Hola amigos de Iberocoop,
Quería comentarles que estaré dejando mi trabajo en la Fundación a partir
del 3 de septiembre.
Fue un placer trabajar con ustedes, verles crecer y desarrollar propuestas
súper innovadoras. Siempre fue un orgullo poner su trabajo como ejemplo con
otres, tanto en la fundación, como en comunidades de otras regiones.
Un fuerte abrazo,
María
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From: Maria Cruz <mcruz(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 10:59 AM
Subject: Chaucito email with Xuxa GIF
To: Foundation Optional <foundation-optional(a)wikimedia.org>
Cc: María Cruz <macruzbar(a)gmail.com>
Dear Foundation colleagues,
After 5.5 years, September 2 will be my last day at the Wikimedia
Foundation. During my tenure here, I was able to work with different teams
within the Community Engagement department, supporting them with
storytelling, graphic design, and audience development and growth. This
experience has allowed me to design a communications framework for
community engagement
<https://medium.com/@marianarra_/designing-a-communications-framework-for-co…>,
and prove that yes! It works! If you do strategic communication planning,
you can dramatically increase audience engagement. A few examples of my
work are:
- Learning and Evaluation Audience. Over the course of four years
(2014–2018), our audience grew 400% (from about 30 to 120 participants),
and the quality of engagement also changed. Participants shifted from being
consumers of information, to becoming contributors of workshops and
trainings, with 50% of sessions facilitated by open source contributors.
- Inspire New Readers Campaign (2018).For this project, led by Kacie
Harold, I developed the content for the campaign and designed the
distribution strategy. Compared to the average outcomes of the four
previous campaigns, there was a 236% increase in ideas submitted, and a
114% increase in contributors.
- Global Wikimedia Survey (2018). For this project, led by Edward
Galvez, I designed an outreach strategy targeting volunteer developers. The
response rate for this specific group grew by 37%.
Since 2018, I have also led the conversation series Women in the Wikimedia
movement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Women_in_the_Wikimedia…>,
which I hope to continue in my capacity as volunteer. The opportunity to
work with many of you has been invaluable; I have learned so much. I also
really enjoyed working in cross-department projects, like the new editor
experiences research, and the movement organizers research.
While all of you that I’ve met (virtually or in-person) have had an impact
on me, there are a few people I wanted to thank in the all-org email:
Sasha. I love the energy you bring to the office. I will miss our
conversations about food, specifically, about sushi. I think the Foundation
is very lucky to have someone who brings her authentic self *every single
day* to work.
Doreen. Thank you for the sense of humor and the loud laughter
Karen Z. Thank you for the honest conversations.
Jaime Anstee. Thank you for the radical inclusion.
Marti. Thank you for every time that we spoke. I learned so much about
non-violent communication from you, and it has changed my life.
Winifred. Thank you for learning key Argentinean phrases and using them at
the right time.
Abbey. You are an un-veil-or of worlds, a designer of cosmovisions, and
all-time research rockstar. I learned so much from you about contextual
inquiry and user experience research. Thank you for sharing your talent
with me.
Moriel. Your commitment to supporting women, professionally and
emotionally, is remarkable. I feel very lucky to have met you and shared
this time at the Foundation with you.
Srishti. Thank you for all the honest conversations and for your support
and openness.
Dana. I will miss your kindness and open heart.
Chris Koerner. Thank you for all the dad jokes, and for being such a great
thinking buddy. I will miss working with you.
Unfortunately, I can no longer afford to work at the Wikimedia Foundation.
With 11 years of experience in marketing communications (most of which are
in the non-profit sector), I was hoping to have a more senior role at this
time in my career. While this didn't happen for me at the Foundation, it is
very rewarding to see so many people that I have coached or trained get to
leadership positions here.
If you enjoyed working with me, consider leaving a recommendation for me on my
LinkedIn profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/macruzbar/>.
I wish you all the best,
María
*María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach manager, Community Engagement
\\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_
<https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
Hi all,
In preparation for the next Wikimedia Summit 2020 – which will take place
from April 3 to 5 in Berlin, Germany[1] – we again launch a call for a “
Visiting Wikimedian”. This initiative aims to transfer practical knowledge
from the German chapter to other Wikimedia movement affiliates and provides
us with an outside view.
The scope of a “Visiting Wikimedian” is mainly to support the organization
of the Wikimedia Summit in terms of logistics and program. The “Visiting
Wikimedian” will be involved in all essential steps of the planning and
organizing process and will be able to contribute in multiple ways. We are
open to designing the tasks together, according to the Visiting Wikimedian’s
skills and experiences and her or his affiliate’s needs. We are especially
looking for a person who can apply the knowledge to an upcoming event, for
example if the affiliate is hosting a regional or international conference.
You can find more information about the initiative and all application
details on Meta.[2] We had four Visiting Wikimedians over the last years,
check also their blost posts on the linked on the Meta page.
If you are interested in becoming a Visiting Wikimedian, please check the
conditions and details on Meta and apply to wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de until
September 15, 2019 (incl).
Best regards,
Cornelius
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visiting_Wikimedian
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Cornelius Kibelka
Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations
Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207