There were a good number of posters in Gdansk, and I think it worked reasonably well - most were from "research projects", IIRC, but I think there's certainly scope for something more movement-oriented as well.
Andrew. On 10 January 2014 07:34, 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 -- - Andrew Gray [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
