Fair point, Katherine - it should be said that much of the envisaged audience for these reports consists of program leaders themselves (to use the terminology of the report authors), and that the term GLAM - as well as the #glamwiki hashtag - are established among them. But let's go with your version for the benefit of the general audience, throwing in an "etc.":
*T: Understanding what works: 7 beta reports on the impact of editathons, collaboration with cultural institutions, etc. On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Heather Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm going to be the stand-in persona for someone who knows nothing about >> WMF programs. I would have no idea what GLAM is! May I suggest: >> >> t: Understanding what works: 7 beta reports on the impact of editathons >> and collaboration with cultural institutions. >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/02/beginning-understand-what-works-measuring-impact-programs/ > > > I was going to ask if "beta" is important in this context. > > Is there a #GLAM that they use? I know that they love their GLAMness, but I > do think it's good to use actual words for the sentence. > >> >> >> FB/G: LGTM, there's plenty of contextual information there that situates >> shorthands like GLAM clearly. >> >> >> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> T: Beginning to understand what works: Read 7 beta reports on impact >>> of programs like editathons or GLAM partnerships >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/02/beginning-understand-what-works-measuring-impact-programs/ >>> >>> FB/G+: Read preliminary reports on the impact of seven kinds of >>> program activities supporting Wikimedia projects: Edit-a-thons, >>> editing workshops, GLAM partnerships, on-wiki writing contests, Wiki >>> Loves Monuments, other photo contests (like Wiki Loves Earth), and the >>> Wikipedia Education Program. >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/02/beginning-understand-what-works-measuring-impact-programs/ >>> (using https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eval_report_cover_page.png >>> as uploaded image - since it's (c) by a WMF staff member.) >>> >>> The team wants to emphasize the beta nature of the results, so I >>> forwent that shortening opportunity. >>> -- >>> Tilman Bayer >>> Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Katherine Maher >> Chief Communications Officer >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 >> +1 (415) 712 4873 >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > > > > -- > Heather Walls > Communications Design Manager > WikimediaFoundation.org > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
