Grants:Knowledge Sharing/Connect/Resources

Program/project implementation edit

 

Let's Connect Orientation Session

Provide general orientation to what is Let's Connect and why it could be the peer learning space for you!
Video recording: English
 

Let's Connect Reflection Session

Sharer: Let's Connect
An open, safe space to share thoughts, observations and insights about Let’s Connect experience and to share ideas of the future.
Video recording: English

Interpersonal skills, community health, and governance edit

 

Retaining New Editors #1

Sharer: Ivana Madžarević and Nevena Rudinac (Wikimedia Serbia)
Learn how to retain and re-engage new editors within different campaigns.
Presentation: English, العربية, español, français, and português
 

Retaining New Editors #2

Sharer: Kirsten Stoller (Growth)
Learn how to use Growth tools to retain new editors.
Presentation: English, العربية, español, français, and português
 

Strategic Planning as a Collaborative Process

Learn about ways to assess the needs, consult, and empower community members regarding strategic planning, with reference to Wiki Movimento Brasil Strategy.
English, العربية, español, français, and português

Leadership growth and sustainability edit

 

Small Affiliate Management

Sharer: Rebecca O’Neill (Wikimedia Ireland), Claudia Serbanuta (Wikimedia Romania and Moldova), and Shannon Eichelberger (Wikimedia Ireland)
Learn the skills and principles necessary to manage small affiliates.
Presentation: English

Learning, evaluation, and communication edit

 

Toolkit

Learn how to use Toolkit to write proposals, especially for rapid funding.
Presentation: English

Organisational skills edit

 

Project Planning

Sharer: Barakat Adegboye
Presentation: English
 

Travel Scholarships

Sharer: Chen Almog
Learn the key aspects to consider when selecting participants to receive travel scholarships in ways that are more inclusive and equitable.
Presentation: English

Wikipedia edit

 

Adding Infoboxes

Sharer: Bukola James
Introduce the use of Infoboxes (summary boxes) on Wikipedia pages to improve articles.

Wikidata edit

 

Introduction to Wikidata

Presentation: English
 

Basic Lexeme

Sharer: Asaf Bartov
Learn the very basics of Lexeme and how to contribute to documenting your own language.
Presentation: English, français, português, and español
 

Linking Wikidata to Other Wikimedia Projects

Sharer: James Rhoda
Presentation: English
 

Managing Wikimedia Projects through Wikidata

Learn how to manage and track contributions to Wikimedia projects using Wikidata.
 

Running Queries on Wikidata

Presentation: English
 

Wikidata-related Tools

Sharer: Bukola James
Presentation: English

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Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments with Content Partnerships Hub - Wikimedia Sweden and Wikimedia Uganda (Session One of Three)

Sharer: Eric Luth Project Manager, Involvement and Advocacy Wikimedia Sverige Alicia Fagerving, Developer,Wikimedia Sverige
Participants will learn how to generate data, add data to monuments, and enhance data quality for monuments-related information on Wikidata.
Video recording: English, português, español, and français
 

Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments with Content Partnerships Hub - Wikimedia Sweden (Session Two of Three)

Sharer: Eric Luth Project Manager, Involvement and Advocacy Wikimedia Sverige Alicia Fagerving, Developer,Wikimedia Sverige
Participants will understand how to run these Sparql queries; how to create listeria lists with a selection of properties. They will also be able to use Petscan to find WD items linked from Wikipedia and create structured data on commons for monuments in their countries.
Video recording: English, português, español, and français

Other Wikiproject-related or technical skills edit

 

Achieving Big Impacts with Small Events

Sharer: Evellin Heidel (Wikimedia Uruguay)
Presentation: English
 

Research Funding

Sharer: Emily Lescak
Learn more about the Wikimedia Research Fund.
Presentation: English

Volunteer management and development edit

 

Motivating and Retaining Volunteers

Sharer: Asaf (WMF)
This Clinic will take participants through some of the key practices to improve volunteer outreach, training, motivation and retention, based on many years of experience working with different Wikimedia communities around the world.
Video recording: English, português, español, and français
 

Training and Engaging New Editors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Learn about the common challenges and practices associated with editor recruitment and how to do follow-up support that is effective for engaging them as active editors.
Presentation: français and português
 

Identifying and Managing Volunteer Burnout

Sharer: Natacha LSP
Learn the tools and skills needed to manage burnout.
Presentation: English, español, français, and português
 

