The integration (between mozkenya and wmke) worked well; a bit beyond my expectations
actually!
So we planned this together being in constant chats with Steve over logistics and the
event organizers over schedule and eventually drafted separate budgets. Steve and Vicky -
Steve's version in Mozilla Kenya :) - came in handy with their knwoledge on Nakuru.
I think something that was also spot on was the distinction between Wikimedia and Mozilla
yet at the same time, the collaborative nature of the two. This really landed home with
the students. We maintained different speakers and booth coordinators where Abbas and I
spoke on behalf of wmke and mozkenya respectively - btw, Abbas was spot on with his
presentation, exactly what was expected - while Steve and Vicky had the crowds at the
booths eating of their hands :) and believe me, there were crowds!
Another thing noted was that no confusion came up when a Mozillian answered a question on
Wikimedia or vice versa and this worked especially well when you ended up refering
interested individuals to the respective reps. It was actually a plus in indicating that
we are two distinct organization who simply love hanging around each other.
One thing that I feel needs improvement though is detecting interested individuals and
engaging them further. I loved it when Hezy and Jeff (Mozillians) did spot a guy, not
sure from where but was quite interested. Same case happened while we were at the
Strathmore ICT conf. and Steve and Vicky again :) engaged a Kabarak official which led us
to this event. I feel that we can do more here and the above are perfect examples.
Our booths are massive crowd pullers; even other booths visit us :) we should put up
strategies around this to better engage people.
Thats all for now!
A very excited,
Alex.
On Mon Sep 26th, 2011 4:26 PM PDT Asaf Bartov wrote:
Thanks for the report, Steve!
Sounds great! I'd love to hear a little more about the integration with the
Mozilla team, specifically -- what worked, what didn't(?), how to improve.
Thanks,
Asaf
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:23 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Soma hapa,
http://bit.ly/pex0Zg
cheers,
steve
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