Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot Camp/Event planning and community organizing
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Corralling the Herd[edit]
- Spam
- Mass message
- WP:AWB
- Category:Wikipedians by location
- Previous events at WP:Meetup
- Various project pages: WP:GLAM/SI or WP:Poetry/Blake
- Act of tagging articles for these projects often will bring in a community that is interested or will be engaged with the project
- Creating invite lists: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Invite
- WP:Geonotice
- GLAM Channels
- Local listserv, GLAM listserv
- GLAM Wiki Twitter
- GLAM Facebook
- GLAM Blog
- GLAM communication channels
- Organization blog
- Press release
- Social Media
Finding a purpose[edit]
- More than just a common sense of Wikipedia:
- Anticipate the GLAM needs
- Anticipate non-frequent editor needs
- Thematically focused on an end goal, that has plenty of place to go, but doesn't have too limited of an approach
- Access to a certain audience
- Wikipedians
- Volunteers at organization
- Staff at organization
Incentive[edit]
- Food
- Quirky item from the organization
- Swag
- Particular people (celebrity and/or authority on a subject)
- Access to exclusive items or experts
- Filling a particular gap in knowledge that appeals to people
- Gender gap
- Important information
- Drinks, complaining about vandals and copyright afterwards
Space[edit]
- WiFi
- Table Space
- Plugs
- Room to spread out
- Research materials
- Projector
Cooperating Experts[edit]
- Wikipedians
- Be ready to be flexible and do what needs to be done for the organization
- Ready to teach new users
- In House at the GLAM
- Have a vision similar to the Wikimedians on how the event will create content interest.
- Program Coordinator
- Knows how to communicate the goals of the organization to Wikipedians
- Knows how to communicate the goals of Wikipedia to the organization
- Corralls the Wikimedians to make sure that they come
- Event Planner
- Makes sure the logistics happen
- Does not need to be the Program Coordinator (preferable if it is not)