{"id":310606,"date":"2013-08-08T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=310606"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T13:56:46","slug":"wordcamp-europe-demographics-and-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wordcamp-europe-demographics-and-selection-process\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Europe Demographics and Selection Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people have expressed interest in the overall demographics of the speakers at WordCamp Europe. Since all of the speakers are now confirmed it&#8217;s a great opportunity to share some of them with you. I&#8217;ve been coordinating the speaker submissions and selection process. I&#8217;ve also had a number of questions about the process which I&#8217;m happy to detail.<\/p>\n<h3>The Aim of WC Europe<\/h3>\n<p>When we started discussing WordCamp Europe, we had a number of aims in mind:<br \/>\n1. To showcase speakers from across Europe at a large-scale WordPress event<br \/>\n2. To bring in overseas speakers that people living in Europe would normally have to travel to the USA to see<br \/>\n3. To provide an environment for creating cross-European collaboration and collaboration with the wider international community.<\/p>\n<p>These were all kept in mind while carrying out the speaker selection.<\/p>\n<h3>The Data<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a basic table. Below are the demographics of submissions alongside the number of speakers. Note that this is based on where people currently live, as WordCamp Europe constitutes a local WordCamp for anyone living in Europe.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Submitted<\/th>\n<th>Speaking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Non European<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Israel<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zambia<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>European<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belarus<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bulgaria<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UK<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Luxembourg<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Serbia<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spain<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Portugal<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ukraine<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belgium<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Estonia<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ireland<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The figures work out as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>European speakers: 75%<\/li>\n<li>Non-European speakers: 25%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/siobhanmckeown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spread_speakers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-254\" alt=\"spread_speakers\" src=\"http:\/\/siobhanmckeown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spread_speakers.png\" width=\"539\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WordCamp central <a href=\"http:\/\/plan.wordcamp.org\/planning-details\/speakers\/\">guidelines around speakers<\/a> states that &#8220;If you aim for at least 80% local\/regional and no more than 20% visiting, you\u2019re doing great&#8221;. WCEU is pretty close to that, which we&#8217;re happy with.<\/p>\n<p>We can also compare the number of people speaking to the number of those applied:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>European submissions: 64%<\/li>\n<li>Non-European submissions: 36%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/08\/chart2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-255\" alt=\"spread_submissions_simplified\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/08\/chart2.png\" width=\"360\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Europe had a 64% submission rate and 75% of speakers are from Europe. This means that there is a higher success rate among Europeans as opposed to non-Europeans. This isn&#8217;t surprising since we heavily weighted the decision-making process to Europeans.<\/p>\n<p>We did get a lot of submissions from outside of Europe, particularly from the USA. We had 25 submitted from the USA, the next highest was 14 from the Netherlands! It&#8217;s great to see that people from all over the world are supportive of WordCamp Europe, and willing to pay the high travel costs required to fly in for the event.<\/p>\n<h3>Decision Process<\/h3>\n<p>The decision process worked as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the team constituted 11 people from the following countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, France, The Netherlands, Italy<\/li>\n<li>all members of the team voted anonymously, allocating a Yes, No, or Maybe<\/li>\n<li>Points were allocated: 2 for yes, 1 for maybe, 0 for no<\/li>\n<li>Points were tallied.<\/li>\n<li>as a group we reviewed all of the applications. When two presentations were similar and the speakers of a similar quality, the European candidate was chosen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lots of talented people were turned down. It was a difficult process and there was lots of back and forth discussion to get it right.<\/p>\n<p>We think, however, that in the end we&#8217;ve got a good balance of speakers, including demographics and topics.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to answer any questions in the comments about process and overall demographics. However, it wouldn&#8217;t be fair to comment on individuals so please don&#8217;t single out speakers for discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people have expressed interest in the overall demographics of the speakers at WordCamp Europe. Since all of the speakers are now confirmed it&#8217;s a great opportunity to share some of them with you. I&#8217;ve been coordinating the speaker submissions and selection process. 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