[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: December 2017

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*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings
within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and
more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums.
You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

*This Month in GLAM – Issue XII, Volume VII – December 2017*
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France report: Rituels grecs; Wiki Loves Monuments 2017
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/France_report

Germany report: a good working key to GLAM collections
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Germany_report

Indonesia report: Collaboration with library in Yogyakarta
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Indonesia_report

Italy report: Activities in December
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Italy_report

Macedonia report: Winners of DARM Challenge 3
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Macedonia_report

Netherlands report: Historical aerial photographs from the Ministry of
Defense; Texts on Dutch philosophers released under free license; Wikipedia
manual; Images from Erfgoedhuis Zuid-Holland
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Netherlands_report

Serbia report: Two Serbian museums welcomed their first Wikipedians in
Residence
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Serbia_report

Spain report: Wikipedia Club
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Spain_report

Sweden report: Inputs to the National Library Strategy; Statens maritima
museer; Tekniska museet; Riksantikvarieämbetet
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Sweden_report

Tunisia report: Upload Book
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Tunisia_report

Ukraine report: Promoting and Community events in Libraries
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Ukraine_report

USA report: Fire & Ice & Goats
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/USA_report

Wikidata report: Happy Q34812!
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Wikidata_report

WMF GLAM report: Share Case Studies and Feedback with WMF, #1lib1ref,
Structured Commons Research, and Blog Highlights
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report

Calendar: January's GLAM events
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents/Events


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Leadership of Wikimedia Foundation's Communications department

[Bobby Shabangu]

Congratulation to Heather for being appointed to the position of Chief
Creative Officer and Kui, welcome to your new role as VP of Com, we are
looking forward to working with you.

Regards,
Bobby Shabangu

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:33 AM, Jack Rabah  wrote:

> Fantastic stuff! Welcome Kui and congrats Heather.
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Katy Love  wrote:
>
> > Wonderful to hear this.
> >
> > Big congratulations, Heather--we're lucky to have you stay in the C-suite
> > with your voice and vision!
> >
> > And a warm welcome to you, Kui. I look forward to meeting you and working
> > together.
> >
> > Katy
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I am excited to share with you all the results of our search for
> >> permanent leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications
> >> department.
> >>
> >> Our own Heather Walls will transition from interim Chief of
> >> Communications to leading the department full-time, in the newly created
> >> role of Chief Creative Officer. She will be joined by a new Vice
> President
> >> of Communications, Kui Kinyanjui, who will join us from her home in
> >> Nairobi, Kenya in early March. Please join me in congratulating Heather
> and
> >> welcoming Kui!
> >>
> >> *The new roles*
> >>
> >> As Chief Creative Officer, Heather will remain at the Leadership team,
> >> with responsibility for the Communications department operations, and a
> >> mandate that focuses on helping people better understand our values and
> >> mission through our brand. She will oversee the organization and
> movement’s
> >> voice, tone, and visual assets, and how they are incorporated into
> >> everything from our recent awareness videos to our press statements.
> What
> >> do we sound and look like? How do you feel when you interact with us,
> as an
> >> editor, a reader, a donor? How do we spread and share our values? She
> will
> >> be responsible for new and creative initiatives that seek to expand the
> way
> >> people think about Wikipedia and Wikimedia, not only as an encyclopedia
> but
> >> an essential part of the way we understand the world.
> >>
> >> As Vice President of Communications, Kui will report directly to Heather
> >> and oversee our traditional and digital communications efforts. She
> will be
> >> responsible for our overall media positioning and coverage, critical
> issue
> >> management (also known as crisis communications), extending our digital
> >> media strategy, products, and presence, and supporting organizational
> >> leadership, such as myself, the Leadership team, and the Board, with
> >> effective and clear public communications. Kui also brings new and
> valuable
> >> skills that we’re sure to appreciate: first, a background in internal
> >> communications, which should help with improved information flows in our
> >> ever-more distributed organization, as well as a deep background in
> >> communications, campaigns, and marketing for emerging markets -- sure
> to be
> >> a critical skill for our efforts around improving awareness about
> Wikimedia
> >> in places where we want to reach more people.
> >>
> >> *About Heather Walls*
> >>
> >> Since joining the Foundation in 2011, Heather has been a driving force
> in
> >> our creative and brand efforts at the Foundation. Under her stewardship,
> >> the Foundation has dramatically reduced barriers to community usage of
> the
> >> trademarks under our care while also helping increase consistency in
> their
> >> usage. A member of the team before Communications was its own
> department,
> >> Heather was one of the first people I met and worked with when I joined
> as
> >> Chief Communications Officer. She graciously stepped in as leader of the
> >> department when I transitioned to Executive Director and has since grown
> >> into the role while making it her own. During that time, she has helped
> >> find the organization's place in the growing social media channels,
> >> modernized the Foundation’s brand, bringing it into greater alignment
> with
> >> our movement's values and workflows, and overseen pioneering
> >> community-supported awareness campaigns.
> >>
> >> Prior to joining the Foundation, Heather worked in design roles at
> >> organizations across California, Massachusetts, and the Midwest. She
> >> developed a special collections room and exhibit for California Academy
> of
> >> Sciences, and her work has been included in Architectural Record and
> >> exhibited at Harvard as well as Detroit and New York.
> >>
> >> *About Kui Kinyanjui*
> >>
> >> Kui will join the Foundation in March after concluding her current
> >> position as Head of Corporate Communications for Safaricom Limited in
> >> Kenya. Safaricom is one of the leading mobile network operators in
> Africa,
> >> and one of Kenya’s leading companies, providing mobile and banking
> services
> >> to more than 28 million Kenyans. She brings deep communications skills,
> an
> >> incred