GROWING THE COMMUNITY BEYOND WORDCAMP

More than 74 million websites running on the internet are powered by WordPress. This creates massive opportunities for themes, plugins, hosting, developers, consultants, and experts.

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1. GROWING THE COMMUNITY
   BEYOND WORDCAMP
   

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2. SPEAKER’S
   PROFILE
   DAVID C. ONOH
   @davidconoh
   @davidconoh
   davidconoh@live.com
   

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3. The WordPress Effect.
   More than 74 million websites running on
   the internet are powered by WordPress. This
   creates massive opportunities for themes,
   plugins, hosting, developers, consultants
   and experts.
   

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4. WordPress User Community
   ■ Ambassadors
   ■ Content Creators
   ■ Developers / Designers
   ■ Entrepreneurs / Freelancers
   ■ End Users
   

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5. Community Generated Resources
   ❖ Blog posts
   ❖ Tutorials
   ❖ Podcasts
   ❖ Videos
   ❖ How tos
   ❖ Wikis ...
   

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6. Community Organized Events
   ● Conferences
   ● Bootcamps
   ● Workshops
   ● Hackathons
   ● Codelabs
   ● Meetups
   

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7. What are WordCamps?
   WordCamps are community-organized events
   that are put together by WordPress users like
   you. Everyone from casual users to core
   developers participate, share ideas, and get to
   know each other.
   

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8. Benefits of WordCamps
   ● Networking
   ● Discussions
   ● Active Learning
   ● Collaboration
   ● Hands-on Practicals
   ● Perks and Freebies
   

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9. Beyond WordCamps
   WordCamp events are very important to
   the continual growth of WordPress User
   Communities. However, it the effort put in
   by members of these communities beyond
   such events that truly sustain them.
   

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10. Growing The Community
    ● Life-Long Learning
    ● Continuous Research
    ● Shared Knowledge
    ● Side Projects
    ● Donations
    ● Meetups
    

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11. Contributing To Communities
    ● Time
    ● Skills
    ● Tools
    ● Information
    ● Funds
    

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12. Q & A
    

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13. Thank You
    DAVID C. ONOH
    @davidconoh
    

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