We have added another workshop to March 2023! This #WPDiversity workshop is in a week and includes a special guest. Please join us and help us spread the word!

Diverse and Inclusive WordPress Events Workshop

March 16, 2023 @ 10:00am–12:00pm PST: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events AMER/EMEA

This workshop is timed for people in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Central America and South America who speak English to join us. Check your time here. Do you run or attend WordPress events and notice only one type of person is attending? You’d love to see more diversity represented, but people are either not showing up — or they attend once and don’t come back. What can you do to be a good ally to foster, promote, and support diversity and an inclusive space?

This workshop is beneficial for all levels of Diversity and Inclusion knowledge, from complete beginners to experienced event organizers who are already incorporating good practises. This is not just for organizers, but anyone who wants to champion this kind of environment at official WordPress events, now or in the future. 

Plus we have a special guest! Cami Kaos, who focuses on Diversity and Inclusion in Talent Operations at Automattic, will be joining us as a mentorMentor 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. for this interactive watch party online.

During the 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to create welcoming and diverse WordPress 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. and WordCamps for your WordPress community.

Learn more and register now

P.S. This workshop includes a follow-up SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Chat event on April 20, 2023 at 10am PDT/1pm EDT. You can find all of our upcoming #WPDiversity events on our handbook page.

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Here is our March 2023 #WPDiversity schedule. Please join us and help us spread the word!

Speaker Workshop

March 1, 2023 @ 10:00am–12:00pm PST: How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events AMER/EMEA

This workshop is timed for people in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Central America and South America who speak English to join us. Check your time here. Does the thought of speaking at one of our 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. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you identify as a person from a marginalized or underrepresented identity who is thinking about speaking at a WordPress 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. or 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.? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth speaking about?

The Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) invites you to join us for a 2-hour interactive, transformational online watch party to find a topic and boost your confidence for speaking at WP Meetups & WordCamps.

Register now

Plus be sure to bookmark this resource! You can find all of our upcoming #WPDiversity events on our handbook page.

P.S. Coming soon (and will be announced on this blog too): Event: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events AMER/EMEA likely March 16, 2023 @ 10am PT / 1pm ET.

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Here is our December 2022 #WPDiversity schedule. Please join us and help us spread the word!

Speaker Workshop

December 7, 2022 @ 6pm–8pm UTC: How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events #WPDiversity

Does the thought of speaking at one of our 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. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you identify as a person from a marginalized or underrepresented identity who is thinking about speaking at a WordPress 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. or 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.? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth speaking about?

Join our 2-hour interactive, transformational watch party online for underrepresented voices in the WordPress community. Aspiring speakers will learn how to own their expertise and start speaking at WordPress events with confidence.

Register now

Plus be sure to bookmark this new resource! You can now find all of our upcoming #WPDiversity events on our handbook page.

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I am planning for our next quarterly #WPDiversity’s “Organizing an Inclusive and Diverse WordPress event” workshop.

This is a 2.5-hour workshop to learn how to create a welcoming and diverse WordPress 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. or 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.. 

Do you want to attend? By Sunday, September 25, 2022 please vote on the time that would work best for you at this link on #community-events:

• [1] Thursday, October 13, 2022 @ 5pm – 7:30pm UTC (1pm ET / 10am PT)
• [2]Thursday, October 13, 2022 @ 3am-5:30am UTC (8:30am IST / 11am PHST / 2pm AET)
• [3] Friday, October 14, 2022 @ 3am-5:30am UTC (8:30am IST / 11am PHST / 2pm AET)

VOTE NOW

We are thinking specifically about how to make the timing work for WordCamps that are in their planning stages (roughly 50% of which are in AMER/EMEA and 50% in APAC). Whichever time we select, we will definitely hold the workshop for other timezones in future quarters.

The workshop will be in English with a live transcript / captions.

Any and all WordCamp and meetup organizers are especially encouraged to attend this workshop!

VOTE NOW

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Speaker Workshop

Does the thought of speaking at one of our WordPress 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. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth speaking about?

• April 24, 2022 @ 4:30pm-6:00pm Nigeria (GMT+1): How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at Nigeria WordPress Meetups

Even though it will be lead by #WPDiversity, this workshop is open to all in WordPress thinking about speaking at a 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. in Nigeria.

Allyship Program

• April 14, 2022 @ 5pm-6pm UTC: Allyship for WordPress Event Organizers Accountability SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. chat on the #community-events channel

Cohorts 1 and 2 of the Allyship for WP Event Organizers, WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event. organizers, and WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. organizers are officially invited. Other people are welcome to watch and even join in and are encouraged to join cohort 3 in May 2022 (date TBD).

Reminder: Proposal Feedback

A reminder that feedback is open for the Proposal: Steps to Integrate #WPDiversity into WordPress Event Organizing until end of day April 8, 2022. Thank you for your help!

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Speaker Workshops

Does the thought of speaking at one of our WordPress 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. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth speaking about?

• February 10, 2022 @ 8pm-10pm CEST: Switzerland – Underrepresented Voices: Confidence and Topics for Speaking at WordCamps  – For people from underrepresented groups intrigued about speaking at 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. Genève.
  
• February 27 @ 10am-12pm PT: Pacific Northwest – How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events  – Even though it will be lead by #WPDiversity, this workshop is open to all in WordPress intrigued about speaking at an event in Seattle, Vancouver, or Portland.

Allyship Program

• February 16, 2022 @ 6pm-7pm UTC: Allyship for WordPress Event Organizers Accountability SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. chat on the #community-events channel

Cohorts 1 and 2 of the Allyship for WP Event Organizers are officially invited. Other folks are welcome to watch and even join in and are encouraged to join cohort 3 in March (date TBD).

Open Invitation: Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) Volunteers Zoom Call

Want to see if there’s a way you could help out with the #WPDiversity working group?

The Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) is having a Zoom call for the group’s volunteers, and the call is open to all in WordPress who would like to learn more about what we do and who value a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming WordPress community.

February 23, 2022 @ 5pm-6pm UTC #WPDiversity Volunteers Zoom chat

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