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Announcing WordCamp Kochi 2019!

Posted on by Hari Shanker R

Lovely WordPressers of the world – all of us from the WordPress Kochi meetup group are excited to announce the third edition of WordCamp Kochi!

WordCamp Kochi 2019 will be held on the 1st of December, 2019 (Sunday) at Seminar Complex, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi!

With two successful editions of WordCamp Kochi, we are all geared up to provide you a unique WordPress experience. This edition of WordCamp Kochi will have something for everyone – even if you’re an experienced WordPress developer, if you’re a student taking baby steps to the world of WordPress, or even if you’re blogger, marketer, or a store owner – we have something in store for all of you!

  • Multiple tracks – WordCamp Kochi 2019 will be a multi-track event. We’ll have a separate track for technical talks this year – to cater to the interests of everyone that’s interested in WordPress development.
  • Workshops We’ll have an additional track this year for workshops. This will be your unique chance to do some hands-on WordPress learning! Don’t forget to bring your laptops this year!
  • Help-desk Another highlight this year is a dedicated Happiness Bar or a WordPress HelpDesk – if you will. We’ll have a team of experienced folks that will be available throughout the event to answer all your WordPress queries.
  • Career corner Looking for a change of careers? Do you want to hire someone for your company? WordCamp Kochi has got your back. We’ll have a dedicated area where you can interact with potential employers and get hired, or reach out directly to potential applicants – for that matter.
  • A change of venue This year, we have the reputed Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), as our co-organizer. The 2019 edition of WordCamp Kochi will be held at Seminar Hall, CUSAT this year!
  • Lots and lots of fun – Q: Why do people attend WordCamps? A: To have fun! 🙂 At the end of the day, what makes a WordCamp unique is how to enthrall, and engages its participants in the best possible way. Each year, we do our best to make our event as much fun and exciting as possible. We have a lot of fun stuff in store for you this year. Stay tuned!

Call for speakers and sponsors at WordCamp Kochi 2019 is now open. We’ll be opening the call for volunteers, as well as the ticket sales for the event in the coming weeks. Watch this space!

A Green WordCamp Kochi

If you’ve attended past editions of WordCamp Kochi, you would definitely have noticed our commitment to the environment.

2019 was a notable year for the world, because of the way a lot of people around us decided to get out of our comfortable little cocoons and take radical action to save the environment. The success of the Global Climate Strike gave us the inspiration we needed. We are all set to do whatever we can to reduce the impact of our conference on the environment. We can’t do this without your help!

Please check out this post to learn more about our commitment to make WordCamp Kochi a green event. Additionally, throughout our event – we also intend to do our bit to spread awareness about the global climate change, and about how we – as citizens, can help mitigate it.

We look forward to meeting one and all of you at WordCamp Kochi 2019!

Call for Volunteers

Posted on by Nebu John Thaliyath

WordCamp Kochi 2019 – the first WordCamp in South India, is expecting over 500 participants from all across the globe, and is an ambitious project by its own right! WordCamp Kochi will be an interactive, and an informal event, where WordPress experts across the world will share their knowledge, in an environment of fun.

Much like WordPress, WordCamps are also volunteer driven projects – and no WordCamp would be successful without the help of volunteers.

Which is why we, need you!

To make WordCamp Kochi an unforgettable event, we want you to be a part of it, and become a volunteer, or to help us co-organize the event with us. As a volunteer, you get a wonderful opportunity to:

  • Get an inside look of how WordCamps work, right from the planning stage.
  • Free tickets for WordCamp Kochi.
  • Be a key part of the entire event..
  • Meet people sharing similar interests.
  • Immense networking opportunities.
  • Get introduced to better job prospects.
  • Attend an exclusive dinner.
  • Receive exclusive, volunteer-only swag.
  • Bragging rights! (Oh, yeah!)

Want to join the fun, and become a part of the wonderful team of volunteers at WordCamp Kochi? Fill in the form below, and apply right away! Call for Volunteers is closed and confirmation mails are sending to approved volunteers. You can see the Volunteers at here

WordCamp Kochi 2019 Call for Speakers

Call for Speakers

Posted on by Jose Varghese
Please note: Our Call for speakers has closed on October 31st, 2019, at 11:59 PM. Thank you for all the wonderful speaker applications!

Ahoy, friends from the World of WordPress! We invite all of you to apply to speak at WordCamp Kochi 2019!

If you had the idea, that speaking at WordCamps is only for experts and gurus – then, you are clearly mistaken. Whether you are a novice WordPress user or an expert developer, whether you have a mind-blowing topic with breathtaking slides, or whether you would just like to voice your own unique thoughts, it matters the least here.

All we want is for you to speak about your own experiences, thoughts, and stories about WordPress. So, if this is your first time speaking to an audience, or if you are a seasoned WordPress expert, having spoken at multiple WordCamps, we welcome you with open arms. 

Our attendees – comprising of a vibrant WordPress community, would love to hear you speak!

Do remember – WordCamps are for everyone.

