Submissions/India Programs
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This is a rejected submission for Wikimania 2012. |
- Submission no.
304
- Title of the submission
- Genesis & Update on India Program - WMF's Catalyst Project in India
- Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation)
- Presentation
- Author of the submission
- Hisham Mundol
- E-mail address
- <hisham@wikimedia.org>
- Username
- Hisham
- Country of origin
- India
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
- Consultant, WMF
- Personal homepage or blog
- India Program
- Abstract This presentation will present the India Program.
The India Catalyst project was started in 2011. The team has just reached a strength of 5 and has/is/will be undertaking a series of initiatives in the areas of Indic languages, outreach, education as well as communications / media & PR / social networks / digital outreach. This project is a first for WMF. There is enormous potential in India - but it's context, diversity and scale also present significant challenges. There are a series of experiments and pilots that the team is working on or going to work on.
Specifically, it will present the following for the catalyst project
- What was the genesis and what is the strategic context for such a project
- What does a catalyst project mean?
- The overall plan for the India Program.
- The construct of the team and how the team works.
- What is the team doing to ensure that capability is passed on to the community to drive sustainability of the initiatives?
- What kind of impact is the catalyst project having?
- What learnings are there for within India, for (any) other catalyst projects and indeed for community building in general across the world?
There are 3 reasons why you should attend this session
- Get an update on WMF activities in India
- Understand how community building is undertaken in a systematic way
- Debate the basic principles of catalyst projects
- Share ideas and suggestions for the India Program
- Take away ideas from the India community - which is incredibly vibrant and active
- Track
- Length of presentation/talk
- 25 Minutes
- Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Slides
- Special request as to time of presentations
- <None>
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