If you wanted to be a speaker, missed the opportunity to submit your talk & still have something to say, we have the perfect opportunity for you to get your message across in a quick but helpful way at this inaugural WordCamp Riverside. What I am referring to is our Lightning talk Sessions. During our Lightning sessions six presenters from the audience will have the opportunity to present a short talk to the WordCamp Attendees.
Lightning Talks Defined
Our Lightning talk speakers will each have 8 minutes to give their talks (4 minute talk + 4 minute Q& A) on a topic of their choosing that is relevant to the conference audience.
How will the process work?
1.) You will have the opportunity sign up for a Lightning Talk by adding your name on a sheet of paper we provide in the morning. Add your name & topic.
2.) Our organizing team will pick six talks to be delivered in the afternoon during the time of the talks.
3.) Attendees of the camp will be privileged to hear your talk!
Lightning talks can be rehearsed and delivered with slides, or they can be completely freestyle and spontaneous. You choose!
Caveat: Your Lightning Talk cannot have a commercial focus or present a paid product.
Why Lightning Talks
We chose to add Lightning talks to the Inaugural WordCamp Riverside schedule because we felt it reflects our SoCal community with a mix of the formal and the informal.
https://2017.riverside.wordcamp.org/session/lightning-talks/
Reflecting The Global WordPress Community
The global WordPress community is one that actively promotes a continuous flow of education and this WordCamp sticks solidly to that mission. If you have a quick four minute talk and did not sign up to speak officially but still want to present then come to the “Mission” Track on Sunday and share it with us in a Lightning Talk!
See you there!
Hiya! LOVE the Lightning Talks! I’d love to submit one, but I don’t think I’ll be able to attend both days… so if I come on the Talks Day, Sunday, I won’t be there on Saturday to toss my proposal in… is there any other way to submit a proposal?
And… just in case… if it’s ok… I’ll give you my proposal now:
Lightning Talk: A NEW EDITOR FOR WORDPRESS
I’ve been not loving the WordPress TinyMCE editor for a long time now. For me personally, it’s the least satisfying part of the entire WP experience. I do like the Jetpack Markdown plugin which makes it better, but it remains a clunky experience nonetheless.
Other platforms, like Medium’s inline editor, or Ghost’s dual-view Markdown editor, are much more pleasant to use. Stand-alone Markdown editors like Typora or Ulysses are, again, a much nicer writing experience.
Let’s think about a different WP Editor. Or a better plugin for writing.
I’d like to use the 4 minutes of a Lightning Round talk to share screen caps of different Writing/Editing experiences, and then use the 4 minutes of discussion to learn how others feel about the current editor and their hopes for a better WordPress writing experience.
TY!! 🙂
We hope you can make it both days!