Team WCAhmedabad is thanking whole WordPress Community

Team #WCAhmedabad thanking whole WordPress Community

WordCamps are always special and WordCamp Ahmedabad was no different. It was the third edition of WordCamp in India’s First World Heritage City. It was a 2-day event from which the first day was the regular day with sessions and the second day was the contributor’s day.

WordCamp Ahmedabad was a well-organized and well mentioned community event. We would like to thank all the organizers, supporters and the team of the enthusiastic volunteers for putting such a great effort to make the event successful.

We would also like to thank all the sponsors and speakers.

Amazing Facts and Figures

We are glad to share some amazing facts and figures about the #WCAhmedabad

  • Third Edition of WordCamp Ahmedabad
  • Last WordCamp of the year 2019 organized in India
  • 850+ Attendees
  • 11 Informative sessions with speakers around the globe.
  • 40+ Sponsors.
  • 125+ Attendees on contributor’s day.
  • 5+ Different channels of contributions
  • 77,500+ All-time website visitors.
  • 10,051 Best ever website visitors in one day.
  • 47 Blog posts published.
  • 100+ Blog subscribers
  • 21,300+ Page Views only on the tickets page
  • 40+ Volunteers
  • #WCAhmedabad hashtag was trending at City & India level on the event day
  • 3000+ Twitter conversations
  • 5000+ tweets Engagement
  • 8,00,000+ tweet Potential reach
  • 166 Individual authors of tweets
  • 4000+ media shares
  • 5000+ photos clicked

#WCAhmedabad Twitter Reaction

https://twitter.com/harshbhatt73/status/1205828008994656256

There were thousands of photos clicked and shared on different social media platforms. You can check all the photos of WordCamp Ahmedabad on our Facebook or Twitter.

Also, don’t forget to follow the organizers on social media to support their awesome efforts in organizing this WordCamp.

Check all the photos clicked by the WordCamp Ahmedabad team during the event.

Get ready to live your dream with “Satv” and a delicious food

After Party – WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019

WordCamp Ahmedabad – Version 3 is gearing up and we all are very excited to take active participation in it.

Each and every WordCampers are remembering the last 2 WordCamps which Ahmedabad has given to all WordPress lovers. What were those memories which are yet in your great minds and which have left a great impression on your mind? I am sure the answers to this question will be really many. One will say, networking with others, some say food and swags, few of them will prefer knowledge sharing sessions and yes, few of them must be loving “After Party” too.

What do you think will be the major attraction for WCAhmedabad V3?

Yes, you are guessing correct and it is “After Party”. As usual, WCAhmedabad is coming up with something really different and unique to entertain you after the whole day conference and lots of knowledge sharing sessions with much more networking with many sponsors.

The biggest attraction which we are bringing this time is nothing but a “LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE with Satv”. Yes, it is absolutely true, we are bringing your favorite band “Satv” for your continuous entertainment with their extraordinary melodies to give you the highest level of musical experience. We are conducting this live performance at one of the famous places at Vastrapur “Amphitheater”. 

We have few things to take care of before you go ahead with the “After Party”. I am trying to touch base those things here.

Venue: Vastrapur Amphitheater, Ahmedabad

Tickets: You are so lucky this time as we don’t have any ticket for admission to the “After Party” of WCAhmedabad V3 but RSVP your availability at WordCamp Registration Counter to confirm your seat. We will not be able to allow you to attend a party without your confirmation. 

Directions:

Parking: You will get paid parking opposite the venue. Please try to reach little early to avoid heavy traffic during evening hours

Some of the features of The After Party:

  • Best Bollywood and classical songs by “Satv” band.
  • Traditional dinner of Gujarat with some super “Tadka”
  • Networking with your peers and new friends to get into WordPress more.
  • Fun and dance with live music

Date & Time: December 14, 2019 – Saturday at 7.30 PM onwards

Guidelines:

  • You have to bring your ID Card with you to get admission to “After Party” 
  • We are not selling tickets for “After Party” at the location.
  • Tickets are absolutely free of cost but RSVP is must else you are not entitled to enter to the party
  • We will be following WordPress guidelines as a code of conduct.

Queries: 

You can always connect to us through our email for any questions you may have.

We are very excited and ready, to rock the floor with “Satv” in version 3.0 of WordCamp Ahmedabad. 

Don’t hesitate & wait for others, just go ahead and confirm your availability through RSVP at WordCamp day at the registration desk for “After Party” as we have really limited slots for the same. We will be waiting for you until you will join us.

