2014 Activity Plan/Extending Reach

Lead member of staff

Indicative budget amount

Description and overall rationale

Timelines - i.e. what happens quarter by quarter

Success criteria and Metrics - overall and quarter by quarter breakdown if relevant

Goals

Themed/audience focused workshops - hold 5 training sessions. They will attract an average of 15 people each, 10 of whom will be new to editing. All will have made edits by the end of the session. All will be followed up afterwards to increase retention. The programme succeeds in reaching people in target areas

Run larger-scale initiatives (such as Wiki Takes… and online projects) other than training sessions/editathons aimed at attracting new contributors, along the aims of Increasing Participation - 2-3 a year, involving 30 new contributors each

Expert Outreach - 1 expert training session delivered per quarter for 10 people new to Wikimedia

Majority of the editathons/workshops delivered are run in partnership with relevant institutions

Presence at diversity conferences and events - 2 a year

Expert Outreach - presence at 2 conferences a year; working relations with 10 scholarly or expert societies (e.g. AHRC, Cancer Research UK)

Run editathons with the aim to improve the under-represented areas on Wikimedia projects - hold 4 sessions. They will attract an average of 10 people each, possibly from the community. Targeted topics on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons worked on.

Risks