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Post multiple times about your contributor dayContributor DayContributor 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/.. Your WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. blog is a great way to get the word out about the contributor day. Many people will miss the first blog post… and the second… post four weeks ahead of time about the contributor, then three weeks. At two weeks, start allowing sign-ups (see below).
Remind attendees to bring their laptops (or tablets). It seems logical, but many people do not realize they will need their laptops (or a tablet) to contribute. Remind them both on the website and in any emails about contributor day.
Signage
The marketing team have made a onboarding document for their team to use: https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/tag/contributor-day/
Post a separate sign-up form for your contributor day. WordCamps that
have combined the sign-up for the WordCamp itself and the contributor
day have been disappointed with the lack of attendees. It is standard in
free software for contributors to “over commit and under deliver”. The
same is true for contributor days. A second sign-up form requires more
effort – and explicit effort – from a potential attendees and will give
you a better idea of how many people will attend.
If possible, allow attendees to “just show up” to contributor day.
Sometimes this is not possible due to venue requirements, but
encouraging attendees at your WordCamp to “just show up” will increase
attendance and, again, lets you promote the day during your WordCamp.
Attendance will be higher if the contributor day is after the
WordCamp, not before. During your WordCamp, you will be able to heavily
promote the contributor day, resulting in more enthusiasm for WordPress.
Attendees feel most excited about WordPress right after a WordCamp. Use
that excitement to encourage them to attend the contributor day.
Post a separate sign-up form for your contributor day. WordCamps that have combined the sign-up for the WordCamp itself and the contributor day have been disappointed with the lack of attendees. It is standard in free software for contributors to “over commit and under deliver”. The same is true for contributor days. A second sign-up form requires more effort – and explicit effort – from a potential attendees and will give you a better idea of how many people will attend.