Thank You Uplers for being our Jazz (Gold) Sponsor

Uplers – Jazz (Gold) Sponsor

It gives us immense pleasure to announce Uplers as our Jazz (Gold) Sponsor. We are very happy to have their support to make the WordCamp happen. The whole WordCamp Ahmedabad team earnestly thank Uplers for sponsoring the WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019.

Uplers is one of the leading MarTech agencies in Ahmedabad. It has offices spread across the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and India. The company is dealing in various digital marketing and web development services. They have a huge team strength of around 500+ people that makes them exceptionally capable with executional expertise.

It’s only this year that Uplers happen owing to the merger between 3 of its ventures – ​WebbyMonks, EmailMonks, and OCTOS​. This merger helped bring a wide range of digital and web services under one umbrella. Now, its one unified team on a single mission – delivering quality-driven solutions.

You can check out more information about them from the below-given link: https://www.uplers.com/

Check out Social Profiles as well:

We are glad that Uplers became a part of WordCamp. Their presence makes our community more open to ideal industry approaches. Don’t forget to meet the team members at WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019, say hello, network, and know more about them.

Sponsors are an integral part of all the WordCamps over the globe including #WCAhmedabad. With their support, we keep the ticket price as low as possible and try our best possible efforts to provide better facilities and memorable experience at WordCamp Ahmedabad. So, during WordCamp Ahmedabad, don’t forget to visit their booths, say hello to them, network, and talk about their services and products.

Contributor’s Day: An Opportunity to give back to the WordPress Community

We all are very excited to celebrate the third edition of WordCamp Ahmedabad on 14th and 15th December 2019. We know that you all are pumped up by now to meet people, exchange your knowledge with WordPress enthusiasts, Speakers, like-minded people and even network with a local WordPress community of Ahmedabad. Giving back to the community is something that we feel proud and honored to do so.

Our team has decided to gather all WordPress lovers under one roof for common cause i.e. contributing to the WordPress Community with the skill sets that we have. On 15th December 2019, all interested people will team up to contribute to WordPress as per their skill interests. This is not just an opportunity to give back to the community but also learn to work in a team, understand new concepts and enhance your skills to a newer level.

This is a chance to meet people who are consistently contributing to the community in every sense they can. If you are new as a contributor then this is a golden opportunity to participate and join the team. First of all the organizers will introduce to the team and will guide you throughout the process of contribution. Remember that each and every team defined will be assigned one team leader who will be always available for you to answer your queries and help you if needed.

This year WordCamp Ahmedabad have opened up contribution for the following teams:

  1. Polyglot
  2. Core
  3. Core Editor (Gutenberg)
  4. Marketing
  5. Training
  6. Theme Review
  7. WPTV
  8. Support
  9. Community
  10. WP CLI

Little confused with the team names and their responsibilities? Do not worry, here is a detailed explanation for each of the team. Select your team of interest and get ready to contribute this time with us!!!

1. Polyglot:
This team is for those who want to contribute by translating WordPress into different languages that you think can be done. You will be accompanied by other polyglots who are already translating WordPress into their language.

2. Core:
The core team is the heart of WordPress that makes it possible. Even if you are learning to code or a full-time programmer this is for you to contribute. Here, you can discuss anything related to coding, identify bugs & fix it, discuss related to all functionalities and most importantly help the team to make WordPress better.

3. Core Editor (Gutenberg):
This channel involved suggesting a feature, fixing a bug, testing the existing blocks, and more within the Core Editor. Core Editor here is referenced to Gutenberg Editor.

4. Marketing:
This team is always in search of ways to market WordPress resources and it also acts as a content hub for other WordPress teams. You will learn to write content, understand the marketing philosophy for WordPress and how to engage more clients in this platform.

5. Training:
Looking to create training materials for WordPress? Then, this is the right place for you to create lesson plans, learning materials, and other resources to be used by the instructors during live sessions. If you are hard-core passionate about teaching people and creating amazing learning resources then this team is waiting for you!!!

6. Theme Review:
Everyone loves WordPress themes, isn’t it? That’s why we are WordPress lovers. Whenever you look for beautiful themes and you are a beginner think of people who contribute by reviewing a Theme and help to release it. This is also an integral part of WordPress where you make sure that all the functionalities and design of a Theme is ready to be submitted to the WordPress Theme repository. There is a huge demand in the market for Theme Development services, if you are looking to improve your Theme Development skills and want to become a contributor then you are welcomed into this team.

7. WPTV:
This team is responsible for all the WordCamp videos reviewing and approval process. All the recorded videos of WordCamps at the initial stage are in a raw form that needs to be processed well, captions and subtitles are also added to make it ready for publishing purposes. The best part of this team is that you certainly do not require any extra skills but you learn a lot here while contributing to the community. If you love to work with videos then you must not miss this!!!

