There are some situations when one needs to show a Wikimedia project to an audience for the purpose of generating awe and wonder. Many times, the presenter needs to make the audience very happy very quickly by showing them something amazing. This page includes best practices for presenting Wikipedia during an exhibition which all kinds of people will attend and during which the viewers may want instant and fun understanding of Wikipedia.
Instagram, launched October 2012, sold April 2012, 1 billion, 13 employees
Facebook - founded 2004, most popular social media site in 2009
MySpace - founded 2003, NewCorp in 2005 for 580 million, world's most popular website in 2006, sold in 2011 for 35 million
Revenue - Canada GDP 1400, ExxonMobil 486, Wal-Mart 447, Greece GDP 280, Apple 109, Microsoft 73, Boeing 69, Coca Cola 47, Disney 41, Google 38, TimeWarner 29, Facebook 3.7, New York Times Company 2, Consumer Reports 0.2, Twitter 0.1, Wikipedia 0.01
"It is not ok with me that anyone ever set up a service selling their services as a Wikipedia editor, administrator, bureaucrat, etc. I will personally block any cases that I am shown." - 2009 Jumbo Wales
"If what you say is accurate, then of course I'm extremely unhappy about it. It's disgusting.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 00:54, 17 September 2012" about Bamkin
Other proposals
Here are some possible presentation prompts or titles. Each of these is a 1-hour presentation, and the format is always 15-20 minutes of lecture followed by audience questions and live demonstrations. All of these are suitable for people at any level of online media comfort and anyone can join any of them without joining any of the others. Other lectures in response to specific questions can be arranged with advance notice.
Wikipedia talks
Wikipedia: The Philosophy of the Free Encyclopedia that Anyone Can Edit
Dispute Resolution on Wikipedia
Writers, Researchers, Fact-Checkers, Editors, Moderators, and Mediators: User roles on Wikipedia
Tour of the Wikipedia Web Site
The Life of a Wikipedia Article from Creation to its Fate
User reputation hierarchies on Wikipedia: what causes a Wikipedian to have credibility, and be held in esteem by their colleagues?
Wikipedia's public controversies - when the outside world has had conflict with Wikipedia
Wikipedia's internal social network - how do people use Wikipedia to meet like-minded others
The difference between free speech and free kittens - Licensing and copyright on Wikipedia
Faults of Wikipedia - What Wikipedia does poorly; a comparison of information platforms
The Wikipedia community's outreach to the public: what Wikipedia does to support people outside the website
How to teach someone else to begin editing Wikipedia, even if you do not know how to do it yourself
10 ways to ask a question about editing Wikipedia
Characteristics of high-quality Wikipedia articles
Conflict of Interest editing and Wikipedia's attacks on advertisers
Articles for Deletion: The criteria for Inclusion in and Exclusion from Wikipedia
Wiki Gnomes - the people who do odd, low-profile tasks which make everything else work
"Experts are scum" - How Wikipedia operates without central leadership or respect for rank
Wikipedia's place in the larger Open Movement
Tour of Wikimedia projects which complement Wikipedia
New Media presentations
The Open Movement
Committing to a platform - Calculating your investment and potential return with the major social media platforms
Tour 10 social media websites in 10 Minutes. Warning! Mention of Facebook and Twitter prohibited.
Calling all mid-career professionals! Be an Internet expert in a year in just an hour a week
Get in and get out! Models for a one-day online social media campaign.
Be savvy without doing homework - Speedy reviews of books and papers related to the Open Movement
How copyright law became a popular coffeehouse discussion topic
A Survey of Google's products
Attitudes on online privacy among people who feel the need to be secure
Before and Beyond the World Wide Web - a review of the Internet's protocols
Who are Facebook's users? Hint - they do not know they use Facebook, and this talk is about surveillance
Who's who in Defining the Internet - a consumer perspective
Let's talk Internet money! Spending 17 Billion Dollars each, in 2014 the US Military and Facebook purchased 10 nuclear submarines and a chat app. Who bought which and why?
Crazy future Internet predictions by seemingly smart people
Get some kid to do it - The success of youth online