Wikimania 2022/Individual Reports/Gladys Gibbs

Welcome back from Wikimania 2022! Please write your report here. Once you have completed the application, please email the link to wikimaniawikimedia.org (by 30 September 2022). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us.

Username

Gladys Gibbs

How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)?

Virtually

What did you spend the scholarship funds on?

Internet connection,hire a nanny to watch over my kid while attending the conference and miscellaneous.

Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.

1. Wikimania of the Year 2022 - The efforts that you put into the movement are never forgotten. It was wonderful and motivating seeing fellow Wikimedians awarded.

2. Getting started with organizing Wiki Loves Monuments - A Low - barrier photo competition friendly even to new comers where can freely share sum of all built cultural knowledge.

3. Event Registration Tool - With this tool organizing and managing events will be much easy for organizers as well as engagement of participants.

How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?

I connected through various online channels such as chat rooms, discussion forums, social media, and video conferencing tools.

The conference program included various networking and social events, such as virtual receptions, lightning talks, and unconference sessions, which provided opportunities for me to interact and celebrate the event.

(Optional) Please share link(s) to your social media post(s) about Wikimania