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(Iolanda Pensa) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:42:30 +0100 From: "Federico Leva (Nemo)" &lt;nemowiki(a)gmail.com&gt; To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" &lt;wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools... Message-ID: &lt;52D04D26.2030005(a)gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Andrew Gray, 10/01/2014 20:05: 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:45:17 +0100 From: Iolanda Pensa &lt;iolanda(a)pensa.it&gt; To: "Wikimania general list \(open subscription\)" &lt;wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools... Message-ID: &lt;4D8E76FE-7B61-4E70-81EB-6DEDC59D16E9(a)pensa.it&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 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&gt; ha scritto: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions#Posters . 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. :) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:11:32 +0100 From: Iolanda Pensa &lt;iolanda(a)pensa.it&gt; To: "Wikimania general list \(open subscription\)" &lt;wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools... Message-ID: &lt;8F03D912-7670-42CA-B4C9-6DCA82C4A1D3(a)pensa.it&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 19:42, Ralf Roletschek &lt;ralf(a)roletschek.de&gt; ha scritto: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poster-wikicon-luftbilder-q11.jpg 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). 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. 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. 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! wrote: 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. posters (size and structure). wrote: 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... incredibly numerous, and panels at Wikimania are reaching an almost unmanageable number (for attendees). why not creating posters? 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. 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...). 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. 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. 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. 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 have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.