Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from the PE&D team:
== New Social Media ==
Follow our New Twitter Account!
In order to further spread all the knowledge around evaluation and add more
voices in this global dialogue, we launched a twitter account. Feel free to
follow and tag @WikiEval [1] on anything related to program evaluation and
learning.
== New Resource==
Program Evaluation Tips and Links
Alex (Program Officer, Project & Event Grants) has recently created a
handful of useful pages for helping you plan, implement, and evaluate key
programs. These initial pages will continue to grow and develop into
full-fledged program toolkits, but already Alex has gathered some really
important tips and links for Edit-a-thons [2], On-Wiki writing contests [3],
Image upload events [4], GLAM Content release partnerships [5], and the
Wikipedia Education Program [6]. If you are planning one of these events,
please visit and be sure to share your experience or additional resources
and links via the talk page.
== New Workshop Sessions ==
Grantmaking sessions at WikiConference USA
WikiConference USA will be held in New York, May 30 to June 1st [7]. The
conference will be the scene for two important workshops: a program
evaluation workshop on program tracking and reporting tools and
Wikimetrics, and a grantmaking workshop on IdeaLab. For those who will be
in attendance, please join the grantmaking teams for these special
sessions!
* Program Evaluation and Design workshop [8] - Saturday, May 31 from 3 to 5
p.m. We will look into the core points for program tracking and reporting
and explore related resources, as well as overview the functionality of,
and explore using, Wikimetrics. We encourage you to bring a your laptop and
list of usernames from a program or event you have held.
* IdeaLab workshop [9] - Sunday, June 1 from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Grantmaking team members will facilitate an interactive session working
together to learn how to use the IdeaLab to write-up new ideas for projects
and turn them into project plans or grant proposals. Come ready to bring
your ideas to life!
== Next Virtual Meet-up ==
Let’s talk about surveys: Join the next virtual meet-up on June 12
Tuesday, June 12 you can find us on a virtual meetup to review survey tools
and resources. This will be an occasion for program leaders to share
experiences in piloting survey strategies. The program evaluation and
design team will be joined by Daria Cybulska (WMUK) and James Hare (WMDC),
who will share their experiences piloting online surveys for program
evaluation. Join the event [10]!
As always, stay up-to-date by watching the news page [11] on our portal or
reach out to us in the parlor [12] or privately at eval(a)wikimedia.org
On behalf of the Program Evaluation and Design team, thank you for your
time and attention.
Best,
María
References:
[1] Twitter link: http://twitter.com/WikiEval
[2] Edit-a-thons tips and links:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/Edit-a-thons
[3] Writing contest tips and links:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/Writing_Compet…
[4] Photo event tips and links:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/Photo_Events<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/Photo_Events>
[5] GLAM Content release tips and links:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/GLAM<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/GLAM>
[6] WEP tips and links:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Program_Resources/Education
[7] WikiConferenceUSA portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_USA
[8] PE&D workshop:
http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Submissions:Growing_the_Awesome_in_your_P…
[9] IdeaLab workshop: http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/IdeaLab
[10] Virtual meet-up page:
https://plus.google.com/events/c1kgb4kkpn72dahhapkavsbopu4
[11] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/News
[12] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor
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María Cruz
Community Coordinator, PE&D
Wikimedia Foundation
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates on our activities from the PE&D team:
===New Community Discussion!===
Let's Talk! Program Evaluation and Metrics [1]
The focus of the Program Evaluation and Design team is peer learning,
practice sharing, and the adoption of shared language and approach to
program evaluation across the movement, to support the discoverability and
innovation of programs that will achieve high impact. Importantly, the team
is charged with developing learning resources and tools to support program
leaders to self-evaluate their program efforts and impacts. As we come upon
one year’s time since our team began started on this initiative we’d like
to hear from the community of Wikimedia, program leaders, evaluators,
volunteers, and other stakeholders in program evaluation and design, about
your perspectives on the evaluation initiative efforts. Please visit the
dialogue pages to share your perspective on: How we should evaluate and
report on the program evaluation and design capacity-building initiative,
the evaluation learning opportunities and resources made available so far,
program metrics piloted so far, and how we should assess grantmaking to
groups and individuals.
===New Virtual Meet-up!===
Survey tools and program leader experiences piloting survey strategies [2]
The program evaluation team will facilitate a brief survey tools overview
and resources and sharing of program leader experiences piloting survey
strategies. The program evaluation and design team will be joined by Daria
Cybulska (WMUK) and James Hare (WMDC) who will share their recent
experiences piloting survey tools for their program evaluation. (June 12,
2014; 4-5 p.m. UTC).
===New Team Member!===
Maria Cruz, Program Evaluation Community Coordinator [3]
We have hired Maria Cruz as our new Program Evaluation Community
Coordinator. Maria is extremely personable and has a good understanding of
the Wikimedia Landscape. She is familiar with both the nonprofit and
Wikimedia world and has a passion for free knowledge, and a background and
experience in communications and journalism. She has two bachelor’s
degrees, one in Communication, Art & Design and another in Communication
with and emphasis in Journalism. In addition, she has a full year’s
experience as communications coordinator of Wikimedia Argentina (WMAR).
Maria expresses a natural curiosity and propensity toward capturing people
and stories and has a strong history of productivity with blogs and
reporting communications in her role at the chapter as well as in previous
activities and positions. She is a patient and passionate communicator who
will add depth and perspective to how we communicate about program
evaluation and design.
On a more personal note, María enjoys writing short narratives, taking
pictures of people when they don't look in the camera, and swimming. She
likes to cook for friends and go further east (if possible) each time she
travels. She can watch almost any movie, but prefers independent
filmmaking. Oftentimes, she thinks a bike ride will make anything better.
Join us in welcoming Maria by visiting her user page [3] on Meta!
As always, stay up-to-date by watching the news page [4] on our portal or
reach out to us in the parlor [5] or privately at eval(a)wikimedia.org
Best regards,
Jaime
References:
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor/Dialogue
[2]
https://plus.google.com/b/117126229120807344920/events/c1kgb4kkpn72dahhapka…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MCruz_(WMF)
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/News
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Parlor
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Jaime Anstee, Ph.D
Program Evaluation Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
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www.wikimediafoundation.org
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