Hi all —
Wikimania is coming, but before we get to Montreal, we are publishing many
more insights, reports, guides, and research from our work during cycle 3.
There's lots of good stuff and interesting insights (did you know Spain is
consistently one of the countries with the highest awareness about our
projects and community?), and I encourage you to take a look. Here are a
few new updates:
*New voices synthesis report.*[1] Are you looking to better understand New
Voices projects? Start with this overview report — it summarizes our work
across many teams: insights from research, a summary of 58 expert
interviews, expert convenings hosted by the Foundation and affiliates,
design research findings, briefings on major trends that will impact the
community like misinformation and emerging platforms, further reading, and
(of course!) references.
*July Wikimedia Foundation metrics meeting.*[2] During our July 27 meeting,
we reviewed new research on brand insights about why people do (and do not)
read Wikipedia, research that focuses on high-awareness countries as part
of New Voices initiatives.
*Strategic direction committee update.*[3] We are working to consider what
we have heard from the community and learned from research to identify what
we want to achieve as a movement by 2030. We will share our first draft of
the strategic direction with all of you in advance of Wikimania. We’re
looking forward to your thoughts on the talk page!
*Wikimania movement strategy and events.*[4] Speaking of Wikimania, the
Foundation is preparing 6 sessions related to the strategy process in the
official program. We will also offer you a physical location for engaging
with the strategic direction: the Movement Strategy Space, open from
Thursday through Sunday. The Space will host different working sessions,
discussions, and the chance to re-energize for the coming weeks and months
(we have some special things in store!). The conference organizers are also
preparing a remote attendee plan with live video and content for the
conference overall, so you will be able to participate if you’re not able
to come to Montreal. Please note that online registration ended July 31;
after that you can register on-site starting August 8.[5]
ভালো থাকবেন। (Bengali translation: “Stay well”)
Katherine
PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[6]
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Ne…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Dra…
[4] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030
[5] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/23…
--
Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
We are please to announce the upcoming launch of the recruiting process for
the Chief Product Officer.
As part of the process, we wanted to share the job description (below). A
big thank you to the Audiences & Technology teams for their collaboration,
support and guidance in creating it.
We also wanted to out put a call, if you have any nominations or
recommendations, we'd love to hear from you. Just email me directly over
the next few days.
Thanks!
Joady
Job Title:
Chief Product Officer
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a creative, collaborative,
forward-thinking Chief Product Officer to join our executive team. We’re
looking for a leader who is driven by our mission, animated by results,
informed by data, and passionate about superb user experiences. This may be
you, if you have have a truly global worldview, uncompromising commitment
to our values, and embrace transparency in your work and communications.
As Chief Product Officer, you will lead a nearly hundred person department
that builds and supports products, features, and services used by more than
one billion users per month from every part of the globe. As a member of
the Foundation’s executive team you will be a critical voice representing
our contributors, readers, and new users. Our vision is for “every human
being to share in the sum of human knowledge”, and our product experience
is essential to that vision.
As Chief Product Officer, we’d like you to do these things:
Lead
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Work with the Foundation’s executive team to think and act in service of
the future of the Wikimedia vision, projects, contributors, and readers
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Serve as a compelling advocate for the Wikimedia movement, Foundation,
and values to users, contributors, donors, and partners
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Develop and lead product strategy to support the Wikimedia projects,
communities, and partners
Produce
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Deliver measurable user impact at global scale by working
collaboratively and effectively across internal departments and external
partners
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Develop, advance and deliver an effective product vision, including
expanding product usership, contributor health and retention, brand
awareness, and revenue growth
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Build products to grow and sustain our content-building communities
while acquiring, delighting, and engaging readers
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Foster a well-defined theory of change with qualitative and quantitative
metrics to track and communicate impact
Manage
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Build a sustainable system and culture for team members’ continued
professional growth and advancement
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Manage, mentor, and recruit exceptional and diverse talent
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Build strong and effective teams, developing departmental succession
planning across a broad range of disciplines (e.g., product management,
design, engineering, data analysis)
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Manage competing priorities, complex stakeholder relationships, and
finite resources in order to deliver measurable user impact at scale
Collaborate
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Build and strengthen relationships with the Wikimedia community to
advance the mission of the Foundation
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Identify and grow product partnerships that support our movement’s
aspirations
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Work with our communities to understand their needs and motivations
We’d like you to have this experience and these skills:
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10+ years in strategic-level product development roles
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Proven record of leading high-impact global software product initiatives
for millions of users with measurable success, across multilingual
audiences, on time and budget
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Experience leading multidisciplinary product development teams,
developing diverse talent pipelines, and creating systems for creative and
sustainable internal workflows
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Proven skills with modern forms of adaptive product planning, customer
discovery, product discovery, and product development processes to deliver
software features that meet users’ needs
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Experience collaborating on the development of product roadmaps which
feed into company strategy, including detailed technological implementations
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Significant experience navigating complex international organizations,
movements, or networks
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A track record of building consensus among large, dispersed stakeholder
groups in a highly collaborative, transparent environment
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Informed cultural sensitivities, intellectual curiosity, and a deep
passion for the Wikimedia mission
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Experience with internet culture and policy issues, including: freedom
of expression, open culture/free culture, the free and open source software
movement, online surveillance, privacy and security
And it would be even more awesome if you had the following:
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The ability to work in a fast-moving, highly-diverse grassroots
environment, while effectively prioritizing and leading a variety of
activities
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Significant skilled personal use of creative, collaborative, and social
platforms
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Experience working with nonprofit organizations is a plus
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Fluency or familiarity with languages in addition to English are a plus.
