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Alhassan Mohammed Awal

Alhassan Mohammed Awal

alhassanawal77gmail.com

Best way to connect: Via email

Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. I am a Co-founder and Communications, Outreach and Campaigns Manager for the User Group.

Participating as: Indivudal

Ghana • Middle East and Africa (MEA) region

Preferred times: Tuesday, Saturday (12 - 16 UTC, 17 - 20 UTC)

Can dedicate: Between one (1) hour and three (3) hours per Month

Languages: English, Dagbani

Main Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia → encyclopedia, Wiktionary → Dictionary and thesaurus, Wikimedia Commons → media repository, Wikidata → knowledge database, Wikivoyage → travel guide, Incubator → language versions in development, MetaWiki: central site for coordinating all projects and the Wikimedia community, MediaWiki: helps coordination work on MediaWiki software, Wikimedia Incubator: for language editors in development. Content units created or improved, Wikitech: technical projects and infrastructure

Areas of interests: Culture, heritage or GLAM, Advocacy

Other peer learning/training initiatives participating in: Language Digital discussion between Ghana and Nigeria language activists. L

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Skills this profile would like to learn

Preferred way of learning: Participate learning clinic sharing my case, By being mentored by an organization with more experience

Organization skills: Proposal writing for funding  • Financial planning and management • Capacity to manage effective fundraising campaigns

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Defining learning and evaluation plans  • Methods and tools for qualitative evaluation • Documenting knowledge in ways that are easy to communicate with others

Interpersonal skills: Cultivate more inclusive and safe environments online and offline  • Processes and tools to manage conflicts • Use various tools related to community health • Processes and tools to promote healthy interactions on wiki

Programatic and tactic skills: Implementing common tactics in the area of culture, heritage and GLAM • International campaigns and contests • Designing and developing educational programs • Research skills

Wiki tech skills: Using Wikisource  • Wikimedia Tools (PAWS, Quarry, WDQS) for running queries and scripts • Tools developed to automate processes • Bots

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Preferred way of sharing: Participate in an e-learning clinic sharing my case (2h plus workshops with 15-20 people), Organise face-to-face workshops

Organization skills: Building your organisation’s plan and strategy • Staffing / Team management • Identifying & approaching prospective partners

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics • Building a communications strategy to reach key stakeholders

Interpersonal skills: Processes and tools to promote healthy interactions on wiki • Diversity and accountability in Governance Roles • Community development, capacity building and skills development

Programatic and tactic skills: Volunteer management and development • Effective training for newcomers/ newcomer experience

Wiki tech skills: Basic Wikidata  • Wikimedia Incubator and setting up Wikimedia projects in new languages • List building for edit contests and campaigns

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•Bots: I want to learn how to develop bots to perform tasks such as cleaning and fixing errors and other activities that the bot can perform •International campaigns and contests (International teams for coordinating activities across multiple instances. Programs that train regional or international organizers and participants around a topic for impact or activist area over an extended period of time. Facilitation skills on and offline): I want to learn the skills that will put me in a better position to be able to facilitate any given project on the international front to the admiration and understanding of all involved •Processes and tools to manage conflicts (developing skills in non-violent communication and mediation, designing effective channels and processes for identifying and resolving disputes and conflict): I need specific skills to identify possible conflicts and nib it in the bud and also to design channels to effectively resolve any conflict

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•Basic Wikidata use and how it can support other projects: This was used creating over 500 lexemes and translating several widata properties into Dagbani •Identifying & approaching prospective partners: For instance, the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group was able to identify and approached Zaa TV and negotiated for a discount to roll out a TV program dubbed "Dagbani Wikipedia Saha" to use in educating the public on how to contribute to wikipedia and its sister projects. •Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics, particularly participants, editors, editor retention, content contributions (Programs & Events Dashboard, Wikimetrics, Hashtag tool, Onwiki Tracking, Wiki Loves tools, Fountain, Event Metrics: Through the use of such tools as fountain tool, event dashboard, we're able to organize contests and track the contributions of Participants and give prizes to the deserving ones.