Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot Camp/Event planning and community organizing

Corralling the Herd

 * Spam
 * Mass message
 * WP:AWB
 * Category:Wikipedians by location
 * Previous events at WP:Meetup
 * Various project pages: WP:GLAM/SI or WP:Poetry/Blake
 * Act of tagging articles for these projects often will bring in a community that is interested or will be engaged with the project
 * Creating invite lists: Meetup/LA/Invite
 * WP:Geonotice
 * GLAM Channels
 * Local listserv, GLAM listserv
 * GLAM Wiki Twitter
 * GLAM Facebook
 * GLAM Blog
 * GLAM communication channels
 * Organization blog
 * Press release
 * Social Media

Finding a purpose

 * More than just a common sense of Wikipedia:
 * Anticipate the GLAM needs
 * Anticipate non-frequent editor needs
 * Thematically focused on an end goal, that has plenty of place to go, but doesn't have too limited of an approach
 * Access to a certain audience
 * Wikipedians
 * Volunteers at organization
 * Staff at organization

Incentive

 * Food
 * Quirky item from the organization
 * Swag
 * http://shop.wikimedia.org/
 * Particular people (celebrity and/or authority on a subject)
 * Access to exclusive items or experts
 * Filling a particular gap in knowledge that appeals to people
 * Gender gap
 * Important information
 * Drinks, complaining about vandals and copyright afterwards

Space

 * WiFi
 * Table Space
 * Plugs
 * Room to spread out
 * Research materials
 * Projector

Cooperating Experts

 * Wikipedians
 * Be ready to be flexible and do what needs to be done for the organization
 * Ready to teach new users
 * In House at the GLAM
 * Have a vision similar to the Wikimedians on how the event will create content interest.
 * Program Coordinator
 * Knows how to communicate the goals of the organization to Wikipedians
 * Knows how to communicate the goals of Wikipedia to the organization
 * Corralls the Wikimedians to make sure that they come
 * Event Planner
 * Makes sure the logistics happen
 * Does not need to be the Program Coordinator (preferable if it is not)

Resources

 * EDITATHON
 * Outreach Wiki How to
 * User:EdwardsBot
 * WP:Geonotice
 * Category:Wikipedians by location