The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current and future users and contributors. We create and amplify campaigns to support the growth of the WordPress project.
Our work is tracked on the Marketing Tasks Board on the WordPress organization’s GitHub. If you are planning a Marketing Table at a Contributor Event, please let us know in the Slack channel.
You can be part of the #marketing channel on Slack. Join our next Weekly Marketing Chat at: Tuesday 15:00 UTC.
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Thank you for joining the Marketing Team 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. US 2023 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/. on Thursday, August 24! We’ve prepared activities for both new and experienced contributors to join in on the day. See the schedule for WCUS Contributor Day day here.
We will be hosting our Coffee and Collaboration Session at 18:30 UTC so that people who couldn’t attend WordCamp US can still participate remotely!
Table Lead: Sé Reed (@sereedmedia), Nyasha Green (@ngreennc)
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/. Monitor: TBA
Coffee and Collaboration Coordinator: TBA
The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current and future users and contributors. We create and amplify campaigns to support the growth of the WordPress project.
Thanks for joining! Your first step is to get setup using the tools that the Marketing Team uses to operate:
(If you want more onboarding assistance, check out the Training Team’s Getting Started – The Training Team Onboarding Program)
The Marketing Project Board is a great place to find tasks to work on:
Check out the Good First Issues label on GitHub
Do you have ideas for the Marketing Team?
Please put ANY of your thoughts, ideas, or questions in this GitHub issue:
Put your WordPress Marketing Ideas here! #282
You are awesome and you know the drill! This is a great opportunity to work collaboratively! Please tackle some of the long-standing or more complex GitHub issues.
Start Here! New Marketing Team Contributor Issue for WordCamp US Contributor Day – August 24, 2023
At the end of your Contributor Day, we’d love to get your feedback. Please fill out our WCUS 2023 Contributor Day survey.
(Updated 26 May 2021 – thanks for all the materials coming in)
We are supporting 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. Europe (WCEU) team in collating information to promote the Make Teams to a wider audience. The WCEU Contributing team is liaising with Make Teams on existing or new onboarding materials, Learn WordPress or WordPress.tv videos to highlight to attendees at this year’s WCEU event.
This year, there will be three days for the WordCamp running from 7 to 9 June 2021. A Contributor Experience, will be spread across the entire event rather than all being focused on one single day. This is partly in response to the ongoing Covid-problems across the world, the pressure on Make Teams at this time, and to recognize the difficulties and feedback on long day online events. It is also an opportunity to do things differently and give contributing a greater presence at a major WordPress event.
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/ Teams, with material ready or which could be easily be put together, have been invited to submit a live workshop idea [applications now closed] for inclusion in Track 2 on the WCEU 2021 online programme.
In addition, there are opportunities to provide pre-recorded and subtitled, informal walkthroughs of team’s tools or showing how to work through easy tasks. Attendees of the event will be able to go through these resources to help them understand more about how the Teams work and which ones they might like to join. Some of the pre-recorded content could be suitable to use or adapt on Learn WordPress in the future. Putting ideas and material together for WCEU’s on-demand resources section is also great way to test out content to use in other places.
Yes, of course. Work to bring materials together started with WordCamp Europe, the Marketing and other Make Teams a few years ago. We are building on this every year and sharing the knowledge with other camps and teams.
The WCEU team appreciate that not all teams’ work and content will lend itself to a live workshop for a more general audience. So there will be dedicated space on the WCEU website for resources and pre-recorded video links. Working alongside Learn WordPress, we will be highlighting materials that will be helpful to new and experienced contributors. We hope through this collaboration to bring more awareness to the free and expanding information haven. If you are not familiar with Learn WordPress and how it came about, check out the news story from its launch.
In partnership with the WCEU Contributing Team, we are continuing to collate short stories to promote contributors in the WordPress community and the work of the teams. If possible, we would like to be able to feature one contributor from each team on the WordCamp Europe website. These short features help to highlight the Make Teams and inspire others to connect and join.
We started these for WordCamp Europe in 2020, and working with Polyglots, Community and others, the list of translations continues to increase. If you could help with a voiceover and translating the subtitles in your native language, as well as synchronizing the video files, let us know in the Marketing channel on Slack. Check out the list of videos as they are published. The list on Learn WordPress will be updated ready for WCEU.
In the run up to 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. Europe 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/. 2020, the Marketing Team will be running support and onboarding sessions. We’ve also made a video to help attendees sign-up for some of the tools ahead of the day.
