WUGN/Events/2025 Staff and Leaders retreat/Day 3
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Date: February 20, 2025.
Venue: Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Office, Lagos.
- Attendees
- Olusola Olaniyan
- Kayode Yusuf
- Ayokanmi Oyeyemi
- Ashioma Medi
- Omolayo Ogunsiji
- Adenike Bakare
- Barakat Adegboye
- Rhoda James
- Ejike Onyeke - Rivers Network
- Ismail Atiba - Gombe network
- Ademola Grace - OAU Fan club
- Adewole Timilehin -Osun Network
- Mohammed Okunola - UI Fan club
- Abubakar Ali - Kano Network
- Adetola Aborishade - Staff
- Barakat Adegboye - Staff
- Obayemi Peace - KWASU Fan club
- Ashiru Gafurat - Adekunle Ajasin Fan club
- Emmanuel Obiajulu - Imo
- Andikan Effiong - Akwa Ibom Network
- Dr Ngozi Ezuchukwu - Anambra Network
- Umar Farouk - Gombe Network
- Samuel Olufemi - Abuja
- Lawal Gideon - LASU
- Akinwumi Ayomide- LASU
- Ramatu Aliru - Kaduna Network
- Rhoda James - Staff
- Oluwaseyifunmi Adebayo - NIJ Fan club
- Welcome address by the president of the Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria, Olusola Olaniyan. 9:45AM - 10:00AM WAT
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He formally welcomed the community leaders to the retreat, He stated that it it a strategic meeting for the community leaders, with the aim to reflect, realign and strategize for the future. He added that it is an opportunity to reconnect, collaborate and strengthen commitment to the shared mission. He shared the objectives of the retreatː
- To assess the progress over the past year
- To identify challengesand develop actionable solutions
- Enhance teamwork and foster a collaborative culture
- Plan for the future.
He also stated expectations from community leaders during the course of the retreat which are:
- Active participation engagement in discussions and contributing insights.
- Openness to constructive criticism
- Collaboration and teamwork.
- Innovative thinking
- Commitment to excellence.
- WUGN executive director, Omolayo Ogunsiji’s speech. 10:12AM - 10:15AM WAT
She spoke on the importance of the retreat
BRANDING AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT presented by Rhoda
[edit]She talked about the importance of social media visibility in communities, branding the social media pages of communities and also different methods on achieving set social media goals. She welcomed different questions raised by the community leaders and gave each appropriate responses.
'WEALTH CREATION AND MANAGEMENT by Zedcrest Wealth represented by Yusuf Olatunbosun, Judith and Favour
[edit]They gave a presentation on Financial Freedom. Discussing Financial freedom which he described as the means of having the resources and ability to live the life you want without financial constraints. Mr Olatunbosun also discussed investment which he defined as the commitment of one’s resources to achieved desired result. He stated that investments may be monetary or otherwise. Financial planning is a coordinated process for identifying, planning for, and meeting goals related to financial needs for individuals, families, and small businesses. He stated that the type of investment made would depend on individual objective. There are various financial objectives as he stated which could vary from purchasing a vehicle to educational purposes. He gave a rundown of the different guides to investing which He listed asː
- Evaluation of financial situation.
- Identification of goals
- Speaking with a licensed financial adviser
- Designing a plan
- Executing the plan
- Reviewing, refining amd reviewing.
Other Pointers includedː
- Building an emergency fund
- Planning for retirement
- Paying off debts
Miss Favour discussed products offered by Zedcrest investment Managers which includedː
- SEC registered collective investment schemes
- Segregated porfolios
- Structured portfolios.
At the end of the presentation, various questions were asked, and were duly answered by the Zedcrest Investment Managers representatives.
TEAMWORK presented by Mr Ibrahim Tiamiyu who is the CEO of Plan B
[edit]He stated that being a good team player also related to being a good leader. He led the room to an interactive discussion on leadership being an ability or a trait, which helped brighten up the atmosphere. Mr Ibrahim introduced himself and things he does. He stated that the goal of a team is the heart of the team, and holds the most importance. He proceeded to show a video illustration on teamwork, the video illustrated the different types of impact people make in a team, from most effective to the least effective. He asked for feedback from the video illustration, to which there was response from the community. He employed 6 volunteers to perform a practical illustration of teamwork by the 6 of them asked to lift up a piece of serviette. He asked for observations, and got feedback that ; A leader was appointed at the start of the experiment, no team can go farther than the strength of the weakest link in that team. Explaining that strengthening the weakest link will help the team more.
Strategies for effective teamwork as He mentioned are;
- Common goal
- Clarity of purpose
- Division of labour
He gave a second video representation of team work; He asked for feedback from the video with responses; everyone willing to do their jobs with a goal set in place and efficiency. Ambassador Olushola emphasized the importance of efficiency. Mr Ibrahim explained the difference between goals and purpose.
He highlighted strategies for leaders needed for effective teamwork which he mentioned as;
- Take the blame, give the fame
- It’s not about you
- Effective communication
- Work as a team, play as a team
Questions were welcomed and answered by the presenter Mr Ibrahim at the end of the presentation.
Mr Ayokanmi thanked the facilitator for the last session, and Mr Kayode kick started the community documentary and photo session, this marked the end of day three of the retreat.