Hoi, I would assume that statistics are an important tool. There are many statistics I can think of off the top of my head that make sense in this context.,
WHERE ARE THEY... Given that this is a WMF initiative, why are the statistics not there.. You have the capability ! and the need is obvious when the ED says that metrics are how chapters are evaluated.. Thanks, GerardM On 1 December 2014 at 22:56, Anasuya Sengupta <asengu...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on > organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each > other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire > > > Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement: > > The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with > TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger > Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and > sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to > improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the > movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and > conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how > organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is > unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and > supported almost entirely by volunteers. > > The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how > impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2) > what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3) > what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more > effective in the strategies they choose to pursue. > > In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several > organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and > attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with > AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and > other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the > movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations, > resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models > leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time > to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the > globe created the foundation for this work. > > The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online > organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help > organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness > learning center, which may help organizations think about the different > strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to > be more successful with those strategies. > > *Learning center: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center > . > > > *User guide: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide > > *Questionnaire text: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire > > *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more > links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire > > The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia > organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences and > best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers > from different organizations to design the Questionnaire you are about to > take. > > Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has > consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please note > that the questionnaire is not intended to be a test of individual > organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with > individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will > aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness > Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team, along > with a “capacity building roadmap” to help the team - and the wider > movement - think about how organizations can build capacity for specific > program strategies. > > > *We request that you respond to the questionnaire by December 21st*, so > that TCC can collate the results and share it with all of us early in the > new year. Please let us know if you have any difficulties or questions: > the > WMF contact for this process is Winifred Olliff. Please contact us with > questions or suggestions at <orgeffectiven...@wikimedia.org>. > > > Many thanks to all who offered their time and expertise to the different > stages of this project. We hope this tool will be useful to you in your > work, and we welcome your continued feedback. > > Warm regards and looking forward to our continued work together! > Anasuya > > -- > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. 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