Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!


Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:



== Join the last virtual event of the year: Dec 17 [1] ! ==

The last session of the learning series “Telling your program story” will take place on Wednesday, December 17, at 1600 UTC (8 am PST). In this virtual event we will discuss how to frame your measures to tell the story you want, with case studies and presenters from Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Argentina and Wikimedia Netherlands. Join us:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117126229120807344920/events/c72l3a881949h3kh5e5hjsqb1rs


Find out more about the series on its page on Meta [2].   


== New Case Study in the community: Wikimania London Survey Results [3]==

Thanks to the effort of Wikimania London team, Wikimedia UK and the Learning and Evaluation team at Wikimedia Foundation, we published the report with the survey results from Wikimania London. This first survey offers a look into the process and outcomes of the conference. It is intended was a means for participants to share what they got out of the conference and a platform to collect information on how we might improve future conferences and their evaluation. Find the summary page on Meta [3], as well as the full report on PDF form, published on Commons [4]. Please share your comments and thoughts on the Meta discussion page!


== New Case Study in the Community: TPS [5] ==

The grants program “Travel and Participation Support” (TPS) has recently published its first report [5], thanks to feedback from 2014 scholars. You can now find this report, together with other grant programs’ impact evaluations, on the “Study” section on the Evaluation portal [6].


== New Blogpost: Iberoconf 2014 [7] ==

The last Annual Meet Up of Wikimedia in Iberoamerica took place from November 21 to 23. The event was hosted in Buenos Aires by Wikimedia Argentina, and it was key to organizing the movement on a regional level. Read more about the event on the Wikimedia blog, comment and share [7]!


== New round of IEG: get to know the projects [8] ==

Individual Engagement Grants is a program that seeks to fund initiatives for research or testing projects within the Wikimedia Community. After holding an open call, and receiving 26 eligible proposals, the committee has finally announced the 13 grants awarded. Check out the new projects on the Wikimedia blog[8]!



As always, stay up-to-date by connecting on our portal [9].


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