WikiIndaba conference 2014/Day 3/Team 2 WikiIndaba Strategy

Team Members

This question is answered in a similar way with Question 2.

Raise awareness levels of wikipedia by using social media to refer people to wikipedia articles about recent events.
Create an advertising plan for Wikipedia/Wikipedia Zero:
- TV commercial about wikipedia/Wikipedia Zero. Use an insert of professors who use wikipedia as case studies.
- Billboard advertising campaigns.
- Study costs and feasibility of doing a pilot in four countries in Africa.
Organize press releases through WMF contacts etc to get country updates in main stream media.
Organize a photo event like WLM. Upload marathon.
Use social media campaigns.
Start student ambassador program.

Theresa is available full time and can organize meetings and dates/times from WMZA.
Organize regional groups according to interest focus groups eg:
- GLAM
- Education
- Photo contests
Each interest focus should have a contact person for continent as a start then when more people are in the group, divide to regional contact people.

Not another mailing list!!!! Use mailing list for announcements only and period updates of group activities.
Use meta as main space for discussions. Africa portal on meta? [Ioland Pensa]
Organize skype/Hangout online conference to have a web meeting.
Once every three months.
Keep face book and Twitter for repeat of announcements on mailing list.

Have at least four regions with one vibrant community in each region in Africa in the next two - three years.

Stratergy of involving local communities to buy into advertisements, before, during and after advertising campaigns. You need a vibrant community to handle each stage.
What does it mean to have a vibrant community? What metrics are used?
Send request for user introduction to specific wikis in specific countries to Asaf ;Jessie and Anasuya.