Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!

Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:

== New blog: Help fill in the gaps: Contribute to the story of Wikimedia programs [1] ==

For a few months now, we have been working with our fellows to round up data on Wikimedia’s most common programs. Thank you to everyone who has been participating!  With more than 1.5 times as many program leaders and nearly 6 times more implementations from twice as many countries identified compared to last year’s beta round, we are looking forward to provided deeper reports this year. The new blog [1] offers an overview of our progress and how you can still contribute to developing our understanding of how these programs support the goals of our movement.

== New Issue: Learning Quarterly [2] ==

The third issue of Learning Quarterly is out. Through this means we seek to share the learning about programs and practices taking place in the movement, including information around new learning resources, blog posts written by the Learning and Evaluation team, learning patterns, and recent initiatives in IdeaLab that need community support. Subscribe online and have the next issue delivered to your wiki of preference [3].

== Planning in-person pre-conference and conference workshops at Wikimedia Conference ==

It is that time of the year again! Our team is beginning to plan a new set of pre-conference workshops with a focus on programs evaluation and design for Wikimedia Conference [4]. We will dedicate half a day to introductory topics on Wednesday (May 13) in the pre-conference agenda. Our team will also offer applied workshops on your selected toolkit topics during open Thursday (May 14).

If you are planning to attend Wikimedia Conference 2015, we need your insights! We want to know which workshops and session offerings are most desired, and who among conference attendees are available to attend. In order to help us design the best agenda for these days, please fill out our brief survey to share your availability to participate and which topics are of most interest. Importantly, the Wikimedia Foundation is able to cover the additional cost of the 1 or 2 extra nights stay for up to 30 participants to join us. Please let us know your interest right away by completing the survey as soon as possible . Find the survey here:

https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_1WYr5sUhvF5aeAR

As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [5].

On behalf of the Learning and Evaluation team, thank you for your time and attention.