Great idea! Nitika, the need of the hour! Real outreach sessions are
preferable, but this is a good substitute in many cases. I feel we should
have a variety of options/resources/tools for dealing with different
sessions.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Nitika <ntandon(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Folks,
I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach. I want to try
out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video)
hangout. Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:
* No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
* Personal attention to each participant (because of individual
video/screenshare facilities.)
* No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on
creating user names from a single IP address during the event
* Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for
us.
* Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari, one can
conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!
This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and
manageable. This could be one of the ways forward! (Potentially, we could
have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)
I'm really excited. Fingers crossed!
Thanks
Nitika
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