tl:dr; The documentation of the Wikimedia Conference 2016 is published on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Documentation and Follow-Up. The feedback evaluation of the conference is published on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Feedback_evaluatio...
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Dear Wikimedia friends,
In April, Wikimedia Deutschland hosted the Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin.[1] y job as the Program and Engagement Coordinator is – besides creating the program – to make this conference more sustainable and secure continuous participation of everyone involved.[2] My primary assignment is to support the participants and speakers. But it’s more than that: My task is to ensure and monitor that essential conference topics are constantly being worked on and further developed.
The first step for your further engagement is the documentation of the sessions. I’m happy to announce that I just have published it on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Documentation and Follow-Up
Based on the notes of the volunteer notetakers, I have summarised the conversations and discussions of most of the sessions. Many sessions have a “How to move forward” box where you can see the next steps agreed upon at the conference and contact persons to reach out to. The documentation is not only a valuable resource for participants, but should also provide those who did not attend with insights and inspiration.
During the pre-conference Thursday of Wikimania 2016, Nicole and I will host a “WMCON Follow-Up Day” where will work further on the main topics of the Wikimedia Conference. I’ll publish more details about this day in the upcoming days.
Additionally, our Evaluation team has published the WMCON evaluation based on the post-survey we asked participants to fill out.[3] Thanks to all participants who have rated the Wikimedia Conference extraordinary well: 67% of the participants said the conference was ‘excellent’, 32% rated it as ‘good’. Wow! You can find further details and opinions in the evaluation report.[3]
An overall report of the Wikimedia Conference including the Program and Engagement Coordination as well as lessons learned will be published by the end of July.
If you have any remarks, comments or feedback, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.
Best regards from Berlin,
Cornelius
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference/Program_and_Engagement_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Feedback_evaluatio...