User:Tito (CIS-A2K)/IR2019

Train-the-Trainer 2019

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2019 is an annual residential workshop that attempts to groom leadership skill among the Indian Wikimedia community members. TTT was conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. After conducting TTT for five times, CIS-A2K conducted Train-the-Trainer on 31 May – 2 June 2019 at Visakhapatnam, India. 25 Wikimedians from 12 Indian Wikimedia communities participated in this iteration of TTT.

Some of the highlights in this year's TTT were

• Collaboration with the community to organise TTT: This year instead of directly selecting a city we requested Wikimedia communities to collaborate in organising. 2 communities showed interest to host the workshop in their city. After studying the two applications, and with the jury's suggestion, Visakhapatnam was selected for this year's TTT.
• Trainers: We had two expert trainers during TTT, User:Shyamal, and User:AshLin. Their role was not limited to training only, however they also helped in planning the schedule of the workshop.
• Bridging gender gap attempt: Out of 25, 8 participants were women. In comparison to previous iterations, this year women participation ratio was much higher (almost 25%). From the local organising committee 2 out 4 participants were women (i. e. 50%).

Some of the topics discussed/trained in this workshop were: the importance of outreach events and activities, how to conduct events like edit-a-thons, workshops, GLAM activities, meetups and these events best practices, Global metrics, X Tools, P&E dashboard etc. The program schedule may be seen here. Wikimedia Strategy 2018-20 was an important discussion topic, and why this strategy is important, its structure, working groups, timeline etc were discussed. A detailed event report may be seen here.

Learning
This was the first time we collaborate with a community to host/organise TTT. Wikimedians from VVIT added a lot of value in organising. We find this practice helpful for both the supporting community and also A2K.

Followup
Right after the workshop, User:Tarunsamanta, a participant of TTT 2019, organised, with support of West Bengal Wikimedians organised a regional Train-the-Trainer workshop in Kolkata, India.

TTT2019 participants

Request page

CIS-A2K project has a request page for Wikimedians from India to put requests for support from CIS-A2K. There are three types of requests: a) financial request, b) non-financial requests, and c) technical requests. Between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 we received NN requests.