Yes, That is one of the scopes mentioned * Participating in Global Wikimedia Communications committee and subscribed to its mailing list: wmfc...@mail.wikimedia.org
Regards Tinu Cherian On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Steven Walling <swall...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Tinu Cherian <tinucher...@wikimedia.in>wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> The Wikimedia India chapter is forming a volunteer team/task >> force to manage *Communications, Public & Media Relations* ( In short, >> Communications) and various aspects of communications (internal & external >> ) related to India chapter and the Wikimedia movement in India. This >> includes development & execution of a communications plan for India, >> digital outreach (including social media) to increase participation (both >> reading and editing) & awareness, all aspects of PR as well as preparation >> of collateral to support various outreach efforts in the country. This >> doesn't include statutory communications to Auditing agencies/persons, >> Governmental or legal bodies and the Wikimedia Foundation, the >> responsibilities which resides primarily with the President, Secretary and >> Treasurer of the Wikimedia Chapter. >> >> The primary aim of the Communications, PR & Media Relations Team is to >> facilitate communication between the Wikimedia Chapter, community at large >> and the public including the media. >> >> *Scope of Work* >> >> Duties and Responsibilities of the team include, but are not limited to >> the following: >> >> - Supporting and overseeing communication with Wikimedia community >> which includes Chapter members, general public and media. >> - Helping the Chapter Secretary in the monthly report that is send to >> the members and the community. >> - Handling press enquiries and answering them. >> - Coordinating communications with the press, including press >> releases, interviews, and inquiries. >> - Build a close partnership and working relation with a network of >> journalists and news editors all over India and abroad. >> - Maintaining a list of people willing to be contacted & interviewed >> by the media. >> - Identify potential "media worthy" stories and getting them >> published into the mass media. >> - Contacting editors and publishers of Wikipedia press coverage to >> request that corrections be published as needed. >> - Development of a comprehensive multi-language Communications Plan >> for Wikimedia Movement in India to support the Chapter's strategic >> objectives. This plan must include social media, digital outreach, Public >> Relations (PR) and supporting community and chapter outreach. >> - Implementation of the Communications Plan - including measuring of >> results focused on growth in participation and readership within India and >> continuous improvement as required. >> - Identification, selection and on boarding of specialised agencies >> as required. >> - Public Relations (PR) to build and manage relationships with media >> and drive messaging that promotes participation. >> - Build a close partnership with the Community and Wikimedia >> Foundation India Programs to support communications and media outreach. >> - Providing ad hoc support to the Community on all aspects of >> communications as may be deemed necessary. >> - Researching press lists, monitoring and analyzing media coverage, >> both negative and positive. >> - will be responsible for executing and carrying out PR campaigns on >> behalf of the chapter. >> - Improve Wikimedia media coverage especially on Indian local >> languages. >> - Digital outreach comprises how to drive awareness and education >> and motivation to participate in various projects from within the existing >> readership base. >> - Social media includes managing and driving social media vehicles to >> drive participation (i.e., building awareness and driving traffic to Indic >> language editions, raising awareness of how content is created on various >> projects and motivating and enabling participation.) >> - Maintain the official IRC channel on freenode: #wikimedia-in and >> regularly conduct planned IRC sessions. >> - Maintain the social media properties including the ones on facebook >> & twitter and Youtube channels, and all Public facing Digital resources >> like the wiki, blog and website. >> - Keeping the Wikimedia India Press kit and In the News sections on >> the public wiki up to date. >> - Interacting with the Chapter OTRS team. >> - Working on contingency and PR response plans in the event of PR >> crisis related to the chapter or the Wikimedia movement in India. >> - Participating in Global Wikimedia Communications committee and >> subscribed to its mailing list: wmfc...@mail.wikimedia.org >> - Help and co-ordinate the Community Newsletter, WikiPatrika >> - Supporting media coverage of Chapter , Wikimedia Foundation and >> Community led events and initiatives in India like Wikiconference, >> wikimeeetups, wikiacademies, workshops etc >> >> More Information : http://members.wikimedia.in/Communications >> >> *How to Volunteer?* >> >> If you are interested to volunteer to this team, please drop a private >> mail to *tinucherian(at)wikimedia(dot)in* expressing your interest, >> expertise and previous experience in field of Communications, PR & Media >> Relations and Social Media. >> Looking forward to hear from you. >> >> Regards >> Tinu Cherian >> Head of Communications, PR & Media Relations, Wikimedia Chapter. >> pr...@wikimedia.in >> > > This is a great initiative. :) > > Can we get members of the team signed up for ComCom too? > > -- > Steven Walling > Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation > wikimediafoundation.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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