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Having lived or worked outside your country of origin is a plus
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Experience as a member of a volunteer community is a plus
--
Joady Lohr
Chief Talent & Culture Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
p. 415.839.6885 x6824
www.wikimediafoundation.org
Please Note: If I am emailing after hours or on the weekend, I am naughty.
Please do not respond until reasonable business hours in your timezone,
unless of course I am shouting for help ;-)
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.* https://donate.wikimedia.org/
*Want to work with us?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.we…>*
Hi everyone,
TL;DR A draft of the Wikimedia movement’s strategic direction[1] is on
Meta. Everyone is invited to read and discuss on the talk page!
At the beginning of this year, the Wikimedia movement began a remarkable
global discussion to consider our collective future, under the name
Wikimedia 2030. Our aim has been to work together to define a common
strategic direction that will unite and inspire people across our movement.
This direction is the foundation on which we strengthen our work, challenge
our assumptions, experiment with the future, build clear plans, and set
priorities around resources and allocation.[2]
The process has been alternately challenging, delightful, messy, and
fascinating. More than 80 Wikimedia groups and communities have
participated in discussions all over the world.[3] Conversations were held
across languages on-wiki, in person (including a 17-hour strategy track at
the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin), virtually, and through private
surveys. We complemented our discussions with research on readers around
the world[4] and conversations with more than 150 experts.[4] We looked at
future trends that will affect our mission on our way to 2030.[5]
In July, a drafting group[6] took on the enormous task of synthesizing this
information into a draft strategic direction. This group, made up of of a
diverse group of community volunteers and representatives from the
Wikimedia 2030 strategy team,[7] aimed to represent the feedback from
participants across the movement who contributed to Wikimedia 2030 --
including individual volunteers, Wikimedia organizations, readers,
partners, and donors.[8] Their goal has been to produce an early version of
the strategic direction that the broader movement can review and discuss.
I am delighted to share our first draft of our movement-wide strategic
direction[9]. Please read, share, and discuss on Talk pages or in upcoming
conversations with discussion coordinators on your local wikis. Based on
your feedback, the drafting group will continue to refine and finalize this
direction through August. The more we all can collaborate on strengthening
this draft, the stronger our future will be.
Thank you to every single person and group that has engaged in this
process. While we’re not done yet, I want to express my personal gratitude
and congratulations to everyone for your engagement, honesty, and
contributions. It has been a remarkable journey.
(For those of you attending Wikimania, the conference will be an additional
opportunity to for discussion, feedback, and exploration around the
findings from the Wikimedia 2030 process. We're hosting a strategy track
that will offer the opportunity to learn more about the findings from the
consultations and research, and offer feedback on the direction. You can
find more information about this track here.
Yours,
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
This draft is currently being translated.
[2] The strategic direction is not meant to be a strategic plan. Plans are
3-5 years, executable and measurable, specific to organizational
capacity/resources, and should give us points to assess progress/viability.
The direction should be broad, enduring, and ambitious, and clear enough to
provide guidance on overarching goals against which a plan with those
specifics can be built. The strategic direction is on a 12-year timeline
because it allows people to focus on aspirational end goals rather than
what it means for their immediate roles and interests. We will talk more
about strategic plans in phase 2, starting in November 2017.
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Re…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Ne…;
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Br…;
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Movement_Strategy_-_New_Voices_Researc…
[5] Considering 2030: Misinformation, verification, and propaganda (July
2017); Considering 2030: Future technology trends that will impact the
Wikimedia movement (July 2017); Considering 2030: Demographic Shifts – How
might Wikimedia extend its reach by 2030?
