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.

Upcoming Lightning Talks
No more Lightning Talks are scheduled. Please visit the CREDIT showcase page if you would like to present something.

How to attend
The Lightning Talks are hosted at the Wikimedia Foundation typically every 2nd 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:

A/V Tips for Presenting
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.

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.

Ideas/Nominations for Future Lightning Talks

 * Monthly mapping and graphing! --Yurik (talk) 01:10, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

February 2016
When: Tuesday, February 16th: 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT (1900 UTC)

Where: | February 16 YouTube recording
 * SF Office - 5th Floor Collab Space
 * IRC:

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