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WordCamp Long Beach is Happening This Weekend!

WordCamp Long Beach is Here!

Our Long Beach and Los Angeles WordPress communities invite you to celebrate WordPress: the port to the wider internet. Our two-day conference will be held at The Pointe Conference Center at Walter Pyramid on October 5 and 6, 2019.

Long Beach is a vibrant, eclectic city known for its Art Deco landmarks, international port and breezy coast. Our event will be as diverse and as colorful as we are. We’re stacking our schedule with practical skill-enhancing talks, forward-thinking abstract discussions and casual networking events.

We only have 50 tickets left. Click here to get yours!

A Glimpse at the Goodness

LifterLMS Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer Dinner

Friday, October 4
5pm-8pm

Friday night we’re hosting a special networking dinner for all our Speakers, Sponsors, Micro-Sponsors, Organizers and Event Weekend Volunteers! It’s not too late to sign up to attend as a Micro-Sponsor.

WCLB Day One

The Pointe Conference Center at Walter Pyramid, CSULB
Saturday, October 5
9am-5pm

Saturday is a day filled with practical talks for both Users and Professionals. We’ve got two tracks of Speakers running simultaneously. And our Happiness Bar project help desk is open before and after lunch.

GreenGeeks Lunch

North Lawn next to Walter Pyramid, CSULB
Saturday, October 5
12pm-2pm

Saturday’s lunch includes a wrap and pink lemonade served al fresco under cheerful umbrellas. We’ve carved out a full two hours for lunch on Saturday to hang out, meet new people and decompress.

Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, October 5
5pm-7pm

We recommend trying one of our favorite Long Beach restaurants. They’re all vegetarian-friendly and some have gluten-free, vegan and raw entrees. And most are close to Downtown Long Beach and the Bluffs, if you’re up for some site-seeing.

WP Engine After Party

Shannon’s At the Top, Downtown Long Beach
Saturday, October 5
7pm-9:30pm

We’re hosting our Saturday night After Party in a beautiful loft in Downtown Long Beach above Pine Ave., a bustling street full of restaurant and nightclubs. Relax with your new friends, enjoy cupcakes and a drink (one drink ticket per person) and experience our awesome free photo booth!

WCLB Day Two

The Pointe Conference Center at Walter Pyramid, CSULB
Sunday, October 6
9:45am-4pm

Sunday we’re starting the day a bit later and keeping the momentum flowing with a condensed schedule and an all-day Happiness Bar. Our ground-breaking Speaker track, “The Future of WordPress” has never been done before anywhere and has gotten the attention of the wider WordPress Community.

We’re excited to see you!

Last Minute Reminders

Contact Us

Let our Organizing Team know if you have any questions by emailing longbeach@wordcamp.org

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WordCamp Halifax has to be rescheduled

Due to Halifax, NS being in the path of Hurricane Dorian, the organizing team has had to make the decision to reschedule WordCamp Halifax. The new date is not yet confirmed but announcement will be made on their site and all current ticket holders will receive an email. Requests for refunds will be granted.

You can read WordCamp Halifax’s announcement here.

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WordCamp DFW 2019 is looking for sponsors!

WordCamp Dallas/Fort Worth was rebooted in 2014 and will be held at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth on Oct. 19-20, 2019 for the third year in a row. This venue is a favorite among attendees.

We are looking for sponsors and would be thrilled to have your support for our WordCamp community. You make our WordCamp possible and we appreciate your generosity.

Speakers have been published and ticket sales are open! Our first KidsCamp will take place on Saturday so get your tickets today.

Volunteers are vital to a successful WordCamp, so we hope you’ll sign up today!

Share with everyone you think will be interested. #WCDFW

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WordCamp Guadalajara 2019 is looking for Speakers and Sponsors!

 

In October 26th and for the second year, the WordPress Community Guadalajara wants to celebrate it’s existence as a community, bringing this event format to the city for the first time. In the last +5 years, Jalisco has stood out not only for its traditions, mariachi and tequila, but also for the enormous technological growth that has emerged in the region, what has taken Guadalajara to be known as the “The Mexican Silicon Valley”. This has led to more and more Startups, agencies and entrepreneurs using WordPress as their preferred platform and that month after month we share knowledge through our monthly Meetups.

Side to side with Mexico City, we have grown to be the second largest Meetup and now the second largest WordCamp from all Mexico.

Connect with the Mexican community!

WordCamp Guadalajara 2019 will be held at the amazing space of MIND México expecting +200 attendees this year.

MIND is the innovation ecosystem that unites the triple helix, being the starting point of ideas and projects that involve the student, the entrepreneur and public institutions, giving rise to agreements, international alliances with technology centers, presence in leading design events, innovation and technology, as well as innovative projects that are formed from different perspectives of those involved.

MIND – México Innovación y Diseño

If you want to get to know about our traditions and our growing tech industry but most of all, get to know our warm people, don’t hesitate to apply to speak or sponsor, and please spread the word! #WCGDL

Can’t wait to meet you in Guadalajara!

