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Maxwell Beganim

xibitgh

mbeganimgh

gmail.com

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Local Community and Language Diversity and Internet

Participating as: Indivudal

Ghana • Middle East and Africa (MEA) region

Preferred times: Saturday, Sunday (17 - 20 UTC, 21 - 23 UTC)

Can dedicate: Between one (1) hour and three (3) hours per week

Languages: English

Main Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia → encyclopedia, Wikimedia Commons → media repository, Wikidata → knowledge database

Areas of interests: Open Technology, Climate Change and sustainability

Other peer learning/training initiatives participating in: I am currently training members on the new translation in the Incubator.Ghanaian Pidgin English.The training focuses on language diversity and also i have started training climate activist on editing on wikipedia and wikimedia commons.

I was the training lead for the Wiki Green Conference in Ghana.The training was to equip climate activist in Ghana on the need to contribute on wikipedia.

Link : https://citinewsroom.com/2022/05/wikipedia-a-tool-for-promoting-science-communication-in-ghana/

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Skills this profile would like to learn

Preferred way of learning: Participate learning clinic sharing my case, By being mentored by an organization with more experience, Through formal training

Organization skills: Proposal writing for funding • Establishing governance • Knowledge management: documenting learning, organizing archives, documenting procedures

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Methods and tools for qualitative evaluation • Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics • Engaging in social media, press, and broadcast media

Interpersonal skills: Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers • Processes and tools to manage conflicts • Use various tools related to community health

Programatic and tactic skills: Volunteer management and development • International campaigns and contests • Designing and developing educational programs

Wiki tech skills: Identifying topics of impact

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Skills this profile would like to share

Preferred way of sharing: Organise face-to-face workshops, Accompanying a person or a group for a certain period of time (mentoring)

Organization skills: Staffing / Team management • Skills to better connect with networks within the Free Knowledge Ecosystem

Wiki tech skills: Using Wikisource

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