The event for WordPress contributors at WCEU will take place on Thursday 4 June 2020. Tickets for the contributor event went live today on the WCEU 2020 website.
Onboarding support is a way for newer contributors to discover the open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. WordPress project and its Marketing Team, learn about the tools used and find ways to get involved. The support sessions will include help to:
During every Marketing Team weekly meetings there is an opportunity to welcome new contributors and to help them get started. The global Marketing Team meets on Wednesdays at 14:00 UTC in #Slack. Attendees who would like to contribute to the marketing area at WordCamp Europe (WCEU) are also welcome to come along.
More resources to help you get started using the tools in the Marketing Team Handbook.
You can join these informal, onboarding support sessions on:
These help sessions will be aimed at:
It will be a great way to come and meet team members.
There will be a sign-up list for each session to help us plan volunteer numbers and the use of video conferencing tools. This will also help us prepare assistance on particular tools.
As with all contributing events, we want to help make the WCEU Contributor Day experience positive and useful. We’re building on the set up we have used for other contributor events and feedback. This blog will be updated as the team has more details.
If you are an existing marketing contributor, please do connect with me or in the #marketing channel on Slack. As this year’s WCEU Contributor Day will run for five hours online, we will need to do more support on tools in advance. We’re keen to welcome even more team members to assist with this. You don’t need to be active on current tasks to help with onboarding, just experienced with helping others set up the tools we use.
We will add to this in the coming week.
Discover why contributing to WordPress benefits everyone
Contributor, WordPress Jargon glossary
Updates from the Marketing Team (22 April 2020)
How individuals contributed to the WordPress.org Marketing, WCEU 2019
Why your company should consider contributing to WordPress
#wceu-2020Re-post.
Welcome to the Make WordPress Marketing Team meeting. This note captures the key areas from the meeting and asynchronous discussion to assist others in taking part and contribution on marketing from other teams.
Full 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/. meeting link: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1579100431150100
Notetaker: @webcommsat
Attendance: @siobhanseija, @harryjackson1221, @webcommsat, @maedahbatool, @jonoaldersonwp, @oglekler, @darls, @simonasn, @megphillips91, @passoniate, @nullbyte, @antialiasfactory, @mta1, @simonasn, @carike, @kashifgabol
If you attended or contributed to this meeting asynchronously and are not listed above with 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/ ID, please contact @webcommsat or @yvettesonneveld so we can update this list. We ask members to please add their WordPress.org ID if it is different to their Slack ID into the attendance thread or at the start of any task update during the meeting as finding the correct WordPress ID can be difficult and time consuming. Thanks everyone for your help with this.
@webcommsat from the WCEU 2020 Contributing Team and lead of contributing events marketing sub group.
What we are looking for is input/ examples / FAQs on using Google Docs to help new contributors at WCEU and reduce barriers to contributing. These guides will be able to be updated and translated through a process on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ by other WordCamps and the wider WordPress community. This new facility in a WordPress area on GitHub has been recently agreed. Thanks to @chanthaboune and Francesca Marano, Tammie Lister for this, and to everyone who inputted on this in the contributing events marketing sub group meetings.
Some of the issues and questions highlighted by marketing team members:
Why don’t we use tools like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or one of the proprietary content specific collaboration tools which can have more features, audit functions etc?
The WCEU contributing team is working on collaboratively producing guides to help new contributors including those new to teams that use Google Docs, Trello, GitHub and other tools. Many camps have an onboarding stream or dedicated table which also helps people coming for the first time.
Task lead: @harryjackson1221
Trello task: https://trello.com/c/dELGoIP8/317-content-the-open-source-approach-blog-post
Google document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a6bi0ztc10xKsewHlDWUKcEjyGXm1dJNYA7adNwO69g/edit#
Please add to this document which we think will get some good traction in the WordPress community focusing on optimization plugins. Add your Slack ID to the bottom of the document.
If you are interested in contributing to this project, add yourself to the card (and put your name and WordPress.org ID in the document).
Thank you to everyone for their contribution. Please do continue to work on tasks inbetween our meetings and to add to the topic threads if you were unable to attend the meeting itself. Next Global marketing team meeting Wednesday 22 January 2020 in the Slack channel from 15:00 UTC.
Could you help spread the word about WordPress and our amazing community? Join the Marketing table 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. Europe’s Contributor Day on 20 June 2019. You can also work on the many different tasks in the Contributing Area during the main conference days, 21 and 22 June.
