WordCamp Lehigh Valley is currently looking for speakers to inspire and inform at least 125 attendees including: designers, developers, bloggers, and content strategists.
Sessions will be 40 minutes, with 25-30 minutes allotted for your talk and 10-15 minutes for Q&A and further discussion.
The deadline to submit your application is 11 PM on Sunday, June 24th, 2018. You will be notified when a decision about your submission is made, no later than mid-July.
General guidelines for speakers
We’re looking for talks that are relevant to casual WordPress users, experienced developers, and anywhere between. You do not need to be a professional speaker, but you should be knowledgeable about the topic you are presenting. You are encouraged to apply even if you have never spoken at a WordCamp before. If you need some inspiration, take a look at some of the great talks published on http://wordpress.tv/
All submissions are reviewed by the organizer committee. Be prepared to submit your speaker slides or review your presentation with an organizer prior to the event if asked.
Speakers will be provided free admission to WordCamp Lehigh Valley 2018 and also get to attend a speaker dinner, but we cannot reimburse travel, lodging, or other expenses.
While all topics are welcome, we would like to see talks relating to:
- WordPress Fundamentals
- Blogging and Content Creation
- Design and User Experience
- Backend Development
- Workflows
- Marketing and Branding
- Running a WordPress-Based Business
- Themes
- Plugins
- Security
- Digital marketing and
Know someone you’d like to hear speak?
If you know a person who is a great speaker, or maybe a new speaker with tons of knowledge to share, and would like to nominate them to speak, get in touch via our Contact Form and let us know who it is, where they are located, and what it is they speak about, as well as a way for us to get in touch.
If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.
Before submitting your speaker proposal, please log in to WordCamp.org using your WordPress.org account*.
If you don’t have an account, please create one.
* This is your account for the official WordPress.org website, rather than your personal WordPress site.