Victor Grigas has already found me on Skype! So, I'm in :) On 28 July 2011 04:05, Chris Keating <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting, but I think there are probably a fair few > people here not subscribed to foundation-l. > > I'm keen to get as many UK editor stories into the mix for this Autumn's > fundraiser as possible,so if you're interested please contact either myself > or Megan directly. :-) > > Chris > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Megan Hernandez <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:59 PM > Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimania Interviews > To: [email protected] > > > Hi all, > > Over the past two months, the fundraising team has started testing new > messages from WMF staff members, donors, and editors. We're really excited > that we've found new messages that perform at the same level as the > "founder > appeal" from Jimmy Wales. This year, the fundraiser will rely as much as > possible on voices of many different members of our community. > > Doing in-person interviews and then writing appeals using people's exact > words is the key to making these appeals work as well as the Jimmy appeal. > Victor Grigas, Aaron Muszalski, and Matthew Roth -- three Storytellers > working on the 2011 Fundraiser -- are doing the interviews. They will be > attending Wikimania to interview attendees who would like to have their > personal appeal run during the fundraising campaign. While on this story > gathering mission, they will also be taking photos to be used in > fundraising > banners. > > We would like to feature editors for as much of the fundraiser as possible. > But we've found that editor appeals are the hardest to make work. So we're > really looking for people who think they can explain in their own words why > donating to WMF or a chapter is important. If you'd like to get involved, > please get in touch by emailing [email protected]. We'll be > interviewing throughout Wikimania, so please come talk to us about the > importance of Wikipedia and tell us your own personal story of how you're > connected to the Wikimedia movement. > > You don't have to attend Wikimania to get involved. We will be > interviewing > people from all different areas of the world over the next several months. > If you're interested in sharing your story, please send a message to > [email protected] > > If you'd like to see a review of our weekly testing and read the new > appeals, check out our test updates page: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Updates > > Looking forward to seeing you next week and hearing your stories, > > Megan > > -- > > Megan Hernandez > > Community Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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