Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos

A while ago, there was a discussion about the use of logos in slide decks and WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos. A consensus was reached as to what the permitted guidelines should be, but this was never documented in the handbook and has not been made clear to both organisers and speakers.

So, to bring that discussion full circle, here is how the discussion concluded regarding logos appearing in WordCamp videos:

  1. Speakers are allowed to include their company logo in their slides, but only in an optional opening/closing informational slide and not throughout the presentation. This is fine even if their company is not a sponsor of the event.
  2. Sponsor logos at the venue (banners, podium, etc.) that are captured on video are fine to leave in the published video.
  3. Similarly, a speaker can wear clothing with their company logo on it, even if their company is not a sponsor.
  4. No company logos of any kind are to be added in post-production. This includes the speaker’s company, event sponsors, the post-production company, or any other company logos.

With that in mind, we now have two additional pages in the handbook – one for speakers with the full slide deck guidelines and one for organisers specifically focussing on what can be included in videos.

Going forward, all organisers will be expected to ensure that speakers follow these guidelines with their slides. You can do this by making them aware of the guidelines and vetting their slides before the event.

This rule will apply from today only, so it will not affect to any videos filmed before today (Monday, 8 April 2019).


UPDATES FROM THE COMMENTS:

The intention of these new rules was clarified:

To clarify the intention here – this isn’t to stop companies from gaining exposure (that happens naturally when someone is speaking), but rather to make the content the main focus and intent of the slides rather than any kind of company promotion. It’s also worth noting that WordCamp speakers are chosen based on their knowledge and experience as individuals and not their company affiliation, and company promotion throughout a slide deck suggests that the opposite is true. An informational slide with the speaker’s company makes sense as information about who is speaking, but the rest of the slide deck should be dedicated to the content being presented.

A few other points were clarified from questions:

  1. “Logo” also includes plain text names of the company and social media handles.
  2. Personal names are fine to include on every slide if you wish, even if you are a freelancer and your name is your “brand”.
  3. These rules do not (currently) apply to presentations at meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook..
  4. Contextual mentions of your (or any) company are still fine as they will be a part of the talk content, which is what this rule is designed to enhance.

#speakers

More Local Events (and better tools for supporting local events)

We want to help user/meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. groups to do more events (socials, trainings, hackathons, contributor days) by making it easier to provide financial support to event organizers. We also want to track the events that are held and measure whether they’re a good use of the funds that go out.

The Challenge(s):

  1. We don’t have a program that tells local WordPress user groups what kind of events we’re willing to support or how we’ll measure the success of those events.
  2. We don’t have an easy way to collect info from event organizers about the events they want to organize, including budget/location/date.
  3. We don’t have an easy way to collect vendor payment requests associated with these events.

Let’s use existing tools for new programs

Here’s the thing: we already have an application that creates an auto-filled post type on central.wordcamp.org, right? That’s what we use for the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. application! So, what if we:

  1. create another application just for local groups that want to organize a local-event-that-is-not-a-WordCamp (or heck, we use the same form, add an Event Type field, and just make it branch off into a WordCamp application if they choose WordCamp)…
  2. This form creates an auto-filled post type called Event (or if we want to, we can make lots of different post types: Hackathon, Training, Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/., Viewing Party, Meetup, Social) that we vet/approve just like WordCamp or Meetup applications.
  3. In this form, we collect the following info:
    • Who: wporg username and meetup URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org
    • What: event type
    • When: proposed date
    • Where: address of proposed event
    • How (much): projected budget
    • Why: metrics projections/quantifiable goals of the event
  4. When the form is submitted, it populates a public-facing dashboard of local events that are applying for financial support, including data on proposed cost and goals.
  5. When the grant is approved, that info is added to the public page.
  6. Upon grant approval, the organizer becomes a contributor on Central and gets an automated email with:
    • a link to a page where they can submit a vendor payment/reimbursement request and
    • where they should fill out their event report when the event is complete.
  7. We create a public-facing vendor payment/reimbursement request form that someone can only fill out if they’re logged in, which will include a field for the local event/grant that the expense is linked to, and then process the vendor payments in our normal payments workflow.
  8. If the event goes over-budget, that will be publicly reported; if the event does not meet its goals, that will be publicly reported; if the event report is not filled out, that organizer will not be able to receive funding again until it is completed.

Let’s talk about metrics for a second.

