Category: News from the Crew

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WordCamp: We Need YOU!

Volunteer at WordCamp Seattle 2018

We need your help!!

WordCamp Seattle is organized, planned, and run entirely by volunteers (and paid for by our amazing sponsors). We need your help to create an outstanding experience for 2018.

We need volunteers to help with:

    • “Happiness Bar” tech support
    • Registration – Greet attendees at the registration booth and provide them with swag.
    • Presentation rooms (general) – Help speakers set up and make sure everything runs smoothly in the presentation rooms.
    • Speaker Introduction – Help us hype our awesome speakers with a (pre-written for you) introduction.
    • Setup and teardown – Would you like to have the whole day to listen to speakers and chat with fellow attendees? Sign up for setup and teardown! We’d love to have help before and after!
  • Runners/Floating Support – Be an information resource for attendees and know where to route any questions you can’t answer.

We welcome anyone to apply to volunteer, regardless of ability!

Our only requirement is that you are available and can be at the Washington State Conference Center on November 10 and 11, 2018.

Volunteers will be asked for a commitment of four hours of time. (You get bonus points for signing up for even more!) If there are specific talks you want to see, please let us know which ones and we will make that happen.

Interested?

Register for WordCamp and choose the “I want to volunteer!” button! This will let us know to get in touch with you via email – and we’ll send along a short and sweet volunteer form. Or you can go straight to the form here. Have questions? Just send us an email.

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Get to Know Your Flight Crew – Amber Walcker

Amber Walcker, WordCamp Seattle 2018 lead organizer

Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:

Amber Walcker, Lead organizer

  • What do you do for a living? 

    Amber Walcker, WordCamp Seattle 2018 lead organizerI work at the University of Washington in the IT department. My specific unit specializes in data integrations and warehouses, web services and metadata information. My role is the Marketing and Communications Manager. I am responsible for the communications that are shared out from our unit to campus. I also am responsible for creating marketing materials for our unit’s products and services. I also provide guidance to our division on communication strategies as well as create collateral for senior leadership.

  • How do you use WordPress?

    Our unit’s website uses WordPress. I am primarily a content creator and editor. I definitely don’t get into development. However, I do have a background in web design so I understand the basics of HTML and CSS.

  • How did you end up involved in WordCamp?

    I attended a WordCamp 4 years ago with a few coworkers and I was hooked. I loved the diversity of content and speakers. The swag has always been pretty amazing! After attending  2 WordCamps, I was asked by the 2017 Lead Organizer Sheila to join the planning committee. So I did! I assisted in the Swag and Registration. After my first meeting with Sheila, we both realized that we had similar backgrounds and the potential of being the Lead Organizer for a future WordCamp was definitely a possibility. So for 2018, I completed the interview with WordCamp Headquarters and was approved to lead 2018, along with my co-leads Vanessa and Teri. I understood the importance of blending the PNW WordPress Community with the annual WordCamp Conference. I believe it’s extremely important to drive the innovation and community from the ground up! WordCamp is merely a highlight of the bigger effort taking place at the community level, and I couldn’t be more proud to celebrate all the communities at WordCamp.

  • What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?

I really enjoy spending time with my husband, gardening, and hanging out with our little fur-child, JoJo. And let’s not forget COOKING! I like to think of myself as a super resourceful cook! Somehow there might be “nothing” in the fridge or cupboards, but somehow I make a meal that will feed my husband and me for days. I also really enjoy weekend getaway trips, hiking and helping others. And a totally weird hobby – but I enjoy organizing things and cleaning.

How to get in touch with Amber:

Linkedin
Instagram

When you see Amber at WordCamp Seattle in Nov, (you have your boarding pass, correct?) be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.

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Community Sponsorship is Open for Ticket Purchase!

WordCamp Seattle 2018 ticket sales

The WordPress community is a phenomenal place with amazing people making a huge impact all over the world. WordCamp is a great event that gives us an opportunity to all come together and share our experiences and knowledge with each other.

That’s why we are excited to announce a special event for those that are just excited to make an impact as everyone in the community!

Be part of the Ground Crew. Make WordCamp Seattle possible!

Community sponsorship is open for ticket purchase!

Let’s cover some awesome benefits of becoming a Community Sponsor:

  • A great opportunity to give back to the free open source community that helps thousands of individuals and business share wonderful skills and talents to the world.
  • Increase visibility that will help local businesses and communities learn more about your products and services.
  • Showcase that you are active in the WordPress community and meet other Seattle businesses that you can network with and connect, building stronger relationships to help your company excel.

WordCamp Seattle would love to have you!

