While I won't comment on what motivation methods *I* think would work well, I think it is a topic that has potential as the subject of academic research. 

It is just as important to know why people choose to do something as it is to know why they choose not to do the same thing. 

Risker/Anne

On 31 May 2012 01:19, John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Beria,

Which motivation methods do you think work well?

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Béria Lima <beria.lima@wikimedia.pt> wrote:
> I think that better than ask why people don't contribute, is better tell
> them why SHOULD they? For us is easier to pass by the fact that not everyone
> knows why they should contribute. We should give they as much info as
> possible to make them a contributor, not asking why they don't do it.
>
> Contribution is almost always a question of motivation, if you don't
> motivate people to do it, they simply won't.
> _____
> Béria Lima
>
> Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre
> acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir
> esse sonho.
>
>
> On 30 May 2012 18:47, John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What research is needed?
>>
>> We have academics across the world who want to do research on Wikimedia.
>>
>> What questions can we put to the researchers in order to obtain a
>> better understanding of
>>
>> * why women don't contribute?
>> * what would help them contribute?
>> * other?
>>
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