In the Marketing Team, we work on research, blog posts, case studies, videos and a variety of other useful content. We have lots of exciting projects planned for this year’s event in June and are looking forward to meeting all the contributors who have booked.
The team focuses on marketing WordPress and its community to the wider world and internally to other teams within the project. You can get involved in both one-off or longer term tasks highlighting the amazing aspects of this global, open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. platform and its vibrant community.
We will be bringing a selection of these projects to WordCamp Europe’s 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/., which is one of the biggest WordPress contribution events on the planet. Here are just some of the ways you can get involved.
You will not need fancy hardware to join the marketing table at WCEU. For most projects, all you will need is a laptop and a charger.
If you would like to help with filming video interviews, please bring audio and video equipment and a tripod, if you have them. If you want to work on subtitling videos or just need to focus a bit more, you may want to bring headphones.
We use several online tools to work together with WordPressers across the world. If you do not have an existing account, you can save some time by setting up in advance.
If you would like to know a bit more about the team or familiarize yourself with content creation guidelines, you can find more in the Marketing Team Handbook.
If you would like to learn how we use Trello, discover more at our First Time Here Trello Board, which works like a tutorial.
There are several projects you can choose to work on during WCEU’s Contributor Day. Just come along to the marketing table and we will help you pick a task or join one of the sub groups.
The WordPress.org Showcase consists of case studies demonstrating a range of great web solutions made with WordPress. We are in the process of redesigning this area of the website, and there’s lots of tasks available. We have a number of case studies ready to be written or adapted to the new format. We’re also looking to create an outreach plan or program to gather new case studies.
WordPress.tv holds thousands of great videos that we would like to use in marketing. To do so, we need to know which videos can be used for what. Also, these videos need subtitling (and you can help!)
So if you would like to help by reviewing videos to see whether they can be used for marketing, subtitle them, or even translate while subtitling them, we want to hear from you. We have videos selected in a number of different languages and this list is growing every week! You don’t need video experience to help with this task, but headphones will be useful to listen to the recordings.
We also have some great tools and videos to show you how easy subtitling can be.
Working with the awesome WordCamp Europe community and communications teams, we will be continuing our interview series. The wonderful community profiles encourage new joiners, promote diversity and inclusion, and help make connections. They can show people outside the community how open source works and how they can join in.
Our interviews and write-ups can be in written, audio or video form. Help us tell the story of the project and its people.
We enjoy sharing news and examples from contributor events. WordCamp Europe’s event with more than 500 attendees is an impressive example of what the community does and what it can achieve. Watch this video of contributor day at WordCamp Europe 2018 .
Covering the highlights of the event is an easy task for those getting started or who have journalistic or filmmaking backgrounds. We want to help capture some of the stories about what happens during the day, what teams are working on, and the experiences of attendees. If you enjoy filming and editing videos, this could be a great way to contribute. We will not have equipment for video or audio available, but you would be welcome to bring items you want to use.
Here are a few interviews from our series working with WordCamps:
We are constantly trying to improve our induction and onboarding process to help those new to the team. We are interested in suggestions from those new to the community as well as those joining from other Make WordPress teams. We want to continue to make contributing to the marketing team easier and an enjoyable experience. If you can’t join the team at this year’s WordCamp Europe, come along to one of our weekly meetings on Slack.
Read our feature on why you should consider becoming a contributor and hear from a number of others on their journey with WordPress.
Thanks to @siobhanseija and @yvettesonneveld for their contributions to this post and for leading the team at WCEU’s 2019 Contribution Day, and to @webcommsat for her work on the contributor series. Thanks to @harryjackson1221 for his work on the case studies and showcase. We would also like to thank the WordCamp Europe community and communications team for working with us on a number of contributor promotion items during the last year.
WordPress is a content management system built around the culture of giving. Developers, translators, marketers, designers, and many others contribute their skills and expertise to the world-wide WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project.
This widely popular platform helps millions of people across the world create websites and digital services. You can join in and contribute your time and skills like so many others, and bring benefits to you and your work too! Discover why you should become a contributor and join the international WordPress family sharing their experiences in this post.
There are two aspects of WordPress: WordPress.org and WordPress.com. The global open source project is WordPress.org, which everyone around the world can join in to help build, maintain and grow the platform and its digital opportunities.
