[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:

2023-12-17 Thread Željko Blaće 
Very interesting direction in communication to wider audience by
acknowledging mistakes and failures.

I hope for others in the field will follow and extend towards more
authentic communication and we see less PR tricks.

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From: *Mozilla* 
Date: Friday, December 15, 2023
Subject: We went big in 2023. Here's some of what didn't work:
To: "zbl...@mi2.hr" 


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  Hello Z.,

Guess what? We make mistakes. We’re human!

This year we at Mozilla set out to take on more new initiatives, reach for
deeper impact, and go bigger than ever before. A lot of it went well – but
we've also had our fair share of fails, goofs, oopsies, and dadgummits in
2023. And so we thought, why not share with our supporters about times
where we tried things that didn't work out, or that went differently than
expected, or where we simply screwed up?

We thought you might appreciate transparency and honesty about our work,
even when it's not all sunshine and roses. And yes, at the end of this
email, we're going to ask if you can *add a donation to Mozilla's end of
year fundraising drive*
 – while
we won't promise perfection, we will promise transparency.

So, here’s a highlight of our lowlights and what we learned in 2023:
Mistake #1: Facebook Ads and Privacy Don't Mix
[image: Facebook in a mixing bowl]


We wanted to get more people to sign one of our petitions as part of a
campaign to get TikTok to be more transparent about how it shares user
data. Our marketing team decided to try their hand at running ads on
Facebook to reach people who might not be in the Mozilla universe yet.


*What went wrong:* Mozilla's commitment to user privacy is incompatible
with the data sacrifices required by Meta. Turns out, if you don’t use
Meta’s privacy-intrusive conversion pixel on your website – and you also
refuse to give Meta any of your data – there's little chance of driving
actions with their advertising.

*Lesson learned:* It is impossible to build a movement to hold tech
companies accountable while relying on the tools they want you to use.
We'll stick to places that better represent our values – because that's
also where we'll find people who are most committed to our movement.
Mistake #2: Storms Bring Us Together, But Make Your Backup Plans
[image: People watching a storm]


Mozilla Festival – better known as MozFest – is our global gathering of
artists, activists, researchers, policymakers, and technologists. This
year's MozFest event in Nairobi, Kenya focused on issues around a healthy
internet and trustworthy AI in Eastern and Southern Africa.


*What went wrong:* MozFest got hammered by some truly terrible weather – a
hail storm so bad and so loud it shut down a featured panel conversation;
winds too high to walk between buildings; and a tent even blew over! People
gathered together out of necessity and shared their own awful weather
stories. The next day, the sunlight revealed a group of people who had
literally weathered the storm together and built stronger bonds because of
it.

*Lesson learned:* Sometimes the worst storms bring us closer together. But
also, always have backup plans for how to hold your event.
Mistake #3: Worldwide Media Attention Affects Our Website
[image: Car driving off clift]


When we published our *Privacy Not Included Cars & Privacy buyer’s guide in
September, we knew it would cause a stir. But we didn't dream of the global
news coverage we actually got: *Der Spiegel, Le Monde, Washington Post, El
Pais, The Guardian, Times of India, Wired, * and even *Fox News* – *all in
one day*. (In retrospect, cars wanting to know about your sex life and
genetic information was a huge story.)


*What went wrong: *The part of our website with the buyer's guide
completely crashed. Like, BOOM, down it went, thanks to an unexpected
overwhelming amount of news coverage and traffic. There are some technical
reasons why it went down, but the short version is we hadn't retooled that
part of the website to be more efficient when a lot of people wanted to
look at

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Celebrating Alice Kibombo

2023-12-17 Thread Mahuton Possoupe 
Congratulations, Alice ! Well deserved


Le dim. 17 déc. 2023 à 10:49, Joris Darlington Quarshie <
billionairegeneration...@gmail.com> a écrit :

> Congratulations Alice. Indeed you are a truly inspiring leader. Please
> keep up the good work. 
>
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 01:53, Bobby Shabangu 
> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Alice. You're such an inspiration!
>>
>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 03:17, Ceslause Ogbonnaya 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Warm congratulations to you Alice! 珞
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 18:35 Belinda Mbambo 
>>> wrote:
>>>

 Hello, Muli mutya!


 It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is
 because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with
 sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are
 just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia 
 projects.

 Today, we Wikicelebrate
 a truly
 amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo
  – a contributor to
 Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource
 ,
 and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer
 , and, in her
 Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking
 librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a
 transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo has
 become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the sum
 of human knowledge

 As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me
 the responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a  community
 resource person as well as a teacher.”

 Learn more about Alice on Diff
 
  as
 we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge.

 Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
 amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
 participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
 you think should be celebrated, recommend
 them.

 Happy celebrating!

 Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda

 *Belinda Mbambo*
 Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications
 Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Celebrating Alice Kibombo

2023-12-17 Thread Joris Darlington Quarshie 
Congratulations Alice. Indeed you are a truly inspiring leader. Please keep
up the good work. 

On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 01:53, Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Congrats Alice. You're such an inspiration!
>
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 at 03:17, Ceslause Ogbonnaya 
> wrote:
>
>> Warm congratulations to you Alice! 珞
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 18:35 Belinda Mbambo 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello, Muli mutya!
>>>
>>>
>>> It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is
>>> because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with
>>> sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are
>>> just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia projects.
>>>
>>> Today, we Wikicelebrate
>>> a truly
>>> amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo
>>>  – a contributor to
>>> Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource
>>> ,
>>> and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer
>>> , and, in her
>>> Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking
>>> librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a
>>> transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo has
>>> become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the sum
>>> of human knowledge
>>>
>>> As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me the
>>> responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a  community resource
>>> person as well as a teacher.”
>>>
>>> Learn more about Alice on Diff
>>> 
>>>  as
>>> we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge.
>>>
>>> Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
>>> amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
>>> participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
>>> you think should be celebrated, recommend
>>> them.
>>>
>>> Happy celebrating!
>>>
>>> Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda
>>>
>>> *Belinda Mbambo*
>>> Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications
>>> Wikimedia Foundation 
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