Google Sites – Free and Powerful

I am a big fan of Google (and kick myself for not buying their stock a long time ago). Earlier on this blog you will find a posting called “Wiki wiki what” and reading that will help understand the opportunity for online collaboration using wiki technology.

Google, which offers what amounts to a free enterprise system to organizations – in particular non-profits – has something called Google Sites, and the video below gives you a simple explanation.

ALSO – 24reasons has built a sample of a Google Site (which is really a wiki) and we built it in under one hour. GO TAKE A LOOK HERE.

If you are a non profit organization and having a hard time keeping up with the never ending costs of your email programs, the costs of Microsoft Word and Powerpoint and Excel, and the costs of your website and still know you have more you could do if you had the time and money, let us help you take a look at what Google Applications can do for you.

The application is free for schools too and non profit associations and for individuals. If you are a business you do have to purchase your license, but keep in mind it will be much more affordable than owning servers, and paying the upkeep on virus protection, Microsoft licensing, not t mention paying for a webdesigner on an ongoing basis.

Contact Mark at 813 326 7511 or email him here.

HERE’S THAT GOOGLE SITE EXAMPLE LINK AGAIN…

Wiki wiki what?

A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content. It also allows for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (the original wiki) WikiWikiWeb and online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia. (source: Wikipedia)

WHY IT’S COOL
First of all, you can develop a “wiki” web site for free. Even the paid services are pretty cheap.

Second, it’s easy to learn and do.

Third, you can use wiki technology to collaborate with colleagues located anywhere. Imagine collaborating on a document. You all sign in and can change the document right then and there, together. Everyone sees the changes in real time (real time = “right away!”)

Fourth, you can use wiki to create public sites (like Wikipedia). Such sites allow anyone and everyone to participate in the site, offering their opinions, ideas, reactions, etc.

CHECK IT OUT
You can get a free wiki account at http://www.wikispaces.com/ 

Before you do that, check out the brief presentation wikispaces offers. Click here.