Let's Connect at Wikimania 2023! Learn and get connected! - Wikimania-l

9 Aug 2023

Hi everyone, 

Are you wanting to improve your networking skills? Worried about losing 
volunteers after the first edit? Wondering how leaders can improve skills 
for collaboration? Just feel like a fun and safe space to connect with 
others?!

Then why not sign up (for free) for the Let's Connect and Leadership 
Development working group Learning Clinics on the 16th of August at 
Wikimania and our Connectathon on the 17th! In-person only. 

We will have a great group of facilitators, including Asaf Bartov 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)>, Anthony Diaz 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kunokuno>, Nitesh Gill 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nitesh_Gill>, Jan-Bart de Vreede,  
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jan-Bart>Nada Alfarra (Nada kareem22) 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nada_kareem22>, Chinmayee Mishra 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Chinmayee_Mishra>,  Beverly Jiang 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BJiang_(WMF)> and Ivan Martinez 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ProtoplasmaKid>

Registration is here: https://bit.ly/3QvYYwI until 15th of August. You can 
try to register in person just before each session, but there may not be 
any spaces left! 

For more information about each session please check out these pages: Learning 
Clinics 
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Learning_clinics#Learning_Clinics>
 and Connectathon <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Connectathon>.

   - https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Learning_clinics
   - https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Connectathon

You may also check the individual Pretalx pages to know more:

*Networking for introverts: How to make the most of this conference*
https://pretalx.com/wm2023/talk/QTNAUA/

*Communication skills for collaborative leadership*
https://pretalx.com/wm2023/talk/C8NUGA/

*How not to lose a volunteer after the first edit: volunteer retention 
strategies*
https://pretalx.com/wm2023/talk/WT3FHB/

Kind regards,

*Butch Bustria*
Event lead
ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team

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