Lightning Talks

WikiConference North America 2021 • Online

Registration • Schedule • Local Events • Unconference • Submissions: en / fr / es

Lightning talks are short presentations one after another, without questions. At WikiConference North America 2021, we expected to have three lightning talk blocks, each 25 minutes or more, with each talk lasting up to five minutes. It's a fast way to learn about a topic, when done well.

Interested in participating? Please sign up below under your preferred time slot!

Block 1: Friday, 4:55 - 5:20 (possibly 6:30) PM Eastern

• Psychological safety by Edward Hayes
• A Lightning-Fast Overview of Wikimedia Foundation Funding Strategy and Programs, by Chris Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 02:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
• I'm Not On Facebook (and So Can You), a live demonstration, by Chris Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:00, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
• Wikimedia is NOT NOT Social Media. Social is Cheap and Easy Nowadays, let's do it the Wiki Way.--Pharos (talk) 03:04, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Block 2: Saturday, 5:15 - 6:00 PM Eastern

• Sophox = Wikidata + OpenStreetMap – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 03:12, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
• -
• -

Block 3: Sunday, 1:45 - 2:10 PM Eastern

• Crafting Communities
• Web2Cit: A visual editor for Citoid Web Translators by Diego de la Hera & Evelin Heidel
• Skateboarding and Wikipedia Wil540 (talk) 15:14, 8 October 2021 (UTC)