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Handbook Working Group – Let’s do this, take two!
Despite a banging start, with a lot of talented people showing interest and willingness to make the Community documentation better, I failed at keeping the group going, due to biting on more than I can chew. It happens. What is so great about having things published in the blog and in TrelloTrello Project management system…
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Call for volunteers: Handbook Working Group
Our handbooks are a well of great information, and they’ve grown immensely over the years without a lot of editing. It would be great if we could audit and rework part of the content/information architecture to make them more useful than ever, and plan for future growth. I propose we form a working group with…
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Proposal: existing documentation to be merged into the handbooks
We some seriously amazing content in the blog that could be merged or at least linked into the handbooks. Here is the list with the actions that I propose we take: Proposed WordCamp Editorial Calendar Create a new page in the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of…
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New Documentation: Presenter Best Practices
It seems odd that in our ever expanding documentation we don’t really have much content on the best practices for presenters in our program. Given that presenters are one of the cornerstones on which we build WordCamps and MeetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly…
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The Handbook and the Future
Plan is Dead, Long live the Handbook. At least that is my thought. I think the handbook is the future and we should kill Plan once and for all. I know we have a notice on the home page of plan, but many people find the old outdated (and sometimes incorrect) info there. We redirect…
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Outreachy week 12: Going live on handbook quizzes
Last week we have finally added the quizzes to the handbook pages which was agreed on earlier. So feel free to check it out! This is how it works: We have the rules explained on Quizzes page for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where…
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Outreachy week 11: Teacher resources page and adding quizzes to community handbooks
Last week I completed Widget Areas, What is contact form 7, What is Google XML Sitemap and Improving Site performance lesson plans. Additionally, I’ve been working on the outline for the Teacher Resources page. The idea of this page is to provide trainers with the information that will enable them to work with lesson plans in a more…
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Outreachy week 6: The Big Question
The last week was not very eventful – I fixed minor issues with the assembled courses, but there is a big question regarding further materials organization we wanted to open discussion on. At the moment, both WordCamp organizer training and WordPress meetup organizer training are composed out of: Web pages, copied from respective handbooks, slightly reorganized in…
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Do you want to turn Email Post Changes back on?
Hey deputiesProgram 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., we have finished porting over nearly all of the contents of plan.wordcamp.org to a handbook…
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Email Post Changes
DeputiesProgram 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. might have noticed a flood of notification emails about changes to the handbooks on this site.…
