{"id":3471,"date":"2016-06-22T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2016-08-10T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:59:41","slug":"wordcamp-us-call-for-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wordcamp-us-call-for-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp US Call for Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that WordCamp US 2016 is officially accepting speaker applications!<\/p>\n<p>The 2nd annual WordCamp US will be held in Philadelphia, PA December 2-4, 2016, bringing together WordPress enthusiasts from all areas to participate in the largest WordCamp in the world.\u00a0We\u2019re looking to build a program packed with amazing presentations which reflects the diversity of the WordPress community and we want you to be a part of it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wordcampunitedstates\/23469211834\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/5719\/23469211834_8ea820d20f_z.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015 WordCamp US | Konstantin Obenland\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpeaking at WordCamp US 2015. Photo credit Sheri Bigelow.<\/p>\n<h2>What We\u2019re Looking For<\/h2>\n<p>WordCamp US showcases the best of WordPress and the WordPress Community. We\u2019re particularly interested in hearing from those who have used WordPress in interesting, innovative, and significant ways. Whether the open source software was used to deliver something technically amazing or whether WordPress was the foundation for creating something meaningful in the community, we want to know about it.\u00a0We\u2019re also looking for dynamic and versatile speakers to talk about how they use WordPress to grow their business, develop advanced plugins, tell their stories, and much much more.<\/p>\n<p>We also want to hear voices from outside the WordPress community. If you work on other Open Source projects or web design and development in general and think the WordPress community could benefit from your story we want it told at WCUS.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more inspiration? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.us.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">presentations from last year\u2019s event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wordcampunitedstates\/24014886521\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/1571\/24014886521_465d04829c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015 WordCamp US | Audience\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpeaking at WordCamp US 2015. Photo credit Sheri Bigelow.<\/p>\n<h2>Apply Today!<\/h2>\n<p>Please use the application website below to share your ideas with us. Feel free to apply more than once, submitting a single talk idea per\u00a0 submission. If you run into problems submitting your application, please <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Apply to speak at <a href=\"http:\/\/wcus-speakers.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wcus-speakers.org<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>All applications must be submitted by August 31, 2016 at Midnight PDT (UTC-7).<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that WordCamp US 2016 is officially accepting speaker applications! The 2nd annual WordCamp US will be held in Philadelphia, PA December 2-4, 2016, bringing together WordPress enthusiasts from all areas to participate in the largest WordCamp &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wordcamp-us-call-for-speakers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">WordCamp US Call for Speakers<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":811778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/811778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3559,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}