08-10, 15:30–16:55 (Poland), Ohrid (9)(interpretation)
Language: English
Join us for an interactive workshop that is focused on collaborative activities on the wikis, including campaigns, events, and WikiProjects. We will discuss the state of organizing today and how it can be improved. We will also talk about the tools that are available to organizers via the CampaignEvents extension, including Event Registration, Event List, and the upcoming Invitation Lists. This session will be a combination of interactive activities, a lecture, and a discussion. Please join us!
Are you an organizer of events, campaigns, WikiProjects, or other collaborations on the wikis? Have you joined any collaborative efforts, or do you want to but don't know how or where to look? If you're at all interested in the subject of how people come together on the wikis for collaborative work, please join us in the interactive workshop.
In this workshop, we w will focus on the experience of organizing campaigns, events, WikiProjects, and other collaborative activities on the wikis. We want to learn about the biggest challenges and joys experienced by organizers and participants in on-wiki collaboration today. In addition, we will provide an overview of tools built for organizers and available in the CampaignEvents extension, including: Event Registration, Event List, and the upcoming Invitation Lists.
Overall, we want to make organizing smoother, so you can focus on what really matters: bringing people together and sharing knowledge. This session is open to everyone, regardless of your experience level. Whether you're a seasoned organizer, a community leader, or just starting out, we welcome your enthusiasm and ideas. No special skills needed–just a desire to make organizing easier! Don't miss this opportunity to learn new tools and to strategize with a group of organizers. Join us and be a part of making organizing even better.
Session recording: https://youtu.be/XOeZ8sHimN0?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJdC5P86rsDsUtxEow0gDnR&t=22662
We will be leading a collaborative training/workshop on Event Registration, a tool that is all about how people can organize and come together in the movement. With Event Registration, organizers can more easily manage events they organize, such as campaigns, edit-a-thons, writing & photo contests, trainings, and meetups. They can register participants on the wikis, allow them to register publicly or privately, communicate with them via wikimail, collect optional demographic information, and more. This way, they can lead more impactful, inclusive, and inspiring events that can bring people together in the spirit of collaboration and open knowledge.
We will also be collecting feedback on other tools need to be built & improved for community collaboration and organizing in the movement, for things like events & WikiProjects.
What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?* –Everyone can participate in this session
How do you plan to deliver this session?* –Hybrid with some participants in Katowice and others dialing in remotely
What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below. –Collaboration, Conferences, Edit-a-thons, Affiliates, Campaigns, Capacity building, Events, Grants, Product development
Ilana Fried is a Senior Product Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. She is a part of the Campaigns team, which builds and improves tools for event organizers.
Alex Stinson is a Lead Program Strategist at the Wikimedia Foundation who has spent the last decade supporting communities in creating better organized activities. Before that, he was a Digitial Humanist at University and a long term volunteer editor on Wikipedia.