WordCamp Manila

About WordCamp

WordCamp Manila 2016 (#WCMNL2016) will make its revival in December 10, 2016. It will be a one-day conference about WordPress, organized with the WordPress User Group Philippines. It aims to attract developers, designers, web professionals, bloggers and WordPress enthusiasts from all over Manila and beyond for a weekend to absolutely geek-out.

WordCamps are locally-organized, annual conferences covering everything related to WordPress. It brings together WordPress community members from all over the world at a common place, providing a chance to gather in a new location to share insights and experiences, do business, make connections and talk about WordPress (that we all love doing). First started in 2006 by Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, in San Francisco, and since then local communities have organized their own WordCamps. The frequency of WordCamps have been steadily increasing each year with 89 events in 2015 alone.

ABOUT WORDPRESS

WordPress literally powers the web. With nearly 60% of all sites that use a content management system being powered by WordPress, making it the largest content management system of the last couple of years, it takes up a market share of over 25% of all sites on the internet running WordPress.

WP MEETUP MANILA

WordCamp Manila is being organized by a group of WordPress enthusiasts brought together through the WordPress User Group Philippines. Recently started in April 2016, WP Meetup Manila has been providing regular meetups in the WordPress community locally.
More info: meetup.com/Manila-WordPress-Meetup

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Interested in being a part of WordCamp Manila?

We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, organised, energetic, and who love WordPress.

Volunteers will be on the ground, meeting attendees, helping out with speakers and helping to make sure that our WordCamp is just how we want a fine and welcoming WordCamp to be.

As a treasured volunteer at WordCamp Manila, you will be able to:

Get an inside look at the planning stages of the event
Be an essential part of the event on the day
Have the opportunity to meet interesting WordPress people
Be on the ground, meeting WordCamp attendees from all over the world
Receive kudos for your time, attention and efforts
Have a chance in being a part of the next WordCamp & being an organizer of the WordPress User Group Philippines
Free entry to the event, exclusive volunteer T-shirt, and entry to the afterparty
Not to mention invaluable experience running a conference alongside fellow volunteers, organisers, speakers and sponsors

What Do We Need Help With?

We need people to help out beforehand and on the weekend. We’ll try and give you a task that suits you and we’ll make sure everybody can actually enjoy the WordCamp as well: you won’t be parked at the door all day. Tasks that you may find yourself doing include:

Processing registration
Keep an eye on the entrance
Putting together swag bags
Helping out at lunch time
Helping speakers
Running around with microphones during Q&A sessions
Moving people around
General administration

What Should I Expect?

Volunteers are expected to arrive in the early morning: 7AM on the Saturday, 10th of Dec, 2016. If you wanna help out on friday or the days before, let us know in the application.

We are unable to cover expenses for volunteers, which means that if you want to get involved, you will need to cover the costs of travelling to and staying in Manila.

Great! How do I sign up?

Fill in the form below and we’ll keep you posted.
In mean the time, don’t buy your ticket yet. If you’re selected as a WordCamp volunteer, you get one free ticket. We also make sure that if you’re not selected, we foresee enough spare tickets that you can buy. You will also be first on our list, for our next WordCamp’s prospective organizer or volunteers.

Completing the form below means that you agree with this and follow the code of conduct.

Call For Speakers

WordCamp Manila 2016 is currently looking for speakers!

Manila will be reviving its WordCamp which became dormant for the past few years so we are glad to announce the call for Speakers.

WordCamp Manila, like all WordCamps, is an event run by the local community to share all things WordPress. We bring together bloggers, designers, developers, small business owners and entrepreneurs who are passionate about the web and digital, and we want you to share your knowledge with our community.

Whether you are an expert, a beginner, a blogger, a designer, a developer, a marketer, a business owner or a WP enthusiast, you can speak at WordCamp Manila.

Format

Full length sessions will be approximately 20-30 minutes long, with 5-10 minutes afterward for audience questions. Talks can be in English or Filipino.

We’re interested in the following areas:

Running a WordPress site. Cool things you can do with WordPress themes and plugins.
Latest news. We want to hear the future and cutting-edge inner workings in WordPress like the upcoming REST API, shiny features in the customizer, etc
Development. Coding talks aimed at new to medium developers to help improve their skills.
UX and Design. Building sites with striking designs, accessibility and improving user experience.
Workflows. and tips and tricks to become more productive.
Business Talks. Stories of things you’ve learned in your WordPress journey.
(This is not an exhaustive list, if you have an idea that isn’t mentioned above, we would still love to hear from you, contact us if you wish to discuss your talk beforehand.)

Remember, you don’t have to be an expert to talk at a WordCamp. We want to hear thoughts from all areas of the WordPress community, so we would be keen to hear from you even if you’ve never spoke before. If you have a story to share, something cool to show off or some tips for our audiences then we welcome you to be a part of this amazing event.

Submission

Please fill in the form below to submit your talk proposal.
Feel free to submit more than one talk, but please fill in separate forms for each talk.
All talks will be recorded for wordpress.tv, and all successful speakers will be required to sign an A/V release form.
The closing dates for submission will be 12th November at Midnight PH time.
Slides will need to be submitted to the WordCamp Manila team before 12th November.
As a non-profit event, we are unable to pay for travel & accommodation.

Make sure you agree to the speaker guidelines when applying to be a speaker.