On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Coming up with good banners is a very big part of
that.
It seems very likely that we'll be able to have separate banners for
different countries this fundraiser, so try and come up with messages
that will really appeal to UK donors. Thanks!
Yep, it does seem banners will once again be the key part of the
fundraising drive.
There is some talk about other methods; I'm particularly interested in
trying to use other sites (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) to get the
message out:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Social_Media
Once the fundraiser starts, it would be great if everyone would send
at least a Tweet or FB update to spread the word. Official start date
for the campaign is November 7th.
Another volunteer and I have had some feedback regarding YouTube from
the WMF and they are looking into putting together some footage that
was taken at the Wikimania. I hope they're referring to something
other than raw footage of Wikimania talks! I shall be keeping an eye
on that.
If any member of the UK chapter has video equipment and skills please
consider creating a video; it could be as simple as just talking to
the camera about why you have a passion for the project or as
ambitious as creating an animation or taking vox pops on the street. A
donation link in the accompanying text would obviously be key and
ideally some kind of 'please donate' message on-screen - at least as a
caption - too.
The Foundation has its own channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaFoundation
As does Wikimedia UK
http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaUK
Both are rather sparsely populated.
Unfortunately I have no video equipment and am, for the most part,
housebound so I can really only offer encouragement and feedback as
far as videos are concerned. Actually, that's a bit weak, isn't it?
I'll email friends to see if I can borrow some and perhaps do a
piece-to-camera in my room or something. Not sure my face will be a
good selling point, though :O)
If any of you are bloggers or content creators of whatever form you
may be interested in something mentioned in Signpost; a way to
monetise your content online:
http://flattr.com/
...if you follow-up on that and make some money, remember you heard it
through the UK Chapter (hint, hint).
Regards,
en:User:Bodnotbod