8. Support:
If you are looking to answer the queries of the members in the forum or IRC then you are welcome on board. In this team, it is easy to contribute because you have the answers for a few questions or issues that members face and that are good enough to handle it. So, why not join this team and share your answers with other members.

9. Community:
This team is for creating awareness about WordPress through workshops, live sessions, giving a helping hand to the events. Are you eager to organize meetups on a regular basis or a WordCamp then join the team to get the most out of it and know the steps to be followed? This team is great for helping the WordPress Community to grow at different levels.

Checklist for Contributor’s Day

  • You need to have an account on WordPress.org and WordPress Slack Channel.
  • Register yourself here for Contributor’s Day as the seats are limited.
  • Select the team that you are interested in.
  • We highly recommend bringing a laptop on the contribution day to actively participate in all activities.
  • Learn, Explore, Contribute and Grow.

For your convenience, we explained to you in detail the benefits of participating in the team that you like with their responsibilities and witnessing all-new experiences. Register your seat to be part of a contributing team and help WordPress to grow even bigger and sweeter.

For more contributions about WordPress click here https://make.wordpress.org/.

Register for Contributor’s Day

Gender(required)

Have you contributed before to WordPress?(required)

If Yes, then in which channel have you contributed?

Interested channel for Contribution(required)

Do you have WordCamp Ticket?(required)

Team WordCamp Ahmedabad is Thankful to our Contributor Day Venue Sponsor – Ganpat University

Ganpat University – Contributor’s Day Venue Sponsor

Team WordCamp Ahmedabad is highly thankful to our Contributor day Venue Sponsor – “Ganpat University”. While everybody is excited and busy preparing for the WordCamp event, I would like to take a moment to thank the Ganpat University for offering such an amazing facility to make the contributor day possible.

Since this is our second edition of WordCamp Ahmedabad, we are expecting 200 contributors to join us on the contributor day. And that leads us to one of the most difficult questions of selecting the Contributor day venue for the event. So, we were in search of a place that allows attendees to contribute well with good internet speed and networking area.

The moment we approached the Ganpat University for the WordCamp Ahmedabad’s contributor day, they were very positive and willing to offer us the venue for the Contributor day event. They straightaway accepted our proposal and gave us the green signal to plan and organize the contributor day at Ganpat University. They have not only given us permission but they also helped us while planning the whole setup for the WCAhmedabad Contributor day venue.

Ganpat University always supports us by being a venue sponsor for our local WordPress meetup.

About the Venue

Ganpat University City Office & Information Centre is one of the finest facilities in Ahmedabad. All the contribution channels will be organized in the fully air-conditioned spacious interaction-rooms with the projector that can accommodate up to 120 attendees at the moment.

Along with the wonderful interaction-rooms, the venue has enough open space to meet and network with the community. Specious networking area and well-equipped interaction-rooms make it the perfect place to host the WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019 Contributor day.

How to reach?

Ganpat University City Office & Information Centre

Nearest Airport – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Distance from Airport – 13 KM

Nearest Railway Station – Kalupur Railway Station, Ahmedabad
Distance from the railway station – 12 KM

Nearest Bus Station – Ranip bus station, Geetamandir bus station, Nehrunagar bus station
Distance from Ranip – 06 KM
Distance from Geetamandir – 13 KM
Distance from Nehrunagar – 10 KM

Team WordCamp Ahmedabad Heartily Thank and appreciate all the support by our contributor’s day venue sponsor Ganpat University.

Announcing our Third Round of Speakers

Announcing our Third Round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019

We are excited to announce our third round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019!

  • Ankit Sheth

    A seasoned IT professional with over 11 years of experience working on various domains. A Technology Business Leader experienced in various domains like Telecom, Cyber Security, Travel & E-Commerce. Currently running a company Datavizz with a vision to participate in the creation and evolution of Voice-enabled mediums and to enable people to use Voice as …

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  • Arpit Vishwakarma

    Arpit works with Google in the Global Product Partnerships team and is currently focussed on building partnerships that improve the user experience on the Web in India. Prior to joining Google, he has worked with an e-commerce player, a smartphone OEM and a Telco and seen the rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem first hand. Arpit is …

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  • Stephen Tredrea

    compromising technical quality. He is a multidimensional octopus with WordPress coloured ink and tentacles across the full stack. As a enthusiastic and slightly opinionated rule breaker he is inspired to make WordPress easy. In other dimensional realms he can be found conduction ongoing experiments in coffee making, baking bread, raising children, spiritual teachings and expressing …

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  • Tejaswini Deshpande

    I am a WordPress developer since last 10 years and am working on helping people grow their business and personal brand with WordPress. An engineer by education and an entrepreneur by passion, I have a keen interest in working on new tools and technologies and implement them in real life scenarios.

