Pre Contest
The organisational tasks for the International Organising Committee (IOC) for Wiki Loves Africa is outlined below.
On-Wiki Comms and Organisational elements
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link
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Setting up, and updating all Commons pages in English (the most important ones in French as well)
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Dec
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English only: Islahaddow
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c:Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2021
(main page, local events, FAQ, partners, team etc.).
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Set up of Meta pages to support organisers
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Dec
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Anthere, Aboubacarkhoraa ??
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021
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Creation of theme page
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Jan
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Islahaddow
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Call for translation of Wiki pages in:
- French
- Portuguese
- Arabic
- local languages:
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Jan
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Summering2018 (ar) ?? et Aboubacarkhoraa (fr) ??
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Set up of the banner system/site notice
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Jan
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Romaine
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Upload wizard tunnel with category architecture
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Jan
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Romaine
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Clean up and improvement of documentation pages (the ones that explain "how to do this" or "where to go to do that")
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Jan
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Anthere
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Facilitate setting up an international organisational team (description of all necessary roles and call for participation to team)
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Jan
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Isla, Anthere
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Call local teams to make their funding request (rapid grant) in December.
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Nov
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Anthere
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Support to local teams when needed for rapid grants.
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Nov
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Anthere
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Communications
Communications channels and material
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link
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website text and updating
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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www.wikilovesafrica.net
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Design briefing, facilitation and management
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Creation of call leaflet and poster text
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Video creation
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Launch press release creation, translation and dissemination via the mailing list and other platforms
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Press release template created and shared with WM teams
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Dissemination of all materials across all digital platforms
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Jan
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Aboubacarkhoraa ??
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Share all elements with all local volunteer teams
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Jan
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Aboubacarkhoraa ??
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Launch press release dissemination and liaison with WM community blogs
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Jan
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Islahaddow (English)
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Elements that need to be developed (and translated):
- call leaflet
- call posters
- event templates
- social media branding
- a contest video
- theme press release
- press release template
- pre-contest social media headers/cover images
- branded merchandise (t-shirt, caps, etc.)
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Dec
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Islahaddow (English)
+ designer
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During the contest
On-Wiki Comms and Organisational elements
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link and comments
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Image monitoring: fixing category/description/Reuse
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Feb-March-April-May
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user:Ji-Elle ?? Summering2018 ?? user:GuillaumeG
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Image monitoring: copyvios, watermarks, etc.
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Feb-March
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User:T Cells ?? Summering2018 ??
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Image monitoring: feeding a best images category to help communicators
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February-March
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Summering2018 ??
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Image monitoring: If we do photo stories (as in 2017), track and display them properly
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March
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Jury selection: Selecting, approaching and onboarding jurors
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March
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Summering2018 ??
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Jury selection: Introducing Jurors to organising team
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end-March
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Tracking data : Mass messages to former participants during the contest
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Feb-March
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Romaine (only the sending, not writing) and Florence
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Tracking data : Mailing list management
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Feb-March
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User:T Cells ??
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Connect : Telegram account management
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Feb-March
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Anthere, Isla
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Connect : Answering questions of ‘’confused’’ people : usually mostly on facebook account and on the wiki
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Feb-March
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User:T Cells ??
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Tracking data : Tracking local events organized in the countries
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Feb-March
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Communications
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link
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Pre-contest: social media campaign strategy (coordination across all channels)
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Jan
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Pre-contest: social media message creation, translation and scheduling
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Jan
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Launch press releases sent out locally
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1st Feb
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Islahaddow (english)
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Social media posting (translating)
- Facebook person per major language
- Twitter person
- Instagram person
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1st Feb-15th March
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Summering2018 ?? Aboubacarkhoraa ??
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Social media and mailing list responses
- Facebook person per major language
- Twitter person
- Instagram person
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1st Feb-15th March
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Social media re-posting from teams onto main WLA channels
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1st Feb-15th March
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Aboubacarkhoraa ??
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Monitor and announcements on WLA telegram channel
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1st Feb-15th March
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Islahaddow (English) ??
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Post contest
On-Wiki Comms and Organisational elements
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link
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Jury process: Setting up and facilitating use of Montage or other jury selection platform
- Liaising local teams for selection of final round of images
- Incorporating local teams for the selection of final round of images into larger non-selected batches
- Communicating selection criteria and process
- Keeping jurors to timeline - 3-4 rounds
- Winners contact details checked and communicated to IOC
- Shortlist uploaded to Best Images page for 2020
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March-April
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Prize organisation
- Communication with prize winners
- Certificates design and printing
- Prizes selection, creation/ordering and postage
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May-June
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Summering2018 ??
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Tracking data :
- images views, number of participants, new participants, image reuse, evolution over time etc.
- pulling clear data for communication and reporting. Perhaps graphics
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March-June
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Post communication material :
- creation of the final poster
creation of photo exhibition
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March-June
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Islahaddow (English)
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Communications
Activity
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When
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Volunteers
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Link
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Interviews with prize winners for the press release and blog posts
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May-June
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Islahaddow (English)
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Dissemination of final poster
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May-June
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Islahaddow (English)
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Winners social media announcements (translated)
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May-June
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Winners press release and dissemination
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May-June
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Winners posts on WM blogs and Wiki Spaces
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May-June
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Plan for and run an ISA MetaData weeks contest for WLA 2021 entries
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July-Aug
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Set up a photo exhibition (details to be discussed)
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July-Sept
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Timeline:
- December 2020 :
- Announce theme
- Pre-contest communications start
- Theme press release launched
- Social media strategy created
- Pre-contest on-wiki elements created and updated
- January 2021:
- Social media campaign starts: 20 Jan – 3 times per week (over three weeks) across all platforms
- Pre-contest on-wiki elements created and updated and finalised
- Comms elements prepared and shared with WM teams
- February 2021:
- Launch press release and call-to-action posts
- 15th February - contest begins
- Contest comms and social media active
- Image and category monitoring
- Social media message
- Mid-point press release (if needed)
- Jurors approached
- March 2021:
- April 2021:
- deadline : until 30th April
- Jury vetting set up on the global jury selection platform
- Local jury process begins
- Final round of local juries incorporated into the global jury selection platform
- Jury process starts
- tatistics tracked, assessed and shared
- July 2021
- International Winners selected and announced
- International Winners Press release and blogs are written, translated and disseminated
Wishlist
Here are a few nice to haves, if anyone is interested!!
Archived links