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Strategic Planning for NetworksCase Study: Wikimedia Foundation, 2009-2010October 17, 2011Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@groupaya.net>
Strategic Planning for Networks What This Means For YouThe Wikimedia Challenge
Strategic Planning for Networks (Network Funders Meeting)
280Language Versions of Wikimedia Projects
Source: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia (September 2011)
100,000Active Contributors Around the World
A Slice of the Community
In 2009, Wikimedia was aglobal?movement with a vision...Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.That's our commitment.... but no collective strategyfor achieving this vision.
Strategic Planning forNetworks?How do you develop a movement-widefive-year strategy in a completely open, collaborative way (the wiki way)?
The Wikimedia ChallengeWhat This Means For YouStrategic Planning for Networks
1Year Process
1,000Participants
1,500Pages of Content
50Different Languages
5Movement-Wide Priorities
The Wikimedia ChallengeStrategic Planning for NetworksWhat This Means For You
Only 5% of the workforce?understandstheir company's strategy.Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. The Strategy-FocusedOrganization. Harvard Business School Press: 2000.
The Plan Is Not the Point!
The Real Goal Is Activation
The Real Goal Is ActivationAlignment Around GoalsMatters Most
A Provocative ClaimThe Wikimedia Strategy Process could only happen this way.
A Provocative ClaimThe Wikimedia Strategy Process could only happen this way.All strategy shouldhappen this way.
A Provocative ClaimThe Wikimedia Strategy Process could only happen this way.All strategy shouldhappen this way.Come to our session to find out more.

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