Dear all,
The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement.
To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. Individual focus groups will include 10-15 volunteers who will be asked to share insights on specific questions as part of a facilitated discussion.
How can we best communicate with your community on an ongoing basis? In what ways does the Foundation currently support your work? We ask you to share your thoughts on these and other questions by signing up for a focus group by the end of Wednesday, 2 December, or participating in the discussion on Meta-Wiki [1].
We would like to collect feedback from across the movement, representing a wide range of insights and opinions. We will be working to build as many focus groups as possible, but want to be upfront that we may face limitations on the number of groups we can convene based on the level of interest. However, if you would like to discuss your thoughts in detail, we are also offering the chance to connect with the Communications team in other ways, including individual and group meetings and office hours [2].
Initial discussions are happening between now and January 2021. We invite you to join the conversation, and look forward to working together to explore some important questions.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights#Office_hour...
-- Elena Lappen (she/her) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation
Hi again everyone,
Thanks to all of you who have signed up for a focus group or participated in the discussion so far. We have approximately 100 focus group sign-ups as of today, and will keep the participant survey open at least through the end of the day tomorrow, Wednesday 2 December. To sign up or for more details, visit the Movement communications insights Meta page [1].
I wanted to send a reminder (as noted on the Meta page) that we will be hosting office hours about this work tomorrow, Wednesday 2 December at 17:00 UTC [2][3]. Join us with your questions, initial feedback, and to collaborate on how to best structure some of the upcoming work. The recording of the meeting will be made available after.
Looking forward to talking with you then!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights [2] https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1606928436 [3] https://meet.google.com/uvh-vxpo-dum
-- Elena Lappen (she/her) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation
On Nov 18, 2020, at 9:26 AM, Elena Lappen elappen@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear all,
The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement.
To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. Individual focus groups will include 10-15 volunteers who will be asked to share insights on specific questions as part of a facilitated discussion.
How can we best communicate with your community on an ongoing basis? In what ways does the Foundation currently support your work? We ask you to share your thoughts on these and other questions by signing up for a focus group by the end of Wednesday, 2 December, or participating in the discussion on Meta-Wiki [1].
We would like to collect feedback from across the movement, representing a wide range of insights and opinions. We will be working to build as many focus groups as possible, but want to be upfront that we may face limitations on the number of groups we can convene based on the level of interest. However, if you would like to discuss your thoughts in detail, we are also offering the chance to connect with the Communications team in other ways, including individual and group meetings and office hours [2].
Initial discussions are happening between now and January 2021. We invite you to join the conversation, and look forward to working together to explore some important questions.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_communications_insights#Office_hour...
-- Elena Lappen (she/her) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation
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