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The strength of Portland NET is its people: their knowledge and diversity of experience. By using a collaborative platform, a Wiki preserves institutional knowledge long after key PBEM staffers come and go. The Wiki does not supplement PBEM's community engagement; it is a '''''part of''''' PBEM's community engagement. It also saves staff and volunteer time by organizing collective knowledge into easy-to-find and send articles.
The strength of Portland NET is its people: their knowledge and diversity of experience. By using a collaborative platform, a Wiki preserves institutional knowledge long after key PBEM staffers come and go. The Wiki does not supplement PBEM's community engagement; it is a '''''part of''''' PBEM's community engagement. It also saves staff and volunteer time by organizing collective knowledge into easy-to-find and send articles.


Add to that a Wiki's interlinking capabilities, ease of use and familiar formatting, capacity to present information that engages with multiple learning styles, and scalability, and it's easy to see why a Wiki would evolve into a critical part of the NET ecosystem.
Add to that a Wiki's interlinking capabilities, ease of use and familiar formatting, automated revision tracking, capacity to present information that engages with multiple learning styles, and scalability, and it's easy to see why a Wiki would evolve into a critical part of the NET ecosystem.