On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter <osama...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> OK I see now the box for "other" not as an option for a name (which is how > these things are usually set up) but underneath the original question. > Thanks, Leigh - we're working on changing the way the box is configured, so it's more intuitive. We do encourage informal groups to take the questionnaire, as you notice, since it's useful to see what of these questions (and possible responses) might apply to groups like yours. Anasuya > > From: osama...@hotmail.com > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: RE: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for > Wikimedia organizations) > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:27:14 -0700 > > > > > I assume this survey is only for organizations that have been recognized > by AffCom? We are still struggling to get ours (despite the fact that we > are one of the most productive educational groups), so I thought Id at > least answer the questionnairre, but under "name of organization" the only > option is to select from a group of pre-determined names. This even though > the instructions say that they welcome responses from informal groups. > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:31:00 +0100 > > From: claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for > Wikimedia organizations) > > > > Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into > > creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the > > results and learnings of the next steps. > > > > At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge of the planned > > process is to overcome the language barrier: If we want to include our > > volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate > > the questionnaire and some general information first. > > While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to > > meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for > > smaller langugage communities. > > > > Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with > > the Foundation in order to get help in this regard? > > > > Best > > Claudia > > -- > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > > Siebensterngasse 25/15 > > 1070 Wien > > Austria > > +43 699 141 28615 > > www.wikimedia.at <http://www.wikimedia.at/> > > > > > > Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta: > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *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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