GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Beyond Money: The Wikimedia Role of Grant-Makers

Slides of the presentation Submission no. 9
Title of the submission: Beyond Money: The Wikimedia Role of Grant-Makers

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Author(s) of the submission: Iolanda Pensa, iopensa

E-mail address: iopensa.it

Country of origin: Italy (and Switzerland)

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): SUPSI, member of Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH, Chair Wikimania Committee

Type of session: Talk (the usual conference, format. 30 min)

Length of session: 30 min

Ideal number of attendees: 10-15

Abstract

The role of grant-makers goes beyond money. Grant-makers (foundations, public administrations, agencies...) influence the entire cultural and non profit sector through their power-dynamics, action-driven communication tools (based on guidelines and application forms), keywords, approaches, networks and programs. This presentation wants to trigger the involvement of grant-makers in contributing to the Wikimedia projects, because they are key stakeholders with the capacity of innescate a domino effect among thousands of GLAMs.

The presentation does not follow up on the presentation planned at Wikimania 2018 related to the creation of a Manifesto for foundations/grant-makers (- the proposal was rejected with the explication that Achal Prabhala and Iolanda Pensa were unlikely to implement it because too difficult).

What will attendees take away from this session?

With this presentation I aim at convincing Wikimedia chapters and active WikiGLAM contributors to focus on grant-makers as key stakeholders in WikiGLAM projects. More specifically the presentation aims at highlights

Why grant-makers are key stakeholders of WikiGLAM projects.
How grant-makers can produce a determinant impact on the Wikimedia projects (and why they should be interested).
Which grant-makers are already involved in contributing to the Wikimedia projects.

Slides or further information: Grantmakers and Wikimedia

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