Reflections on Boards, Teams & Volunteer Ecosystem

Sharer: Revital Poleg
Some general reflections on board, staff and volunteer management.
Presentation: English

Staffing and Team Management edit

 

Thriving as Wikimedians in a good working atmosphere

Sharer: Kritzolina
This session teaches personal strategies for a healthy work environment, how to use FSP, UCoC and CoC for technical spaces, use of available resources in local contexts, and solutions to challenges for small affiliates and Asian language communities. Participants will gain practical tools for improving their work environment.
Video recording: English and français

Establishing Governance edit

 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Learn about diversity, equity, and inclusion in corporate management in Wikimedia UK.
Presentation: English
 

Explaining and discussing the Movement Charter (time zone 1) in partnership with Movement Drafting Charter Committee (MCDC)

Participants will understand the significance of the Movement Charter and why it is important to contribute to its discussion and the spaces to do this. Participants will have a better understanding of what is being drafted and how they can contribute. Particularly around:(1) Representation / Global Council (2) Access to resources / Hubs (3) Roles & Responsibilities
Video recording: English, português, español, and français
 

Explaining and discussing the Movement Charter (time zone 2) in partnership with Movement Drafting Charter Committee (MCDC)

Participants will understand the significance of the Movement Charter and why it is important to contribute to its discussion and the spaces to do this. Participants will have a better understanding of what is being drafted and how they can contribute. Particularly around:(1) Representation / Global Council (2) Access to resources / Hubs (3) Roles & Responsibilities
Video recording: English
 

Building a Wikimedia User Group

Sharer: Imelda R. Brazal (Executive Director and Co-founder of Wiki Advocates Philippines User Group)
Participants will identify which areas of the movement their group may start, and the basic guidelines for creating a group as well as awareness of different strategies your group may used in forming an informal group.
Video recording: English, and 中文

Cultivate more inclusive and safe environments online and offline edit

 

Wikimedia Netherlands: Friendly Space Policies: Fitting the UCoC to Your Local Context

Participants will understand the development of WMNL’s Friendly Space Policy from the Universal Code of Conduct and appreciate the unique cultural context in which this Policy is implemented, and its limitations.
Video recording: English
 

Embedding Equity in Collective Action

Sharer: Melissa Tamani and Kira Wisniewski (Art+Feminism User Group)
Building awareness of the work that goes into successful collective action, such as community care statements and ‘unlearning’ practices.
Video recording: English, español, and français

Using Wikisource edit

 

Wikisource Loves Manuscripts - Wikisource 101 to 102

Participants will learn how Wikisource workflow works. They will be given an introduction to tools like Internet Archive upload, that can advance contributions to Wikisource and a sense of R2L Wikisource contribution
Video recording: English

International campaigns and contests edit

 

Wiki Loves Living Heritage

Participants will become familiar with "Wiki Loves Living Heritage" and how it relates to safeguarding living heritage. They will gain practical knowledge about WLLH and the broader role of open content initiatives in promoting global cultural diversity.
Video recording: English

OpenRefine edit

 

Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments with Content Partnerships Hub - Wikimedia Sweden (Session Three of Three)

Sharer: Eric Luth Project Manager, Involvement and Advocacy Wikimedia Sverige, Alicia Fagerving, Developer,Wikimedia Sverige
Participants will gain a basic understanding of OpenRefine's capabilities and functionalities. Participants will be equipped to develop personalized workflows and methodologies for problem-solving using OpenRefine. Participants will get an introduction to the techniques of mass editing datasets in OpenRefine for efficient integration into Wikidata. Participants will learn how to use OpenRefine to streamline data management tasks on Wikidata. Establish a connection with Wikimedia Sweden and the Content Partnerships Hub for ongoing support and continued assistance with OpenRefine.
Video recording: English, and español

Managing and Maintaining Partnerships edit

 

Partnership Building Case Study with Wikimedia Indonesia

Participants will be able to better understand how partnerships with cultural institutions can be created and maintained within Wikimedia Movement.
Video recording: English

Event Organising edit

 

Guidelines, best practices, documented learnings related to travel scholarships with Wikimedia Australia

Wikimedia Australia has shared some of the best practices their affiliate have practiced during the scholarship process for the ESEAP Conference.
Video recording: English, jp, and 中文

Community development, capacity building and skills development edit

 

Effective strategies for retaining and re-engagement during and after the WFHR campaign