The project thrives on the skills of developers, marketers, designers, translators, and many more roles. You will be able to find tasks and groups to join, developments to help plan, and be able to work with others to innovate. And while you contribute, you can benefit and learn too! Together with others, you can make the product that you use better, and network with talented and inspiring people.
Interested in joining in? Discover how you can get involved with WordPress. Read on for some personal stories about contributing to WordPress!
Anyone who has knowledge about any aspect of WordPress can contribute! From full-stack developers to JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. users, from experienced web designers to beginner graphic designers, and from marketers to community activists. They all come together to be part of an international learning, sharing, and Open Source community.
Every year, in cities across the world, thousands of people gather for one- to three-day events dedicated to the WordPress global project. These events are known as WordCamps. They are organized by the local WordPress communities and often attended by an international audience. People come together to contribute, talk and share at these events, held throughout the year. WordCamps often include a Contributor session or a whole day dedicated to both the new or long-term contributor.
Contributor events last from a few hours to a full day, and can stand alone or be part of a WordCamp schedule. The best way to discover contributing is by attending one of these events or joining one of the Make WordPress teams and try it for yourself. If you are thinking about contributing, let these stories enthuse you! We’ve asked some WordPress contributors about their contributing experiences.
Maziar Firuzmand, of ArtBees, said: “I was really happy with my first experience helping WordPress at WordCamp Europe in 2018, where I picked the marketing table to contribute. WordPress gave me a chance to start a business which has grown year by year, and I wanted to give back to the project with some of my time. Since then, wherever possible I have joined the contribution days at events and work with others to contribute to the marketing team.”
He added: “I have seen many people, who have different levels of engagement with using WordPress, enthusiastically come and take part in the Make WordPress teams. Many of them have full-time jobs but they are still keen to spend part of their free time contributing to WordPress.”
Maziar echoed the feedback from others attending events saying: “Contributor days are full of people who collaborate on getting things done for a software platform they like. This is accompanied with a lot of fun, chit-chat, snacks and opportunity to try different areas. WordCamp Milan was a great example of this atmosphere. You could see people organized in different teams working in harmony.”
Siobhan Cunningham, of Yoast, attended WordCamp Nijmegen 2018, in the Netherlands: “I had been to a few contributor days before so I was looking forward to seeing my marketing friends from different countries again, and getting more things done together! It was amazing to see a few of my Yoast colleagues, who were first-time WordCampers, really enjoying the experience too. At the Contributor event, like others, they were able to explore what team to join. Soon enough, everyone found their place. Translating, coding, planning community events, there was something to do for everyone.
Two of our interns joined the design team and had a blast! They were really enthusiastic about the people they met, the things they had learned in just one day, and especially at being able to contribute already, as students. They felt more people should know about contributing at any phase of their career.”
WordPress is driven by a commitment to open source, inclusiveness, giving and diversity. There are a lot of reasons people choose to become an active contributor. Find out how you’ll benefit from contributing to WordPress as well.
Firstly, the teams that makeup what is known as Make WordPress, have ways to thanks and recognize contributions.
For the contribution you make to a WordPress team, you will be awarded a contributor badge which will appear on your WordPress.org profile page. This is peer-recognition from a globally known software project which powers more than 30% of websites across the world.
Scott Jones, of Illustrate Digital, said: “I thought for a long time that I would have little to contribute to WordPress, until I stepped up at WordCamp US and realized I could make a difference. To top it off, I got to meet some amazing people and make some great new friends.”
He added: “Ever since then I’ve been displaying my ‘I Make.WordPress.org’ sticker with pride.”
The WordPress community gives you an opportunity to meet many developers, designers, marketers, and writers from across the globe. Through contributing at a WordCamp event you can get to know and share with many amazing people, networking and learning alongside them. You can also develop your skills and contribute to improving the usability and accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) of WordPress.
Piccia Neri, who since joining the community has become a MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. and WordCamp speaker in Spain and many other countries, said: “Contributing to the WordPress community has quite literally changed my life. When I moved to a new country, and a new city where I didn’t know anyone, volunteering with my local WordPress MeetUp gave me an instant circle of close friends, colleagues, and allies.”
She added: “Contributing also gives you access to potential collaborators, staff or contractors to work with on projects. WordCamps frequently have informal job boards showcasing the opportunities currently available in the WordPress ecosystem.
“During the course of three years, I have effortlessly created deep connections, friendships, and joint ventures across the globe. Thank you, WordPress.”
