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: Wikipedia: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

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

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

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)