¡Muchas gracias! <3

Wapuu Mariachi – WordCamp Guadalajara’s Official Mascot
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Getting Kids In Your Community Excited to Learn WordPress!

The WordPress Community events program has some awesome things going on including WordCamps, Contributor Days, do_action events, and even KidsCamps. It’s an exciting time to be involved in the WordPress community, and children are attending more camps now than ever before. But WordCamps, while family-friendly, weren’t necessarily built with kids in mind.

We want to help your local camp create a fun and inviting event for all ages. KidsCamp is a great way to do that.

If you are looking for ways to involve the kids of your community, we have a few ideas. First, hold a KidsCamp at your next WordCamp. We have resources ready to go and soon a handbook will be launched. We even have mentors that can help you get your camp off the ground in the first year. The focus of this event should be to create a self-hosted WordPress website. We even have hosting companies that have donated hosting accounts for this very purpose ready and waiting to work with you. Email kids@wordcamp.org to get your resource packet.

Another way to get kids involved is to hold kid-friendly meetups, or meetups for kids and parents. Remember, whenever children 13 and under are involved, parents need to be present with their kids. Holding a kid-friendly meetup is a great way to keep kids working on the websites they create at KidsCamp. It allows them to have accountability in the projects they are working on and surrounds them with industry leaders to look up to. Not sure about where to start? No problem! Email kids@wordcamp.org to get a resource packet and if you need one, a mentor.

As our community is slowly aging, now is the perfect time to usher in the next generation. Today kids need safe, fun places to engage and learn new skills and there is no better time than now and no better place than the WordPress community!

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WordCamp Hong Kong 2019 is looking for sponsors!

HK WordCamp

After a hiatus of 10 years, WordCamp is back in Hong Kong!

WordCamp is an event where developers, marketers, and Internet enthusiasts gather to learn from each other and mingle together.

By sponsoring the event, you are supporting the local WordPress community and making your business known to 200 or so participants who can be your next customers or fans.

The event will take place on October 12, 2019 in Camp Wong Chuk Hang of Campfire, a modern and comfortable co-working space site where start-ups grow.

Find out the details here: Call for Sponsors

We’ve several sponsor options from US$125 to US$1,000 with large flyer space at flyer table at WordCamp Hong Kong.

Your support will be highly appreciated!

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WordCamp Salt Lake City is looking for speakers and sponsors!

WordCamp SLC is back after a hiatus last year and we’re looking for everything!

The Salt Lake City WordCamp has had consistent growth since we got our start as WordCamp Utah in 2010. Our last WordCamp SLC, in 2017, was our biggest ever with more than 200 registrations. This year’s WordCamp will be October 12 at Impact Hub, an awesome community focused co-working space that shares a lot of the same values as the WordPress community and recently hosted this year’s OpenWest conference.

Salt Lake City is a booming tech hub and being in the heart of downtown SLC is a perfect venue for an amazing WordCamp!

Apply to speak, sponsor or volunteer, and please spread the word! #WCSLC

Can’t wait to see you there!

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Call for Speakers – WordCamp Kuala Lumpur 2019

WordCamp Kuala Lumpur 2019 is the fourth WordCamp in Kuala Lumpur which will be happening at Berjaya Times Square Hotel which is located in one of Malaysia’s most bustling city. WordCamp Kuala Lumpur 2019 will feature a Contributor Day on 1st November 2019 and a one-day informal conference on the 2nd of November 2019.

It’s our mission to have WordCamp Kuala Lumpur represent the passion, skill, and diversity of the Malaysian community, and we want you to be a part of it! We are looking for speakers to share their knowledge, expertise, experience, and stories at WordCamp Kuala Lumpur, happening November 2, 2019.

APPLY TO SPEAK NOW!

Visiting KL

Kuala Lumpur, or “KL” as it’s colloquially known, is the capital city of Malaysia. A bustling metropolitan city of 2 million residents, KL’s modern skyline is dominated by the iconic Petronas Twin Towers, punctuated with minarets and Moorish-style domes.

As a melting pot of Malay, Chinese, Indian and international cultures, KL boasts a dining experience as eclectic as its skyline as well as amazing cultural experiences like Masjid Jamek, Thean Hou Temple and the awe-inspiring Batu Caves. A little further out and you will find beautiful white sandy beaches, relaxing highland resorts and many more.

WCKL will take place at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel in the Golden Triangle – the shopping, entertainment and commercial hub of the city. Located next to the Berjaya Times Square Mall, the hotel is easily accessible by public transport, ride-sharing and is within walking distance of many popular hotels.

Come meet the WordPress community in KL

Like the city, KL’s WordPress community is vibrant and dynamic. We have designers, developers, theme and plugin business owners as well as bloggers and media publishing the top websites in Malaysia.

We invite you to come to be inspired by the community, learn from an exciting WordCamp and fall in love with beautiful Kuala Lumpur this 1-2 November 2019. See you at WCKL 2019!

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

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