dear all,
Wikimedia initiatives/activities/experiences/tools/organizations are now incredibly
numerous, and panels at Wikimania are reaching an almost unmanageable number (for
attendees). why not creating posters?
posters are a simple presentation tool largely used in academia. it is literally a poster
(A3 or larger), which presents an overview of a project/activity/experience/thing in a
short and comprehensive way. basically they include an abstract, an image (photo, visual
representation, graph...), links to further documentation (it can also be a QRcode which
links to a video), credits, timeframe and contacts.
The can be made available online (also with an editable format which allows translations),
they can be used as slides, and they can be printed and used for all sorts of exhibitions
(in a school, during an event...).
The possibility of submitting posters at Wikimania was already possible in previous
Wikimania editions, but it didn't generate an habit and probably it didn't work
very well (maybe it was not the right time). now there are structured chapters and
affiliates, people working consistently in education, GLAMs and outreach, programs at WMF,
and a desire to let other people know what is going on.
we are thinking of include an exhibition of posters within our Wikimania bid[1] (it allows
to reduce the number of panels, to allow people to share their experience even if they
don't attend and to cross rapidly things you don't know jet). I'm also working
with Wikimedia CH and Wikimedia Italia to prepare an event and exhibition in Lugano in
Spring 2014[2] which includes an expo of posters of successful experiences in GLAM
partnerships; this event could be a pilot to test the creation and use of posters.
To collect the information we can make a form with limited number of words and centralize
the editing; or we can make a graphic template available; or we can create a team of
people who summarize already available information from online documentation. i think
visual consistency can be an asset.
what do you think? do you think it is a relevant format? anyone willing to help? anyone
has an idea on who can set a graphic template for the posters? on meta you find a draft
page about posters[3]
thank you
iolanda/iopensa
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Esino_Lario
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_exhibition_and_event_in_Lugano_2014
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poster_design