Posters are also manageable for smaller groups/projects/organizations who cannot man a booth. After all, even if you get someone to Wikimania, there are up to eight parallel sessions and people to meet. At a booth or table, you should rotate people, while your poster will happily stand on its own, day and night, like a brave little tin soldier.
Still, it would help usability if there was a given format for the posters (size and structure). Raul Wikimedia Eesti On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Luis Villa <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, speaking as someone who would love to know more about what the > various movement organizations are doing, and who felt a little overwhelmed > at the # of booths in Hong Kong, I think this is a great idea... > > Luis (completely personal, no official WMF endorsement :) > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Luis Villa > Deputy General Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 > > NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical > reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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