*“Wikipedia is a social network. You’d use it if a friend in the US was on it and you wanted to connect with them.”* —Man, Construction Worker, 25-36, Lagos

Please join us NEXT WEDNESDAY September 28th to review the research findings of the New Readers project. In this 1.5 hour presentation, we will review critical research findings from Mexico, India, and Nigeria.

We will share discoveries from more than 5 months of research, including phone surveys in 13 languages, and more than 150 in-person interviews.

More details on the project can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers

See you on Wednesday at 9 AM PDT / 4 PM GMT / 9:30 PM IST!

YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYymUXRzpU4 [1] / Blue Jeans link https://bluejeans.com/354618595 [2]

Thanks, Anne + the New Readers team

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYymUXRzpU4 [2] https://bluejeans.com/354618595

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:

Hello all!

Please join us on September 28 at 16:00 UTC to review the research findings of the New Readers project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers! This 1.5 hour presentation will share findings from user research in Mexico, India, and Nigeria.

Why should you come?

• India, Nigeria, and Mexico represent more than 1.5 billion people,

more than 20% of the world

• Current Wikipedia awareness and usage in these countries is low –

less than 25% of people in Nigeria and India have even heard of Wikipedia

• In pursuit of the Wikimedia vision to make knowledge accessible to

“every single human being”, we aim to better understand users around the world and meet their real needs

Specifically, we will discuss:

• Information seeking habits
• Internet use, devices, and general knowledge patterns
• Wikipedia awareness and usage
• User personas developed from findings
• Potential next steps and opportunities to better serve New Readers

in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

More details on the project can be found on Meta-Wiki.[1]

Join us on September 28 at 9am PDT / 4pm UTC / 9:30pm IST through our YouTube stream[2] or with conferencing app BlueJeans.[3]

best, Joe Sutherland

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYymUXRzpU4 [3] https://bluejeans.com/354618595/

-- *Joe Sutherland* Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation joesutherland.rocks