Wikipedia:The Trust for Public Land/Winter 2018

Orientation to Wikipedia and Wikidata
When and Where
When:	Monday 12 February 2018
Time	9-11:30am
Where:	The Trust for Public Land, 666 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York City
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The Trust for Public Land is hosting a private workshop for their staff to edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

Wikipedia is a nonprofit media organization which provides information on a range of topics. The Trust for Public Land might be interested in a Wikipedia collaboration as a way to achieve communication goals including reaching a larger and more relevant audience, by presenting the expertise and brand of TPL in Wikipedia's publications about parks, or for the purpose of recommending Wikipedia as a publishing outlet for individual parks anywhere when their management has a need to demonstrate information distribution to a relevant audience.

create a Wikipedia account then please sign in!

Workshop participants will leave with the following:

Perspective and the ability to discuss Wikipedia's place in the new media ecosystem
Understanding of options for engagement with Wikipedia, including estimates of what audience reach might result from a given labor investment
Experience of having edited Wikipedia a few times in the typical way

Event information

Date: Monday 12 February 2018
Time: 9-11:30am
Location: The Trust for Public Land, 666 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York City
Slides Intro to Wiki @ The Trust for Public Land
Closed to the public! Come by invitation only.

Agenda

This is a non-technical orientation designed to interest a general audience.

0:00-0:05 - Personal introductions

0:05-0:20 - Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata editing

0:20-0:30 - Review of the publications and media the host wishes to share

0:30-1:30 - All participants do Wikipedia and Wikidata editing. Everyone add at least one sentence and one citation somewhere!

1:30-1:40 - Group sharing of outcomes, progress, and publishing.

1:40-2:00 - Wrap up

2:00-2:30 - long goodbye

Advance preparation

Attendees please create a Wikipedia account then sign in!
Invite staff, especially on communication and outreach teams! Wikipedia influences online research of all topics! Anyone who has not had an introduction to Wikipedia will find this workshop interesting!
No prior Wikipedia / Wikidata experience required!
Bring a laptop!