Speaker Submissions Now Being Accepted
Presenters and WordPress lovers have until 11:59 PM on Friday, May 25th, 2018 to submit their ideas for talks at this year’s WordCamp Asheville.
Interested in being considered? You can apply from anywhere, so if you are looking for a reason to visit the mountains and escape the summer heat –
Speakers can choose to present on topics related to website development, web design, business, marketing, content, plugins, and much more. To find out more details about what is involved CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A SPEAKER. We are always looking for unique topics that allow participants to learn applicable WordPress skills
It’s 2018 – Elevate, Empower, Engage!
Our theme this year is all about reaching the next level as we seek to Elevate, Empower, and Engage the WordPress community. We might even have some friendly retro video game fun in the spirit of enjoying a throw back as we move forward. It’s not required to have the theme as part of your presentation, but we’d love to challenge you to include it.
We look to have a diverse lineup of speakers and sessions that focuses on all aspects of the WordPress Community. We’ll be spreading speaker talks across beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics and are most interested in talks that are new and unique with real-world examples.
Here are a few ideas for topics we’d love to see (but get creative, we’re open to anything WordPress):
- Style guides/branding
- Gutenberg for Developers
- Gutenberg for Users
- Balancing Design and Content
- Working with Images – Optimization
- Illustration/Type
- Site Optimization – Page Load Speed
- Effective Marketing Strategy
- Content First
- Google Analytics Primer (with relation to content strategy)
- Headless WordPress for developers
Apply to Give a Full Talk and a Lightning Talk
This year we have given potential speakers two options: present on a topic for 45 minutes and answer attendee questions, or consider also presenting a 15 minute lightning talk and inspire everyone with a simple, yet brilliant idea. If you have more than one idea to pitch, multiple applications are gladly accepted!