Pete Forsyth introduces a panel of media experts at the Newseum in Washington DC, July 2012. Photo by Lvova Anastasiya, available under CC BY 3.0 license.
Pete Forsyth presents, leads interactive workshops, and is available for media interviews. Topics include decision-making in online peer production communities, practical instruction on writing for Wikipedia, and outreach training. Below are links to video, slide decks, or blog coverage of specific sessions.
(click here for Pete Forsyth’s bio)
2012
- The OpEd Project: Presented and led Wikipedia editing exercise (Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco, August 2012)
- Web Strategies for Health Communications: Wikipedia & Health Information presentation & discussion. (Tufts University Medical School, Boston, July 2012)
- GLAM Night Out: Hosted and introduced panel addressing conflicts of interest in the dissemination of medical information. (Newseum, Washington DC, July 2012)
- World OER Congress, presented Communicate OER poster. (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, June 2012)
- Interviewed for the Wikipedia Signpost: Does Wikipedia pay? The consultant: Pete Forsyth. (May 2012)
- Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning: Wikipedia in the college classroom (University of Mississippi, March 2012)
- MBA class: Wikipedia as a marketing tool? (Golden Gate University, Calif., February 2012)
- GLAMcamp DC: planned and facilitated Wikipedia leadership workshop. (Washington DC, February 2012)
2011
COLT: a proposed center for open teaching and learning
Pete Forsyth & Robert E. Cummings, WikiSym ’11 Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration, 2011. (download stats)
- NYC premiere of Barbershop Punk: video
- Swissnex: Webinar for university communications offices (audience in Switzerland)
- Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit: Governance and decision-making on Wikipedia (Boston)
- Creative Commons Salon: Panelist in discussion on open education (San Francisco)
- Creative Commons blog: Pete Forsyth and the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative: Open Education and Policy
- Good Internet conference: Wikipedia: a model for using the Internet for good (video) (U.C. Berkeley, Calif.)
- Wikipedia and journalism (Sacramento State University, Calif.)
2010
- GLAM-Wiki conference: Public Outreach at Wikimedia (Paris)
- Center for Information Technology Policy: Edit: How Wikipedia Changes the Way We Debate, Govern and Teach (Princeton University, N.J.)
- Wikipedia Campus Ambassador training: Trained initial cohort of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors in Wikipedia editing techniques and community management. (Washington DC)
- Wikimania conference: Using Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool (Gdansk, Poland)
- Shorenstein Center: Wikipedia (Harvard University, Mass.)
Before 2010
- Innotech conference: Election 2008 and the Internet: How today’s Web technology is impacting Mass Communication (Portland, Ore., 2009)
- The Wikipedia Signpost (2009): WikiProject Report: WikiProject Oregon
- Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud: Encyclopedic Ambitions (Portland, Ore., 2009)
- Wikipedia for Journalists: Presented on a panel about Wikipedia’s relevance to journalists. (Portland, Ore., 2009)
- Editorial Board of the Oregon Encyclopedia: Presented on Wikipedia’s editorial and outreach models to editors of newly-launched online encyclopedia. (Portland, Ore., 2008)
- Politicorps: Presented on using online tools to run a local campaign; Wikipedia’s relevance to political leadership (Portland, Ore., 2007, 2008)