Hi Winifed, Let's talk in Berlin. See you soon! (:
Pine On May 11, 2015 8:53 AM, "Winifred Olliff" <woll...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, Pine: > > Thanks for taking a look and offering your ideas! > > The Learning Center is based on a set of recommendations from the TCC > Group to help get us started, so organizations taking the tool for the > first time had somewhere to go with their results. The idea is that we can > work together to develop it over time and make it more useful to Wikimedia > organizations. It's not yet clear how useful the learning center could be, > or how people want to use it. I would also like this to include better > integration with learning patterns, which is why we added a placeholder for > that and considered OE as part of the category structure for the learning > patterns. > > If this is something you're interested in developing more, I'd certainly > welcome your help getting things better integrated with the learning > pattern library, since I know you are very familiar with the category > structure. For now, I'm most interested in talking more with Wikimedia > organizations at the upcoming meetings in Berlin first to find out if the > learning center is even a useful idea at all and how we may want to improve > it moving forward before anyone invests a lot more time in curation up > front. What do you think? > > Cheers, > > Winifred > > On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 4:45 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Winifred, >> >> Thanks for this info. It looks to me like the information in the Learning >> Center could be integrated into the more Learning Patterns Library with the >> category "Organizational effectiveness". Is this integration planned, or >> are there reasons to keep the Learning Center separate from the Learning >> Patterns Library? >> >> Thanks, >> Pine >> >> Pine >> >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Winifred Olliff <woll...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, Wikimedia colleagues! >>> >>> In November 2014, we launched a pilot self-assessment tool for Wikimedia >>> organizations to help us identify areas where we as Wikimedia >>> organizations >>> might leverage our strengths and address our challenges to achieve better >>> results. We have some aggregate data available from organizations that >>> took >>> the questionnaire. >>> >>> To learn more about organizational effectiveness: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness >>> Review the benchmarking research here: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Benchmarking >>> Read the case studies here: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Case_studies >>> Review the results from the tool here: >>> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Results/2014/December >>> >>> *A little background on organizational effectiveness* >>> We are looking at how organizations are achieving impact in the Wikimedia >>> movement. Organizational effectiveness includes all the things that make >>> an >>> organization good at what it does, from strong leadership and systems, to >>> how an organization chooses and does programs that lead to results. >>> Through >>> this lens, we are looking specifically at groups and organizations, so we >>> can understand how volunteers and staff work together when they are part >>> of >>> a group or organization. >>> >>> *Why we care* >>> Improving organizational effectiveness is a way for Wikimedia >>> organizations >>> to achieve results, in ways that make sense in their local contexts. >>> >>> *The tool and the results, in brief* >>> We are exploring this topic of organizational effectiveness in order to >>> launch a broader conversation among Wikimedia organizations (e.g. >>> Chapters, >>> User Groups) to explore areas for building capacity. We have started by >>> doing some initial benchmarking research and case studies to understand >>> how >>> effectiveness is understood within Wikimedia and similar movements, and >>> we >>> launched a pilot organizational effectiveness self-assessment tool, to >>> help >>> organizations identify their strengths and challenges in November 2014. >>> This tool includes a questionnaire that is part of a self-assessment. >>> >>> While individual and organization results are kept confidential, our >>> partners at the TCC Group provided us with some aggregate data based on >>> the >>> first round of answers to the questionnaire that is a part of the tool. >>> The >>> primary purpose of the questionnaire is to aid organizations in their >>> self-assessments, and not to gather data about organizations; however, >>> the >>> data the TCC Group collected may be useful in launching further >>> conversations because it highlights where Wikimedia organizations see >>> their >>> own strengths and challenges. >>> >>> *Next steps for organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations* >>> We are hosting a discussion about the organizational effectiveness tool >>> for >>> Wikimedia organizations at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, >>> and >>> will also continue a discussion there about the future of organizational >>> effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations. Topics to explore within >>> organizational effectiveness might include areas like volunteer >>> engagement, >>> raising funds and other resources, supporting online contributors, media >>> relations, financial management, governance, etc. >>> >>> *Key questions:* >>> *What future work are we interested in doing together around >>> organizational >>> effectiveness? >>> *Is a self-assessment tool useful for organizations? Should we gather >>> feedback and work toward improving the tool, or try another approach? >>> Does >>> the tool need to remain confidential? >>> *Are there specific topics in the area of organizational effectiveness >>> that >>> need more exploration? Are there areas where we need more resources? >>> *Is there anything important revealed by this research or the results of >>> the questionnaire that we can use to better understand how we can grow? >>> >>> *Call to action:* >>> Please offer your feedback, thoughts, and questions on Meta, or >>> participate >>> in the upcoming discussions at the Wikimedia Conference. If you are >>> interested in discussing this work, or becoming more involved, but are >>> unable to attend the session at the conference, we are happy to convene a >>> hangout or an IRC office hours. Please also feel welcome to contact me >>> directly if you have ideas about this work, or add your ideas to Meta. >>> >>> Many thanks to our colleagues Marieke Spence, Rika Gorn, and Deepti Sood, >>> at the TCC Group (a consulting firm that specializes in organizational >>> assessments), who created the tool and analyzed the results. Many thanks >>> to >>> the volunteers and staff who participated, and have provided feedback so >>> far. Thanks especially to those organizations participating in the pilot >>> group, the case studies, and in the ongoing conversations about >>> organizational development and effectiveness at Wikimania and other >>> movement events. >>> >>> We look forward to more work together in this area! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Winifred Olliff >>> >>> -- >>> Winifred Olliff >>> Program Officer >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> >> > > > -- > Winifred Olliff > Program Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ 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>