Apply to speak at WordCamp Nairobi 2017
We have scheduled WordCamp Nairobi for 4th of November 2017 and we are looking for excellent speakers. The game is very simple: we give you a stage, you rock it!
Talk Format & Submission Guidelines
As WordCamp Nairobi is an opportunity to showcase the best of WordPress, and of WordPress in Africa, we want speakers who are well experienced and we look forward to well-prepared applications. Our sessions will be 30 minutes long with 10 additional minutes for Q&A with the audience. If you have more than one idea, please submit them all, we’ll pick the one we like best. Please send one submission per talk.
We are planning 2 tracks, and our Call for Speakers is open for presentations to both beginner and advanced audience. The cut-off for speaker applications is the 5th of October.
What can I talk about?
We are looking for great stories about WordPress, that dig into a specific area while still inspiring the audience. The WordPress ecosystem and community do such a variety of different things with WordPress – whether that’s designing, writing content, building businesses, or expanding functionality – we want to hear it all.
Here a few example topics to inspire you:
Beginner
Setup – Getting Started
Choosing Plugins
Benefits of WordPress Community
State of WordPress in
Future of WordPress
Accessibility
Best practices
Testing
Standards
Multi-lingual Websites
Development
Plugin best practices
Coding best practices
Performance – Caching, Optimisation, Scaling big
Server setups
GitHub
Design
Mobile first approach
Responsive web design
Security Basics
Advanced Security, .htaccess
Marketing
SEO –
Social Media
Analytics
Content Creation,
Business Growth
Successful content strategies
Landing page optimisations
Email marketing / Building a subscription
Have something in mind already? Well go on then, apply now!
If you want to discuss your idea ahead of submission you can email us at nairobi@wordcamp.org
Submission Deadline
We’re expecting your awesome speaking proposal by 5th October 2017. All candidates will be contacted by 10th October. Oh, and don’t buy your ticket just yet. All approved speakers get a free ticket for the event.
