Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Nitika  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach.  I want to try
> out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video)
> hangout.  Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:
>
> * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
> * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual
> video/screenshare facilities.)
> * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on
> creating user names from a single IP address during the event
> * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for
> us.
> * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari,  one can
> conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!
>
> This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and
> manageable. This could be one of the ways forward!  (Potentially, we could
> have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)
>

Hello all,

Adding to the list of advantages, the entire session gets automatically
recorded and is available on Youtube. (So 1 good session will reach much
more people than participants) I recently participated on one such hangout
and happened to talk about Tamil Wiki projects, Translatewiki etc(though as
stop gap arrangement) and can be watched here[1]. It would be great if this
mode of outreach can be tried again. IIRC the first one did not go all well
due to connectivity issues, but we can always try again!

[1] 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=1uwmGhQFgH4

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

[Jessie Wild]

Great idea, Nitika! Are you going to post some sort of evaluation on how it
goes??

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Ramesh N G  wrote:

> Great idea..
>
> Wat abt making it for all indic language?
> On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, "Nitika"  wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach.  I want to
>> try out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video)
>> hangout.  Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:
>>
>> * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
>> * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual
>> video/screenshare facilities.)
>> * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on
>> creating user names from a single IP address during the event
>> * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for
>> us.
>> * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari,  one can
>> conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!
>>
>> This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and
>> manageable. This could be one of the ways forward!  (Potentially, we could
>> have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)
>>
>> I'm really excited.  Fingers crossed!
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nitika
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

[Ramesh N G]

Great idea..

Wat abt making it for all indic language?
On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 PM, "Nitika"  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach.  I want to try
> out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video)
> hangout.  Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:
>
> * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
> * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual
> video/screenshare facilities.)
> * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on
> creating user names from a single IP address during the event
> * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for
> us.
> * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari,  one can
> conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!
>
> This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and
> manageable. This could be one of the ways forward!  (Potentially, we could
> have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)
>
> I'm really excited.  Fingers crossed!
>
> Thanks
> Nitika
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

[Ashwin Baindur]

Great idea! Nitika, the need of the hour! Real outreach sessions are
preferable, but this is a good substitute in many cases. I feel we should
have a variety of options/resources/tools for dealing with different
sessions.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Nitika  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach.  I want to try
> out if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video)
> hangout.  Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:
>
> * No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
> * Personal attention to each participant (because of individual
> video/screenshare facilities.)
> * No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on
> creating user names from a single IP address during the event
> * Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for
> us.
> * Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari,  one can
> conduct outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!
>
> This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and
> manageable. This could be one of the ways forward!  (Potentially, we could
> have more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)
>
> I'm really excited.  Fingers crossed!
>
> Thanks
> Nitika
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Experimenting with Virtual Outreach

[Nitika]

Hi Folks,

I was thinking of experimenting conducting online outreach.  I want to try out 
if we can do an effective outreach event using a google+ (video) hangout.  
Virtual outreach has a number of advantages:

* No investment of time/effort/cost in travel
* Personal attention to each participant (because of individual 
video/screenshare facilities.)
* No complications of no laptops available at the venue or a limit on creating 
user names from a single IP address during the event
* Lower dependency on institutions/college fests to organize an event for us.
* Not limited by physical presence. Sitting in Kanyakumari,  one can conduct 
outreach for interested folks in Kashmir!

This is just a trial to test if online outreach is effective, doable and 
manageable. This could be one of the ways forward!  (Potentially, we could have 
more community members doing more events with a more diverse audience.)

I'm really excited.  Fingers crossed!

Thanks
Nitika


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