Event Mentors

With the new Community Team contributor role changes, event mentoring has become a task preformed by our Event Supporters and Program Supporters with event experience.

Program Overview

This program is a great way for our event organizers to get structured support and guidance.

Once an event is approved and its website is create, the event organizer will be connected with their mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. through an email introduction.

MentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. and organizer decided how to meet, how often to meet, and who will participate. It can be just the mentor and organizer, the mentor and entire organizing, or some meeting can be a mix of both. It has worked well to meet every two weeks for the duration of the event planning, and then talking as often as necessary outside that schedule as needed.

When you meet, please be prepared to discuss the current status of the event, and prepare a list of any questions you have prior to your scheduled meeting times.

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The Mentor Role

Your mentor will be your first point of contact with questions that come up. Their involvement should be one of advisement on procedure and sharing of knowledge based on their history organizing WordCamps. Mentors are not to be considered one of your planning team and should not assign themselves or be assigned any actual planning tasks.

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Getting Help

As always, the volunteers at WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. will still be available for tricky questions in the #community-events channel on WordPress Slack, but we’re hoping to make peer mentoring our first line of awesomeness for 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. organizers.

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Becoming a Mentor

Interested in mentoring? Apply to become an Event SupporterEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. or Program SupporterProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. here. One note, as of now WordCamps can only be mentored by community members who have successfully lead a WordCamp from application to completion.

If you have any questions about the mentorship program, please send us an email at support@wordcamp.org.

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