Hello,

The Community Growth https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth space at Wikimania 2019 is now accepting submissions! The deadline for submission https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions is June 1. See below for submission topics and session formats.

In the Community Growth space, we will come together for discussions, presentations, and workshops that address these questions:

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What is and is not working around attracting and retaining newcomers? -

How should Wikimedia activities evolve to help communities grow and flourish? -

How should our technology and culture evolve to help new populations to come online, participate and become community members?

*Recommended topics. *While proposals related to all aspects of community growth and newcomer experience are welcome, organizing team is particularly interested in proposals related to:

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Research on recruitment, activation and retention. -

Technological approaches -

On- and off-wiki engagement strategies -

Supporting diversity and cross-cultural newcomer experiences -

Lessons learned from beyond Wikimedia, and -

The future of newcomers and editing

If you are interested in seeing presentations around additional topics, but do not plan to submit a proposal, you can suggest additional topics here https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth#Topics_suggested_by_community_members.

*Types of session.* We prefer sessions that are participatory, interactive, promote conversations, and give a voice to parts of our movement that are heard less often. We welcome the following session formats:

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Roundtable discussion -

Panel discussion -

Lightning talk -

Working session -

Teaching session -

Conference presentation

*Poster submissions.* Posters are also a good way to introduce a topic, or show some results of an action. Please consider submitting one https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Poster_session!

More information about the Community Growth space, topics, and submission formats is available on the proposal page https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Growth.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Morgan

On behalf of the Community Growth leadership team