[diversity-talk] wikipedia diversity conference

[alyssa wright]

Thanks! There was indeed great conversation about this. I will forward some
of my takeaways in the coming days along with related work.  Need to do one
more push at the local job and then looking forward to sleeping and writing
(and mapping the typhoon effected areas!)

More soon,
Alyssa.


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Alyssa,
> Thanks for updating the list. While you're at the conference, I'd be
> interested in knowing the role of education & outreach play in diversity
> efforts. They're obviously linked, but I'd like to know what strategies and
> tactics work, what can we implement, and what sorts of resources we need.
> Best,
>
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate
> from incomplete data.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 3:37 AM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is the link to the conference -- it's already the most organized
>> conference I've ever been to...
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 3:31 AM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I wanted to apologize for being a little quiet these past months --
>>> though some of you might be happy that I finally piped down ;)  -- alas! it
>>> was a whirlwind of movement since SOTM UK (which was awesome! thank you!)
>>> and not any lack of enthusiasm for OSM or diversity that accounts for the
>>> radio silence.  I am just now seeing some calm at the end of the tunnel...
>>>
>>> I write on my way to Berlin! for Wikipedia's first Diversity Conference.
>>>  I will be there looking to learn, and share and bring back lessons and
>>> observations. I'm helping to facilitate a workshop and present a talk.
>>> Hopefully others from OSM will be there as well (?) and we can put together
>>> thoughts etc in a way that's valuable to the larger community. I will try
>>> to write up notes from each days sessions and tweet etc. I think there are
>>> more ways the conference organizers are helping to facilitate a
>>> conversation with others who may be interested, but not be present ...so
>>> I'll send that along as I find them.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I wanted to say hello and let you all know what's been going on
>>> on my end. I hope everyone is well!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Alyssa.
>>>
>>
>>
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