{"id":216073,"date":"2014-07-11T10:34:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T10:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=216073"},"modified":"2014-07-11T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T11:25:25","slug":"speaker-applications-are-now-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker-applications-are-now-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Applications Are Now Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker applications for WordCamp Europe 2014 are now <strong>closed<\/strong>. We&#8217;ve received over 80 applications from 19 countries all over the world. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"216075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker-applications-are-now-closed\/screenshot-2014-07-09-18-43-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15.png\" data-orig-size=\"986,566\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2014-07-09 18.43.15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-216075\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-09 18.43.15\" width=\"986\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15.png 986w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15-500x287.png 500w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2014\/files\/2014\/07\/Screenshot-2014-07-09-18.43.15-624x358.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/> In the next few weeks we will be going through everyone&#8217;s applications, and decide on the speakers for WordCamp Europe 2014. Much like last year, there are certain things we&#8217;ll be looking for in your applications, in order to\u00a0put our final schedule together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Diversity of subject<\/strong> \u2014 since WordCamp Europe will attract people from different areas,\u00a0we need to make sure that we&#8217;re providing content that&#8217;s useful for developers, designers, bloggers, business owners, and everyone else in between.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversity of geographical location and gender<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0the final schedule will represent the WordPress community worldwide, while particularly showcasing WordPressers in Europe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Novelty<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0is the presentation saying something new? Or saying something old in a new way?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relevance<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 is the content relevant to WordPress and WordPress users today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will look at the\u00a0applicants&#8217; past presentations, and previous content on the web, to\u00a0make sure that the program for WordCamp Europe 2014 is top notch.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who applied! You&#8217;ll be hearing from us soon, as\u00a0<strong>we will contact everyone who applied no matter\u00a0what our answer is<\/strong>. To everyone else &#8211; stay tuned for our first speaker announcements!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to follow WordCamp Europe on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wceurope\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(<em>and look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wceu\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>#wceu<\/strong><\/a> hashtag, too<\/em>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WordCampEurope\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111206512395258367886\/posts\">Google +<\/a>, to keep up\u00a0with the latest developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker applications for WordCamp Europe 2014 are now closed. 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