Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!

Important updates on Learning and Evaluation:

== Evaluation Pulse survey is closing soon! ==

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== Learning & Evaluation team at Wikimania 2014 ==

We are now sharing some resources presented during Learning & Evaluation sessions. A new blogpost is coming soon with more information on the Wikimedia blog!

=== Learning Day ===

As part of the Wikimania pre conference sessions, we hosted a Learning Day, that brought together grantees and program leaders from the movement on Wednesday August 8. On this occasion, some program leaders gave lightning talks on different learning experiences that involve their programs: Sandra Rientjes talked about thematic approach to programs [1], Jake Orlowitz shared his experience with The Wikipedia Adventure [2], Daria Cybulska shared her experience reviewing Wikimedians in Residence program [3], and Amanda Menking talked about her experience with Women and Wikipedia [4]. We also shared a presentation on the Theory of Change and Logic Models as a useful tool for evaluation planning [5].

=== Poster Session ===

This informal gathering brought together grantees and program leaders, and was also a good opportunity to showcase some programs. The posters were prepared in anticipation and mounted on stands. You can now see them on Commons [6].

=== Growing the Awesome in Your Programs ===

We hosted a session where we shared the portal’s new design, looked into the core points for program tracking and reporting and explored related resources, as well as shared an overview of Wikimetrics [7].

== Beyond Wikimetrics (II): Sign up available! ==

The second virtual meet-up of the series “Beyond Wikimetrics” will be held on Wednesday, August 20, at 8 am PDT. Sign up and take part in the virtual event [8]! You can also revisit the presentation shared in the first virtual meet-up [9] and ask questions beforehand on the page of the event. Beyond Wikimetrics (III) will follow a week after that, on Wednesday, August 27 [10]

== Learning & Evaluation quarterly newsletter ==

Learning & Evaluation team (L&E) newsletter (issued quarterly) aims to capture the highlights of the L&E team’s work and discovery, as well as to encourage community participation, in an outlet that brings stories to the front, and your inbox. You can sign up [11] to get the newsletter delivered to your user page of your home wiki, or read it online on the Evaluation portal on Meta [12]. Want to be featured? Email us! eval@wikimedia.org

As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [13].