Empowering Speakers: A Journey to Encourage Women and Diverse Groups at WordCamps
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February 22, 2018
When more people from underrepresented groups start speaking at WordPress events, everybody benefits. At WordCamp Vancouver, we started by focusing on women. In 2013, not many had applied. The following year, three times as many women applied and fully half of selected speakers were women. This dramatic shift was no accident. My talk will share how we accomplished it, some of the lessons we learned along the way, and the positive changes that resulted in our community.
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March 17, 2018 at 9:05 pm |
The session slides can be downloaded here:
https://2017.seattle.wordcamp.org/session/empowering-speakers-a-journey-to-encourage-more-women-and-diverse-groups-to-speak-at-wordcamps-and-meetups/
July 29, 2026 at 2:51 am |
This is a valuable initiative for the WordPress community. Encouraging more women and underrepresented voices to become speakers creates a stronger and more inclusive ecosystem. Building confidence through communities and a women entrepreneurs network can inspire many more women to step into leadership roles.