Activities/Workplace Learning Lunches

If you are a business or organisation that would like us to run a "Lunch & Learn" or similar event on the Wikimedia projects, please email andrew.turveywikimedia.org.uk with your details and he will contact you to discuss

Provide speakers for a series of "learning lunches" at workplaces such as the BBC.

Outline

Presenters from Wikimedia UK go into businesses or organisations and encourage them to contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Benefits

This recruits new contributors, particularly contributors who are in the position to provide unique content. It builds a relationship with the businesses/organisations themselves, which may be useful or future collaborations.

Requirements

1. Presentation material, possibly from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/en
2. At least one organisation interested in our presentation, possibly including the BBC
3. Funding for the presenters to travel to the presentation

Volunteering

1. Two or three presenters from the list of Speakers

Already confirmed:

• Steve Virgin - leading initiative
• Andrew Turvey - presenting
• Mike Peel - presenting

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• Colds7ream (only viable outside term time though)

Discussion

Possible content ideas

• An essential part of this presentation would be the mention of our Conflict of Interest policy and the Neutral Point of View. If a contributor from an organisation can keep the second, the first isn't a problem - but that can be hard to do. It might also be worth suggesting that if they do make a contribution, they should declare their interest in the subject on the article's talk page. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 11:26, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
• Mention of Requested articles - if the contributor feels that they cannot use the NPOV, they can request the article to be written by someone else with no vested interest, and they can provide the information which can be put into the article. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 11:26, 22 August 2009 (UTC)