I can probably make it on saturday or sunday. Just let me know the exact place and time, and I will confirm. I can, of course, speak kannada, and I don't know what you mean by programming language..if it is html, then I can manage that.
Swaroop G Rao On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:58, Arun Ramarathnam <arunra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ralph, > > This is indeed a great opportunity to create greater awareness about the > Kannada wikipedia. We need a lot more contributors to Kannada wikipedia. > Exhibitions are hectic but p;pose the best outreach opportunity. > > I though of sharing some learnings from the recent exhibit stall we had at > the World Sanskrit Book fair for you and the other volunteers to consider: > > > - These exhibitions tend to draw lot of crowds and can be very > exhausting. > - There needs to be 4 volunteers at a given time in the stall. > - Volunteers need to be in shifts of 2 hours to be effective and retain > energy reserves. > - Most of the questions in event like these are general awareness, what > they can do as readers, how they need to do if they need to contribute > (whom > to contact). Discussions will not be very technical. (except in the cases > of > very few visitors) > - Having pamphlets is a a great help with the links to wikimedia.in, > kannada wikipedia and other projects, India meetup page. We struggled > writing the links through the 2 days as we did not have any pamphlets. > - We now have the banners from the W10 event in Bangalore. These will > be of great use. > - Take the wikireader, it generates a lot of interest. It is now with > HPN. > - Suggest 3-4 laptops with a data card each. This is better than using > a single projector. We did not use a projector. One to one discussions are > most effective. > - Take a a few notebooks to write down contacts of people who want help > to become contributors. > - You will also run into people who would want to give away content > they have created to wikipedia. This is as always a great opportunity. > - From our past experience, the volunteers knowing wikipedia (even > using is good). Key messages to communicate can be shared with the team. > The > general public is not very well informed on specifics of wikipedia except > being aware. Many may not know about it in Indian languages. > - The volunteers need the ability to communicate and relate to the > varied audience and backgrounds. This is the most important skill than even > being insightful. > - Have at least one senior wikipedian in the stall to answer the > difficult or detailed questions. > - Overlap some volunteers across days to carry the learning and > experience of earlier days across subsequent days. > - Expect people to ask questions about Kanaja and other similar > projects. They may also have stalls. > > Best wishes for the event. > > regards > Arun > > Bangalore, India > www.twitter.com/arunram > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph <work.well.done...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece >> >> In order to move forward, may I suggest the following: >> >> Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list >> 1. Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required) >> 2. Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required) >> 3. >> 4. >> >> 1. List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada >> Wikipedia booth on >> a. 4 Fri >> b. 5 Sat >> c. 6 Sun >> >> 2. Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic >> searching for the right place. >> >> 3. Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/... >> >> 4. Coordinator name & mobile 9......... >> >> 5. Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a >> break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor. >> >> 6. Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet >> before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address >> that need. >> >> http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-classroom >> >> Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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