Thank you for attending our 2019 edition of WordCamp Lehigh Valley. This was our fourth WordCamp, and we are thrilled you chose to spend your day with us and our engaging lineup of speakers. Our team of organizers and volunteers had a great time planning and running the day’s events, and we enjoyed hanging out with you at our after party at Fegley’s Bethlehem Brew Works.

If you attended our WordCamp, we are eager to hear your thoughts on it and any suggestions you may have for next year’s event. Please help us to help you by filling out our survey. Thanks!

By popular request, most of our speakers have provided us with links to their slide decks. You can access them from our Sessions Schedule by clicking on each individual session and following the View Session Slides link within.

We also videotaped the speakers’ sessions in the main room, and they will be posted to WordPress TV as soon as possible. We will follow-up with another announcement when they are ready to view. We will be sharing our event photo gallery soon as well.

Did you know we also run a monthly Meetup group? We alternate between Bethlehem and Allentown with speakers on topics as varied as getting started, WordPress updates, development, marketing, and freelancing. Sometimes we host an open help desk event in lieu of a scheduled talk so that you can receive one-on-one help with your own site. We hope you will join our group and benefit from the camaraderie that comes with being a member of the local WordPress community.

Thank you again for making WordCamp Lehigh Valley 2019 a success! We look forward to seeing you again in 2020 which will be the 5th anniversary of our WordCamp!

WordCamp is almost here!  Here are some things to know for Saturday, August 17 . . .

WCLV is being held in the SOUTHSIDE of Bethlehem, NOT the main NCCC campus in Bethlehem Township. Make sure you tell your GPS the correct address:

511 E 3rd St,
Bethlehem, PA 18015

We are on the 6th Floor!

Check-in and get your badge when you get off the elevator.

Free parking (see map), is available in the front and back of the building. (Overflow parking is available at Artsquest.)

Please read our Code of Conduct! We want everyone to have a great time at our event and the after-party. Being considerate and respectful to volunteers and other attendees really sums it up. (But do read it too!)

Lunch is provided. We’ll have water, tea, and coffee available throughout the event.

Registration starts at 8 am … The event begins at 8:45 am – We have a tight schedule and will be sticking to it!

There will be coffee all day and some donuts and snacks for our early birds.

Volunteers are in PURPLE shirts!  Lost? Have a question? Try one of these folks.

After Party! Our afterparty will be held at the Bethlehem Brew Works – More details on our website! Your badge is your ticket to this party, so be sure to bring it.

Feel free to visit one of the many restaurants in one of Bethlehem’s two downtowns for dinner beforehand.

We are on Twitter!  @WCLVPA and #WCLVPA to talk about us.

Please refer to these additional post for other IMPORTANT WordCamp guidelines and happenings.

Our Fragrance-Free and Allergy Safe efforts: 
https://2019.lehighvalley.wordcamp.org/fragrance-free-and-allergy-safe-zone/

Tech support from fellow users:
https://2019.lehighvalley.wordcamp.org/happiness-bar/

Are you looking for a great opportunity to get involved with the WordPress community?

We are in search of WordPress enthusiasts eager to lend a hand! WordCamps would not be possible without a strong volunteer base of people like you. If you’ve been thinking about attending WordCamp Lehigh Valley and want to help out, we would love to have you join us! Volunteering at WordCamp is a fun way to meet members of the local and national WordPress community, as well as help contribute to making the event a success.

There are a variety of volunteer opportunities, each with different time commitments, experience requirements, and logistics. There are two requirements for ALL volunteers, regardless of the job or duration: be reliable and be friendly.

Look over the list to see if anything strikes a chord.  Then if you’d like to volunteer, fill out the volunteer form below to express your interest in volunteering. Our Volunteer Wrangler will get back to you and let you know which options are available and work out a schedule.

During the event

Set Up/Clean Up – Help with event set up and clean up as needed
Registration – Check in registered attendees and hand out nametags and swag. Sell walk-up tickets, take money and make change, or an iPad/Square reader.  Being really awesome with alphabetical order helps here.
Room Emcee – Introduce speakers/sessions and keep things running on time. Keep an eye on the clock and give speakers a heads up when they are down to 10 and 5 minutes, and let them know when their time is up. Brevity and wit a must.
Photography – We need your your unique vision and your photography skills to document the event with your camera.
Room Runners – Work with the emcees, video people, speakers, and everyone else working in the room to keep things running smoothly. Make sure there’s water for speakers, and provide support as needed for other event staff.
Happiness Bar – Answer questions and help WordPress users fix problems with their sites. Must be able to show a level of expertise to be selected for this gig.
Food/Beverage – This is already taken of for the most part, but it would be helpful to have a few people keeping an eye on things. We’ll especially need a couple of people to help around lunchtime.
Miscellaneous Prep – Random helping here and there that doesn’t have a category.

Remember that if you volunteer, or are sending an employee to volunteer, you must meet the WordCamp Central guidance for volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering for WCLVPA 2019, please fill out the form below:

We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Lehigh Valley is officially on the calendar!

WordCamp Lehigh Valley will be held August 17, 2019, at the NCC Fowler Family Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Subscribe using the form in the sidebar to stay up to date on the most recent news. We’ll be keeping you posted on all the details over the coming months, including speaker submissions, ticket sales, and more!