Topics for Impact Organizer Lab

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DescriptionA 9-week training course focused on designing campaigns to address Topics for Impact. The Beta Cohort will run Oct-Dec 2022, recruiting a diverse set of organizers with an interest in Sustainability and Climate Change topics. We will carry out a 3-year impact evaluation, utilizing both cross-group and in-group (pre-/post-) comparisons, and looking at outcomes like campaign/event quality + reach, associated edits (# and quality) and retention, as well as outcomes related to networks and skills.
Primary recommendation8. Identify Topics for Impact
Secondary recommendation(s)1. Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement 10. Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt 6. Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Regional focusGlobal
Language focusThe beta course will be conducted in English, with live interpretation support, and options for submitting coursework in other languages.
LinksMeta page coming soon. Course will be offered via the WikiLearn platform (https://learn.wiki/). See also: An Organizer’s Perspective Parts series (3 parts) on Diff - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/05/part-i-anyone-can-edit-is-not-a-strategy-for-growing-the-wikimedia-movement/
StagePilot (e.g., testing idea or model)
Seeking collaboration?Yes
Seeking collaboration withSupport from affiliates to encourage organizers connected to them to participate in the Lab and to follow up on their experience.
Collaboration needsReplicate/Adapt our activity somewhere else Exchange to learn from each other Talk about our idea Partnership to approach a non-Wikimedia entity Co-design a new activity
Contact personBVershbow_(WMF)
Wikimedia affiliationWikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation teamCommunity Programs