Lightning Talks

The monthly Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF and in the Community to showcase a milestone, recent and exciting developments, or releases to the rest of the foundation and the movement as a whole, as these talks will be open to our communities. These talks are open to all WMF staff members to attend or present.

Teams can sign up for a ten-minute slot for their presentation and should present something more substantial than a sprint iteration. Each presentation should be 10 minutes or less. The formal part should be no longer than 5 minutes, the remainder is for questions.

Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk.

How to attend
The Lightning Talks are hosted at the Wikimedia Foundation typically every 4th Tuesday of the month at 11:00 Pacific Time in the 5th Floor Collab Space. The schedule may change, see below for a list of confirmed Lightning Talks.

The Lightning Talks will be presented via Google Hangout for remotees to watch live or stream later. A link to watch the meeting live will be provided in advance of the talks and a YouTube recording will be provided following each event. You can also join the conversation and participate in Q&A after each Lightning Talk by connecting to the IRC channel:

Upcoming Lightning Talks
Please make sure to post the link to your slides at least a couple hours prior to the talks. Also, a reminder to upload your slides to Commons (in the category "Lightning Talks") after they are complete.

TBD - The January 2016 Lightning Talks have been cancelled. Please add your name to the Ideas/Nominations section if you are interested in presenting at the next one. An email will go out nominees and the usual mailing lists 2 weeks before the next talk.

A/V Tips for Presenting
WMF's Office IT has created two one-page documents to help presenters be most effective when presenting to an audience on the 5th floor lounge and a remote audience. Another good resource to prepare is the Best practices in giving a Wikimedia presentation in the 5th Floor Lounge.
 * Local presenters please read the 5th Floor Lounge Presentation - One Sheet.
 * Remote presenters, please read the Google Hangouts Remote - One Sheet.

December 2015
When: Tuesday, December 22nd: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1900 UTC)

Where: December 22 YouTube recording
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * IRC:

November 2015
When: Tuesday, November 24th: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1900 UTC)

Where: November 24 YouTube recording
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * IRC:

October 2015
When: Tuesday, October 27th: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1800 UTC)

Where:
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * IRC:

October 27 YouTube recording (appears to be truncated after ~29 min)

September 2015
When: Tuesday, September 22nd: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1800 UTC)

Where:
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * IRC:

September 22 YouTube recording

August 2015
When: Tuesday, August 25th: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1800 UTC)

Where:
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqEMIxFnGE.


 * IRC:

August 25 YouTube recording

June 2015
When: Tuesday, June 23rd: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Where: 5th Floor Collab Space

Remotees: The Lightning Talks will be presented using BlueJeans Video Conferencing Software for remotees to watch live or stream later.

Lightning Talks meeting URL: https://bluejeans.com/362967934

June 23 YouTube recording