Wikimedia Foundation/Communications/Wikimania 2016

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This page outlines the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department's activities at Wikimania 2016.

Overview

The Communications Department will be attending Wikimania 2016 to provide capacity building, collect input, increase awareness, and network with community members.

Attending

Name	Title	Tasks
Juliet Barbara	Communications Director	General communications support Networking
Ed Erhart	Editorial Associate	Digital media outreach Networking Wikimedia Blog
Samantha Lien	Communications Associate	General communications support Press relations outreach Wikimedia Blog
Zachary McCune	Global Audience Communications Manager	Meetups Messaging development Networking Brand research
Gregory Varnum	Communications Strategist (Contractor)	Meetups Advocacy development Networking
Heather Walls	Creative Director (Acting Director, Communications)	Messaging and brand development General communications support Networking

Activities

The department will be facilitating these workshops and discussions:

The department is also participating in these activities:

Objectives

With its participation in the conference, the department hopes to achieve these objectives:

Help community projects expand their communications capacity
Network with members of the community
Collect input on Wikimedia messaging and branding
Collect input on New Readers project
Engage community members in Wikimedia Foundation's digital media efforts
Discuss and identify advocacy needs of affiliates - in particular what tools affiliates would find helpful
Introduce and collect feedback on Communications Resource Center
Increase awareness of department activities and efforts to support the community
Discuss initiatives the department is considering

Social media

The department plans these social media projects during the conference:

Introduce community members interested in social media to the movement’s active and helpful Facebook group.
Engage community members via the @wikimania Twitter handle and #wikimania2016 hashtag
Capture faces of Wikipedians in selfie photos via Communications and Community Engagement booths and the #wearewikimedia hashtag
Narrate the conference with three Wikimedia Blog posts: Coming from around the world; Sights and sounds of Wikimania; and conference wrap-up.

Meetings

The Communications Department is planning to meet with a number of community members at Wikimania 2016. If you would like to arrange for a meeting, please post a comment on this talk page, or email communicationswikimedia.org.