{"id":10265,"date":"2018-08-07T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=10265"},"modified":"2018-08-07T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:49:11","slug":"results-of-the-wceu-2018-attendee-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/results-of-the-wceu-2018-attendee-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the #WCEU 2018 Attendee Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/08\/07\/results-of-the-wceu-2018-attendee-survey\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/results-of-the-wceu-2018-attendee-survey\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?fit=1600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,800\" 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=\"wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?resize=640%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/wceu-18-post-attendee-survey-results.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Stats, survey results and a final round up of WCEU 2018 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our satellites have been orbiting and we can finally share the WCEU 2018 attendee observations that we collected in our survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We could tell from your smiling faces that you were enjoying WordCamp Europe. Now the polls are in and it\u2019s official: you loved it! With 566 total responses to our survey from 49 different countries, an overwhelming 93% of attendees rated their experience as \u201camazing\u201d or \u201cgreat\u201d.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before going into the rest of the survey results, let\u2019s do a quick recap of the some of the numbers we shared during our closing remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WCEU in numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We sold 2368 tickets to folks attending from 76 different countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A record-breaking 2085 people attended in all, with 529 participants at Contributor Day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We had 808 sign-ups to view WordCamp Europe via Livestream, from 37 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A total of 65 speakers honoured us with their presence this year, from 17 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">37 sponsors, and 44 microsponsors, brought us the funding we needed to make the event a success.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our Public Relations team organized 68 interviews for 9 Media Partners, with a total audience reach of 200k.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Media numbers went way up this year, with more than<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1.5M in audience reach on Twitter, and over 4k unique views on Instagram.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were 54 organizers strong across 10 teams, and supported by an additional 170 volunteers during the event.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Survey results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">49% were attending WCEU for the first time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And for 37% of those folks, WordCamp Europe in Belgrade was their first ever WordCamp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">98% said they would recommend WCEU to a friend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">90% are very likely to attend WCEU in Berlin in 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The top 10 rated activities and services were:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The talks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meeting sponsors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The After Party<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Info desk<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The official app<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Event swag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workshops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live captioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open networking<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>The top 10 talks were:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keynote and Q&amp;A \u2013 Matt Mullenweg \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technical SEO to grow your WordPress business \u2013 Joost de Valk \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ethics of Web Design \u2013 Morten Rand-Hendriksen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond Gutenberg \u2013 Mat\u00edas Ventura \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Progressive WordPress Themes \u2013 Alberto Medina, Thierry Muller \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordPress in 2019 \u2013 Noel Tock \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accessible Design \u2013 Maja Benke \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JavaScript APIs in WordPress \u2013 Adam Silverstein \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordPress and Inclusive Design \u2013 John Maeda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anatomy of a block: Gutenberg design patterns \u2013 Tammie Lister<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>The top 3 workshops were: (Gutenberg anyone?)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Gutenberg) Block Development with React \u2013 Zac Gordon, Julien Melissas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s Build a Gutenberg Block \u2013 Lara Schenck \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roundtable with the Gutenberg team \u2013 The Gutenberg Team<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">78% of attendees said they most definitely want to see workshops again next year!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How was the organization?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pretty great according to you! 94% rated us \u201cgreat\u201d or \u201camazing\u201d and it looks like we\u2019re finally getting food right, with a strong 80% positive rating. The venues were also rated 80%, no doubt because of the rocket-propelled decor the design team dreamed up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">43% rated the After Party as \u201coff the hook\u201d, and an additional 21% rated it as \u201cgood\u201d, with only 24% who didn\u2019t attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Top 5 things we absolutely did right that you want us to continue:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workshops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The PWA (our official app!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Contribution Room<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The live band at the After Party<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food buffets with lots of choices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Areas where we can still improve:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WiFi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quiet areas for the After Party<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Greater capacity for workshops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air conditioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More sustainable (less throwaway) swag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diverse speakers and topics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ll use the feedback from our attendee survey and take on board everything we did well and can improve upon for our next mission: WCEU 2019, landing in Berlin on June 20-22. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tickets will become available from <\/span><b>September 1st, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 and you can head over to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.europe.wordcamp.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WCEU 2019 site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to subscribe for updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until then, look back at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/damndirty\/sets\/72157670532139388\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.tv\/event\/wordcamp-europe-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from WCEU 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stats, survey results and a final round up of WCEU 2018 Our satellites have been orbiting and we can finally share the WCEU 2018 attendee observations that we collected in our survey. 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