[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Please send this to the list, thanks: Subject: Program Evaluation and Design Workshop - Apply to attend! - June 22-23, Budapest

[Sarah Stierch]

And that should be 2013 :P  (Because I *know* someone here will point that
out <3 )

Sorry about that :)

-Sarah


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:10 PM, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov <
alexandrdmitriromanov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Forwarding per request.
> Alex
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sarah Stierch <sstierch at wikimedia.org>
> Date: 2013/5/8
> Subject: Please send this to the list, thanks: Subject: Program Evaluation
> and Design Workshop - Apply to attend! - June 22-23, Budapest
> To: wikimedia-l-owner at lists.wikimedia.org
>
>
> [please pardon this crossposting]
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I am pleased to announce the first Program Evaluation and Design Workshop!
>
>    - *When*: 22–23 June 2012
>    - *Where*: Budapest, Hungary
>
> The application process is now open. We have only 20 slots available for
> this workshop and the application deadline ends on May 17th. This two-day
> event will be followed by a pre-conference workshop at Wikimania 2013.
> Ideally, applicants would commit to attending both events.
>
> *Why are we offering this workshop?* Over the next couple of years, the
> Wikimedia Foundation will be building capacity among program leaders around
> evaluation and program design. A better understanding of how to increase
> impact through better planning, execution and evaluation of programs &
> activities will help us to move a step closer to achieving our mission of
> offering a free, high quality encyclopedia to our readers around the world.
>
> *What will take place at this and the following workshops?* Our long-term
> goals are:
>
>    1. Participants gain a basic shared understanding of program evaluation
>    2. Participants will work collaboratively to map and prioritize
>    measurable outcomes, beginning with a focus on the most common program &
>    activities
>    3. Participants will gain increased fluency in common language of
>    evaluation (i.e. goals versus objectives, inputs & outputs versus
> outcomes
>    & impact)
>    4. Participants will learn and practice how to extract and report data
>    using the UserMetrics API
>    5. Participants will commit to working as a community of evaluation
>    leaders who will implement evaluation strategies in their programmatic
>    activities and report back at the pre-conference workshop at Wikimania
> 2013
>    6. …and participants will have a lot of fun and enjoy networking with
>    other program leaders!
>
> We will publish a detailed agenda for the event in Budapest soon on meta.
>
> *Which programs & activities are we going to focus on?* During the workshop
> in Budapest, we will only have a limited amount of time. Therefore, we will
> be focusing on the some of the more common programs & activities:
>
>    - *Wikipedia editing workshops* where participants learn how to or
>    actively edit (i.e. edit-a-thon, wikiparty, hands-on Wikipedia workshop)
>    - *Content donations* through partnerships with GLAMs & related
>    organizations
>    - *Wiki Takes/Expeditions* where volunteers participate in day/weekend
>    events to photograph site specific content
>    - *Wiki Loves Monuments* which takes place in September
>    - *Education program/classroom editing* where volunteers support
>    educators who have students editing Wikipedia in the classroom
>    - *Writing competitions* which generally take place online in the form
>    of contests, WikiCup, and challenges – often engaging experienced
> editors
>    to improve content.
>
>  *Who should apply?* Community members who play an *active role* in
> planning and executing programs & activities as described above in the
> Wikimedia community. Your experience and knowledge will make this workshop
> a success!
>
> *What about the costs for travel and accommodation?* Hotels, flights and
> other transportation costs will be on your chapter; the Wikimedia
> Foundation will provide the venue, handouts, breakfasts and light lunches,
> and a dinner for all participants on Saturday. If you're not affiliated
> with a chapter and cannot afford to attend the event, please send me a
> private email – we have a small amount of money set aside for those cases.
>
> Applications are open until May 17. You can apply via this Google
> Form<
> https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/11yCoOls5ae8FqAXIdp9Tua76ilVQGUNKWMVSktCQBRU/viewform
> >
> .
>
> Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to a great group of
> participants!
> -Sarah
>
> --
> *Sarah Stierch**
> Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
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