{"id":6841,"date":"2018-05-09T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=6841"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:43:25","slug":"speakers-selection-process-and-stats-for-wceu-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speakers-selection-process-and-stats-for-wceu-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers selection process and stats for #WCEU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has become a WCEU tradition to share speaker submission statistics as well as insights into the selection process.<\/p>\n

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Community input and direct outreach<\/h2>\n

Our goal for WCEU 2018 is to improve<\/strong> and innovate<\/strong> on the event format, so we decided to start off with conducting and gathering data from a variety of research. We organize this event for you and everyone in the community.<\/p>\n

We worked through the feedback form from WCEU 2017 attendees, which included a suggestion field for speakers you\u2019d like to see on the WCEU stage. We worked through every suggestion and then reached out to a number of people to apply to speak at WCEU. For a select few, we offered them a spot directly.<\/p>\n

We also decided to do a community survey to gain insight into how we can improve the experience at WordCamp Europe for the community specifically when it comes to the sessions we offer. 142 members of the community participated in our community survey<\/a> – we used their input to set our priorities. Based on the results, we made decisions such as prioritizing advanced development topics.<\/p>\n

Finally, we opened the call for speakers and received 374 applications<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Speaker applications: the raw data<\/h2>\n

This is a breakdown of the 374 applications that we received.<\/p>\n

Per category:<\/p>\n