May 27, 2022 — Learn the story of one shy WordCamper whose English-speaking WordCamp friends became a catalyst for personal growth.

December 11, 2021 — This talk shares experiences from the WordCamp Japan 2021 organizing effort as a way of illustrating the relationship of community building and communication.

November 18, 2021 — The talk explains why WordCamp conferences are wonderful events that can help Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students build their
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) before graduation.

Learn more about the opportunity to build a Professional Learning Network (PLN) with experts, business owners, digital entrepreneurs, and innovators, already in the business of web development, graphic design, and hosting.

January 30, 2020 — En WordCamp Zaragoza 2018 empezó todo, y desde entonces llevo dos años de completa y auténtica locura dentro de la comunidad WordPress.

En esta ponencia repasaré todo lo que me ha ocurrido a lo largo de estos dos intensos años para tratar de animar al personal :D, he sido ponente en varias WordCamps, he estado en el equipo de organización de la WordCamp Madrid, he colaborado con el equipo de WordPress TV y por supuesto he conocido a un montón de gente excepcional dentro de la comunidad.

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November 10, 2019 — This session will look at ways for making WordPress events more eco-friendly. Are we making our WordCamps and local Meetups as environmentally sustainable as possible? What can we as organisers and participants do to ensure our events are planned and delivered with sustainability at the heart? The principles discussed will equally apply to your other networks and work events.

Our speaker Abha Thakor is the co-lead of a cross team project on sustainability within the WordPress community. In this talk, she will highlight findings from ongoing research with WordCamps and Meetup event organisers and learning from commercial events. She will show how you can contribute to the creation of a sustainability toolkit and be a eco-champion.

August 5, 2019 — Leveraging Your WordCamp Experience for Better Social Media Engagement

WordCamp is an empowering experience for the WordPress novice, expert and everyone in between, but processing all the information at the end of the conference can sometimes be overwhelming.

Using humor and lots of hands-on techniques, this talk will help you elevate your WordCamp experience to a new level! You’ll learn how to gather, sort and apply all the great information you’ve learned from the conference! Plus how to effectively apply all this great knowledge and information for better Social Media engagement.

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Learn how to takes notes effectively to make it easier to sort through later.Interact with other attendees to network and share.Will learn what to post on social media from their WordCamp experience and use their devices to do real-time posting.

March 11, 2019 — The combination of WordPress and WordCamps spreading throughout the world has created a global network of friendship. These relationships form bonds that are deeper than nationalism, and could someday advance World Peace.

This talk will use a case study of WordCamp Crazy, a group of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi WordCampers who’ve formed a bond of friendship despite the fact that their countries have been at war. Their story of learning and compassion could change the world.

January 3, 2019 — Leveraging Your WordCamp Experience for Better Social Media Engagement

WordCamp is a great experience for the WordPress novice, expert and everyone in between. But, how exactly does one apply all the great information they’ve learned from the conference? This talk will explore the reasons why one should attend WordCamp and how-to effectively apply WordCamp skills, knowledge and information for better Social Media engagement.

April 16, 2018 — The first WordCamp in Japan happend in 2008. Since then, Japan have had over 20 WordCamps. Japan is well known for the strong community base, including the creation of Wapuu. So, what is behind its strength? In Japan, people are having many kinds of events, not just usual events with sessions and Q&A. For example, photo shooting events, just come and work on anything events, Onsen events, WordPress set up for the first time events, and training camps etc. In this session, I will collect all the interesting examples from all over the country and will do a show-off. The ultimate purpose of this session is to encourage folks to be creative when planning and running events. While learning and sharing are the core factors of meetups, getting close to each other and having many ways of interactions is the key for fostering great communities.

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March 5, 2018 — I had contacted Joe about doing an interview and then found out that he was attending WordCamp Lancaster where we were both giving presentations. We got together in the afternoon and spent a few minutes chatting.