We do have a few minor guidelines – nothing big, though:

  1. Your topic should be directly related to WordPress or related areas. That doesn’t mean that you should be speaking about WordPress, alone. Any topic that is relevant for the audience – like Web development, WordPress development, Blogging, Open Source Philosophy, Writing, Marketing, ecommerce, among others, can be submitted. Confused?  Contact us, or take the plunge right away, and submit your proposal right here! We’ll get back to you.
  2. This year, we are planning to have multiple tracks for WordCamp Kochi 2019. We will have a separate track for technical topics, and another one for workshops alone. If you want to conduct a workshop, please choose the workshop option from the form and share details about the workshop that you’d like to organize at WordCamp Kochi.
  3. Plan your talk so that it is about 20 – 30 minutes long. You may even do a lightning talk that is about 10 minutes long. Workshops don’t have a time limit as such, but plan your workshop to fit-in within a one to two hour block.
  4. The deadline for speaker application is October 31st, 2019, at 11:59 PM IST.
  5. Please take cognizance of our Code of Conduct, and be respectful towards the WordPress Community, and the GPL.

We have a speaker selection team that will be vetting your talk; you’ll receive a confirmation from us whether your talk has been selected or not, in due course.

Please feel free to hit us up, if you have any further questions on applying to speak, or the speaker selection process. You can even propose multiple topics if you choose to. Please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.

So, why wait? Take a deep breath, fill in the form below, and shoot us your proposal with all the required details!

Our call for speakers has closed! Thank you for the overwhelming responses, people! <3 We’ll be announcing speakers in the days to come

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Call for Sponsors

Posted on by Jose Varghese

WordCamp Kochi 2019, is a community-sponsored conference that celebrates everything ‘WordPress’. WordPress – the Free and Open Source Content Management System that powers 34% of the web (and counting), has a vibrant community of millions of users, spread all across the world. WordCamps have been happening all across the world, from Montreal to Mumbai, and are almost as old as WordPress itself! WordCamps have today become a unique phenomenon in the technology space, thanks to the unique melange of well-informed and influential speakers, dedicated volunteers, diverse set of attendees, and above all – thanks to the abled-support of sponsors.

By sponsoring WordCamp Kochi, your company/brand will be highlighted in front of a diverse set of attendees, which includes bloggers, developers, enterprises, entrepreneurs, executives, service providers, and even users who are getting started with the WordPress framework. You also have an opportunity to get noticed by the global WordPress community, as well!

The visibility of your brand notwithstanding, the USP of WordCamp Kochi would be the opportunity before you to get yourself acquainted with a unique coterie of amazing individuals, through networking. The WordPress community is blessed with a host of talented users and contributors. It will be quite a revelation, to see and hear what everyone has to say!

It wouldn’t be possible for us to deliver the pinnacle of the WordCamp experience, without the support of friendly and supportive sponsors like you! In return, you get a unique opportunity to participate in an event where knowledge-sharing and networking take the centre-stage.

This is the third edition of WordCamp Kochi – the first edition of the event WordCamp Kochi 2017 and second edition WordCamp Kochi 2018 were a huge success – especially for our sponsors who were thoroughly satisfied by the results they achieved by showcasing their brand to the most vibrant technology community in Kochi, as well as Kerala.

If you want to make your brand’s presence felt in one the most vibrant technology communities in India, sponsoring WordCamp Kochi 2019 is your best bet!

Gold Sponsorship: ₹50,000 ($800)

  • Logo and company description on WordCamp Kochi site
  • A dedicated blog post introducing you
  • Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks of the event
  • Large Space at the Networking Area
  • One Cotton Banner for you (We are avoiding Vinyl/Flex banners due to our eco-friendly theme)
  • Social Media Mentions: Post and Pre-Event
  • Five entry passes to attend WordCamp Kochi
  • Scroll about you in the presentation screen in the intervals
  • Invitation for an exclusive Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer dinner.

Silver Sponsorship: ₹30,000 ($500)

  • Logo and company description on the site
  • A dedicated blog post introducing you
  • Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks of the event
  • Desk Space at the Networking Area
  • One Cotton Banner for you (We are avoiding Vinyl/Flex banners due to our eco-friendly theme)
  • Social Media Mentions: Post and Pre-Event
  • Three entry passes to attend WordCamp Kochi
  • Scroll about you in the presentation screen in the intervals
  • Invitation for an exclusive Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer dinner.

Bronze Sponsorship: ₹15,000($250)

  • Logo and company description on the site
  • A dedicated blog post introducing you
  • Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks of the event
  • Mini Desk Space at the Networking Area
  • One Cotton Banner for you(Becuase of Eco-friendly theme we are trying to avoid flex and vinyl banner)
  • Social Media Mentions: Post and Pre-Event
  • Two entry passes to attend WordCamp Kochi
  • Scroll about you in the presentation screen in the intervals
  • Invitation for an exclusive Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer dinner.

Friendship Sponsors: ₹5,000($80)

  • Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks of the event
  • Mention on Twitter and Facebook about your sponsorship
  • Mention on the WordCamp Website
  • One entry pass to attend WordCamp Kochi
  • Invitation for an exclusive Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer dinner.

Individual Sponsor ₹2,000($30)

  • Mentions about you in the WordCamp Venue.
  • Special listing about you in the Attendees page.
  • Invitation for an exclusive Speaker/Sponsor/Volunteer dinner.
  • You can become an individual sponsor by purchasing an Individual Sponsor ticket.

Thank you so much in advance, for your interest in sponsoring WordCamp Kochi! Please get in touch with us using the form below. We will get back to you!

Sponsorship Request Form

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Image Courtesy: Sponsors by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images