Not many jobs give you the option of learning for free while you are working. In contributing you work with developers, designers and others specializing in different areas. You have the opportunity to learn more about good practices in your area of work, and of course, to take them back to your own company or team. If you’re contributing to a WordCamp Contribution session or helping one of the Make WordPress teams remotely, you have this opportunity for free.
Maria Aragón, from ACOCO Web, said: “I volunteered to help at my first WordCamp in Soltau, Germany, when I was still very new to the community and to contributing. It gave me the chance to meet people who had been contributing for years. It was great! The amount of value, knowledge and great tips that you can learn during a WordCamp and a Contributor Event, has no parallel. I’ve been a volunteer for many different events in my life, and the WordPress community is by far one of the most talented and generous communities I’ve had the pleasure to be part of.
“Most of the people who contribute to WordPress are driven by a desire to give and to help others. This brings together really amazing people. The kind of people we all want to hang around with! And as a contributor, you get to know many of them. Being part of a group like this is always a lot of fun, it fills you with energy, and personally, it makes me very happy.”
If you are running or involved in a remote tech business of any kind, being a WordPress contributor can be a great opportunity for you to learn and execute remote collective working practices in action, for free. You can learn more about what it takes to participate, organize or run different teams across a range of areas as well as lead, collaborate and facilitate workflow.
As WordPress is a global project, being involved in its community promotes cross-cultural harmony and understanding.
Naoto Egusa, from Japan, has attended Contributor Days across the world, said: “Through the WordPress community, I have been able to advance my skills and knowledge of how to work in broader teams, particularly across time zones and cultures. It has helped in maintaining my skills during my break from work, and given me new opportunities.
“Patience, understanding, and collaboration are something we often need to practice. The WordPress community can give you great strength in learning how to work with others from countries and cultures which are not the same as your own. This itself fosters new ideas and advances.”
There is no set requirement for how much time you should put into contributing to single or multiple teams. It can range from a couple of hours in a single contributor session to a weekly commitment. It can also vary at different stages of your life and career.
The two main ways to get involved are through a WordCamp contribution session or by choosing a Make WordPress team to work with remotely.
You can discover more about the teams through the Make WordPress pages on WordPress.org. All you need to do is find a team, or teams, in which you are interested. It is easy to get started. Each team has its own tools and workflow process. You can also approach team representatives and deputies who help coordinate tasks and workflow and ensure people are welcomed. They will be pleased to provide support.
Becoming a contributor can help you make the most of your career regardless of which area and level you are currently working. WordPress gives you the perks of a perfect job, such as reputation, learning, networking and co-working opportunities, without having to move from your existing job and at a time which suits you.
It is not only people who run businesses and careers around WordPress that can benefit from contributing to it. Everyone who specializes in an area related to technology and wants to support Open Source platforms and community-based software, can gain significantly from contributing to the WordPress community.
Your journey can start today, visit make.wordpress.org and find out how you would like to take part.
If you would like to learn more about the WordPress community and how people around the world use WordPress, here are some useful resources.
Thanks to @abhanonstopnewsuk and @antialiasfactory for developing and writing this feature, and to all those who contributed or were interviewed. Images courtesy of photographers at WordCamps Europe and Milan, and WordPress Delhi. Thanks to @siobhanseija, @maedahbatool, and @michelleames for their contributions.
Thanks to @webcommsat, @danmaby, and @Rubio for producing the video interview with Gary Jones at WordCamp London. This is part of a series of contributor interviews to be featured by the Make WordPress marketing team.
Are you planning a contribution day or event for WordPress? Then learn from the best! We’ve rounded up some great videos from WordCamps around the world. In these videos, you will find tips for what you need to consider and how to market your day or sessions to both new and established contributors.
This third in the series of blogs highlights some of the visual resources available on WordPress.tv to help you recruit attendees and plan your events. Previous articles in the series explore how to contribute to WordPress and becoming part of the WordPress community.
We have selected three videos that cover important aspects of organizing a contribution event. If you feel inspired by this selection, head over to WordPress.tv. There are more videos available on the subject there!
In Italy, standalone contributor days have been used to build up interest and understanding of what it means to be part of the international open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project 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/. Francesca Marano explores how other groups can use similar techniques to develop a following and encourage MeetUps and WordCamps in their locality. This inspirational talk also covers how to create a WordPress.org login and a 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/. account, two of the tools people will need to join and communicate with WordPress’s team of contributors.
