Central Asian WikiCon 2025/Submissions/How to Make (and Fix!) a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Funding Proposal
| ID : 30 | How to Make (and Fix!) a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Funding Proposal | ||
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| Author(s): Chris Schilling | Username(s): I JethroBT (WMF) | Type of submission: | |
| Affiliation: Wikimedia Foundation | Theme(s): Community Resources, Movement Funding | ||
| Abstract:
Some activities in the Wikimedia movement that support volunteer engagement benefit immensely from funding and resourcing. In this workshop, however, participants will purposefully fabricate a conspicuously bad proposal for the Wikimedia Foundation's Rapid Fund program. The worse and more ridiculous we make it, the better! After learning more about the Rapid Fund program, some considerations for preparing a proposal, and how to develop projects that support volunteer engagement, we will work together to fix our troubled proposal. And hey, with any luck, it might just get funded! |
Slides: PDF of slides on Commons | ||
| Level of advancement: medium | |||
| Special requirements: A projector and screen | |||
| How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of Central Asia?
The workshop will introduce the Rapid Fund program to participants, help applicants know how to prevent common issues in their proposals, and provide guidance on what preparations are needed to develop successful proposals that benefit Wikimedia projects and the communities that use and contribute to them. In doing so, the funding program will become more accessible to current and future organizers in the Central Asia region. | |||
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