December 4, 2022 — Learn the basics of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).Know more about how to make ours a more inclusive and welcoming community where everyone can feel a sense of belonging.

September 29, 2022 — In this workshop, we go over the basics of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). Let’s learn how to do this work together to make the WordPress community a more inclusive and welcoming community where everyone can feel a sense of belonging.

October 14, 2021 — This presentation offers expert advice for recruiting and coaching new WordPress Meetup organizers.

December 12, 2020 — This workshop offers an entry level guide to setting up your own self hosted WordPress site from the very beginning through your site going live with content!

November 23, 2020 — In this workshop, we will be taking a look at the WordPress Dashboard. Our goal is to make sure you understand how to access your site’s Dashboard, how to navigate it, and a general familiarity with where things are on the Dashboard.

October 13, 2020 — Learn what the WordPress Community Team is and how it contributes through education, connection, and support. We’ll tell you about WordPress events, working groups, and contributor roles. Highlight the importance of our Diversity and Inclusion programming. And share with you how anyone can get involved with the community team!

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August 11, 2020 — An introduction to the WordPress open source project. In this brief workshop with Courtney Patubo Kranzke and Cami Kaos from the WordPress Community team you’ll learn a little bit about the history of WordPress software, understand better how building open source software differs from building traditional “closed source” software, and learn what teams the WordPress project is divided into. With this, we hope you’ll glean a better understanding of how the WordPress project functions and where you might like to get involved.

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May 11, 2019 — Feedback, given or received, can be a gift or a curse. Explore the subtle art of communicating feedback in a way that’s beneficial to both sides while also helping the overall health of the project you share. I’ll draw from examples in open source communities, collaborations, and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest to help attendees understand how everyone benefits when feedback is given about products and projects instead of individuals. While we’re in a feedback mindset I’ll talk about how to share critical feedback about the folks we work with while remembering that the person on the other end of the internet is a human too.

November 10, 2016 — There’s a huge community of WordPress enthusiasts out there. Getting them together though can be a bit like herding cats. This town hall is hosted by Cami Kaos and Jeremy Green. The town hall format allowed attendees ask the speaker a number of questions on a specific topic.

December 8, 2015 — Version 4.4 of WordPress, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.4 make your site more connected and responsive and introduces a new default theme, Twenty Sixteen.