October 13, 2023 — This talk explores the best ways to ask for feedback in a manner that makes clients feel comfortable and secure.

Learn about various online tools and advanced techniques that can be used to receive valuable, specific and constructive feedback on your designs.

In order to avoid receiving vague or unhelpful feedback, it’s crucial to learn how to ask for it in the right way.

October 13, 2023 — As of 2023, WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world that also powers a global economy estimated to be worth billions of dollars. However, no corporation owns WordPress – it is open source and maintained by a global community, and it needs steady contributions to grow and thrive. Many WordPress companies support the project through the Five for the Future program by sponsoring up to 5% of their employees’ time to contribute to the software. Pledging contributions to WordPress will not only ensure the project’s long-term sustainability but will also offer tangible benefits and growth opportunities for individuals and companies.

This session will be in a panel discussion format that will bring together four seasoned WordPress contributors to share about their contribution journeys. We will discuss Five for the Future and explore various available growth opportunities as part of the program. The discussion will also explore how companies can set up their own internal contribution teams and how they can contribute efficiently and grow alongside the project. Together, we will explore how individual contributors of all experience levels can start their contribution journey through WordPress and use it to build a successful career. The discussion will delve deep into contributor sponsorship opportunities as well.

October 13, 2023 — This talk explains how to generate income by teaching WordPress in your community.

Using WordPress as a teaching tool for high school students can help them tap into an entreprenuerial mindset, develop project management skills, and help to surface their creativity.

Learn how developers can get paid contracts with school districts and develop curriculums to teach WordPress in the clasroom.

October 13, 2023 — Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the capacity to work with people who are not like you.

The business ecosystem around WordPress is multicultural and distributed.

While global business speaks English, it can be challenging to understand what others are trying to communicate. Remote companies operating in different regions often struggle to effectively implementing practices that work well for everyone.

How do you navigate the minefield of culture-based misunderstanding?

This talk identifies some of the big invisible boundaries of global business and suggests ways to bridge them.

The presentation is based on the experience of a former Make WordPress rookie who joined the Polyglots team consisting of 20 000 contributors speaking 200 languages, and then found herself resource managing a team of 50 engineers and project managers across APAC, Americas, and EMEA.

October 13, 2023 — This inspirational talk shares the speaker’s journey of overcoming obstacles and delivering exceptional designs despite color blindness.

With a keen sense of observation and a gift for understanding clients’ needs, this speaker thrived in the creative industry. This motivational talk provides encouragement to coders and programmers to embrace design skills in their daily practices.

If you’ve ever felt limited by your coding skills and believed design was out of reach, this talk is for you. Let’s ignite creativity within the coding community and shape a captivating digital landscape together. Learn how to unlock the potential of design-thinking in programming!

October 13, 2023 — The talk offers some ideas for growing an online business with a low budget. Learn more about an easy-to-use workflow for measuring and testing a growth-marketing strategy. The speaker has been using this workflow successfully to improve conversion rates by up to 18%.

October 13, 2023 — Accessibility is about people. Web accessibility is about allowing people to use and understand websites without barriers.

This talk covers the different types of cognitive and physical abilities that people have. Learn more about how designers and developers create many unintended barriers to them using a website.

October 13, 2023 — In this inspiring talk, we will explore the vital role of inclusivity and diversity in the WordPress space, particularly in encouraging more creatives and beginners to join and contribute. With WordPress being a powerful platform for websites, blogs, and online businesses, it is essential to foster an environment that embraces newcomers and empowers them to express their creativity.

We will discuss the importance of breaking down barriers and creating accessible entry points for beginners and creatives by ensuring that they feel welcome and supported in their WordPress journey. By cultivating a diverse community, we can tap into the wide variety of different perspectives, experiences, and talents that enrich WordPress as a whole.

Together we will explore how we can nurture a supportive environment that encourages experimentation, self-expression, learning, and collaboration. We will highlight the benefits of local WordPress meetups as avenues for beginners and creatives to connect, seek guidance, showcase their work, and get their “feet wet”.

Together we will discover how unique perspectives and fresh ideas can revolutionize the way we build, design, and use websites, and we learn ways to encourage others to contribute to creating a vibrant and inclusive WordPress community for everyone.

October 13, 2023 — Learn about the evolution of Google’s Core Web Vitals metrics since its introduction in 2020.

User experience and performance are now commonplace discussions. The web’s evolution demands it.

This talk offers a Core Web Vitals 2023 deep dive, examining their maturation, significance, and related data through the lens of WordPress practitioners

October 13, 2023 — Learn the craft of content creation from someone who has 10,000 YouTube subscribers and 36,000 followers on Instagram (2023).

Topics include recommended habits for consistently creating new content and how to distribute content to multiple platforms and channels.

Find out how to start, and what to consider as you begin creating content for fun, income, or content marketing.