{"id":2833,"date":"2016-01-18T09:19:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:21:59","slug":"call-for-speakers-for-wceu-2016-closes-in-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers-for-wceu-2016-closes-in-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for speakers for #WCEU 2016 closes in 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you didn\u2019t apply to speak at WordCamp Europe 2016 just yet? Well, don\u2019t wait the last moment because<strong>\u00a0the speaker applications close in less than 2 weeks \u2013 on Sunday, January 31st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to have you on stage at this year&#8217;s WordCamp Europe in <strong>Vienna, Austria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Why apply to speak?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, because it\u2019s the largest WordCamp in Europe and more than 1500 people already bought a ticket to attend it. If you use WordPress or open source software, chances are you have a story\u00a0to tell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2836\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2836\" data-attachment-id=\"2836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers-for-wceu-2016-closes-in-2-weeks\/featured-image-karin-christen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,700\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karin Christen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Karin Christen gave her first WordCamp Europe talk in 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-1100x550.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen.jpg\" alt=\"Karin Christen gave her first WordCamp Europe talk in 2014\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-1100x550.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen-1000x500.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karin Christen gave her first WordCamp Europe talk in 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No matter if you are an experienced speaker or just starting out \u2013 WordCamp Europe is <strong>the perfect stage to share your experiences<\/strong> on topics like development, design, business, content, marketing or community.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/wceurope.polldaddy.com\/s\/apply-to-speak-2016\">Ready to start? Apply now!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Not convinced yet? Read on<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re not sure what to speak about? Here is the list of topics that we believe will be interesting to our attendees, divided by categories:<\/p>\n<h3>Development<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Broader Horizons for WP developers \u2013 new languages, paradigms, and tools, that inspire us to be better WordPress developers.<\/li>\n<li>WordPress REST API<\/li>\n<li>Using modern JavaScript front-end tools with WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Developing larger projects with WordPress \u2013 both team and technical challenges, e-commerce solutions, complex web applications.<\/li>\n<li>Real-world stories of automated testing (end-to-end, integration, browser, unit).<\/li>\n<li>Server setup and new stacks (HHVM, containers, deployment).<\/li>\n<li>Learning \u2013 approaches for staying up-to-date with WordPress and the web development worlds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective design processes and approaches (mobile-first, data-driven design, designing in the browser).<\/li>\n<li>Designing user experiences for multiple devices\/platforms (cohesive UX).<\/li>\n<li>New trends in web standards and how to make a good use of them (HTML5, CSS, SVG).<\/li>\n<li>Responsive web design &amp; web typography.<\/li>\n<li>Client-Designer relationship management &amp; the changing role of the designer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Business<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enterprise WP, Big Media &amp; Government projects (real-world stories and case studies would be great)<\/li>\n<li>Strategies for business growth &amp; challenges of growth (idem!)<\/li>\n<li>People management (customer service, developers, distributed teams)<\/li>\n<li>Pricing &amp; product strategies (competition analysis, differentiation, upselling, cross-selling, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Brand &amp; reputation management (how to build a strong brand, crisis management, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Business optimization tips for freelance developers (all that paperwork and how to deal with it)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Content \/ Marketing \/ Community<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful content strategies<\/li>\n<li>Publishing<\/li>\n<li>SEO<\/li>\n<li>Landing page optimizations<\/li>\n<li>Email marketing\/Building a subscription<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Management<\/li>\n<li>Practical guide for getting involved with the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Excited?<\/h2>\n<p>There are less than 2 weeks before we close our Call for speakers and if you still have second thoughts, I recommend you reading what <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/why-should-you-speak\/\">other alums said about speaking at WordCamp Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We <strong>encourage you<\/strong> to use the remaining time to think about your potential topic(s) and prepare your application. Remember, this in a <strong>unique opportunity to share your experiences<\/strong> with attendees that will come all over Europe and the world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/wceurope.polldaddy.com\/s\/apply-to-speak-2016\">Apply now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you didn\u2019t apply to speak at WordCamp Europe 2016 just yet? Well, don\u2019t wait the last moment because\u00a0the speaker applications close in less than 2 weeks \u2013 on Sunday, January 31st. We would like to have you on stage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers-for-wceu-2016-closes-in-2-weeks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Call for speakers for #WCEU 2016 closes in 2 weeks<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12019359,"featured_media":2836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[730585,29,268941,353963,464723],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-speakers","tag-call-for-speakers-wceu","tag-speakers","tag-wceu","tag-wceu-speakers","tag-wceu16"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/01\/featured-image-karin-christen.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NYKL-JH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12019359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2833"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}