Be a Part of Something Bigger: Get Involved with WordPress DAVID BISSET WorDCAMP TAMPA 2015
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Be a Part of Something Bigger: Get Involved with WordPressDAVID BISSET WorDCAMP TAMPA 2015
TWO TYPES OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
SUBSCRIBERS(NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS TYPE)
SUBSCRIBERS(NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS TYPE)
CONTRIBUTORS(Also AUTHORS AND EDITORS)
SUBSCRIBERS(NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS TYPE)
CONTRIBUTORS(Also AUTHORS AND EDITORS)
“I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO CODE.”
MYTH #1
HOW YOU CAN HELP TRANSLATE:
Visit https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
TRANSLATE!
Weekly Meeting (On Slack): Wednesdays at 06:00 UTC-4 in #polyglots
HOW YOU CAN HELP WITH VIDEO:
Visit https://make.wordpress.org/tv/
VIDEOS!
Weekly Meeting (On Slack): Thursdays at13:00 UTC-4 in #wptv
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Visit https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/
ACCESSIBLE!
Weekly Meeting (On Slack): Mondays at 19:00 UTC in #accessibility
Twitter: @WPaccessibility
ONCE YOU KNOW SOMETHING SHARE IT
IF YOU CAN LOGIN INTO THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
YOU ALREADY KNOW ENOUGH
IF YOU CAN LOGIN INTO THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
YOU ALREADY KNOW ENOUGH
HOW YOU CAN HELP TEST:Beta Releases of WordPress are announced on the official blog: https://wordpress.org/news/
HELP BETA TEST
WordPress Beta Tester Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/
Follow @WordPress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WordPress/
“I need to be an extrovert to get involved.”
MYTH #2
“I need to be an extrovert to get involved.”
MYTH #2
WITHOUT LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OFFLINE GROUPS
WORDPRESS WOULDN’T BE !24% OF THE
WEB
TAMPA AREA MEETUPS:Tampa (Alison Foxall) CoWork Tampa or Cowork Ybor
Brandon (Alphonso Montibello) Bloomingdale Regional Library
St. Petersburg (Jim True) The Iron Yard
New Tampa (Thomas Giella) New Tampa Regional Library
New Port Richey (Thomas Townsend) Gulf Coast Networking
Safety Harbor (Tony Leary) Venue Varies Month-To-Month
ATTEND A MEETUP http://www.meetup.com/
TAMPA AREA MEETUPS:Tampa (Alison Foxall) CoWork Tampa or Cowork Ybor
Brandon (Alphonso Montibello) Bloomingdale Regional Library
St. Petersburg (Jim True) The Iron Yard
New Tampa (Thomas Giella) New Tampa Regional Library
New Port Richey (Thomas Townsend) Gulf Coast Networking
Safety Harbor (Tony Leary) Venue Varies Month-To-Month
GET INVOLVED http://www.meetup.com/
IF YOU ARE READING THIS SLIDE YOU CAN HELP
AT WORDCAMPS
VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER
HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER:Sign Up On The Mailing List:
http://bit.ly/1Ku2sDu
http://wordcamp.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f577122059b99f24df6aa9b97&id=bb84c65d94
VOLUNTEER
OTHER NEARBY WORDCAMPS:WordCamp Orlando (November 13-15) https://orlando.wordcamp.org/2015/
VOLUNTEER
WordCamp Miami (February 19-21) https://miami.wordcamp.org/2016/
APPLY TO SPEAK
APPLY TO SPEAKSECONDARY BENEFITS:Become An Authority On Your Topic
Provides Evidence You’re An Active Member Of The Community
You Meet New People (Networking)
Represent Your Company
APPLY TO SPEAKPRIMARY BENEFITS:1. You Are Giving Back Knowledge To The WordPress Community
2. You Are Helping Out Event Organizer That Are Always Looking To Keep Their Events Fresh and Diverse.
“I Don’t Have Time To Help.”
MYTH #3
if you don’t have time to help, help someone else TO help
THERE’S ALWAYS MONEY
IF YOU HAVE A PULSE, YOU ARE USEFUL.
YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW CODE
SHARE IT.
YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE
TELL IT.
YOU HAVE A STORY
SUPPORT IT.
YOU HAVE A LOCAL COMMUNITY
SUBSCRIBERS(NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS TYPE)
CONTRIBUTORS(YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE BACK)
TAMPA AREA MEETUPS:Tampa (Alison Foxall) CoWork Tampa or Cowork Ybor
Brandon (Alphonso Montibello) Bloomingdale Regional Library
St. Petersburg (Jim True) The Iron Yard
New Tampa (Thomas Giella) New Tampa Regional Library
New Port Richey (Thomas Townsend) Gulf Coast Networking
Safety Harbor (Tony Leary) Venue Varies Month-To-Month
Online Communities:Meetup Group www.meetup.com/Tampa-Bay-WordPress
Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/wptpa
Slack Chat http://tampabaywp.org/chat
Mailing List http://eepurl.com/i1LsX
THANK YOU.David Bisset davidbisset.com / @dimensionmedia
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