Training the Trainers/February 2013 event

Volunteers who want to take a leading role in Wikimedia UK's training programme are encouraged to read and sign up below. For initial queries contact daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk. The location is currently being decided - any suggestions please include them on the discussion page.

Where and when

The workshop will take place on the weekend of 23-24 February 2013 in Manchester, and it will be run by a professional consultant. This session is based in North West England to target volunteers that are based towards the North of the country.

The timings of the event are: Saturday 9:30 am - 6:30pm, Sunday 9am - 5pm. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided; we are also planning a social dinner after the training on Saturday. It is vital that you do not miss the start of the training session, so before confirming your availability please do make sure you can make the start time of the training. We are able to cover travel and accommodation, including if you need to travel on Friday - an advance notice will be appreciated.

The event is open to Wikimedia UK volunteers who can make a credible commitment to support training in future: it will be a strong advantage to have already been involved in training events. If your interest is in training people to contribute to a sister project such as Commons or Wikinews, rather than to Wikipedia, that's no disadvantage.

Aims

We know that some of our members are already delivering professional-quality training. They may think they don't need this weekend event, but it's especially important for them to sign up. It's a chance to:

• Get accredited and receive detailed feedback about your presenting and training skills
• Get general trainer skills which you can then apply when e.g. delivering specific Wikipedia workshops
• Share your skills with others.
• Help design a training programme that serves WMUK in the long term.

The places are limited to make sure that each participant gets individual attention and feedback, so please sign up below to express your interest.

Hear from previous attendees

Doug training a participant in a November 2012 Girl Geeks event

Doug Taylor, Chair of WMUK Education Committee

Being a teacher who has also spent many years working with FE colleges and businesses to offer IT and related training, I already felt comfortable teaching people something new. I have always been keen for Wikimedia UK to offer formal training for editors to build a team of people who could help engage a new generation of editors, getting them past that important first edit. I attended the first event run by our professional training partners and it was highly enjoyable, both as a way to meet other people passionate about Wikipedia and share the benefits of our experience to learn something new. Since then I have attended around a dozen training events, and supported new editors and new trainers. I went to the Manchester Girl Geeks event in November 2012 and was able to offer support to two of our newer trainers who led the session, as well as the new editors. It's a great way to help the Wikimedia mission progress, and to get around the country meeting new people.

Katie helping to train a new editor at the WMUK Ada Lovelace Day event

Katie Chan, WMUK Volunteer

Attending Training the Trainers is a great way to spend a weekend. What I enjoyed the most was learning about the different learning style each of us have, how that affects the way we deliver training, and the effect it has on receptiveness of an audience. This has helped me immensely when planning for and running a training event, to ensure that everyone who attends can get the most out of what I'm doing. A secondary benefit is that it has also improved the way I learn. Last but certainly not least, you get to meet some great people during the event!

Course details

The course focuses on enabling the participants to develop and deliver high quality training which draws on their own skills and expertise. You can then apply these skills whenever you run a training session. Note that this is about training, not presenting, so we will not be focusing on developing content of presentations on e.g. Wikipedia.

By the end of the course the participants will be able to:

• Set training objectives and structure a session with appropriate material to meet those objectives
• Present information clearly to different audiences and use visual aids effectively
• Identify ways to make the sessions interactive and participative and deal with questions

As a part of the course you will also be receiving an hour long 1-1 telephone feedback. This provides the opportunity to discuss your performance and reactions to the course privately. It promotes intense reflection and rounded learning.

The participants will also be able to:

• Recognise the importance of diversity in the training context
• Respond appropriately to the needs of volunteer trainers
• Understand the impact of different learning and communication styles when designing and delivering training
• Use active listening to guide their interaction with participants
• Give effective and appropriate feedback to other participants

Sign up here

Please tell us about your training background (inside or outside Wikimedia) and give an email address or username through which you can be contacted. We will be contacting you closer to the date of the event to confirm your place (please note: This training represents an investment by Wikimedia in its future, so the decision will be made on the basis of how credibly each individual can commit to delivering future events. This is not a first-come, first-served list: the order in which people add themselves is of no significance.)

Please also let us know if the date does not suit you; we will be running future sessions.

1. Bobrayner (talk) 23:11, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
2. Worm^TT(talk) 15:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
3. w:en:User:Staceydolxx - if there are spaces. Please contact Worm^TT(talk) 11:10, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
4. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 10:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
5. Mark M (talk) 16:33, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
6. Bazonka (talk) 20:45, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
7. bray_julia@hotmail.com

   The chapter is waiting for a confirmation after the location change

8. [[::User:82.9.180.169|82.9.180.169]] ([[::User talk:82.9.180.169|talk]]⧼dot-separator⧽[[::Special:Contributions/82.9.180.169|contribs]])

   the chapter has tried contacting this person, but it will be removed if there is no response.Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 15:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

9. alex.a620@yahoo.com

   the chapter has tried contacting this person, but it will be removed if there is no response.Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 15:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

10. --Deskana (talk) (email) 13:42, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
11. Would love to come - am just checking on practical details. PatHadley (talk) 15:47, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
12. Please could I be added to a reserve list for this session? If there's a spare place then I'd be happy to fill it, but that's only if we run short of attendees for this event. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
13. I am a student of University of Salford currently doing Masters in Audio Acoustics. I have experience in giving training to youth for personality development & leadership. I am currently living close to Manchester & would love to help in utilizing my time to help people who are interested in contributing to Wikipedia. (email)Jyrejoice (talk) 23:16, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
14. I am interested at running teaching sessions at my university. I would be interested in attending, though I will need to check practical details - it's a 5 hour journey from Norwich so it may not be easy. Please contact me via my talk page at the English Wikipedia. --LukeSurl (talk) 16:32, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
15. I am a qualified EFL teacher. Most of my experience has been with adult learners. My approach to training would be to encourage active participation from people on courses. I have a degree in history, but contribute to WP on a fairly wide range of topics. Best place to contact me is my talkpage at English WP. --Thoughtfortheday (talk) 22:04, 25 January 2013 (UTC) P.S. Help with travel costs (from Cumbria) would be appreciated. -Thoughtfortheday (talk) 18:17, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

    WMUK will meet your costs in full for travelling to and from the event (standard rail fare usually) if you supply proof of the cost. I normally book through trainline.com or similar in advance and print out the receipt, then hand that in. --RexxS (talk) 09:37, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

16. Julia W (talk)
17. Please could I be added to a reserve list for this session? If there's a spare place then I'd be happy to fill it, but that's only if we run short of attendees for this event. Thanks. For anyone who doesn't know I worked in schools, FE and Adult Ed at the AMC in the early eighties. --ClemRutter (talk) 19:12, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Interested but February 2013 date doesn't suit

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• Cutiekatie (Talk) 16.12, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Sorry it took me a while to decide but i have now decided against coming to this because it would be so difficult to travel to and from for me. Ironically i normally live in Manchester - in Scotland for uni, so any other time would have been perfect. keep me posted for more events like this and i'll try to make it to one eventually! Thanks.