Grants:知识共享/连结
Let’s Connect – Peer Learning Program
什么是「让我们连结--同儕学习计划」？
本计划为任何有参加组织或团体的维基人创造一个开放和安全的学习空间分享和学习不同的技能（人际关系/关于资助/学习&评估等）与其他同儕一起为社群增加价值并共同做出贡献。其目的是进一步发展技能，分享知识，促进不同群体和社群之间的人际关系和相互支持，与运动策略保持一致。
Since its start in April 2022, the initiative has grown significantly, reaching 730 participants across 44 countries and 70 language Wikipedias. It has engaged 64% of Wikimedia affiliates. The team has facilitated 71 Clinics on 30 topics, ranging from organizational, programmatic, and on-wiki skills. See the recent evaluation report.
As a collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and communities, Let’s Connect is driven by embedded community liaisons who ensure outreach and inclusivity, with operational, resource, and evaluation support from Foundation staff.
这个倡议从何而来？
同儕学习计划是对不同社群成员在重新启动资助战略的咨询过程中提出的要求之回应，它强调了资金之外的支持的重要性以及受资助者之间分享知识的重要性。它还与运动策略建议相一致，以在运动中开发能力建立机会。
「让我们连结」为谁服务？
它针对所有地区属于参加组织或团体的维基人（这可以是不正式的个人团体、用户组成的团体、分会和理想一致的组织）。重要的是，参与者可以分享他们的知识并向他人学习，以继续在运动中发展他们的工作。他们可以是接受维基媒体基金会资助的人，或计划将来可能这样做的人。
Read some examples of how Let’s Connect has supported other Wikimedians and watch this video.
What does Let’s Connect offer?
Activities organised by the Let’s Connect working group
- 2 monthly Learning Clinics 🧠. These are online interactive workshops that are usually 2 hours. In these sessions, there are always community members who act as sharers to share their skills and knowledge. Check out all past Learning Clinics on the calendar page and access videos, audio recordings, and presentations on our resources page.
- 1 monthly Connectathon - an hour-long online space to connect in a fun and relaxed way around Wiki and non-Wiki topics. 🎈
- Live workshops in regional/global conferences 🎙️
What topics or skills are included in the Learning Clinics?
The Learning Clinics cover a range of topics. Some are more relevant for newcomer Wikimedians seeking to learn basic organising or on-wiki skills. Others will be more focused on Wikimedian organisers - staff or volunteers - who are primarily concerned with managing projects, running events, training, and overseeing volunteers, among other tasks. These can include organisers who are part of affiliates, non-recognised groups, or individuals working independently.
Some of the popular topics have included proposal writing for funding, project management, event organizing, volunteer retention, training for newcomers, conflict management, and Wikidata for newcomers.
In 2025/26 we hope to bring many new topics relevant to newcomers and more experienced organisers. From August 2025, all Clinics will be marked with a tag to indicate whether they are relevant to your role and experience.
- Relevant for newcomers
- Relevant for experienced organisers
What can the Let’s Connect team offer communities that want to implement the Let’s Connect peer learning model:
- Templates and orientation to implement peer learning in your community 🫶
- Partnership to co-organise initiatives based on the Let’s Connect working group’s capacity 👋
Let’s Connect culture
- Open, safe, and fun learning environment. A space that encourages solidarity, mutual aid, and bi-directional learning.
- Interactive: enabling human exchanges and hands-on experience.
- Flexible: allowing for multiple topics, formats, and timing. A space that values different forms of learning and seeks to provide multiple options to connect. One size does not fit all.
- Inclusive: seeking to make visible capacities in communities that are sometimes not visible. A space that welcomes newcomers, values fresh ideas.
- Welcomes curiosity and learning from mistakes: a space that welcomes curiosity and where there are no stupid questions. A space that welcomes errors.
Plans for 2025/2026
After nearly three years of operation, Let’s Connect is seeking to expand and decentralise, allowing it to exist in multiple spaces and languages.
To make this happen this year, we will be piloting new ways of working while continuing to operate Learning Clinics and Connectathons every month.
This involves collaborating with hub initiatives and Let’s Connect ambassadors to utilise and adapt Let’s Connect methods, thereby expanding community ownership. We will be creating toolkits and training to adapt Let’s Connect to different contexts. We will also work with partners to design strategies to access resources (human, financial, and time) to implement local versions of Let’s Connect.
Join now
Let’s Connect is here to help you connect with others. Join Let’s Connect to:
- Be part of skill-sharing Clinics (online workshops).
- Access learning materials.
- Join fun meetings to get to know other Wikimedians
- Share your experiences with the global community.
Click here to start participating!