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    {"title" :"Bureau of Indian Affairs Wikithon","summary" : "Mobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by Bureau of Indian Affairs.","date" : "2012-07-12T15:04:12-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2012/07/2012-07-12-bia-wikithon.md","slug" : "bia-wikithon","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2012/07/12/bia-wikithon/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by \u003cstrong\u003eBureau of Indian Affairs\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) held three separate Wikithons in three different locations to help improve and build upon their Wiki pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"why-we-did-it\"\u003eWhy We Did It\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal of these was to promote creation of employee profiles on our Wiki and to get people started on writing articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-we-did\"\u003eWhat We Did\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2012/07/BIA_Wikithon_Picture_Lady_DC.jpg\"\n    alt=\"BIA\u0026#39;s advertisement for a Wikithon showing a photo of a women inviting employees to drop in and update their profiles on BIA\u0026#39;s internal wiki.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith some very solid advice from some folks at GSA, we held three seperate Wikithons in Reston, Herndon, and D.C. offices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to gallons of coffee, mountains of cupcakes and doughnuts, and a lot of hard work we’ve gotten some great results!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated a total of 82 profiles, doubling the number of profiles.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote 46 articles, so we now have over 170 pages of excellent information.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUploaded over 50 profile pictures, including 20+ that were taken at the Wikithon itself (we set-up a photo booth)!\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"it-worked\"\u003eIt Worked\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe had a total of 61 people who participated in person at the Wikithon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-we-learned\"\u003eWhat We Learned\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering the first 80 profiles took months and the next took a couple days, that’s pretty remarkable. The Wikithon is a good place to start to collaborate on creating profiles. Also the employee profiles with photos is crucial because it helps match a name to a face for the Wikithon and for the future as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what8217s-next\"\u003eWhat’s Next\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re really happy with the results and are already planning at least one more Wikithon in the coming months with a keen eye on expanding access to the event.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"contact\"\u003eContact\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanley Smith | Stanley (dot) Smith (at) bia (dot) gov\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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