Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Update 1 (ID: 22113052)/Final Report
Report Status: Unknown
Due date: 2024-09-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wiki Update 1
- Username of Applicant: Jwale2
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2561.61
- Amount spent: 2561.61 USD, 34432.6 GHS
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
1.Through partnerships, we were able to collaborate with several communities in Ghana, which expanded our podcast reach and our training activities. Some of the communities we partnered with include Open Knowledge Ghana, Women For Sustainability Africa, Open Foundation West Africa, and the Photography Community 2. Communication: So as part of communication strategy, we decided to increase our reach through the use of social platform as we continue to tell engaging African stories eventhough our primary source of media engage is twitter we received positive feedback there. Also in-terms of our distribution services at the moment we have engaged with key distribution servces that have increased our reach, they are Amazon music, Apple podcast, Castbox, Google Podcast,iHear Radio and more. These distribution service are key in-terms of our global audience and impact we've made. 3. We're expanding our reach through social media, particularly Twitter, and partnering with key distribution services like Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, and iHeartRadio to engage a global audience effectively. 4. Podcast Tools Upgrade: We've boosted our communication capabilities with new hardware and upgraded our Zoom plan for enhanced functionality 5. Article List Development and Impact: Creating our article list has proven beneficial, facilitating skill enhancement and growth within our partner communities.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Partnerships was one of the strategies that really useful for us at wiki update thus engaging with the open community alongside engaging with the podcast community and also communities outside the open space.
Also another strategy that was essential for us was our communication strategy through various podcast distribution channels to have a successful reach and also highly engage on twitter.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
N/A
4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
N/A
Part 2: Your main learning[edit]
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yo9QkOrNU38FJ75jRM7GIR9MQomd_8dvudy7Pl4usNM/edit?usp=sharing
7. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities?This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences?
Some of the challenges faced was not having guests available when needed, and we weren't able to produce as many audio tutorials as we had in previous episodes.
We believe that Wiki Update is a growing community, and the limitations we encountered were largely due to our numerous engagements and budget constraints. However, we are committed to increasing our engagement this year.
Additionally, it's not easy to schedule guests at the time we require, so we need to engage them well in advance
During the past period, we encountered difficulties primarily related to internet connectivity issues and software challenges with the tools employed in producing our open podcasts. In reflection, these issues hindered the efficiency of our operations. Looking ahead to the upcoming year (2024), we are proactively addressing these challenges. Our focus is on improving internet reliability and acquiring more robust tools to enhance the production quality of our open podcasts, thereby ensuring a smoother and more impactful growth trajectory.
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
In 2024, we'll launch a YouTube channel for interactive sessions, starting with Wiki Updates. We're expanding to Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, and TikTok for wider social media reach. Collaborating with open tech communities, we aim to explore web 3's impact on Wikimedia. Based on Spotify feedback, we'll enhance training sessions, focusing on content creation tools. While operating within budget constraints, we seek collaborations for podcast services. We'll implement Spotify's growth strategies to engage a broader audience.
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
A blog was writen to wrap-up 2023 - https://medium.com/@jesseakrofi/wiki-update-2023-wrap-f81512227d1c
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of listeners | Thus the number of listeners to the podcast | 1000 | 2129 | Thus we had 673 listening/plays over the year and also added to the listenership for last year which was 1456, given us a total of 2,129 | podcasters spotify analytics [in-built podcast tool] |
| Number of Subscribers | Increase the number of subscribers by letting audience to subscribe so that when there is a new creative work they can have time to listen | 40 | 31 | Initially we proposed 40 but we currently have 31 active subscribers on wiki update | podcasters spotify analytics [in-built podcast tool] |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 500 | With our partnership with some communities in Ghana we've been able to support members of their communities through capacity building and training how to create an article on wikipedia and its sister project and looking at the matrics we had 500+ editing on wikipedia and it's sister projects | Outreach Dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 68 | We have increased our listenership from our initial 22 to 68 | podcasters spotify analytics [in-built podcast tool] |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 27 | The Swedish community actively participated in our podcast, constituting 27% of our engaged audience. They emerged as one of the most involved and attentive listener groups on Wiki Update.It signifies a significant and notable level of engagement from a particular audience, suggesting that the content resonates particularly well with or has garnered substantial interest from this specific group. This statistic highlights the importance of understanding and catering to the preferences of this audience segment to maintain and potentially expand the overall listener base. | podcasters spotify analytics [in-built podcast tool] |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | |||||
| Number of editors | |||||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
12b. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges?
N/A
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
1. Plays By App - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EUglTtVtLETkYug9_cJw0qQNl6CCxlJBxjueEnRh30E/edit#gid=1534953931 2. Plays By Device - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X-p40llY66LtCRoDuZLUWnEbRYSdZIDCCaJaGpb-rhs/edit#gid=367021423 3. Wiki Update GeoLocation All Time - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KggJPo1zEmphprtGM9TrTE_5RZijFNf3XhqolP21lK8/edit#gid=662068998 4. Wiki Update Total Plays - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jIeWtWTBQFnQR490a7jt98omVqWYIbh7F5rkaYNfPD0/edit#gid=1211185257 5. WikiUpdate Episode Rankings All Time - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iQ53p2u3VOyKL8rdcFShLSf8d-vROruV7SXaurVq1T4/edit#gid=1351387707 6. Data Visual Snippet - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wSCnq_kad7JkOr5qkFoNEsTMZaDV74WOaWgIL6rh4FI/edit#slide=id.p
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
No
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
34432.6 GHS
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2561.61 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13TVUx6Fv5q5r5g-_yVDxmzzWIe2z-3dK0FzsbQksw_c/edit?usp=sharing
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
N/A
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
No
21. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
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