If you are unsure of the benefits of holding a contribution event or the range of ways you can get involved, this video is for you. In this interview with Rocio Valdivia about the 500-strong 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. Europe 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/. in 2017, you’ll find great quotes about shared learning and experience. Also: how working together and attending an event can expand your network. It’s not just the project but the people, who benefit from contributing!
For further inspiration on designing a contributor event, watch Sonja Leix’s talk. It provides a step-by-step guide to organizing contributor days, contributor nights and special MeetUpMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. events focused on individual Make WordPress teams. It also has ideas for how to support people who want to get started with developing WordPress.
If you would like to contribute to WordPress at an event, or from work or home, helping out with this blog series can be an easy way to join the community or try something new.
You can add to a shared spreadsheet of video links from WordPress.TV, videos that you think highlight the community. You can review a recording on the list for sound quality and key learning points, or subtitle one of the short films to help make the library on WPtv more inclusive.
Join the Make WordPress Marketing Team on slack to find out more. You can also contact either @webcommsat or @siobhanseija.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this post and everyone that continues to help us identify and review videos. Also to @webcommsat and @siobhanseija for leading the WordPress.tv marketing videos initiative and its blog series.
Did you know there are excellent video resources which can help you contribute to the WordPress Project? We’ve selected some videos from presentations at WordCamps across the world. They can be useful if you are curious about Contributor Days or preparing to lead a table at an event. Of course, they’re also interesting if you’re new to contributing!
In a series of blogs, we are highlighting a selection of videos on WordPress.tv which have been identified by members of the WordPress community as good marketing resources.
In this first blog, we are sharing three videos which help to explain how you can start making 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/ or support others in getting started on their volunteer journey.
Have you ever wondered how you could start contributing to WordPress, or wanted tips on sustaining your contributions? Here are some videos that can help.
First up, discover how a group of individuals got involved in contributing to the community as they share some tips from their experiences.
Join Kathryn Presner, Yannick Lefebvre, Miriam Goldman, and Mel Choyce in their open discussion 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. Montreal 2017. They talk about the different teams that work on WordPress.org and share tips that just might inspire you to start contributing.
If you are new to adding to open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. projects or unsure of where to start in contributing to WordPress, this video is ideal to watch. Featuring a talk by Josepha Haden, this video shows some of the ways you can get involved with the WordPress Project. Additionally, she encourages long-time contributors to support and encourage first-time contributions.
Josepha’s beginner’s guide to contributions were recorded at WordCamp US 2017. It’s a great talk that helps you, or anyone you’re supporting in this, find their place as a WordPress contributor.
Felix Arntz presented a useful guide to contributing to WordPress core and techniques for successful long-term contributions. His talk explores how you can make your volunteer time more efficient, how to find access to developer groups, and how you can make your ideas heard.
This is a very inspiring talk by core contributor Felix, recorded at WordCamp US 2017. Follow him through his life story up to now, and what WordPress has done for him. It is interesting for non-developers as well!
WordPress.tv hosts thousands of valuable and fun videos like the three highlighted in this post. At the moment, most of them lack subtitles.
Did you know submitting subtitles is a great way to contribute? It helps improve the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) of the videos, and by that their reach. There are tools that make this process easy, so why not try? Subtitles are important and we’d love for you to help out by adding subtitles.
Thank you to the speakers featured, everyone who has contributed to and continues to identify and review videos for marketing WordPress and the community. Thanks to @webcommsat and @siobhanseija for leading this initiative and developing the series.
Trae tu portátil y no olvides el cargador.
Regístrate para crear una cuenta 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/ (https://login.wordpress.org/register)
Hazte una cuenta WordPress 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/..
Es posible que necesites echarle un ojo a la guía de iniciación rápida
Es posible que necesites crear una cuenta de TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. o Asana.
Algunos equipos como el de Diseño o el de Comunidad usan estas aplicaciones para gestionar sus tareas.
– Trello : https://trello.com/signup
– Asana : https://asana.com/es
PDF: https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/files/2018/05/ContributorDay-OnboardingPDF-ES.pdf
Contributor Days are awesome. People are excited. Sometimes, though, the excitement is tempered by mild to moderate frustration with getting set up on all of the tools.
The Marketing Team made a generic one but the training team asked for a specific one.
Please feel free to download, email, print (responsibly), etc.
https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/files/2018/05/ContributorDay-OnboardingPDF-Training.pdf
More information is available on our blog at: make.wordpress.org/training.
