Profiles of Three Non-Profit Intranets

By Deane Barker

Behind Closed Web Sites: A Look at Three Nonprofit Intranets: A quick look at three intranets, ranging from simple and more-or-less free, to complex and relatively expensive.

The environmental group ONE/Northwest just installed MediaWiki.

It worked well. Over time, staff members created internal how-to’s on dozens of different topics: how to use the time-tracking system, how to buy supplies, how to set one of their clients up with their preferred Web host, how to account for money spent from a restricted fund, and many more.

The wiki made it easy to make tiny changes whenever needed. It’s quicker than a more elaborate content management system would be, and staff members find that even the few minutes the wiki saves when editing makes a big difference in encouraging staff to actually make necessary changes.

The other two non-profits — PETA and the American Lung Association — built their intranets from scratch.

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