MobiWeb2.0 Outreach Activities

Dr. Marie-Claire Forgue

Head of W3C European Communications

MobiWeb2.0 Outreach Work Package Leader

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Outline

• 2008 Highlights• Outreach Goals for 2009• Targeted Audiences• Focus on Developer Outreach• Diverse Communication Support• Press Outreach• Conclusion

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2008 Highlights

Increased awareness of W3C Mobile Web Initiative

in Europe

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2009 Outreach Objectives

• Organization of MWI Promotion talks (D1.1)• Outreach to developers• Establishing links with ICT community• Distribution of press releases (D1.2)• Collection of press clippings (D1.3)• Development of outreach material (D1.4)

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Targeting many audiences

• Organization of MWI Promotion talks (D1.1)• MobiWeb2.0 staff participated in 15 events in 2009 before

diverse type of audiences:– European industry (C-level)– European Academics / Universities

– Mobile Web Developers / Designers

– ICT European community

– Public at Large– Press / Analysts

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Industry Outreach

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ICT Community/Academic Outreach

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• Chianti: Joint workshop at WWW09 on Mobile Widgets

• ICT Mobile Summit 2009

• NEM 2009 Mobile Summit

• Future Network - Mobile Summit

• 2 Concertation Meetings

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Developer Outreach

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Reached Audiences

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Communication Material (D1.4)

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We provided communication support for the other project work packages:

• W3C workshop on the Future of Social Networking

• MWBP training course (WP2 deliverable)

• W3C mobileOK checker (WP4 deliverable)

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W3C Workshop on Social Web

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Focus on Mobile social networking -- MWI-organized workshop on the “Future of Social Networking”, Jan. 09, Barcelona

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Certificates of completion of the mobile training course (online and live event)

MWBP training course

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New designed interface of the W3C mobileOK checker results

W3C mobileOK checker

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Press Releases (D1.2)

• 3 February 2009: Social Networking Challenges Identified by Industry Leaders in W3C Workshop– Available in 12 languages: Arabic, Dutch, Finnish,

French, English, Greek, German, Hebrew, Japanese,

Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish

• 7 April 2009: W3C Welcomes Developer Community at WWW2009 in Madrid– Available in 10 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch,

French, English, German, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish

and Swedish

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Media Coverage (1.3)

In 2009, near 70 press clips worldwide:

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Distribution of 2009 press articles by month

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Media Coverage (cont.)

Lasting impact of MobiWeb2.0 work:• Relevant• Referenced• Important publications• International publications

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Online Promotion

• Web sites:– FP7 - MobiWeb 2.0– W3C Mobile Web Initiative

• Interactive online channels/platforms:– MWI Team Blog– Planet Mobile Web– W3C Blog– MobiWeb2.0 twitter

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Conclusion

• Intense outreach activity in 2009• Regular pulse/presence throughout the year• Significant results• Diverse audiences reached• Focus on European developer community• Lasting impact

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