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Azogbonon Constant Euphemie

constantazogbonon

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Best way to connect: Via email

The Learning Network is an informal group involved in the Wikimedia Foundation's educational projects. We have applied to Affcom for official recognition, but this does not prevent us from carrying out regular online activities.

Participating as: For my whole organisation or group

Bénin • Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region

Preferred times: Saturday (17 - 20 UTC)

Can dedicate: Between one (1) hour and three (3) hours per week

Languages: French

Main Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia → encyclopedia, Wikimedia Commons → media repository, Wikinews → news, Wikiquote → collection of quotations, Wikidata → knowledge database, Wikisource → library, Wikispecies → directory of species

Areas of interests: Culture, heritage or GLAM, heritage or GLAM

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Skills this profile would like to learn

Preferred way of learning: By being mentored by an organization with more experience, Have a 1:1 online coffee/tea with someone

Organization skills: Financial planning and management • Program/project implementation • Identifying & approaching prospective partners • Managing and maintaining partnerships

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Defining learning and evaluation plans • Methods and tools for qualitative evaluation • Designing learning /retrospective sessions • Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics

Interpersonal skills: Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers • Cultivate more inclusive and safe environments online and offline • Processes and tools to manage conflicts • Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers

Programatic and tactic skills: Implementing common tactics in the area of culture, heritage and GLAM • Innovations in culture and heritage • Small editing events, campaign and contests • Medium size editing events, campaign and contests

Wiki tech skills: Using Wikisource • Basic Wikidata • Identifying topics of impact • List building for edit contests and campaigns

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Preferred way of sharing: Participate in an e-learning clinic sharing my case (2h plus workshops with 15-20 people), With one-to-one virtual meeting (1h with one/two people)

Organization skills: Building your organisation’s plan and strategy • Proposal writing for funding • Financial planning and management • Leadership growth and sustainability

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Wikimedia tools to measure quantitative metrics • Engaging in social media, press, and broadcast media • Building a communications strategy to reach key stakeholders

Interpersonal skills: Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers • Cultivate more inclusive and safe environments online and offline • Processes and tools to promote healthy interactions on wiki

Programatic and tactic skills: Volunteer management and development • Effective training for newcomers/ newcomer experience • Implementing common tactics in the area of culture, heritage and GLAM • Innovations in culture and heritage

Wiki tech skills: Using Wikisource • Wikimedia Incubator and setting up Wikimedia projects in new languages • Wikimedia Tools (PAWS, Quarry, WDQS) for running queries and scripts

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Volunteer management and development involves a number of aspects, including defining and managing the tasks assigned to volunteers, creating appropriate incentives and forms of recognition to encourage them, and monitoring their commitment. It is also important to offer volunteers opportunities for professional and personal development, through training or challenging projects. Furthermore, between staff and volunteers, it is crucial to maintain transparent and respectful relationships, fostering open communication and mutual collaboration to achieve common goals.

La formation efficace pour les nouveaux arrivants vise à offrir une expérience d'intégration positive et inclusive. Cela comprend l'élaboration de stratégies spécifiques pour les nouveaux arrivants issus de communautés sous-représentées, telles que des programmes de mentorat ou des ressources adaptées à leurs besoins. Il est essentiel de sensibiliser et d'investir dans des domaines visant à réduire les obstacles à l'intégration. Les nouveaux arrivants doivent se sentir accueillis et soutenus, ce qui peut être favorisé par des initiatives de connexion avec les réseaux et les communautés existants. Les méthodes et outils de formation doivent être accessibles et adaptés au public cible, avec des événements en ligne et hors ligne pour impliquer activement les nouveaux arrivants. L'organisation de la formation doit être claire et bien planifiée, avec des moyens de mesurer l'apprentissage et d'évaluer l'expérience de la formation pour garantir son efficacité et son amélioration continue.

Staffing and team management are essential to the smooth running and ongoing development of an organization. This includes creating development opportunities for team members, such as training, mentoring programs and professional growth opportunities. Change management is also important to effectively navigate through organizational transitions and adapt to new situations.

Staffing practices involve recruiting, developing and evaluating staff, ensuring that team members have the skills and qualities needed to perform their roles. This may involve policies to promote diversity, equity and inclusion to ensure a fair and respectful working environment for all.

Team-building skills are important for building effective teams, taking into account complementary skills, diverse perspectives and team cohesion. Finally, regular staff appraisal and constructive feedback policies are necessary to identify strengths, areas for improvement and encourage professional growth.

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