Author Archives: Andrea Middleton

How WordCamp Europe chose its speakers

WordCamp Europe announced speakers the other week, and then published a great post on how and why they chose those speakers. This is a great explanation of the criteria, statistics, and selection process for this very exciting event. The decision process …

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WordCamp Providence hosts the first WordPress Contribute Day in Rhode Island

In addition to their four Friday workshops, WordCamp Providence is also hosting a WordPress Contribute Day this Friday! Have you ever been interested in giving back to WordPress? With versions 3.7 and 3.8 both starting early development this month, there’s …

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WordCamp Weekly Update: August 12, 2013

In August, WordCamps come out to play! On both coasts (of North America at least) there are awesome events that you should check out. On the east coast, WordCamp Providence will be held August 16-17. The biggest event to hit the …

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Multi-Event WordCamp Sponsorship Program

Do you love sponsoring WordCamps? Perhaps you love it so much that you wish you could sponsor every WordCamp on the planet. If so, you’ll probably want to look over our new Multi-Event WordCamp Sponsorship Program, a new way for …

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WordCamp SF dates announced

WordCamp SF has been scheduled for July 26-27, with a developer’s hack day on July 28, 2013. The event will be held at Mission Bay Conference Center again this year, and as the annual WordPress conference, will surely feature some …

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Reviewing WordCamp Guidelines

Current WordCamp guidelines were published in April of 2011 and haven’t changed since. We’ve had nearly two years to observe what’s been working, what needs clarification, and what might need a tweak. A working group to review WordCamp guidelines was …

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WordCamps in 2012

Another year gone by, and my how the WordCamp program has grown! As you will see below, a total of 67 WordCamps were organized this year by volunteers in communities all over the world. The fairly even split between WordCamps inside …

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WordPress Event Organizers Collaborate

If you organize WordPress events – be they WordCamps, meetups, or some other interesting kind of gathering – do take a look at what’s happening over on make.wordpress.org/events.  Eleven projects have been posted for community involvement, and they run the …

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