Best practices in giving a Wikipedia presentation

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Pavel Hrdlička from Wikimedia Czech Republic talks about Wikipedia at Masaryk University in Brno (March 2009). For more pictures of Wikipedians giving presentations see the category Wikipedia Presentations on Wikimedia Commons.

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First steps

• Start with thinking about the expectations of the audience and about your own goals

Persuading people to start contributing to Wikipedia

• Tell people about our vision
• Tell people how you have benefited from contributing to Wikipedia
• Tell people why Wikipedia needs their help

Being well prepared

• Questions people always ask
• Tricky questions to expect

Other

• Some themes that might be interesting to build your presentation around
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[edit] Other resources

• Presentations – repository for presentations about Wikipedia
• Speakers – list of people who do presentations on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
• Best practices in public outreach – other best practice pages on public outreach