Content Library Steering Committee

Follow-up from our last meeting. Here's what I propose for collaboration around new knowledge articles.

1. Create a workspace in Google that holds all the relevant information for the knowledge article that's being drafted. I expect there would be about a 30-60 day time that people would be working on the article. The minimum number of engaged users actively providing work toward a document to keep the workspace open is 4 ( which is not the same as the number of people who have access ).
   
   

2. As work is collected, access the Google Doc and begin to formulate the final article

If this is NOT of interest then do nothing - the project will automatically wither and go away

If this is OF interest here is how to get involved

a. Ask to be added to a project

b. Contribute

c. Spaces do not start without at least 4 actively working contributors

This is easy - nothing to do unless you want to do something and then you can comment here and be added.

Alternate proposals are greatly appreciated - simply outline your proposal. I will say from my personal standpoint if the proposal is do nothing and fish stuff out of Higher Logic then I expect the person proposing that will be responsible for the creation and curation of the stray knowledge into a final document. If you don't wish to be involved - simply don't comment - TIA

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT
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This sounds like a great approach and my only question is "how final is final?" I'd expect most docs would require a burst of activity once a year when new versions are released.

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Steve Iwanowski, NextStep Technology Advisors, aka DSD Lancaster PA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Good question. It may be that a standalone space is created for topics considered "evergreen," where we'd be updating the document periodically because it's of high value.

And maybe we have one space that is just general "Catch and Save" for items that have interest which are coming off Higher Logic but probably don't need much followup.

What I like about the approach I've outlined is that we only pull in people with interest/expertise in the specific area being documented. People aren't spammed with updates on topics where they don't have anything to add.

What's terrible about this is that you have to use a login, and everyone hates creating yet another login and learning yet another system, etc.

I think you have to start somewhere, and 85-90% of the people who complain about doing it in Google/Microsoft/Slack/Basecamp - may not won't show up no matter where you collaborate around the documents. 90 Minds started small and grew as it was able to add value. I think that's what you'll need to do here as well.

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2024 08:11
From: Steve Iwanowski
Subject: Proposed layout for new knowledge article workspace

This sounds like a great approach and my only question is "how final is final?" I'd expect most docs would require a burst of activity once a year when new versions are released.

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Steve Iwanowski, NextStep Technology Advisors, aka DSD Lancaster PA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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