Thanks Maria - really interesting to see such a thorough evaluation - as well as good to see very positive feedback for the event.
I wondered out of curiousity if there was any discernable difference in responses between "long-term Wikimedians" and people with less previous exposure to the Wikimedia movement? Thanks, Chris On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Maria Cruz <mc...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > *tl;dr: *You can find the results of the Wikimania 2014 Evaluation Survey > on Wikimedia Commons *[1]* > > Greetings, > > > Today we posted a slide deck summarizing data from the Wikimania evaluation > survey from this year’s event in London. The survey was a collaborative > effort of the Wikimania Conference and Hackathon organizers and the WMF > Learning and Evaluation team. Conferences and hackathons had been > identified as key programs to develop evaluation insight. Given the > opportunity to collaborate on an evaluation survey, WMF team members > partnered with conference and hackathon organizers to provide the technical > support to complete the survey project. > > This first survey offers a look into the processes and outcomes of the > conference. It is intended as a means for participants to share what they > got out of the conference and a platform to collect information on how we > can improve future conferences and their evaluation. We have released a > basic data summary and meta page with brief highlights of the survey and > link to a pdf slide deck published to Commons *[1]*. > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Case_studies/Wikimania_London_Survey_Results > > == Methodology == > > * Online survey via Qualtrics *[2]* > > * Data collection: > > ** August 10th – September 15th, 2014 > > ** Conference participants: 1520 > > ** Survey Respondents: n=792 (52% of conference participants) > > === The Conference Overall === > > * Participants were highly satisfied with the conference overall. > > * 91% of respondents rated the conference as "Good" (48%) or "Excellent" > (43%) > > * 87% indicated their expectations had been "met" (48%) or "exceeded" (39%) > > * The most named benefits of attending Wikimania were meeting people and > finding out about projects. > > Favorite talks: > > 1. > > Creative Ways to Alienate Women Online: A How To Guide for Wikipedians > (by Steven Walling and Maryana Pinchuk) > 2. > > Which Law Applies to Wikipedia (by Tobias Lutzi) > 3. > > Raph Koster: A Theory of Fun > 4. > > Jack Andraka > 5. > > Education (by members of the Wiki Ed Foundation and Education > Collaborative) > > > Please visit the page *[3]* for basic details or follow the links to the > slide deck *[1]*. The complete survey data are available upon request and > will be used by both the conference and the hackathon planning groups for > their use in planning for future events and their evaluation. In addition, > the Learning and Evaluation team will also work to review and incorporate > these results, along with evaluation data from other conferences, in the > second round of Program Evaluation reports currently in progress. The > conference financial report is also underway, however, it will also be > available sometime in the new year. Keep an eye out for these additional > points of reporting to become available in early 2015! > > > On behalf of all who have collaborated in this evaluation survey, those > who helped with its development, the 792 participants who completed it, and > those involved in the its analysis, and now, interpretation: thank you for > your time, attention, and support! We are happy to be part in this > collective learning about Wikimedia conferences and hackathons. Your > questions are welcome, and encouraged, on the talk page. > > > > > *María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, > Inc. > mc...@wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> > > *[1] Summary Slide Deck* > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_Participant_Survey_-_Data_Summary.pdf > > > > *[2] Survey Items* > > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheets/d/1b3Qp-l8HU4WYFX2lyACLsXAcd1hlEX3q1PTmQ5zxp2c/edit?usp=sharing > > *[3] Overview Page* > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Case_studies/Wikimania_London_Survey_Results > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
