[Commons-l] Looking for PowerPoint slides to encourage media contributions

[bawolff]

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> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:22:19 +1000
> From: "Brianna Laugher" <brianna.laugher at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Looking for PowerPoint slides to encourage
>         media   contributions
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> Hey John,
>
> On 20/09/2007, John Tex <johntexster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am currently in communication with the director of the media collection
> > for a large university system.  This person is intrigued by the idea of
> > making some (possibly a lot) of their collection available under a free
> > license.
> >
> > This is speculative, but I MAY get the opportunity to make a pitch in person
> > to the decision makers.
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone has been in this position before and if you have
> > any tips.  I would especially like it if anyone has made some PowerPoint
> > slides they could share with me, so I don't have to start from scratch.
>
> That's really exciting! Please let us know how it goes.
>
> I don't know of any such slide sets. However I have about half-written
> a promo/intro-type booklet for Commons. You can download it from here:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Commons_promo_booklet.sxw
> (open office format)
>
> They're not slides, but you can probably adapt the text pretty easily.
> And in a similar vein there is
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Spotlight_on_Wikimedia_Commons .
>
> Of course feel free to use the text by me without credit, in this good cause ;)
>
> Are you looking for stuff that advocates for Wikimedia Commons
> specifically, or for the use of free licenses in general?
>
> There are several good reasons to use Commons specifically.
> * We are good curators who care about our content and improve it
> * Providing it to Commons makes it available for use at Wikipedia, one
> of the most commonly visited and influential websites in the world
> today (and likely to be for some time). Thus, it can have a much
> greater impact here compared to other sites. (This is the strongest
> argument in my opinion)
> * We can put a (tastefully subtle) link on each image page noting the
> image was provided due to the generosity of X organisation or Y
> person.
>
> cheers,
> Brianna
>
>
> --
> They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:
> http://modernthings.org/
>
>
>

Try the Creative commons site as well.

-bawolff