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Title

Community Health Clinic: Researching Prescription for healthy communities

Theme

Community

Type of submission

Workshop (or) Presentation

Author

Haitham Shammaa, Amanda Bittaker

E-mail address

hshammaa@wikimedia.org

Username

HaithamS (WMF)

Affiliation

Wikimedia Foundation

Abstract

What are the characteristics of a healthy Wikimedia Community? What are communities doing to promote the welcoming and retention of new editors and contributors and support overall civility?

In this session...

We Review what we have learned from recent and past Wikimedia research on community health as well as discover what other organizations are doing to support robust online communities.

Be a part of a global think tank of your peers around diagnosing, prescribing and testing prescriptions including measurement of community health, volunteer recognition, improved interface and tools, social networking features, dispute resolution and decision, community roles and governance, policy changes, vision and goal setting. Volunteer to pilot an initiative in your community

Learn how to facilitate a Creative Problem Solving discussion that can help your community tackle challenges in community health through a facilitated think tank.

Length of presentation

75 min

Special schedule requests

N/A

Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

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