, idea could be discussed, and suggestions could be made. All of the resources would be on one convienent page for us.
This is the idea I get from other organizations who utilize a Wiki page. They made the pages to get everyone on one page. Ideas are easily and quickly swapped. Members of the page are kept up-to-date with discussions. Other pages took up timelines and accomplishments. The settings for a Wiki page seem to suit just about anyone who is in an organization, team, group, and so on.
I am almost overwhelmed by the amount of personization a Wiki gives you. The sharing of files, videos, and docs. The options to promote discussion, timelines, graph sharing, and the ability to build your own content
The many features make it personalized to just about anyone. A health organization may decide to use a Wiki internally and/or externally for the publics use. Internally, the health organization could organization events, office meetings, monthly goals. Externally, the same organization may be promoting those events, asking for donation, or promoting a certain cause.
Multiple users having access to the wiki is an excellent feature. An organization who splits into different groups and later comes together to communicate as a whole could do it quickers and easier with a Wiki. Whenever somethings changes or is no longer true it can quickly be changed.
The organization I came across utilizing a Wiki is the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC). http://cihc.wikispaces.com/ This wiki was basically promoting the health care changes and programs in Canada. This Wiki had not had any changes to its site for a couple years. Although there had not been interaction for quite some time the website was still full of plenty of information.
From what it seeems, the site had been very well planned out and implemented in the beginning of its history. There are plenty of changes, explainations, and file exchanges to read. There are over fifty members apart of this Wiki to contribute information.
My overall thought on a Wiki page is positive, but time consuming for the creator. The features are great and especially interactive for members. Why should a health organization spend so much time creating and personalizing a page for external use when facebook and twitter are more streamlined? For internal use I could imagine an organzation utilizing this in a simple form to keep on one page.
If time and money are present, then go for it!
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