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May 30, 2024

April 7, 2024 — Join us this International Women’s Day for a special panel dedicated to uplifting women in the tech industry. Three incredible women in the WordPress community will share their personal journeys, discuss overcoming challenges in their careers, and explore the importance of allyship and supporting other women. Whether you are a tech professional or an ally, come join us for this inspiring panel discussion. Together, we will celebrate and empower women in technology.

December 9, 2023 — Panelists share their experience of building their local WordPress community and inspire you to start or get involved with yours.

July 26, 2023 — ▶️ イベント概要
このイベントでは、WordPress プロジェクトへの貢献 (コントリビュート) がどのように企業の利益につながったか、その成功事例を共有します。これにより、参加者はプロジェクトへの貢献を通じて得られるメリットを理解することができ、また、どのようにして社員のスキルを向上させたり、世界的な協力関係を築いたりすることが可能なのかを学ぶことができます。

国際的に Five for the Future という取り組みを通して、貢献を継続的に行っている企業が増えてきている中、国内企業がその動きを理解し、キャッチアップするためのイベントになればと思います。

▶️ Five for the Future (未来のための5%) とは
2014年にマット・マレンウェッグは、WordPress (CMS またはコミュニティ) の恩恵を受けている組織に対して WordPress プロジェクトの継続的な成功のためにリソースの5%を貢献することを呼びかけるため、Five for the Future を立ち上げました。先日の WordCamp ヨーロッパ基調講演でも、”Five for the Future” の活発化はプロジェクトの大きなニュースのひとつとして取り上げられています。

▶️ イベント登壇者プロフィール (敬称略・あいうえお順)
企業代表
– 相原 知栄子: プライム・ストラテジー株式会社取締役副社長/企画開発部管掌
– 大串 肇: 株式会社 mgn 代表 / Webディレクター・Webコンサルタント
– 小賀 浩通: 株式会社デジタルキューブ代表取締役社長
– 田中昌平: 株式会社シノビアシ 代表取締役会長 兼 社長

WordPress プロジェクト代表
– アンジェラ・ジン (Angela Jin): WordPress プログラム & コントリビューターエクスペリエンス部門責任者
– クロエ・ブリングマン (Chloé Bringmann): WordPress オペレーション責任者
– 高野直子: Five for the Future プロジェクトマネージャー
– ハリ・シャンカー (Hari Shanker): Five for the Future プロジェクトリード

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▶️ Event Summary
This event will share best practices on how contributing (Contributing) to WordPress projects has benefited companies. This will help participants understand the benefits of contributing to projects and learn how they can improve the skills of their employees and build global collaborations.

As more and more companies internationally continue to make contributions through the Five for the Future initiative, we hope that this event will help domestic companies understand and catch up with this movement.

▶️ What is Five for the Future (5% for the Future)?
In 2014, Matt Mullenweg launched Five for the Future to encourage organizations that benefit from WordPress (CMS or community) to contribute 5% of their resources to the continued success of the WordPress project The organization is a member of the CMS and is a member of the WordPress community. The activation of “Five for the Future” was one of the major news stories of the project at the recent WordCamp Europe keynote.

▶️ Event Speaker Profiles (titles omitted, in alphabetical order)
Company Representative
– Chieko Aihara: Vice President, Prime Strategy Co.
– Hajime Ohgushi: Representative of mgn Corporation / Web Director, Web Consultant
– Hiromichi Koga: President, Digital Cube Inc.
– Shohei Tanaka: Chairman and President, Synoviasi Inc.

WordPress Project Representative
– Angela Jin: Head of WordPress Program & Contributor Experience
– Chloé Bringmann: Head of WordPress Operations
– Naoko Takano: Project Manager, Five for the Future
– Hari Shanker: Project Lead, Five for the Future

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May 10, 2023 — The WordPress open source project is a strong global community that cultivates friendship, fun, and many personal and professional opportunities.

As today’s community members, we can ensure that WordPress continues to be this and more for future generations. Passion and enthusiasm alone are not enough to make a community sustainable. Instead, our leadership skills and their growth will help ensure a bright future for our community. In this talk, Angela will explore the concept of leading at all levels. You’ll identify the leadership skills you already possess and learn how you can continue to grow them, to strengthen your personal skill set and to better tomorrow’s WordPress.

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June 28, 2021 — Does your local community have that blank stare while attending your online meetup? Do you want to get them involved more? In this workshop, our presenters will share 10 ways to get your audience on their feet!

Practical tips to make your WordPress online events more engaging and welcoming. Many of these tips can apply or be adapted for Meetups, WordCamps or team meetings.

Come and join this session presented by two of the Community’s Team deputies, Angela Jin and Taco Verdonschot.

You don’t need to be a current event organiser to attend.

December 14, 2020

October 30, 2020 — WordPress is powerful software with a large, diverse community — even if you know how to use WordPress, it can be hard to know how to get started in the community! In this session, Angela will share lessons learned from one year of participation in the WordPress community, including key terminology, an overview of the teams and skills that build WordPress, and tips for cross-discipline communication, all with the goal of helping you get involved.

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October 12, 2020 — This video is the second part of the Organizing Meetups series, and is aimed at all WordPress Community members across the world that are interested in organizing meetups.Part 2 is aimed at supporting meetup groups that would like to organize online events during the pandemic. This video will go into detail on the in-s and out-s of organizing online meetups, including topics like how to organize online meetups, how to keep them engaging, experimenting with different session formats, finding topics and speakers, among others.