Tag: wordcamp incubator program

  • WordCamp Incubator Program 2018 to Host Events in Montevideo, Uruguay and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    WordCamp Incubator Program 2018 to Host Events in Montevideo, Uruguay and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    The WordCamp Incubator Program has selected Montevideo, Uruguay and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to host WordCamps in 2018. The program provides a jump start for new WordPress communities where meetups have not yet been well-established. Montevideo and Kota Kinabalu were selected from a short list of 14 communities that had been whittled down from 104 applications…

  • WordCamp Incubator Program Gears Up for Round 2

    WordCamp Incubator Program Gears Up for Round 2

    Last year the WordPress Community Team launched an experimental WordCamp Incubator program to bring WordCamps to new cities where meetups had not been very well established. After receiving 182 applications, organizers narrowed the selections to three cities with the most potential to foster an emerging WordPress community. Successful WordCamps were held in Denpasar, Harare, and…

  • Harare, Zimbabwe to Host Its 2nd WordCamp November 4, 2017

    Harare, Zimbabwe to Host Its 2nd WordCamp November 4, 2017

    Harare, Zimbabwe will be hosting its second WordCamp on November 4, 2017, at Hellenic Academy. The city was one of three selected to be part of the WordCamp Incubator Program in 2016. Harare’s first WordCamp was successful in connecting the local WordPress community and inspiring local leaders to carry on with organizing future events. Last…

  • Incubator WordCamp Denpasar a Success

    Incubator WordCamp Denpasar a Success

    This post was contributed by guest author Taylor Lovett. Lovett is based in the Washington DC area, is the Director of Web Engineering at 10up, creator of ElasticPress, and general open source enthusiast.   In February 2016, the WordPress Foundation announced the WordCamp incubator program, focused on spreading WordPress and open source values to remote…

  • Harare, Zimbabwe Hosts Its First WordCamp

    Harare, Zimbabwe Hosts Its First WordCamp

    WordCamp Harare, the first ever WordCamp in Zimbabwe, was held over the weekend at the Harare City Library. Harare was selected out of 182 applicants as one of the three locations for the WordCamp Incubator Program. The experimental program launched in February 2016 with the goal of bringing WordCamps to new locations around the world…

  • WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    WordCamp Incubator Program to Launch in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia

    After receiving 182 applications from cities all over the world, the WordPress Community Team has selected three locations for the WordCamp Incubator program: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia Representatives from the thirteen other short-listed locations are encouraged to organize a local WordPress meetup and will have the help of Community Team mentors as needed.…

  • WordCamp Incubator Program Receives 182 Applications, Narrows Candidates to 16 Communities

    WordCamp Incubator Program Receives 182 Applications, Narrows Candidates to 16 Communities

    In February the WordPress Community team announced that it would be launching an experimental WordCamp Incubator program. After a short application window of less than two weeks, the team received 182 applications from cities all over the world. Andrea Middleton reported that the team has narrowed the submissions down to the following 16 communities: Denpasar,…