[Wikimedia Learning and Evaluation] L&E Announcements - Sunday May 24 2015

TL;DR: * Summary and key takeaways from Learning day at the Wikimedia Conference. * New video: Presentation and Dialogue about WLM and Other Photo Events reports. * Get the resources: L&E presentations from Wikimedia Conference. Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators! Important updates from Learning and Evaluation: == Summary and Key takeaways from Learning day at the Wikimedia Conference == Last week, the Collaboration and Development team from Wikimedia Deutschland along with the Learning and Evaluation team at Wikimedia Foundation hosted Learning Day, a pre-conference workshop on evaluation and program design. The aims of the day were to gain a basic shared understanding of program evaluation, learn the common language of evaluation, discuss different sources of data, increase skills in using tools, and share experiences with evaluation. We've posted a summary of the day's events on the evaluation portal[1], where you can find the key takeaways, hope and fears, questions, and next steps from all the participants and facilitators. == New Video: Presentation and Dialogue about WLM and Other Photo Events reports == The Learning and Evaluation team recently published two evaluation reports on Wiki Loves Monuments and Other Photo Events, in addition to an Overview report about this year's programs evaluation. On May 6 we hosted a virtual meet-up to present and discuss the findings of the reports [2]. We want to thank everyone who joined: your participation made the discussion around the reports more insightful. Please note a discussion is already taking place on the reports' Talk pages, where we will continue to capture feedback for the reports. == Find the resources: L&E presentations from Wikimedia Conference == For those who were not able to attend the conference last week, or those who want to revisit the content shared, here you will find all the L&E presentations from the conference: * Logic Models, a tool for planning and evaluation (with WMDE) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logic_Models_-_A_tool_for_planning_… * Data sources https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Sources_-_Gathering_Evidence_o… * Education Extension https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Education_Program_Extension_slides_… * Surveys - Designing effective questions https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Designing_Effective_Questions.pdf * Wikimetrics Overview https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimetrics_Overview.pdf * Designing SMART proposals and Annual Plans https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Designing_SMART_Proposals_and_Annua… * Reporting and Storytelling https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storytelling_strategies_for_improve… * Global Metrics Tutorial https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Metrics_Tutorial.pdf * Leveraging Volunteers through Programs https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leveraging_Volunteers_through_Progr… * Other conference presentations https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Conference_2015_prese… As always, stay up to date with upcoming news and events by following our events page [3]! *María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> [1] In-person workshop at pre conference: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Pre-conference_works… [2] New video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3TN4wrFZs [3] Upcoming Events Section in PE&D portal: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events