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Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska

Magalia • Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska (WMPL)

natalia.szafranwikimedia.pl

Best way to connect: Via email

community support officer, Wikimedia Polska

Participating as: For my whole organisation or group

Poland • Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region

Preferred times: Tuesday, Wednesday (8 - 12 UTC, 12 - 16 UTC)

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

Languages: English

Main Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia → encyclopedia, Wiktionary → Dictionary and thesaurus, Wikisource → library, MetaWiki: central site for coordinating all projects and the Wikimedia community

Areas of interests: Diversity, community health and support

Other peer learning/training initiatives participating in: Volunteer Supporters Network

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Skills this profile would like to learn

Preferred way of learning: Participate learning clinic sharing my case, Through formal training

Organization skills: Building your organisation’s plan and strategy • Leadership growth and sustainability • Establishing governance

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: Defining learning and evaluation plans  • Designing learning /retrospective sessions

Interpersonal skills: Processes and tools to deal with abuse and harassment control  • Use various tools related to community health • Diversity and accountability in Governance Roles • Skills that are important for managing teams and volunteers

Programatic and tactic skills: Research skills  • Creating, managing and sharing tutorials and resources

Wiki tech skills: Basic Wikidata  • Wikimedia Tools (PAWS, Quarry, WDQS) for running queries and scripts

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Preferred way of sharing: Participate in an e-learning clinic sharing my case (2h plus workshops with 15-20 people), Sharing resources via email and/or resource sharing platforms

Organization skills: Leadership growth and sustainability • Program/project implementation

Learning, evaluation and communications skills: 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

Programatic and tactic skills: Volunteer management and development • Effective training for newcomers/ newcomer experience • Event organising

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I have worked a lot in preventing volunteer burnout - I've organized a mindfulness training for wikimedians and appreciation programs. I am also working on a peer support group for plwiki admins. And I've organized professional mediations traning for Wikimedians. You can learn more here about mindfulness for wikimedians: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/04/01/why-we-taught-wikimedians-how-to-breathe-mindfully-and-what-you-should-know-if-you-want-to-do-the-same/ and about our program preventing burnout including monitoring volunteer engagement: https://youtube/nLRNifOkhEc?t=161