Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 Evaluation Survey Results Posted!

-- Jaime Anstee, Ph.D Program Evaluation Specialist Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869 www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/* On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks Maria - really interesting to see such a thorough evaluation - as > well as good to see very positive feedback for the event. > > I wondered out of curiousity if there was any discernable difference in > responses between "long-term Wikimedians" and people with less previous > exposure to the Wikimedia movement? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Maria Cruz mcruz@wikimedia.org wrote: > > > *tl;dr: *You can find the results of the Wikimania 2014 Evaluation Survey > > on Wikimedia Commons *[1]* > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > Today we posted a slide deck summarizing data from the Wikimania > evaluation > > survey from this year’s event in London. The survey was a collaborative > > effort of the Wikimania Conference and Hackathon organizers and the WMF > > Learning and Evaluation team. Conferences and hackathons had been > > identified as key programs to develop evaluation insight. Given the > > opportunity to collaborate on an evaluation survey, WMF team members > > partnered with conference and hackathon organizers to provide the > technical > > support to complete the survey project. > > > > This first survey offers a look into the processes and outcomes of the > > conference. It is intended as a means for participants to share what > they > > got out of the conference and a platform to collect information on how we > > can improve future conferences and their evaluation. We have released a > > basic data summary and meta page with brief highlights of the survey and > > link to a pdf slide deck published to Commons *[1]*. > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Case_studies/Wikimania_Lon... > > > > == Methodology == > > > > * Online survey via Qualtrics *[2]* > > > > * Data collection: > > > > ** August 10th – September 15th, 2014 > > > > ** Conference participants: 1520 > > > > ** Survey Respondents: n=792 (52% of conference participants) > > > > === The Conference Overall === > > > > * Participants were highly satisfied with the conference overall. > > > > * 91% of respondents rated the conference as "Good" (48%) or "Excellent" > > (43%) > > > > * 87% indicated their expectations had been "met" (48%) or "exceeded" > (39%) > > > > * The most named benefits of attending Wikimania were meeting people and > > finding out about projects. > > > > Favorite talks: > > > > 1. > > > > Creative Ways to Alienate Women Online: A How To Guide for Wikipedians > > (by Steven Walling and Maryana Pinchuk) > > 2. > > > > Which Law Applies to Wikipedia (by Tobias Lutzi) > > 3. > > > > Raph Koster: A Theory of Fun > > 4. > > > > Jack Andraka > > 5. > > > > Education (by members of the Wiki Ed Foundation and Education > > Collaborative) > > > > > > Please visit the page *[3]* for basic details or follow the links to the > > slide deck *[1]*. The complete survey data are available upon request and > > will be used by both the conference and the hackathon planning groups for > > their use in planning for future events and their evaluation. In > addition, > > the Learning and Evaluation team will also work to review and > incorporate > > these results, along with evaluation data from other conferences, in the > > second round of Program Evaluation reports currently in progress. The > > conference financial report is also underway, however, it will also be > > available sometime in the new year. Keep an eye out for these additional > > points of reporting to become available in early 2015! > > > > > > On behalf of all who have collaborated in this evaluation survey, those > > who helped with its development, the 792 participants who completed it, > and > > those involved in the its analysis, and now, interpretation: thank you > for > > your time, attention, and support! We are happy to be part in this > > collective learning about Wikimedia conferences and hackathons. Your > > questions are welcome, and encouraged, on the talk page. > > > > > > > > > > *María Cruz * \ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \ Wikimedia > Foundation, > > Inc. > > mcruz@wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ https://twitter.com/marianarra_ > > > > > *[1] Summary Slide Deck* > > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Participant_Survey_-_... > > > > > > > > *[2] Survey Items* > > > > > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheets/d/1b3Qp-l8HU4WYFX2lyACL... > > > > *[3] Overview Page* > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Case_studies/Wikimania_Lon... > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe >