At Wikimania 2013 the Wikidata team produced these cute little A5 leaflets
that were really useful - they had a brief overview of the project, and
then a bunch of entrypoints and contact details. The best thing about them
was that you could slip them in your pocket, so when you were next at a
computer you'd remember you were interested and could find the relevant URL.
This nicely also avoids the task of trying to fit the entire project onto
one piece of paper; it's just an introduction and a physical reminder. As
we all know, the real action happens online. I'm working on creating a
template form that any project, big or small, can fill in, which the
Wikimania team will then have designed up into booklets and print and
present in the main foyer at Wikimania.
I think this is a nice alternative to posters. I'm going to great lengths
to make Wikimania 2014 a very laptop friendly event, and I think leaflets
suit this experience better.
You can see the design of the wikidata booklet, and sign up to be notified
of when I've got the template ready to go, at
Ed Saperia
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Andrew Gray, 10/01/2014 20:05:
There were a good number of posters in Gdansk,
and I think it worked
reasonably well - most were from "research projects", IIRC, but I
think there's certainly scope for something more movement-oriented as
well.
I liked that posters in Gdansk, that's why I added several pro items to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions#Posters .
Especially if the conference is crowded, it's important that the author
leaves some hints how to be found for clarifications and discussion, my
notes still contain an unaddressed item which was – I think – a poster I
couldn't find the author of. :)
Nemo
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here is also a page which maybe can be used to coordinate the work
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poster_design
iolanda/iopensa
Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 20:42, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <
nemowiki(a)gmail.com> ha scritto:
Andrew Gray, 10/01/2014 20:05:
There were a good number of posters in Gdansk,
and I think it worked
reasonably well - most were from "research projects", IIRC, but I
think there's certainly scope for something more movement-oriented as
well.
I liked that posters in Gdansk, that's why I added several pro items to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions#Posters .
Especially if the conference is crowded, it's
important that the author
leaves some hints how to be found for clarifications and
discussion, my
notes still contain an unaddressed item which was – I think – a poster I
couldn't find the author of. :)
Nemo
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:11:32 +0100
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Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 19:42, Ralf Roletschek <ralf(a)roletschek.de>
ha scritto:
I have here a poster:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poster-wikicon-luftbilder-q11.jpg
Do you think such a Thing?
no. below are some examples to give you an idea. sorry for the long links
in the text.
iolanda
* this one is a very common layout of a poster used in research
http://mghacademy.org/uploads/Poster_2011_The_Returning_Veteran.pdf (just
a random example).
or this one which is more visual (but very rare in academia and not easy
for the DIY)
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/1c/84/ab1c84d4c5bebb95e7a3855d6a4…
* this was a very simple way to make posters (for each chapter) used at
the wikimedia conference in milan in 2013
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milán,_Chapters_Conference_2013,_pr…
it was cool to see people's faces and everybody enjoyed the short text
(sic!)
* this is a visual representation which can be used as a poster (but
difficult to replicate)
http://andrewshea.com/images/website_images/thesis/images/posters_visualiza…
* I have the impression that taking as a model the layout of a magazine
index could work best format for our purpose (something like this but more
simple
http://static.designspiration.net/data/l/520660281923_Mcrz2qku_l.jpg or
like this but horizontal
http://static.designspiration.net/data/l/166539585350_WuBYNtlO_l.jpg).
i would strongly suggest that we make horizontal posters, which can also
be used as slides; to have not too much text (in academia the major of
people just copy and paste their research project - but it is too long to
read and Wikimedia can do it differently); and to make posters which can be
printed in A3 (which is quite small but also much much inexpensive to
reprint for future events/initiatives).
Ralf
2014/1/10 phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com>
Thanks Iolanda -- I think this is a great idea. We could have a standing
poster
exhibit hall and, perhaps, a dedicated "poster session" like
academic conferences -- usually an hour or two where people with posters
stand next to them and answer questions, there is nothing else scheduled,
and there are refreshments. Plus, the posters could stay up throughout the
conference, which means people could use spare time throughout the weekend
to look at them and make connections.
I think this would really help ease the number of presentations, would
help people
who are nervous giving a presentation or think they don't have
enough to present, and would help share many more ideas. We could come up
with suggested guidelines, too: a set size, have a small envelope of
business cards or handouts for people who want to know more to take, etc.
I think we talked about having poster sessions at past wikimanias but it
never
really came together -- we've had a few, but never a good poster
space. This year though, I think the sheer number of projects that are
going on, plus the big exhibition space we have, could come together to
really equal a great poster session!
Phoebe
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Raul Veede <raul.veede(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Posters are also manageable for smaller
groups/projects/organizations
who cannot man a booth. After all, even if you get
someone to Wikimania,
there are up to eight parallel sessions and people to meet. At a booth or
table, you should rotate people, while your poster will happily stand on
its own, day and night, like a brave little tin soldier.
Still, it would help usability if there was a given format for the
posters (size
and structure).
Raul
Wikimedia Eesti
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Luis Villa <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Personally, speaking as someone who would love to
know more about what
the various movement organizations are doing, and who felt a
little
overwhelmed at the # of booths in Hong Kong, I think this is a great idea...
Luis (completely personal, no official WMF endorsement :)
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Iolanda Pensa <iolanda(a)pensa.it> wrote:
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]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_exhibition_and_event_in_Lugano_2014
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poster_design
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