Hi everyone!
A few quick updates from the Program Evaluation & Design team:
- *August 1 (tomorrow) is the monthly WMF Metrics and Activities Meeting*
- Myself and Jaime Anstee (Program Evaluation Specialist) will be
doing a 10 minute introduction presentation about PE&D. We'll
talk briefly
about our team mission, the Budapest workshop, and team goals
for the year.
- You can participate remotely. Learn more here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings
- *Visit us on IRC*. If you spend time on IRC you can stop by
#wikimedia-ped <irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ped>. Usually one of us
is on during work hours, so feel free to stop by, say hi, ask questions,
and so forth. I get a little lonely hanging out with ChanServ all day... ;)
- *Meta updates* are frequent! Check out the news page for updates.
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Index
- *First IRC Office Hours was held last week*
- We had a great turn out and we plan (post-Wikimania) to host an IRC
office hours twice a month at different times so everyone can
get a chance
to participate. Thanks everyone who participated, it was great! You can
review the archive
here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2013-07-26>
.
- *PE&D Team at Wikimania*
- We'll be hanging out at the Learning & Evaluation booth at the
conference venue throughout the week. We're also hosting a Q&A
session<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups#Program_Evaluation_.26_Des…>on
Sunday during Lunch time. So be sure to stop by and say hi and learn
about Program Evaluation and Design.
- *Do you have a Program Evaluation story to share?*
- We're looking for stories to share about program evaluation for the
Wikimedia Foundation blog. If you have been using PE&D in your
program work
send me an email and I'd love to interview you and celebrate
your work. You
can also write your own blog in your own native language, too.
Happy August, and for those of you traveling to Wikimania - travel safe -
and for those of you who can't join the conference this year - we will eat
lots of dim sum with you in mind. <3
Feel free to email me with any questions or needs!
In wikilove,
Sarah
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*Sarah Stierch**
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Hi everyone, here is a reminder about tomorrow. I hope ya'll can join us!
We'll also be doing a Google Hangout next week, so don't fret if you can't
join us tomorrow. We'll also be at Wikimania and can't wait to meet
attendees to talk PE&D!
[pardon cross-posting]
The Program Evaluation & Design team[1] will be hosting our first office
hours on IRC on July 26 at 16:00 UTC.
Event Details:
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Date: July 26, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 1600-1700 UTC, 9:00-10:00 AM PDT
IRC channel: #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net
Participants: Frank Schulenburg (Senior Director of Programs), Dr. Jaime
Anstee (Program Evaluation Specialist), Sarah Stierch (Community
Coordinator) and YOU!
Agenda:
1. A chance for community members to learn about *why* program evaluation &
design is an important and powerful tool.
2. An opportunity for community members to understand why WMF is engaging
in PE&D.
3. General Q&A about program evaluation & design
4. A chance to get virtually get to know the PE&D team (Sarah, Jaime and
Frank)[2]
If you're interested in how to evaluate the impact of programs such as
on-wiki contests, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Takes, WikiExpeditions,
Wikipedia Education Program, content donations, edit-a-thons, workshops,
and the like - you might have interest in what PE&D is hoping to do in
supporting the amazing work you do.
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Index
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Design/FAQ#Who_is_on_…
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*Sarah Stierch**
Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
*Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>today
and keep it free!
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*Hello! Bonjour! Hallo! مرحبا! Hola! Dobrý den! Hei! नमस्कार! 안녕하세요! Olá!
Здравствуйте!*
Welcome to the Program Evaluation & Design (PE&D) announcement list! This
announcement list will provide weekly news about program evaluation
processes, resources, media, and events around the world.
The past two weeks have been busy weeks for us on the PE&D team, hence the
size of this announcement!
- It has been over two weeks since our first *Program Evaluation &
Design Workshop* in Budapest. Read more about the event on our
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/11/finding-out-what-works-first-workshop-…>
.
- *PE&D has a home on meta-wiki*.
Here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs>you will find:
- *News and updates* about PE&D, including future online and
in-person events.
- The *Share Space*, which was developed originally for the Budapest
workshop and will continue to serve as the main space for Wikimedia
community members to share examples of their programs, find logic model
examples, and ask questions in our peer-to-peer supported forum.
- A *resources* page that features a glossary (please help translate
it!), presentations by PE&D staff and community members that you
can reuse
and remix, all the details about logic models, and a resource
list that you
can add to.
- We also have an *FAQ* where people can find answers to general
questions about why we're doing PE&D, who the team is, and more.
Please remember that the PE&D portal is a work in progress. This summer we
will launch The Workshop, in partnership with the Learning & Evaluation
team. It will be the "one stop shop" for all things evaluation!
A few news updates...
- *UserMetrics API
*
- Has been renamed *Wikimetrics*
- And if all goes well it will be ready for the community to use in
early August.
- We have been working closely with legal about what information can
be collected when gathering participant information at events.
We are close
to having some great (seriously!) news for you about that.
- *Monthly Google Hangout for PE&D*
- *Please take this survey
<http://www.doodle.com/rivr3t4t8wen7cvw>*by Wednesday, July 17
* *with what days work for you.
- Let us know what day of the week works best for a Google Hangout so
we can share work we are doing around the world & ask questions
about PE&D.
These would be held on the third week of every month.
- *Monthly Office Hours on IRC*
- *Please take this survey
<http://www.doodle.com/nvwv3ecmxs3stmsm>*by Wednesday July 17 with
what day/time works best for you.
- Let us know what day of the week and what times possibly work best
for you for the PE&D team to hold a monthly IRC Office Hours. We know we
can't reach everyone around the world at one reasonable time, so we hope
having both an IRC and Hangout option will allow someone, someplace, to
meet up from afar.
Any questions or if you have a story to share about program evaluation,
please email me.
Enjoy your weekend and happy summer,
Sarah
Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
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*Sarah Stierch**
Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
*Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>today
and keep it free!
Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!