Call for Speakers

Posted on by Anchen le Roux

[Speaker Application is now Closed]

The 3rd annual WordCamp Johannesburg will be held at the  Focus Rooms in Fourways, Johannesburg from 25 – 26 October.

We’re planning our largest WordCamp to date and are excited to bring together passionate designers, developers, business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing experts, bloggers and educators from around Gauteng and the country.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Don’t submit a talk on what you think we want to hear; offer to speak on something that you are passionate about. Everybody has a unique WordPress story to tell, and we want to hear yours.

  • What are you uniquely qualified to speak about?
  • Have you used WordPress in an interesting or innovative way?
  • Was WordPress the foundation for creating something meaningful in your community?
  • How has WordPress helped you grow your business?
  • What was your experience updating your code for the latest WordPress release?

TOPIC IDEAS

These topics are not meant to be prescriptive — they’re rather there as a guide to help you think of something you want to talk about.

  • Workshops for beginners
  • Workshops for designers (or for developers wanting to learn more about design principles)
  • Plugin/theme development
  • Setting up an online store (particularly with WooCommerce)
  • Gutenberg (for developers and content writers)
  • Workshops for running a WordPress business (remote work, managing an agency, scaling your business etc)
  • Lessons from the Open Source Communities
  • Marketing
  • Security
  • Building with the WordPress REST API
  • Coding and Development Best Practices
  • And any other WordPress topic you’re passionate about

TALK FORMATS

We will again invite different formats of talks to be submitted. Please indicate in the Talk Format text box what format your topic is ideally suited for.  Some examples:

  • Workshops are more practical and can be between 60-90 min in length.
  • Talks are between 30-45 minutes usually with slides and a Q&A afterwards.
  • Lightning Talks can be between 10-15 minutes. With or without slides.
  • Panel (Group of speakers)
  • Interview (Ask me anything)
  • Multi Session Workshop
  • Group discussion

Submissions will close on 21 September 2018 at midnight. All candidates will be informed as to whether or not their talk was accepted by 25 September.

If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.