That reminds me - we are having a large exhibition space at Wikimania 2014, details to be announced in coming weeks.
On 10 January 2014 12:01, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Poster to present Wikimedia > activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools... (Iolanda Pensa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:34:24 +0100 > From: Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia > activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools... > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > dear all, > Wikimedia initiatives/activities/experiences/tools/organizations are now > incredibly numerous, and panels at Wikimania are reaching an almost > unmanageable number (for attendees). why not creating posters? > > posters are a simple presentation tool largely used in academia. it is > literally a poster (A3 or larger), which presents an overview of a > project/activity/experience/thing in a short and comprehensive way. > basically they include an abstract, an image (photo, visual representation, > graph...), links to further documentation (it can also be a QRcode which > links to a video), credits, timeframe and contacts. > The can be made available online (also with an editable format which > allows translations), they can be used as slides, and they can be printed > and used for all sorts of exhibitions (in a school, during an event...). > > The possibility of submitting posters at Wikimania was already possible in > previous Wikimania editions, but it didn't generate an habit and probably > it didn't work very well (maybe it was not the right time). now there are > structured chapters and affiliates, people working consistently in > education, GLAMs and outreach, programs at WMF, and a desire to let other > people know what is going on. > we are thinking of include an exhibition of posters within our Wikimania > bid[1] (it allows to reduce the number of panels, to allow people to share > their experience even if they don't attend and to cross rapidly things you > don't know jet). I'm also working with Wikimedia CH and Wikimedia Italia to > prepare an event and exhibition in Lugano in Spring 2014[2] which includes > an expo of posters of successful experiences in GLAM partnerships; this > event could be a pilot to test the creation and use of posters. > > To collect the information we can make a form with limited number of words > and centralize the editing; or we can make a graphic template available; or > we can create a team of people who summarize already available information > from online documentation. i think visual consistency can be an asset. > > what do you think? do you think it is a relevant format? anyone willing to > help? anyone has an idea on who can set a graphic template for the posters? > on meta you find a draft page about posters[3] > > thank you > iolanda/iopensa > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Esino_Lario > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_exhibition_and_event_in_Lugano_2014 > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poster_design > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > End of Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 94, Issue 4 > ****************************************** >
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