Grab your ticket and boarding pass today!

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Celebrating Community! WordCamp 2018 Early Registration

WordCamp Seattle 2018: We have started pre-boarding (that's early bird registration)!

Shortly we’ll begin boarding WordCamp Seattle’s Flight 2018

Since the WordPress community is such a phenomenal place with amazing people making a huge impact all over the world,  we are excited to announce a special event for those who are excited to make an impact as everyone in the community!

We have started pre-boarding (that’s early bird registration)!

Before we begin the boarding process, we would like to pre-board our flight for anyone who:

  • needs some assistance with WordPress
  • can help someone needing assistance with WordPress
  • has never used WordPress
  • using WordPress
  • has no idea about coding
  • is a developer or coder

Heck! Pre-boarding for WordCamp Seattle 2018 is open to EVERYONE excited to attend and be part of this amazing community!!

Signing up early ensures you get one of the hottest tickets of the year

and some amazing benefits:

An opportunity to connect with awesome people in the community from all skill levels. Doesn’t matter if you just started your first WordPress site or you’re a seasoned pro!

Build stronger connections with those in the community plus connect with hundreds of amazing individuals, companies, and businesses from all over.

Share your skills and talents by helping others discover what the WordPress community has to offer, plus more!

Get your boarding pass now!

Early bird tickets are only open August 20, 2018 – September 4, 2108, and are limited in number.

And if getting your seat assignment early isn’t enough, we’ll have a special piece of swag for those who pre-board.

Grab your seat assignment today. We predict clear flying and an incredible flight (we’ve had a glimpse of the in-flight entertainment).

Get your early bird pre-boarding tickets now.

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WordCamp Women’s Speaker WorkShop

Are You Ready for WordCamp? WordCamp is Ready for You!

The flight crew announced the call for speakers (every flight needs some entertainment, right?).  In keeping with the goals of our Pilots, we will be holding workshops to help those interested in becoming part of our WordPress community or playing a larger role in it.

Thinking about speaking?

Unsure if you have it in you?
Not sure about your content?
Just want to learn more?

WordCamp Speaker Training - Women's Workshop

This is a workshop for women who are thinking about speaking at WordPress events, such as WordPress Meetup and WordCamp. During this hands-on session, we’ll look at what has stopped you from speaking in the past — and explore how to move past your doubts.

We will discuss some common myths about public speaking, different talk formats, and we will focus on finding your areas of expertise (yes, you have areas of expertise!). We will brainstorm topics you can talk about at a WordCamp or other event.

Each participant will come out of the workshop with a WordCamp or Meetup talk idea — and more confidence to submit it.

***You do NOT have to have any experience in public speaking. This workshop is for all levels of experience.

This workshop is for you if:

>You identify as a woman.
>You’re not sure how to develop a talk about your topic.
>You’ve thought about speaking at Meetup or WordCamp but haven’t been able to think of a topic

When and Where?

Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 6:00-8:00 PM

Place: Smart Buildings Center, Pacific Tower

1200 12th Ave. S. Seattle, WA

Get your seat assignment:

WordCamp Speaker Training – Women’s Workshop

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On Behalf of the Entire Crew, Welcome Aboard

Welcome aboard - WordCamp Seattle 2018 #wcsea

We’ve working through the pre-flight checklist

First off is the theme. We chose to stay with ‘aviation’ for 2018. Seattle’s connection to flight dates back to 1908 and with Boeing’s incorporation in May of 1917, it took off.

As you can tell by the menu and page titles, as well as the language we’re using, we intend to have a little bit of fun with the theme.

wcsea 2018 logo

If you are part of the Ground Crew (our sponsors), the In-Flight entertainment (our speakers),  or simply a Passenger (thank you in advance for boarding), we’d love your help in carrying the theme throughout your marketing and time at the event.

Second, as the lead marketing wrangler I need to give a shout out to Branden for his efforts in getting this site ready for flight and to Tamara for the logo, colors, and the graphics you’ll see here, on our social profiles, and at the event. 

I’ll add a big shout out to everyone else on the flight crew. Each has already contributed in a number of ways and I am proud to be part of it.

On behalf of the entire crew, welcome aboard

We look forward to you joining us and meeting everyone along the way.  While the destination matters, it’s the friendships you make and the experiences you have during your travels which truly last a lifetime.

Robert Nissenbaum
Lead Marketing Wrangler

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Welcome to WordCamp Seattle

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

WordCamp Seattle will be November 10-11, 2018 at the Washington State Convention Center.

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!

WordCamp Seattle 2018 is over. Check out the next edition!