Hi Pine! I love the idea, so thanks for bringing it up. :) As I said in the email - it is not mandatory that the talks are tech related, however the point of these specific lightning talks are to be mostly tech related. Kevin, Megan and I are all very involved in Wikimedia Tech and are doing this specifically with the goal of spreading information about ongoing tech projects. We will probably give priority to tech focused talks for this series, but any extra space can go to whatever else wants to participate. If there is someone else (you!?) or another group who wants to run lighting with the purpose of a broader range of topics I will be happy and willing to share our lessons learned from these lightning talks. Keep in mind that this is only our second round of talks so we still have lots of room to learn, improve, document and change.
A goal of mine is to start documenting the organization process and lessons from running these talks. Anything that gets written up will go here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Lightning_Talks There is already a small amount of info, but not much. Check back for updates! :) Hope this helps! On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, nice idea. I'm just wondering if this concept could be expanded to be > more explicitly inclusive of other kinds of activities like L&E, education, > GLAM, Legal, Comms, Research, affiliates, etc. I think that this could > increase participation. > > Pine > On Aug 12, 2015 10:53 AM, "Rachel Farrand" <rfarr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > We (Kevin Leduc, Megan Nestler and I) will be doing a second run of > > lightning talks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk> on August > > 25. The first round had about 40 people viewing living bother remotely > and > > in SF as well as another 45 views after the talks. > > ~ More logistic details/signups found in the email below ~ > > > > These lightning talks are meant for anyone working on wikimedia tech and > > are not limited to WMF engineers. If you would like to do a lightning > talk > > on any project you are working on please feel free to sign up. Make sure > to > > include contact information (or email it to me) so that we (the lightning > > talk organizers) can coordinate with you. These lightning talks should be > > relevant to something related to our movement and will mostly be focused > on > > tech related projects however it is not mandatory that they are related > to > > tech. > > > > These talks will continue every month until there is no longer interest. > > > > A youtube stream will be sent out to this list just before the talks > start > > so you can follow along, you can ask questions on IRC, and the talks will > > also be recorded so that you can watch them whenever you like. > > > > We will adapt this process as we go to make it as interesting and useful > to > > everyone as we can. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Kevin Leduc <ke...@wikimedia.org> > > Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM > > Subject: > > To: wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org, Engineering list < > > engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Cc: Rachel Farrand <rfarr...@wikimedia.org>, Megan Neisler < > > mneis...@wikimedia.org> > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > The next round of Lightning Talks are in two weeks. This effort will not > > work without your participation... > > > > Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF & in the Community to > > showcase a Quarterly Goal acheived, significant milestone, release, or > > anything of significance to the rest of the foundation and the movement > as > > a whole. These talks will be open to our communities. > > > > Each presentation will be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should be > not > > be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be used for questions. > > > > Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your > > lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk. > > > > Second Round of Lightning Talks: > > > > When: Tuesday August 25, 1800 UTC > > < > > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lightning+Talks+-+August&iso=20150825T18&p1=1440&ah=1 > > >, > > 11am PDT > > > > Where: 5th Floor > > > > Remotees: On-Air google hangout will be provided just before the meeting > > > > IRC: #wikimedia-tech > > > > Sign up for a 10 minute slot here: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks > > > > With interest, this meeting will become a monthly event. > > > > Thanks! > > Kevin Leduc, Rachel Farrand, Megan Neisler > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
