Meetup Organizer Newsletter: August 2022
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Hello everyone! The Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) helps WordPress event organizers diversify their speaker lineups and create more inclusive and welcoming events. Every year we calculate our results accomplished since the previous State of the Word. Here is December 2021 to December 2022. A few highlights: This year we continued carrying out the 3…
In December 2022 and January 2023, the #WPDiversity group held diverse speaker workshops in AMER/EMEA and APAC time zones, respectively. Also Italy held a speaker workshop. Diverse Speaker Workshops We held two interactive watch parties that included speaking topic exercises and real-time feedback. The attendees were supported by several speaker mentors who helped support them…
This month we launched our inaugural Allyship workshop from the new Allyship program, and we offered our monthly-ish Diverse Speaker workshop. August 2021 Allyship for WordPress event organizers AMER/EMEA, August 19, 2021 Facilitator: @jillbinder We are running the new Allyship program in quarterly cohorts. This was the first workshop for the first cohort. It was…
The Community Team started discussions around the WordCamp Camera Kit program in 2018. During these discussions, it was agreed that the Camera Kit program still has its place, but the equipment is hopelessly outdated. In 2019 @angelasjin asked for recommendations for possible new equipment. Because of the pandemic, plans for new Camera Kits were halted….
Hello Mentors!If you are currently mentoring a WordCamp, please share how the organizing team is doing and any other insights, interesting ideas, or innovations that they’re planning. Comment on this post to share your update. You are welcome to share updates here throughout the month. Thanks! #mentors, #wordcamp
Happy New Year! Welcome to the January 2022 edition of the monthly Meetup Organizer newsletter. Last year brought many exciting updates and events to the WordPress community, from State of the Word watch parties to the first in-person WordCamp since the pandemic—we have high hopes for 2022 as well. Read on to learn about the…