December 10, 2021 — Do you need to recharge your social battery by meeting people in the WordPress community? This lightning talk shares a some ways to help and inspire you before your battery gauge goes to zero!

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 21, 2017 — When you first experience the WordPress Community through a WordPress Meetup or WordCamp, chances are that you’re impressed. Impressed by the number of attendees. Impressed by the quality of the presentations. Impressed by the relaxed and friendly atmosphere. But there are many more things that make a WordCamp amazing. After this presentation, you’ll understand why WordCamp Utrecht is a true masterpiece, and not just another conference…

December 11, 2016 — Contributor Panel with Michael Arestad, Gary Pendergast, Joe Dolson, Taco Verdonschot and Tina Kesova

May 31, 2016 — Open source outside the realm of software

John Blackbourn

I’ll talk about how the philosophies behind open source software apply to many other areas of life too, particularly sports, health, and other areas of technology, and I’ll give some examples of it in action.

Your local meet up is only a few steps away

Taco Verdonschot

If you’ve been in the WordPress community for a while, you’ve probably heard someone say that you should really organise your own local meetup, if there isn’t one yet. Right. That’s easier said than done, isn’t it? Where to start? What do you need for a local meetup? Are people going to show up? We’ll cover the basics for getting started with your own local meetup!

Teaching WordPress to Kids: What it taught me

Rachel McCollin

I run a Code Club for 10 – 11 year olds at my son’s school and as well as teaching them Scratch, HTML and other technologies, I’ve been using WordPress to teach them how to create their own websites. In this talk I’ll share my experiences and look at what it taught me about learning WordPress and how easy (or not) it is to learn site admin with WordPress.

May 30, 2016 — Translate WordPress to Dutch with Taco Verdo, Global Translation Editor for the Dutch locale.

April 12, 2016 — This talk consist of two parts.

1. Attending and organizing a local meetup. What is it that makes the tech industry so eager to meet up? Why are you here at WordCamp Torino? What hidden treasures can be found when attending a gathering of developers? What value do we all get from it? Even though there isn’t a single answer to answer all these questions, I’ll give a couple of answers to help you understand.
2. Organizing a local meetup So what if there’s no local meetup to attend? I’ll give some basic tips and tricks to help you start your own, successfully!

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October 21, 2015 — Vanuit hun ervaring met WordPress meetup Nijmegen willen Gijs en Taco tips delen voor het succesvol organiseren van een meetup. Het zijn tips voor vooraf, op de avond zelf, en achteraf. Uiteraard horen ze ook graag tips en vragen uit het publiek.

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