Don’t miss out!

Tickets went on sale two weeks ago for this year’s AMAZING WordCamp Seattle scheduled for November 4-5. If you haven’t heard yet it’s because we are not able to transfer your subscription from a previous WordCamp and can’t continue posting on all the past events. That’s why we’ve just created a new year-round portal site where you can subscribe and trust that you’ll always be in the loop about all things WordPress in the Greater Seattle area. But since we are all volunteers and busy putting on this year’s WordCamp and we don’t want you to miss out, we’d thought we’d poke you one more time here on the old site and ask you to hop on over to this year’s event and check out the amazing schedule and speaker line-up!

You’ve been part of the WordPress Community in Seattle for some time. But you may have lost touch.

We have exciting news…now you can stay in touch year round, from WordCamp to WordCamp and Meetup to Meetup. We have just launched a new portal website at https://wpseattle.org. The new site has a calendar with all the Meetups on it, all the past WordCamps, information about joining the local WordPress Slack community AND best of all, a way to subscribe to a new, year-round email list so you’ll never lose touch again.

The Seattle WordPress Community is a place for designers, developers, & publishers throughout the Puget Sound region. Our community includes Meetups all the way from Bellingham to Olympia including Puyallup, Port Orchard and of course throughout the greater Seattle area and Eastside. Our community is friendly and welcoming and a GREAT way to learn about WordPress, develop a new business, find help with a project and lots more. You can also propose a new Meetup, speak at a Meetup, get involved in organizing WordCamp year-round, or volunteer at WordCamp. Welcome to our WordPress Community.

Features planned in the coming months include the ability to add your own WordPress events and a WordPress professional directory.

Please head on over now and be sure to subscribe on the bottom of the page so you don’t miss out. https://wpseattle.org

Speaker submissions are now closed!

We are happy to announce that WordCamp Seattle 2016 is officially accepting speaker applications. We are currently looking for speakers who want to share their knowledge with over 700 attendees. We want you to be a part of it! If you’ve ever even vaguely thought it would be fun to speak at a WordCamp about something of interest to the community, why not apply to speak?

Here are a few ideas to keep in mind when sending us a description of your amazing talk:

• Nothing’s too small, but some topics are too big: You should plan to be able to deliver your talk in about 30-40 minutes with time for questions. However, if your idea is for a very short talk, please apply. We’ll have some micro-slots available.
• Describe your audience and your talk: You should be able to describe what type of WordPress user will benefit from your talk. Are you talking to devs? Bloggers? Both? Also, please summarize what you’re planning to say in one medium-sized paragraph. It makes it easier for us to review. Thanks 🙂
• Don’t be sketchy: have a look at the agreement among WordCamp organizers, speakers, sponsors and volunteers. It’s all common sense, but good to keep in mind.

The deadline to submit proposals is Midnight PDT on August 1.

We are looking for a great and diverse speaker submission pool. Both new and experienced WordCamp speakers are welcome to apply, although we prefer you have some experience presenting to a group (such as giving a talk at a local Meetup). This year we will have tracks devoted to Design, Development, and Optimization, plus the opportunity to contribute to WordPress. If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.

Add WordCamp Seattle to your calendar and we hope you will apply to speak!

We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Seattle 2016 is officially on the calendar!

WordCamp Seattle will be held October 29-30, 2016 at the Conference Center at the Convention Center in downtown Seattle.

Subscribe using the form in the sidebar to stay up to date on the most recent news. We’ll be keeping you posted on all the details over the coming months, including speaker submissions, ticket sales and more!

What is WordCamp anyway?!

WordCamp Seattle brings together WordPress enthusiasts from around the Northwest for two days of education, edification, and community. Whether you’re a developer, a designer, a consultant, an agency, a blogger, or a publisher, WordCamp will take your WordPress skills and enthusiasm to the next level.