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Dra…
[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People
[8] The drafting group included reviewers and contributing writers. Over
the past few weeks, volunteer and staff reviewers on the drafting group
reviewed early drafts of the strategic direction developed by contributing
writers. Input was collected through two feedback sessions and through
collaborative editing on Google docs and on-wiki. Notes from feedback
sessions available on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direc…
)
[9]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
This draft is currently being translated.
--
Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedia community,
Here are the latest news from Wikimedia France.
First of all, we are devastated by the passing of our estimate trustee Mrs.
Louise Merzeau on July 15th. Louise had been appointed by the Board in
February with the ambition to learn and profit from her deep knowledge of
and academic research on the commons. Sadly, the current problems of
Wikimedia France did not give her the opportunity to get seriously involved
with the movement before she passed away.
This sad news reached us a few days after the resignation of Mr. Guillaume
Goursat, treasurer, from the Board.
The Board has appointed a new treasurer, Mr. Florian Pépellin, who already
had a mandate from the Board for banking and financial matters. The
executive team (chair, vice-chair and secretary) remains otherwise
unchanged.
The Board has also acknowledged the demand for a general assembly expressed
by more than 25% of our members. This assembly will take place on September
9th and will be the opportunity for members to elect six new Board members
to fill the vacant seats, and discuss current issues. The regular General
Assembly where the certified and audited accounts are presented and voted
will be held in October as usual. Six Board seats will also be renewed then.
Wikimédia France will receive a site visit from the Wikimedia Foundation on
the 25th and 26th of July.
Best regards,
Édouard, on behalf of the board of Wikimédia France
Greetings —
Before I get to sharing the latest updates, I want thank each of you again
for your participation in the strategy process. You have helped us to shape
a draft direction that we hope truly reflects the needs of every community
in our movement. No matter where you plan to be in the world between August
9 and 13, I invite you to join us at Wikimania 2017 in person, by remote
attendance, and by using the #wikimania hashtag on social media.[1]
*Our Wikimania schedule*.[2] We will discuss the many insights we have
gathered through the movement strategy process, share and discuss the draft
direction, and work to further understand the future of the movement.
Please visit this page to see updates on the strategy session schedule.
*The working draft for the strategic direction*.[3] A draft of the
strategic direction for the movement is beginning to emerge on Meta. Like
many of you, we are eager to discuss the draft, so we have been drafting in
public as we go. The language is very early, so if you have feedback,
please focus on the substance! I plan to share a more detailed update about
the direction over the next few days.
*Wikipedia brand awareness, attitudes, and usage research.*[4] What do
people know about Wikipedia as a brand? We commissioned surveys in seven
countries to help inform the future of the movement, and shared a summary
of highlights at the most recent Metrics meeting.[5]
*Salons in New York, Washington DC, and Israel.*[6] [7] [8] We are
continuing to host discussions with experts and community members around
the world about the needs and goals of the movement. We invite you to read
and discuss materials from our latest events.
*Global Voices meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia.*[9] In collaboration between
the Bolivian Wikimedia working group and Global Voices, 30 representatives
from different indigenous communities gathered to review the inclusion of
indigenous languages and traditions in our projects.
Bien cordialement (French translation: best regards)
And à bientôt for those who will be at Wikimania!
Katherine
[1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/19/wikimania-montreal-announcement/
[2] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Br…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Ne…
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Wa…
[8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources/Wi…
[9]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2017_Wikimedia_movement_strateg…
--
Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
Extremely sad news. May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace.
My condolence to the family.
Regards,
Isaac Olatunde.
On Aug 2, 2017 9:57 AM, "Richard Farmbrough" <richard(a)farmbrough.co.uk>
wrote:
Very sad news indeed. Frustrating that we could not gain more social
media traction, when there is such nonsense that does.
On 2 Aug 2017 08:37, "kayode yussuf" <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is a very sad news.
>
> Bassel will continue to be an hero in our hearts and we will take solace
> in his activities in the Open movement.
>
> Kayode Yussuf
>
> > On Aug 2, 2017, at 00:19, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org.
> >
> >
> > This is giving an SSL error ...
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
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Dear all,
I would like to draw your attention to our freshly published APG
Progress Report. It covers the first six months of 2017 and highlights
include:
* Learnings from our online campaigns to attract and retain new
editors for Wikipedia
* Experimenting with a new Wikipedia Hotline
* Developing features to increase data quality on Wikidata
* What you can do when Wiktionary data is integrated into Wikidata
* Making the German-speaking Community Technical Wishlist Survey more accessible
* How we are bursting the Brussels bubble
* Why WMDE dabbles in Open Science
As always, we wanted to share some of our most important learnings
with the movement. So, check it out:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2016-2017_round_1/Wiki…
Happy reading,
Nicole
--
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
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,
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