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WooCommerce sponsors WordPress community events across the globe

Posted by on March 5, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

We’d like to thank WooCommerce for their continuing support by participating in the WordPress global sponsorship program! By generously sponsoring at the Gold level across the globe, WooCommerce helps make local community events (like WordPress meetup groups and WordCamps) better for WordPress enthusiasts and easier to organize for our wonderful group of hardworking volunteers.

WooCommerce is an open-source eCommerce platform built on WordPress.
Sell anything online with the flexibility and freedom of the world’s most popular CMS.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise-level eCommerce business WooCommerce gets you set up and selling fast, scaling securely as you grow.

Your content is forever yours and customizable down to the button color. Plus you’re joining a supportive, global community of developers and store owners.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of Jetpack and WordPress.com.

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Thanks to Jetpack for sponsoring community events worldwide

Posted by on March 4, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

What would we do without our sponsors? We’re so grateful to Jetpack for sponsoring WordPress community events all around the globe at the Gold level in 2019! Jetpack’s support helps make local community events (like WordPress meetup groups and WordCamps) better for WordPress enthusiasts and easier to organize for our wonderful group of hardworking volunteers.

Transform how you work with your WordPress sites: Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com. Focus on the substance of your site, not the software.

Jetpack security tools automatically shield your site from spammers, hackers, and malware, while real-time syncing and backup means never worrying about data loss. Traffic-building tools like easy social sharing help you attract readers and search engines, and pages delivered from a high-speed, global content delivery network mean those readers never bounce because of a slow-loading site.

Jetpack’s Affiliate program gives you 20% every time you sell Jetpack to a customer or client — with unlimited referrals, the sky’s the limit!

Whether you’re one person with a website or an agency with a dozen clients, Jetpack helps you grow. Make your site work for you at Jetpack.com

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Liquid Web joins the WordPress global community sponsorship program in 2019

Posted by on March 1, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

We couldn’t be happier to welcome Liquid Web to the WordPress global community sponsorship program in 2019! They’re sponsoring at the Gold level in Region A, supporting official WordPress community events throughout North, Central, and South America.

For over 20 years, Liquid Web has been delivering products, services and support designed specifically for mission-critical sites, stores and applications. Known for their high-performance services and exceptional customer support, they own and manage their own core data centers and provide a diverse range of fully managed hosting offerings, including Managed WordPress, and Managed WooCommerce Hosting. Their recent acquisition of iThemes continues to evolve their service offerings to meet the ever-changing needs of their web-reliant, professional customers.

Liquid Web has a dedicated team of WordPress professionals who have been actively involved in the community for years. Beyond contributing code to the WordPress project, they’ve also been speaking at WordCamps, participating in WordPress-related groups and meetups, and creating open-sourced plugins that are used by WordPress users around the globe.

As an industry leader in customer loyalty, they’re known for their secure, reliable, fast, hassle-free hosting, backed by the Most Helpful Humans in Hosting™ (24x7x365 by phone, chat or ticket). At Liquid Web, they power content, commerce and potential for SMB entrepreneurs and the designers, developers and digital agencies who create for them. Everything they do is about being that partner you can trust.

For more information, please visit www.liquidweb.com,, or subscribe to their Blog at www.liquidweb.com/blog.

 

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Bluehost supports WordPress community events worldwide

Posted by on February 27, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

We can’t thank Bluehost enough for their continued support as a sponsor for the global WordPress community! Their support of WordPress community events (like WordCamps and meetups) in Region A (North, Central, and South America) at our Gold level, and in Region B (Europe, Africa, Asia) at the Silver level goes a really long way. They support WordPress communities all over the world!

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Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

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WordCamp Bristol is looking for Sponsors

Posted by on February 26, 2019 with 4 replies

This is the second WordCamp Bristol, and it’s growing.  Actually, it’s doubling in size.

Bristol is a fantastic city for tech in general and for WordPress in particular.  Many people consider Bristol as the most exciting city in the UK outside of London for tech.

A few facts about the Bristol tech scene:

  • Local WordPress MeetUp has over 800 members
  • Bristol held the first do_action day in Europe, as lauded by Matt Mullenweg in State of the Word 2018
  • Named 6th best tech city across Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Bristol ranked as the number 1 region for tech start ups in the UK

At the moment sponsorship packages are going quickly.  Fortunately we still have a few left.  In particular we are hoping to find companies with green credentials; that would make us very happy.  We love to promote sustainability.  However, any company which works with WordPress is welcome.

WordCamp Bristol Sponsors Page
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Volunteer at WordCamp London 2019

Posted by on February 25, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

We have a record number of speaker applications. We have attendees booking their places. We have organising teams working day and night and we have a great city waiting to host WordCamp London 2019.

What we now need is YOU! Volunteer at this WordCamp and enjoy free attendance, an awesome event and the opportunity to work alongside other volunteers from across the international WordPress community.

There is a wide variety of roles and responsibilities available and the London organising team welcomes all volunteers, whether new to WordCamps or with previous experience. The deadline for volunteer applications is 3 March 2019. The team is looking forward to receiving your application.

Discover the roles available and fill in the application form

Engage with us on Twitter @WordCampLondon

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WordCamp Bristol – We are pleased to announce our Call for Speakers!

Posted by on February 21, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

WordCamp is coming to the fabulous city of Bristol – 17th-19th May 2019 @ University of Bristol, School of Chemistry.

Bristol is one of the biggest tech cities in Britain. And it needs you amazing people to fill it with awesome talks.

The WordPress community is a huge and super friendly one, and this makes it a great group of people to speak to. And where better to do it than Bristol, a multicultural, multi-talented, glorious mix of people and places.

Apply to talk

And so we turn to you, our lovely and talented WordPress community to put yourself forward to be a speaker.

You have until the 3rd of March to submit your talk :)

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WordCamp London is seeking speakers

Posted by on February 15, 2019 with Comments are off for this post

London is one of the world’s great capitals and we are looking for great speakers to be part of this year’s WordCamp. Join us on 6 & 7 April 2019.

Do you have insights, experience, specialisms or WordPress-orientated stories you can share? We are looking for up to 50 speakers to present sessions in a variety of formats. These could be in the form of short-talks, long-talks, workshops or panels. If you have a hot topic and the flair to present it to a large audience, fill in the speaker application for WordCamp London 2019. The event will start with a Contributor Day on Friday 5 April, to which you would be equally welcome to attend.

Selecting topics

The WordPress ecosystem and community are engaged in such a variety of areas, from designing, content writing and project management to developing features and functionality. We are interested in all of these and more!

We want to hear about your experience in growing a WordPress orientated business, but also how you have encountered failures in development and any lessons learnt from them. By working together and sharing skills, we can strengthen the WordPress global project and encourage innovation and create opportunities for more people.

This year we have a special focus on accessibility and sustainability. Any sessions which incorporate these themes will be very welcome.

Resources to help you apply

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