Retaining editors of campaigns based on the Wiki for Human Rights campaign. Sharing the knowledge about the new WMF Growth team tools.
Video recording: English, português, español, and français

Using new tools for efficient organising and monitoring contributions edit

 

Key Tools for Organisational Work

Introduce Participants to short guidelines to practise the use of tools to manage team tasks or to organise content contributions and seek further support for organised work, if needed. Session plan and Jamboard Mentimeter Breakout rooms
Video recording: English, português, and français

Experiences and strategies for facing a team crisis edit

 

Experiences and Strategies for Facing a Team Crisis

Sharing WMES' learnings on how to deal with difficult management or crisis situations. Participants will be able to reflect on the strategies available to deal with these challenges within their organisation.
Presentation: español, English, français, and português

Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers edit

 

Communications crisis prevention and management with Wikimedia Poland, Wikimedia Italy and Wikimedia Foundation Comms team

Sharer: Wikimedia Poland (Natalia Ćwik and Jolanta Drzewakowska) , Wikimedia Italy (Paolo Casagrande) and Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department (Barbara Kandek Communications Specialist, Vidhu Goyal Lead Communications Specialist)
Participants will learn about the different approaches that can be taken to prevent and manage communication crises, through the experience of two Wikimedian affiliates and the use of a hypothetical study. Participants will be able to take away a list of tips to prevent and deal with communications crises.
Video recording: English, français, and español

Building a communications strategy to reach key stakeholders edit

 

Using Storytelling to Communicate Impact

Resultados del aprendizaje: Los participantes serán más conscientes del valor de aplicar diferentes herramientas de evaluación cualitativa a su trabajo. Los participantes comprenderán mejor cómo aplicar esto a su trabajo actual y dónde buscar más información y a quién pueden preguntar. Los alumnos serán más conscientes de las habilidades que deben adquirir para aplicar estas herramientas.
Video recording: español
 

Reform and Advocacy

Participants will be equipped with tools, resources and ideas to ensure that our movement can continue to thrive even when a change in public policy is required, through case studies shared by Wikimedia Colombia and Wikimedia Italia.
Video recording: English, [ français], español, and [ português]

Proposal writing for funding edit

 

Proposal writing clinic (LAC)

Trabajar sobre lo construido y reforzar los aspectos clave en la propuesta para tener una buena claridad y coherencia.

Identificar lo que necesita mayor desarrollo o ajustes. Establecer cualquier apoyo y seguimiento 1:1 necesario antes de presentar la propuesta el 18 de marzo.

Learn about writing proposals for projects based in Latin America, with specific reference to Wikimedia Chile and Wikimedia Uruguay.
Video recording: español
 

Proposal Writing Clinic (MEA 1)

Learn about writing proposals for projects based in the Middle East or Africa, with specific reference to Wiki In Africa.
Video recording: English
 

Proposal Writing Clinic (MEA 2)

Support grantees in writing grant proposals by developing their theory of change. We use case study examples and a practical theory of change exercise to get feedback for your proposal from peers during the session.
Video recording: English and français
 

Proposal Writing Clinic

This learning clinic is to learn some project design skills needed in the context of applying to the Wikimedia Foundation’s funding programmes.
Video recording: English
 

Big Ideas In A Short Time

Communicate clearly and effectively ideas, thoughts and emotions through short presentations, in order to develop them in various academic and professional scenarios, as well as in their project proposals.
Video recording: English

Methods and tools for qualitative evaluation edit

 

Qualitative Evaluation

Learn how to use qualitative evaluation tools to your work.
Presentation: English
 

Qualitative evaluation methods and tools

Qualitative measurements can help us complement quantitative measurements , with data that give us a deeper understanding of what worked (or didn't) and why! This Clinic will help us make decisions, as well as tell the story of our work so others can learn from it too.
Video recording: English

Defining learning and evaluation plans edit

 

Tools to measure quantitative metrics

Introduction to some basic tools that are useful for collecting data on contents and contributors in campaigns and events. The two main tools are the Program and Events Dashboard and the Hashtag tool.
Video recording: English

Small editing events, campaigns and contests edit

 

Learning Cluster: Big Impact With Small Events

This clinic covers the 5 C’s of event planning: Concept, Coordination, Control, Culmination and Closeout.
Video recording: English

Building your organisation's plan and strategy edit

 

Developing Your First Annual Plan

Provide key steps in thinking about your first organizational plan.
Video recording: English and español