A talked delivered to the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup Group, focused on the reasons for and value of actively supporting and getting involved with the WordPress open source project and community.

1. @liamdempsey
GETTINGIN
VOLVED WITH
W
ORDPRESS

2. @liamdempsey

4. WordPress is
SO MUCH MORE
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5. WordPress is
A LIFE IMPROVED
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6. WordPress is
A FAMILY WORKING +
PLAYING TOGETHER
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7. WordPress is
DEMOCRATIZING
PUBLISHING
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8. WordPress is
FINDING A TRIBE TO
CALL YOUR OWN
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9. WordPress is
PUTTING DINNER ON
THE TABLE FOR
DOZENS OF PEOPLE
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10. WordPress is
CREATING AN
INCLUSIVE, GREEN,
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
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11. WordPress is
INCLUSIVITY AND
BELONGING
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12. WordPress is
GLOBAL
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13. WordPress is
LOCAL
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16. HOW LOCAL?
Philadelphia WordPress
Meetup
Philly ‘burbs WordPress
Meetup
Lancaster WordPress Meetup
Reading WordPress Meetup
Lehigh Valley WordPress
Meetup
New Castle Co. WordPress
Meetup
NYC WordPress Meetup
Baltimore WordPress Meetup
WordPress North NJ Meetup
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17. HOW DO I GET
INVOLVED?
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18. HONESTLY?
Attend your local
WordPress Meetup.
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19. ATTEND A WORDCAMP
WC Philly: 27-28 Oct
WC Lehigh Valley: 18 Aug
WC NYC: 15-16 Sep
WC Baltimore: 6-7 Oct
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20. STAY FOR
CONTRIBUTOR
DAY
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21. HOW TO GET INVOLVED?
Accessibility
CLI
Community
Core
Design
Documentation
Hosting
Marketing
Meta
Mobile
Plugins
Polyglots
Support
Test
Themes
Tide
Training
TV
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22. Thank you!
Now come be a part of our community
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