April 24, 2024 — Welcome to the orientation call of the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program!

We will use this time to introduce you all to our program and to give you a good idea about how the first six weeks are going to be. Join us to gain a broad overview of the program and to share your thoughts and ideas. All are welcome!

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April 11, 2024 — This video introduces participants to the various aspects of the WordPress open source project. In this session, folks get to learn about the WordPress project as a whole and also get a bird’s eye view of how things take place in the project.

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December 10, 2023 — This talk offers an introduction to Five for the Future. Five for the Future is the official contribution program of WordPress which encourages individuals and companies to pledge up to 5% of their time to give back to WordPress.

As WordPress scales up, this program will play a major role in helping WordPress grow with the times, and in taking our favorite open-source software to the next level.

Get practical tips and learn how to make the most out of the contributor program.

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.

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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July 25, 2023 — WordPress is an open source software that is built by a group of volunteers all over the world. It might be surprising to know that the software that powers over 40% of the internet is powered by a vibrant community all over the world. Everything around the WordPress open source project resolves around the website: https://wordpress.org

The WordPress project is huge and is built and maintained by a bunch of contributors all over the world. Development of WordPress happens in the open, and anyone can help build the software. Through this session, we aim to take a detailed look at the WordPress project and the group of programs that keep WordPress alive and active.

In this session, we will:

* Introduce you to the WordPress Project
* Talk about the different aspects of the WordPress project, and how it functions.
* Share how the WordPress project works under the hood.

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June 13, 2023

May 1, 2023 — Five for the Future is the official contribution program of WordPress which encourages individuals and companies to pledge up to 5% of their time to give back to building WordPress. As WordPress scales up, this program will play a major role in helping WordPress grow with the times, and in taking our favorite open-source software to the next level.

We give an introduction to Five for the Future, and provide some practical tips and guidance for organizations and individuals on how they can make the most out of the contributor program.

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October 31, 2021 — Learn more about free WordPress training available through the WordPress.org initiative, Learn WordPress.

July 22, 2021 — Through contributing to Learn WordPress, you can help give those new or already using WordPress a roadmap for their learning journey.

Learn WordPress connects multiple WordPress Make teams, business owners, professionals, and individual users with ways to navigate their journey through WordPress the software and WordPress, the open-source project.

Join us if you would like to take part in planning the content that will helps others take the next step in learning about the WordPress platform and its community. Learn WordPress contributors come from a variety of backgrounds. We are content creators, project managers, technical writers, designers, developers, trainers, and teachers.