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Sonja Fischbauer

chairwoman of the board, Wikimedia Austria (Wikimedia Österreich)

About me

I am an organization development specialist and strategy consultant with global expertise in community-driven movements. I grew up in Vienna, Austria. I currently live and work in Berlin, Germany. Holding a degree in archaeology, I worked at prehistoric excavations and in museum education for six years. I have traded my shovel for a laptop, but I still believe that by researching our predecessors’ ways of life, we’ll also gain new insights into today’s issues. Today I work in the fields of organizational development, change management and community strategy.

I engage in open knowledge issues, because I strongly believe that to truly advance as a human species, we need to share the already gained knowledge so it can be used to create a more just and equitable world.

My work

As a volunteer for Wikimedia Austria

Since 2022 I serve as board member. I was deputy chairwoman 2022 to 2024, since 2024 I am chairwoman of the board. Areas of responsibility: organizational development and international Wikiverse
Since 2022 I am part of the expert groups Organizational Development and International Affairs.
From 2018 to 2022 I was part of the Good Governance Committee.
I became a member of the association in 2018.

Previous work in the movement as a freelancer

For the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 in Vienna, I coordinated outreach activities to stakeholders, sponsors, like-minded communities and press, as well as the mentoring program.
In June 2017, I worked on improving the existing hackathon documentation on mediawiki.org and created a comprehensive guidebook for WMF.
In 2018, I helped Wikimedia Austria build the local Wikidata community
From June–November 2018, I supported the team at Wikimedia Germany Ideenförderung with community campaigns .

Contact me

e-mail: wikimedia [at] sonjafischbauer.com
web: sonjafischbauer.com

I can talk to you in English, German, basic French and Spanish. Plus I can greet you in Klingon and Sindarin, very useful.

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