We're happy to report that Steve Virgin and I have just given our first Wikimedia
Seminar or "Learning Lunch" to Kaizo, a PR firm in London. The reaction was very
positive, with a raft of questions that kept us speaking for around 90 minutes.
There were some great opportunities discussed regarding their clients. One was a publisher
who owns an archive of of professional journals going back over 100 years; we spoke about
how a content release deal could fit into a "freemium" model and the example of
the Saxon State Library experience [1]. Wikimedia would benefit from getting great content
whilst the client would gain a positive image, a raised profile within their specialist
community and traffic back to their own website where premium content is sold. We're
now going to work with Kaizo on taking forward these ideas with their clients.
I will upload the presentation we gave to the main Wikimedia presentation site [2] and
would appreciate any feedback. Plans are in the pipeline for further seminars at, among
others, BBC Bristol and the Brrism social networking group - if you're interested in
getting involved in either delivering or writing further presentations please get in touch
either by replying to me directly or adding your details to the speakers page on the wiki.
If you've already volunteered we haven't forgotten and will be in touch shortly!
Travel expenses are will be covered by the host organisation. [3]
These "learning lunches" are one of three main projects that Wikimedia UK are
focusing on achieving this year - alongside the "Britain Loves Wikipedia"
museums event next February and the schools project. Alongside these three main projects
we are also active in responding to various media enquiries, speaking to libraries and
museums about content release and attending various conferences to give the Wikimedia
perspective. Let us know if you can help us with any of these activities!
[1]
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/03/31/over-250k-new-images-join-the-wikimedi…
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/en
[3]
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speakers
Regards,
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Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
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