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Donate your old WordCamp T-shirts to bring smile on someone’s face – #JoyOfGiving

Donate your old WordCamp T-shirts to bring smile on someone’s face – #JoyOfGiving

WordCamp Ahmedabad Version 3.0 is just a few days away and we are highly excited to welcome our guests for yet another great WordCamping experience. All major preparations are about to complete.

But you need to make some space in your Wardrobe to add some new WordCamp Ahmedabad swags and for that you need to vacate some old T-shirts or WordCamp clothings.

If you are regular WordCamper, you must be having a nice and colourful collection of T-shirts. WordCamp Ahmedabad team is planning to run a drive for poor and needy people to bring happiness on their faces with your additional T-shirts of WordCamps. We wish to leverage our efforts of organising WordCamp with a donation as well. 

As a result, we have decided to keep a “Donation Box” which will accept your old or unused WordCamp T-shirts in any count. We are going to have few regular drives to visit few Orphanages, Old-age homes, few public hospitals including NGOs to distribute your donated T-shirts.

We are sure you must like to participate in bringing happiness on the faces of really needy people who will feel pleased wearing your T-shirts in this cold winter. Let us join hands and donate our WordCamp clothings as many as possible and experience the #JoyOfGiving.

What is Donation Box?

Donation Box is initiative for the first time in WordCamp Ahmedabad. We will collect WordCamp T-shirts that you no longer need and will distribute them among the people in need.

Why Donation Box?

Motive of Donation box is to help people in need.

Where you can Donate T-shirt?

We will have a Donation Box near the registration table where you can drop your T-shirts. We will accept WordCamp T-shirts only. You can donate T-shirt anytime during the event.
I request you all not to miss this opportunity to bring your T’s for those who are in need. We will be happy to assist all who have any query for the same.

Note: We will accept WordCamp clothings only 🙂

Announcing our Second Round of Speakers

Announcing our Second Round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019

We are excited to announce our second round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019!

  • Amit Gupta

    Amit has been hacking and developing on WordPress since 2004, got his first WordPress only job in 2011 and since then he has been working on some of the highest traffic WordPress sites on the internet like Variety.com, RollingStone.com, Deadline.com etc. Amit has over 15 years of experience working on web applications and PHP. He …

  • Arun Bansal

    Arun is Founder and CEO of ServerGuy, a Managed Hosting Company & Breeze.io, a Managed WordPress Hosting Platform. He has been helping Businesses & Agencies Build, Secure & Scale WordPress since 2009. He is a passionate speaker and you can find him around the world talking about WordPress, Conversion Optimization, Open-Source, and Kubernetes.

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  • Ramiz Manked

    Loving WordPress since 2014. Currently working as a WordPress Developer at Multidots. Loves to contribute to open source community.

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Announcing our First Round of Speakers

Announcing our First Round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019

We are excited to announce our first round of Speakers for WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019!

  • Imran Sayed

    Imran is a WordCamp Speaker, MeetUp Organizer, Translation Contributor, Plugin and Theme Developer currently associated with rtCamp. He also has experience in Node, React and Laravel. Imran is the author of the popular twenty nineteen WordPress theme ported over to Frontity in React. Apart from this, Imran has a passion for teaching and sharing knowledge …

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  • Nirav Mehta

    If you are wondering how to deal with increasing competition, or if you are having a hard time learning a new technology, or if you're confused about what can give your career a better direction, or if you simply want to find better work-life balance, this is one session you certainly want to attend.  Nirav …

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  • Rahul D Sarker

    Rahul D Sarker is a WordPress Developer & Digital Marketing Consultant, based out of Kolkata. He is working with WordPress for the past 7 years. Apart from that, He conducts lots of Training & Workshops in Kolkata & other metro cities in India on Web Development and Digital Marketing. Currently, handing 2 startups and working …

  • Ruchika Jain

    I am a Video creator, Traveller,Public Speaker and Mountaineer. I have done my journalism and Engineering as well.I have started my channel Fireflydo in 2018. I was elected as a general secretary of Maharana Pratap agriculture and technical University , Udaipur in 2014-15. In my childhood I was the girl who haven't spoken a single …

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WordCamp Ahmedabad 2019 a.k.a 3.0 is over. Check out the next edition!