On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter <osamadre(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
OK I see now the box for "other" not as an
option for a name (which is how
these things are usually set up) but underneath the original question.
Thanks, Leigh - we're working on changing the way the box is configured, so
it's more intuitive. We do encourage informal groups to take the
questionnaire, as you notice, since it's useful to see what of these
questions (and possible responses) might apply to groups like yours.
Anasuya
From: osamadre(a)hotmail.com
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: RE: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for
Wikimedia organizations)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:27:14 -0700
I assume this survey is only for organizations that have been recognized
by AffCom? We are still struggling to get ours (despite the fact that we
are one of the most productive educational groups), so I thought Id at
least answer the questionnairre, but under "name of organization" the only
option is to select from a group of pre-determined names. This even though
the instructions say that they welcome responses from informal groups.
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:31:00 +0100
From: claudia.garad(a)wikimedia.at
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for
Wikimedia
organizations)
Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into
creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the
results and learnings of the next steps.
At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge of the planned
process is to overcome the language barrier: If we want to include our
volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate
the questionnaire and some general information first.
While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to
meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for
smaller langugage communities.
Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with
the Foundation in order to get help in this regard?
Best
Claudia
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Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta:
> tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
> organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support
each
> other better:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
>
>
> Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project
with
> TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on
social impact - and the larger
> Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes
and
> sizes (including user groups, chapters, and
thematic organizations), to
> improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
> movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
> conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
> organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement,
which is
> unique in that it is online, growing
extraordinarily fast, and created
and
> supported almost entirely by volunteers.
>
> The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1)
how
> impact is defined from an organizational
perspective in their
contexts, 2)
> what strategies Wikimedia organizations use
to achieve that impact,
and 3)
> what resources and skills Wikimedia
organizations may need to be more
> effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.
>
> In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
> organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
> attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
> AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the
FDC and
> other grantmaking committees, as well as
many other individuals in the
> movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
> resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
> leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable
time
> to participate in one or more of these
exchanges; Wikimedians around
the
> globe created the foundation for this work.
>
> The second and third stages of the project involve development of an
online
> organizational effectiveness questionnaire,
a user guide to help
> organizations interpret their results, and an organizational
effectiveness
> learning center, which may help
organizations think about the different
> strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities
to
> be more successful with those strategies.
>
> *Learning center:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center
.
>
>
> *User guide:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide
>
> *Questionnaire text:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionn…
>
> *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more
> links can be requested):
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
>
> The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia
> organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences
and
> best practices. TCC worked closely with a
handful of Wikimedia
volunteers
> from different organizations to design the
Questionnaire you are about
to
> take.
>
> Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has
> consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please
note
> that the questionnaire is not intended to be
a test of individual
> organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with
> individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will
> aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness
> Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team,
along
> with a “capacity building roadmap” to help
the team - and the wider
> movement - think about how organizations can build capacity for
specific
> program strategies.
>
>
> *We request that you respond to the questionnaire by December 21st*, so
> that TCC can collate the results and share it with all of us early in
the
> new year. Please let us know if you have
any difficulties or
questions: the
> WMF contact for this process is Winifred
Olliff. Please contact us with
> questions or suggestions at <orgeffectiveness(a)wikimedia.org>rg>.
>
>
> Many thanks to all who offered their time and expertise to the
different
stages of
this project. We hope this tool will be useful to you in your
work, and we welcome your continued feedback.
Warm regards and looking forward to our continued work together!
Anasuya
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