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First Page of Guidestar February 8, 2020 This is the first page of the Wikimedia Foundationʼs uploaded PDF about our 2030 Movement Strategy. The founding directional of our strategy: By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us. This uploaded PDF has select pages from the larger strategy. You can read the strategy in full by going online, to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. wikimediafoundation.org · 1 Montgomery St, Suite 1600, San Francisco CA 94104 Wikimedia 2030 THE PATH TOWARDS OUR FUTURE Wikimedia 2030 Strategy What is the 2030 Strategy? For about two decades, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse community of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, advocates, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites and projects. We have become a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision. All of us now have an opportunity to decide where we go from here. We can decide how to make our vision a reality. What will we have achieved in 10 years from now? Where are we now? Click on each arrow to know more about the different steps of the Strategy Process! Following a broad consultation in 2017, the first phase of the Movement Strategy process produced a Strategic Direction to guide the movement towards the future. Recommendations were drafted in the second phase to help guide us towards our strategic direction and strive for Knowledge Equity and Knowledge as a Service. Close to 100 Wikimedians came together in nine working groups to draft these recommendations. After multiple iterations and consultations with communities, the final ten these recommendations. After multiple iterations and consultations with communities, the final ten recommendations and principles were published in May 2020, thus concluding the second phase of the process. It's now time to create a plan to bring the Movement Strategy recommendations into reality, through the series of Transition events. All Wikimedians are welcome to take part in these online events to put together a plan for implementing the recommendations. Who is working on Strategy? Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy has been an open and participatory process. While supported by Wikimedia Foundation staff, Strategy has been based on a series of movement-wide consultations and high volunteer participation. In its first phase, over 1,800 statements from about one hundred communities were combined to create the Strategic Direction. In its second phase, more than a hundred volunteers, from various communities and affiliates, created together the recommendations and principles, informed by extensive movement feedback. In late 2020, a diverse groups of Wikimedians, with on-wiki engagement and guidance, created an outline for the online transition events. The process aims for even more openness and participation across the movement to shape our future, especially from project communities and underrepresented groups. You're invited to take part and join the Transition events. Writers' meeting in Harmonization Sprint in Tunis ESEAP Strategy Summit in December 2019 in Berlin September 2019. June 2019. By Abbad, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Saileshpat, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Vanjpadilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 Happening now Mark your calendar and/or express your interest in attending the Global Conversations about the Interim Global Council, which will take place on 23/24 January 2021. Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_2030&oldid=20960621" This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 19:23. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Transition < Strategy | Wikimedia movement | 2018-20 TRANSITION GLOBAL EVENTS RECOMMENDATIONS DESIGN FAQ We have a Strategic Direction, recommendations and principles to guide future change for the Wikimedia movement as a whole. Now we need to figure out how we make that change happen so decisions are made and action is taken in collaboration with the people and communities impacted by them, through a Transition into implementation. Contents Updates Participate Timeline Although the Wikimedia Summit 2020 Background was cancelled, we're hoping to bring an Resources even more diverse group of the Movement together in a series of online events for the Transition into Movement Updates Strategy implementation. By Jason Krüger, CC BY-SA 4.0 January 14: The registration for the Interim Global Council Global Conversations has started! Please register & join us on 23 or 24 January! December 15: Check out the detailed results report of the 5-6 December Global Conversations. November 25: Check out the detailed results report of the 21-22 November Global Conversations. November 10: Check out the list of Strategy priorities that have been submitted, so far, during the prioritization events. Play media Participate Brief and simple video introdution of the Movement Strategy process and the In events: We look forward to working with many of you at the virtual transition events in September and Global Events (available in several October 2020. languages and open for translation). On-wiki: Alternatively, prioritization discussions can take place on-wiki and reported via the same template as events. Game: Try out the Wikimedia 2030 game (https://archive.org/details/wiki-strategy-game) (an open source game created with Twinery). It is more fun with other Wikimedians! Via e-mail: We are also available to clarify things via email strategy2030 wikimedia.org. Prioritization events Timeline June 22 - Late July Early August November to January August to September June 8 - June 21 September to October 2020 2020 2020-21 2020 2020 2020 Design Group Draft plan for the Global discussion Plans for the online Call for nominations discussions and online events shared Preparation and to create the (18 events finalized and for the Design Group open design with the for community prioritization events month) put into action wider movement feedback implementation plan Background To make the transition from the publication of the recommendations to their implementation, we need a plan. To create this plan, movement-wide virtual events will kick off in September. We will use the Movement Strategy principles as a guiding framework to ensure the planning will be inclusive and will empower our diverse range of movement actors without leaving anyone behind. We lost the chance to work on this transition to implementation together in-person at the Wikimedia Summit. Yet we gained an opportunity to include a higher number and a more diverse profile of participants. Engaging with online contributors, technical developer communities, and smaller user groups in the planning process will be a key priority. Successful virtual engagement with a high number of diverse participants can be challenging. A Design Group will prepare for the virtual transition discussions. This group will consist of community members reflecting different parts and perspectives of the movement (see selection criteria). Anyone who is interested can contribute. We will publish regular updates of the preparation work and discussions so that anyone interested will be able to share insights and help improve the process even if not part of the design group itself. Wikimedia Summit 2019 in March Wikimania 2019 Strategy Writers' meeting in December 2019 in Berlin Space 2019 in Berlin By Jason Krüger for Wikimedia By Yarl, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Abbad, CC BY-SA 4.0 Deutschland, CC BY-SA 4.0 Resources PDFs Podcasts Episode 4: Kayode Yussuf 0:00 / 0:00 (help | download | file info) Episode 3: Sherry Antoine 0:00 / 0:00 One page summary One page summary Presentation for One page overview of Transition events of how to prepare preparation and of the (10.33MB, help | download | file info) prioritization events recommendations Episode 2 Rupika Sharma, part 2 of 2 0:00 / 0:00 Minutes Office Hours (5.89MB, help | download | file info) Episode 2: Rupika Sharma, part 1 of 2 Information & Knowledge 0:00 / 0:00 Phase II Implementation input List of Initiatives (9.28MB, help | download | file info) Design Episode 1: Jerrie Kumalah Transition event design outline 0:00 / 0:00 Implementation Plan Outline (8.17MB, help | download | file info) v ·t ·e (https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TemTprlaatnes:Witiiokinm teod iiam_p20le3m0_eTnrtaingsi tWionik_inmaevdboiax &Maocvtioenm=eendtit )Strategy Overview Design and thinking · Design Group and Support Team · Timeline · Frequently asked questions Product Prioritization events · Preparation events · Regular updates · Events Outline Summary · Principles · Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement · Improve User Experience · Provide for Safety and Inclusion · Ensure Recommendations Equity in Decision-making · Coordinate Across Stakeholders · Invest in Skills and Leadership Development · Manage Internal Knowledge · Identify Topics for Impact · Innovate in Free Knowledge · Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt · (List of initiatives) Strategic Direction Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition&oldid=20985391" This page was last edited on 19 January 2021, at 23:42. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Direction < Strategy | Wikimedia movement | 2017 2017 Movement strategy REPORTS LEARN JOIN ORGANIZE REACH A strategic direction is not a strategic plan. Plans are for a specified duration usually 3−5 years, executable, measurable, and matching the organizational capacity and resources. The strategic direction is broader and guides strategic plans on a longer term. Considering the 2030 horizon allows us to focus on aspirations for us all, beyond our individual roles and interests in the short term.
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