April 1, 2021 — This talk shares how The Commons gave Marija Zaric an opportunity to learn, contribute, and evolve. The web is built on open source by wonderful altruistic people.

November 12, 2020 — En esta ocasión estrenamos nuestras meetups en Inglés con una invitada especial de Brasil: Anyssa Ferreira. Gracias a Jesús Nuño por encargarse de hacer este “fichaje”.

Nos contarán su experiencia de cómo gestionar una comunidad en un país tan grande como Brasil.

¡No te lo pierdas!

En palabras de la propia Anyssa:

The Brazilian WordPress community face many challenges: a huge country, the only one that speaks Portuguese in South America, the social economic contrasts and the fast evolving technology. Let’s talk about how we manage our community, organize events in our own way, and exchange experiences and ideas.

April 27, 2020 — En este evento intercambiamos experiencias entre tres organizadores de dos de los grupos de meetup de Venezuela. Hablamos de diferentes ideas e inquietudes sobre la comunidad WordPress en Venezuela y cómo adaptarnos a la situación actual generada por la COVID-19.

December 15, 2019 — Veteran WordCamp Philly speaker Tessa Kriesel will return this year, this time as keynote speaker. She will present “The Art of Building Community with WordPress.”

September 12, 2019

July 13, 2019 — The topic will cover the aspects of how communities are built and what it takes to a person who wants to start a WordPress community from scratch, the talk will involve all the mature WordPress communities of India as well as the new communities which recently joined the list.

December 1, 2018 — Mandy, Australia’s ‘Fundraising Whisperer’ is joining us to tell us about the lessons she’s learnt building communities. She’ll share some of the best plugins she’s used, discuss her distaste for ‘funnel’ marketing and pressure tactics, and speak about how providing free content has made her happier and her business stronger.

Joining Mandy is her web developer, Paul Dunstone from OSE who will briefly cover the more geeky elements of customising a WordPress site to within an inch of its life. He’ll also share the pain of what it’s like to have an app addict as a client!

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July 17, 2018 — Ogijima, a island of 160 residents. Junko will share how she used WordPress to run and promote the activity of a private library in Ogijima.

人口160人の島、男木島。そこで開館して2年半がたった男木島図書館。小さな島で私設図書館を作るため、運営していくためのWordPressの活用術をお伝えします。それは島の図書館だけではなく場所を選ばず何かを作りたい方への参考になるのではないかと思います。

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June 24, 2018 — Asturias 2018, basada en hechos reales.

Introdúcete en la piel del protagonista, un colaborador de la Comunidad WordPress, que asistiría a una WordCamp que le cambiaría la vida.

Durante unos minutos podrás vivir sus sensaciones, experiencias y los motivos que le llevaron a contribuir.

A lo largo de la ponencia irás comprendiendo su motivación y ganas de contarlo, hasta llegar a entender lo que es Dar y Recibir en WordPress.

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December 7, 2017 — Jonathan Howard, former archaeologist, strategic planner at major advertising agencies, theatre trainer and improviser. Now teaching creativity, leadership and strategy to startups, ad agencies and others.

Jonathan surprises and delights always with his creativity and with the insights from marketing that he luckily shares with his audience. As keynote speaker he was a highlight of WordCamp Riga.

His presentation will be valuable for anyone who wants to build a user base, follower base or community, either for yourself or for your clients.