Currently, the only success metrics for an event in our program are:

  • number of people who attended
  • attendee survey
  • length of event
  • budget surplus/deficit
  • number of CoCCode of Conduct “A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party.” - Wikipedia violations = (0, we hope)
I think we can do better than that. In fact, I think we can do WAY better than that.

What if we identify some ways to measure the success of an official event, set some goals that correlate with budget size, and then ask organizing teams to tell us what kind of numbers they’re going for when they’re proposing an event? Then after the event is over, organizer(s) can fill out a little debrief form that will auto-populate a post on make/cmty or Central.

Transparency! Accountability! Measurable goals!

(insert swoon here)

Sounds good, but what will we measure?

The Wikimedia Foundation’s metrics are a pretty good start, but here’s my first stab at metrics for OUR different event types. These are all TOTALLY just guesses (well, except for the WordCamp one), but I think they would go a long way toward creating a comparable set of goals that we could use to take a critical look at where money is going, whether events are meeting their own goals, and then why/why not. Contributor Day/Event goals will definitely need an assist from the relevant contributor teams. 🙂

Event Type Metrics Financial support
WordCamp 50+ attendees
10+ volunteers
5+ speakers (2+ women, 2+ new)
7 videos posted to wptv
75% positive survey results
As needed, usually between $5,000-50,000
Meetup event number of attendees
number of new attendees
number of videos posted to wptv
As needed, usually about $5/attendee
Contributor Day number of new contributors
number of bug reports
number of patches submitted
number of videos captioned
number of Codex pages edited
number of support tickets answered
number of themes reviewed
As needed, usually about $10/attendee
Hackathons (like do_actiondo_action do_action hackathons are community-organised events that are focussed on using WordPress to give deserving charitable organisations their own online presence. Learn more on doaction.org.) number of participants
number of organizations helped/sites created?
% positive survey results
As needed, usually about $10/attendee
Training number of teachers
number of students
number of videos posted to wptv
number of edits submitted to training repo
As needed, usually about $10/attendee, plus hosting accounts as needed
WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event./WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. Viewing Party number of attendees As needed, usually $50-300 per group

Thoughts, complaints, obvious blind spots? Am I thinking too big? Too small? Let’s discuss in the comments and in our Community Team chat, tomorrow!

Do you screencast or make video tutorials of how to use WordPress? WordPress.tv wants you!

WordPress.tv is a great place to go to catch up on your favorite WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. sessions, or perhaps virtually attend a Camp you could not make in person. These videos are a great way to up your game and learn about WordPress, especially if you are an aspiring developer, or established user.

However, for new users to WordPress, one thing we don’t have on WordPress.tv is videos of how to do things directly in the dashboard of their site. These are more “just getting started” kinds of videos, centered around common tasks or goals, such as:

  • How to configure widgets
  • Setting up a custom menu
  • Managing comments
  • How to insert an image gallery

These kinds of videos would do a lot to help teach WordPress to a new generation of users, and are just the kind of videos we want to host on WordPress.tv! How do we get there? That’s where you come in… 🙂

Submit your WordPress screencasts and video tutorials to WordPress.tv!

Are you a proud member of the WordPress community, who creates (or would like to create) videos that are focused on helping others learn how to use WordPress? If you answered “yes” then we would love your help in submitting your videos to WordPress.tv, so we can share them with the world in our “how to” section here: http://wordpress.tv/category/how-to/

Ready to go? You can use this handy upload form to send your video for review: http://wordpress.tv/submit-video/

What makes a good screencast or video tutorial?

We find that the following guidelines are all important to keep in mind when creating effective training videos for others to learn from:

  • Shorter videos are better – 3 minutes or less is a good guideline.
  • Focus on a single topic or task for your videos
  • Clear audio – Make sure your voice is easy to hear and understand
  • Focus on the browser window
  • No self-promotion or logos in the video

That last bit bears some explaining. While we want you to be able to benefit from your work, WordPress.tv is a non-commercial community-run website; we can’t accept videos with watermarks, logos, or self-promotion of any kind. We do have a place for you to enter your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ profile name as a producer credit, so you will get noticed!

Here is an example of an existing (slightly out of date) screencast that meets all the above guidelines: http://wordpress.tv/2013/06/22/how-to-use-the-image-galleries/

So why not share the love, and help train a new generation the joys of using WordPress. Good karma (and a free copy of WordPress) will be your reward for helping out! Thanks!

– Your WordPress.tv Community Moderators (aka “The Mod Squad”)

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