Thank you to everyone that is working on this year’s fundraiser! Can I ask, which other Wikimedia organisations aside from the WMF are involved this year? Presumably WMDE and WMCH, but who else?
Thanks, Mike > On 28 Nov 2017, at 22:27, Megan Hernandez <mhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > I want to add a big thank you to everyone who contributes to make Wikipedia > great in anyway. People donate because they use and love Wikipedia. Thank > you for making it a resource people value. > I'd also like to thank our Communications teammates for all their hard work > on the campaign this year with blog posts, social media plans, and these > fun videos. Stay tuned for more! > > And, of course, thank you to everyone who has donated so far. > > More updates to come! > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hey all! Just a very brief update! >> >> ***We are live!*** >> >> Banners went up at 1600UTC. It's been 7ish hours and so far things are >> ticking over nicely! >> >> ***A blog!*** >> >> Lisa Gruwell and Megan Hernandez have written a blog post announcing the >> launch of the campaign and why every donation to Wikipedia is important ( >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/28/donation-free-knowledge/) >> >> ***Supporting the fundraiser on social media!*** >> >> There are a number of ways you can support the fundraiser on social media: >> >> [1] Twitter: Share why you love Wikipedia and free knowledge using the >> hashtag #ILoveWikipedia. >> >> [2] Facebook: Put our I Love Wikipedia Facebook frame to your profile pic. >> You can add it for a few hours, a day, or forever. We made these frames to >> give our supporters another way to show how important Wikipedia is to them. >> Over 26,000 Facebook users added the frames during last year’s fundraiser, >> with over 500,000 views in the first 24 hours. That’s one huge party, and >> you’re invited. :) (https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes) >> >> [3] Anywhere: Please share something you love about the Wikimedia movement >> with the donation link (https://donate.wikimedia.org) and the hashtag >> #ILoveWikipedia. Ask your friends to do it, too! I’m sure teachers, college >> students, journalists or librarians in your circle might have something to >> add… >> >> [4] Amplify or share our videos, which will be going up on social media >> over the coming days. The first one is a play on the "cup of coffee" >> message in our fundraising banner. You can help by sharing on Facebook, >> Twitter, or Instagram. Whichever floats your boat! >> >> ***Sharing videos!*** >> >> We're trying something interactive this year on social media. Jimmy Wales >> has recorded a series of extremely short and playful videos that will >> explain the importance of Wikipedia, ask our readers to respond to >> questions in their own words, and/or play on some of our most common >> elements. There are a number of videos that will go out over social over >> the coming weeks, including some that are funny and some that are simply >> informative. We plan to measure how these videos resonate and what effect >> they have on donations. >> >> You can see the first video (about 'the cost of a cup of coffee') on >> Facebook [1] Twitter [2] Commons [3] YouTube [4] and Vimeo [5] >> >> [1] https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/10155753105638346/ >> >> [2] https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/935556395398709249 >> >> [3] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_everyone_reading_ >> Wikipedia_right_now_donated_the_cost_of_a_cup_of_coffee.webm >> >> [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrpWcsaECg >> >> [5] https://vimeo.com/244658321 >> >> ***That’s all for now! Thank you everyone for your support! I’ll update you >> again later in the week!*** >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> Seddon >> >> *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* >> *Advancement (Fundraising, Wikimedia Foundation* >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > > Megan Hernandez > > Director of Online Fundraising > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
