Re: [Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
Hi all, we have just published the Chapters Dialogue movie. 1 year condensed into 30 minutes. https://vimeo.com/102508380 Upload to Commons and subtitles will follow soon. Enjoy! Nicole On 1 August 2014 21:28, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational structures have grown organically without any official recommendation for or analysis of the best organisational form to achieve impact. The lack of a shared understanding about the Chapters’ role and contribution to the movement causes severe insecurities and is fuelling conflicts and misperceptions. Money-driven decisions: Creating a consensus about money, its collection and responsible dissemination (donors’ trust!) is scarcely possible. The Haifa
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
Thank you so much to everyone involve in work. It's awesome! 2014-08-09 14:29 GMT+02:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de: Hi all, we have just published the Chapters Dialogue movie. 1 year condensed into 30 minutes. https://vimeo.com/102508380 Upload to Commons and subtitles will follow soon. Enjoy! Nicole On 1 August 2014 21:28, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational structures have grown organically without any official recommendation for or analysis of the best organisational form to achieve impact. The lack of a shared understanding about the Chapters’ role and contribution to the
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
All we have to do now is answer some of those questions! On 9 Aug 2014 15:22, Pierre-Selim pierre-se...@huard.info wrote: Thank you so much to everyone involve in work. It's awesome! 2014-08-09 14:29 GMT+02:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de: Hi all, we have just published the Chapters Dialogue movie. 1 year condensed into 30 minutes. https://vimeo.com/102508380 Upload to Commons and subtitles will follow soon. Enjoy! Nicole On 1 August 2014 21:28, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational
[Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational structures have grown organically without any official recommendation for or analysis of the best organisational form to achieve impact. The lack of a shared understanding about the Chapters’ role and contribution to the movement causes severe insecurities and is fuelling conflicts and misperceptions. Money-driven decisions: Creating a consensus about money, its collection and responsible dissemination (donors’ trust!) is scarcely possible. The Haifa trauma persistently blights the relationship between WMF and the Chapters, fuelled by additional disagreement about the new fundraising and grantmaking processes. The gap in leadership: Who should take the leadership role and what should leadership in the Wikimedia movement look like? Adopting the narrowed focus, the WMF clearly states that it
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
Thank you Nicole. Great work! The document will be my on-flight reading in my way to London. 2014-08-01 15:28 GMT-05:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de: Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational structures have grown organically without any official recommendation for or analysis of the best organisational form to achieve impact. The lack of a shared understanding about the Chapters’ role and contribution to the movement causes severe insecurities and is fuelling conflicts and misperceptions. Money-driven decisions: Creating a consensus about money, its collection and responsible dissemination (donors’ trust!) is scarcely possible. The Haifa trauma persistently blights the relationship between WMF and the Chapters, fuelled by additional
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Insights of the Chapters Dialogue are online!
Thanks for sharing, Nicole! I really appreciate the work you and Kira did here. Looking forward to reviewing this body of work, and hope to further the dialogue at Wikimania! Katy On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, I am happy to announce that we have finally released the documentation of the Chapters Dialogue project. You might probably remember: The Chapters Dialogue was the project that was initiated by Wikimedia Deutschland in spring 2013, my former colleague Kira Krämer interviewed representatives from Wikimedia Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as Funds Dissemination and Affiliations Committee. Kira and I presented the insights at several occasions already, and now the written report is at your disposal. Please find all the information on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue For those of you who are already on their way into the weekend, to London, or reading via mobile, I’m copying the Executive Summary of the findings at the end of this email. Luckily, Wikimania is coming and I will be available to answer your questions and reflect on ideas or concerns with anyone interested. I’ll be in London from Tuesday till Monday, and will host a session on the Chapters Dialogue insights on Saturday from 12:15 to 13:00 in room Auditorium 1[1]. Attendees of this session will witness the premier of the Chapters Dialogue movie, which will be released to the public shortly after. If you cannot attend the session and don’t find me hanging around at the Wikimedia Deutschland booth in the Community Village, you can reach me via my user page[2] or via email. I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated, be it as one of the 94 interviewees or one of our mentors, critical friend or supporter in any other way. It’s been a blast! A very special and very warm thank you goes out to Kira. Together, we rocked this last year and went through most exciting times. Kira is no longer working for WMDE, but I promised to forward her every comment and email that we receive from you. Best regards, Nicole [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_State_of_Wikimedia_-_A_movement_Dialogue [2] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_%28WMDE%29 Wikimedia Deutschland – Chapters Dialogue Nicole Ebber (Project Lead), Kira Krämer (Project Manager) Executive Summary Wikimedia is a global movement: the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Chapters and the international communities work and fight for Free Knowledge. In spring 2013, Wikimedia Deutschland initiated a structured assessment of the movement organisations’ needs, goals and stories: the Chapters Dialogue. Nicole Ebber led the project and hired Kira Krämer, who adapted the Design Thinking methodology to the process. In the course of the project (August 2013-February 2014), 94 movement representatives (volunteers and staff) from Chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Affiliations Committee were interviewed. The interviewees spoke about their understanding of roles and relationships within the movement, of responsibilities that come with being a Chapter or being the WMF. They described their goals and stories, what support they need and who they think is in a position to offer this support. The synthesis of all the interviews resulted in an overall picture of the movement and a distillate of the most pressing issues. The findings and insights cover these main areas, which have had a great influence on the movement as it is today. Lack of empathy and the persistence of old narratives: All the conflicts described in this report are based on causes that are deep rooted and manifested in people’s perceptions about each other that still persist today. Each party in the movement has its own needs and tries to solve issues in its own interests, while lacking empathy for other views, opinions, contexts and behaviour. Measuring success when exploring new territory: The movement lacks a definition of what impact actually means to it, as all Wikimedia activities can be described as exploring entirely new territory. Chapters struggle with proving that they and their activities are worth invested in while WMF has difficulty providing a clear movement strategy. Organisational structures: Organisational structures have grown organically without any official recommendation for or analysis of the best organisational form to achieve impact. The lack of a shared understanding about the Chapters’ role and contribution to the movement causes severe insecurities and is fuelling conflicts and misperceptions. Money-driven decisions: Creating a consensus about money, its collection and responsible dissemination (donors’ trust!) is scarcely possible. The Haifa trauma
