Dear Social Media Communication Enthusiasts,
Wikimania 2025 is just around the corner! This year’s conference, themed "Wikimania at 20: Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability.", will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from August 6-9, with a pre-conference on August 5. We invite you to be part of this milestone event by submitting program proposals on or before March 31, 2025.
As social media champions for Wikimedia projects, your perspectives and expertise are essential to making this conference impactful and memorable. Here are some ideas for sessions you might consider proposing:
● Building Inclusive Digital Communities: Explore how social media can amplify voices and foster diversity within Wikimedia projects.
● Creating Sustainable Social Media Strategies: Share innovative approaches to promote Wikimedia projects while minimizing resource intensity.
● Showcasing Impact: Present case studies that highlight measurable success in engaging audiences through social media campaigns.
Let’s make this conference truly global and accessible for everyone. Proposals can be presented in various formats:
● Remote presentations from the comfort of your home or workplace.
● Pre-recorded sessions to share at the conference.
● Onsite presentations in Nairobi, Kenya.
You are encouraged to visit the program submission site at https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program to send in your proposals. For suggestions, comments, or assistance, feel free to email us at **wikimania(a)wikimedia.org**. Our dedicated team of volunteers will be ready to support you.
Your insights and creativity are invaluable. Let’s celebrate 20 years of Wikimania with sessions that inspire inclusivity, drive impact, and support sustainability.
Warm regards,
Butch Bustria
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Organisers
Hello everyone,
This is a reminder that applications are currently open for the WikiLearn:
Online Learning Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, an
online capacity building project. The Community Development team at the
Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting two online learning courses; 1)
Identifying
and Addressing Harassment Online
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>
and 2) Building Partnerships
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>.
The deadline for applications is January 14, 2021. These applications are
hosted on a third-party service provider; for information about data
handling, see the application privacy statement within each application
link above before applying. Please visit our project page on Meta if you
have any questions or feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org or on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello all,
The Community Development
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the
Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a
capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an
8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take
part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this
pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be
prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course
materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for
translation.
The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are:
1.
Identifying and Addressing Harassment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>:
This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers
respond to on- and off-wiki harassment.
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This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study.
The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week.
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Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced user
rights.
1.
Partnership Building:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>
This
intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop
meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement
and with external partners.
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This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual
assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours.
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Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience
contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with
building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations.
To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we
are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all
interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course.
All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone
friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the
wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible.
Key Dates:
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Applications open Today (December 15, 2020) and will close on January
14, 2021.
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Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021.
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The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021.
To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot:
To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this
application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>.
To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online course,
fill out this application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>.
For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page.
Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page or contact us at comdev(a)wikimedia.org.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hi all
I was asked by my chapter to promote Wikimedia Poland using Diaspora
network. Apparently it is quite popular among people related to open
education in Poland and it might be a good idea to try to reach to them
using this site.
I'm not very familiar with Diaspora so I would really appreciate some
advice on that. Does anyone here have any experience with using this
network to promote Wikimedia projects? Did you find it useful or not
really? Are there any tips or/and stories you would like to share?
Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
Kierownik Biura Prasowego
Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska
tel. 790 290 275
http://opp.wikimedia.pl