WordPress Community Team Evolves WordCamp Format to Promote Adoption, Training, and Networking for Professionals
WordPress’ Community Team hailed a new era of WordCamps in its recent announcement outlining a significant shift in the purpose for the events. In the past, WordCamps have had a mostly predictable format of presenting inspirational talks on exciting things people are doing with WordPress, business topics, and the latest trends, with short networking opportunities and a contributor day appended to the event. “Connection, inspiration, and contribution are undeniably important to WordPressers,” Automattic-sponsored WordPress community organizer Angela Jin said. “However, as events have returned, communities see that people are much more selective about what events they attend and want to know what they will gain by participating.” After the pandemic, the number of WordCamps dwindled to a fraction of what they had been, as different areas of the world grappled with their own unique public health situations. The Community Team had loosened some of the requirements for WordCamps in order to foster a more welcoming environment for people to want to host in-person events. In an effort to modernize these gatherings moving forward, the team has proposed the following update to the purpose of WordPress events: WordPress events spark innovation and adoption by way of accessible training and networking for users, builders,…
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