Why do we need Connectipedia?

People who are working to make a better world learn a lot as we do our work.  How do you store what you learn?  Are you always able to  access it when you need it again?  How do you pass it on to others?  Imagine what would happen if you had a way to share what you know.  Imagine what you could accomplish if you had an easy and direct way to access what others have learned who are doing similar work. 

Fred Meyer, the man behind Meyer Memorial Trust, once advised:  "Use your brain for thinking, not as a storehouse.  First, write things down so you don't have to remember them.  Second, learn where to find information so you don't have to remember it."

That's why Meyer Memorial Trust (http://www.mmt.org) developed connec+ipeda, based on Wagn (http://wagn.org), a free and open source software.  So we would all have a place to store and find information so we can use our brains for thinking.

What is Connectipedia?

Connec+ipedia is like Wikipedia in that it is made of information contributed by users.  But it adds another dimension by connecting pieces of information to others, which makes it a more powerful tool in which information can be stored and accessed as in a database.  Viz., the information is delineated by its connections with other information.  Like an encyclopedia of connections: connec+ipedia.

The connec+ipedia database is organized into three main parts:
--Information about contacts and human and organization resources (people)
--Information about geographic entitites (places)
--Information about subjects (things)

But what makes it really useful is the ability to locate information about people + places + things.

Who makes Connectipedia work?

All of us.  Meyer Memorial Trust developed connec+ipedia, but its community of users keep it working. You. Me. All of us.

If you know something that is not yet included in connec+ipedia, please add it.

Who checks the information for accuracy?

All of us.  Meyer Memorial Trust monitors connec+ipedia against spamming and malicious mischief, but the responsibility for making the information reliable and accurate is shared by all of us.  This reflects a new way of treating information.  Whereas in the old days, information was deemed valuable only if it came from a credentialed expert with access to a printing press, the Internet makes it possible for anyone who knows information to easily share it.

If you see something in connec+ipedia you know to be inaccurate or incomplete, please correct it.

Join us!

Anyone can view and access content in connec+ipedia.  To create and edit content, you need to become a connec+ipedian!